ITSM Contracts in the Midlands

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 117 97
Rank change year-on-year +37 -20 +50
Contract jobs citing ITSM 65 16 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.59% 0.60% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.95% 0.74% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 12 39
10th Percentile £107 £216 £180
25th Percentile £189 £325 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £475 £308
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +54.47% +17.14%
75th Percentile £500 £594 £438
90th Percentile £633 £622 £595
England median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -2.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £16.52 - -
25th Percentile £16.76 - £21.25
Median hourly rate £17.18 - £22.50
75th Percentile £17.59 - £23.75
90th Percentile £17.84 - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £18.13 £14.50
% change year-on-year +3.81% +25.03% +6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

ITSM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,201 2,161 2,626
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.72% 81.30% 85.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,403 1,476 1,835
10th Percentile £230 £270 £250
25th Percentile £358 £373 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 186 94 85
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £16.12 £14.70 £18.25
Median hourly rate £21.28 £20.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.78% -25.45% +44.74%
75th Percentile £26.51 £36.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £53.71 £68.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +3.61% +56.60%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the Midlands over the 6 months to 13 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +12 38 £450 -14.29% 13
East Midlands +20 27 £350 +70.73% 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (4.62%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (4.62%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (4.62%) Oracle iProcurement
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (3.08%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.31%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.23%) Azure
2 6 (9.23%) Entra ID
3 4 (6.15%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (3.08%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (3.08%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.54%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (1.54%) AWS
5 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.54%) Nutanix
5 1 (1.54%) OCI
5 1 (1.54%) OneDrive
5 1 (1.54%) OpenShift
5 1 (1.54%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.54%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) Firewall
2 4 (6.15%) Intrusion Detection
3 3 (4.62%) VoIP
4 2 (3.08%) Network Security
4 2 (3.08%) SAN
5 1 (1.54%) DNS
5 1 (1.54%) LAN
5 1 (1.54%) SNMP
5 1 (1.54%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.85%) Metadata
2 2 (3.08%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 4 (6.15%) JIRA
General
1 26 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (13.85%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (10.77%) Retail
4 5 (7.69%) Finance
4 5 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (4.62%) Legal
5 3 (4.62%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.08%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.54%) Advertising
7 1 (1.54%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 27 (41.54%) Analyst
2 14 (21.54%) Security Analyst
3 9 (13.85%) Audio Visual Technician
3 9 (13.85%) Information Analyst
3 9 (13.85%) Information Security Analyst
4 6 (9.23%) Service Manager
5 5 (7.69%) Architect
5 5 (7.69%) Governance Analyst
5 5 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 5 (7.69%) IT Support
5 5 (7.69%) Support Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) IT Services Manager
6 4 (6.15%) Senior
6 4 (6.15%) Service Analyst
6 4 (6.15%) Service Desk Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) IT Support Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Operations Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Product Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Risk Analyst
7 3 (4.62%) Security Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.15%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.54%) .NET
2 1 (1.54%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (1.54%) HTML
2 1 (1.54%) NETCONF
2 1 (1.54%) OpenTelemetry
2 1 (1.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.69%) Onboarding
1 5 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.15%) Management Information System
2 4 (6.15%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (4.62%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.62%) Security Posture
4 1 (1.54%) CMDB
4 1 (1.54%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.54%) IoT
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.54%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.23%) Windows
2 3 (4.62%) Linux
3 2 (3.08%) AIX
3 2 (3.08%) Unix
4 1 (1.54%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (41.54%) Service Management
2 25 (38.46%) ITIL
3 17 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
4 13 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
4 13 (20.00%) Information Security
5 11 (16.92%) Asset Management
5 11 (16.92%) Customer Service
5 11 (16.92%) Penetration Testing
6 9 (13.85%) Data Protection
7 8 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (12.31%) Ticket Management
8 7 (10.77%) Business Continuity
9 6 (9.23%) Migration
9 6 (9.23%) Risk Management
10 5 (7.69%) Change Management
10 5 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
10 5 (7.69%) Project Management
10 5 (7.69%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.15%) Password Management
11 4 (6.15%) Privileged Access Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.15%) SQL
2 3 (4.62%) Bash
2 3 (4.62%) PL/SQL
2 3 (4.62%) PowerShell
2 3 (4.62%) Python
3 2 (3.08%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.08%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.54%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 8 (12.31%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (6.15%) DV Cleared
5 2 (3.08%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.08%) CISM
5 2 (3.08%) CISSP
5 2 (3.08%) CRISC
5 2 (3.08%) Degree
5 2 (3.08%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (1.54%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (16.92%) GRC
2 9 (13.85%) GDPR
3 6 (9.23%) SLA
4 2 (3.08%) HIPAA
4 2 (3.08%) QA
5 1 (1.54%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.54%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 10 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.62%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Tivoli
1 2 (3.08%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (1.54%) Grafana
2 1 (1.54%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
1 19 (29.23%) ServiceNow
2 5 (7.69%) Oracle
2 5 (7.69%) Remedy
3 4 (6.15%) SAP
4 3 (4.62%) Cisco
4 3 (4.62%) VMware
5 2 (3.08%) BMC
5 2 (3.08%) IBM
6 1 (1.54%) Commvault
6 1 (1.54%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.54%) Genesys
6 1 (1.54%) MobileIron
6 1 (1.54%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.54%) Snow
6 1 (1.54%) Veeam