ITSM Contracts in the North of England

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 76 112
Rank change year-on-year +18 +36 -12
Contract jobs citing ITSM 151 98 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 3.82% 2.35% 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.29% 2.80% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 73 57
10th Percentile £205 £213 £221
25th Percentile £314 £463 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% - +40.00%
75th Percentile £549 £550 £588
90th Percentile £660 £600 £610
England median daily rate £450 £500 £495
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% -1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 5
10th Percentile £47.20 - -
25th Percentile - - £13.16
Median hourly rate £63.40 £15.17 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +317.93% -14.39% +14.32%
75th Percentile £68.47 - £21.31
90th Percentile £70.81 - -
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
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,517 3,502 4,729
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.88% 84.02% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,233 2,133 3,175
10th Percentile £268 £300 £290
25th Percentile £375 £401 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - -
75th Percentile £553 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 252 209
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.11 £15.74
25th Percentile £17.48 £14.09 £18.25
Median hourly rate £22.63 £25.80 £29.30
Median % change year-on-year -12.29% -11.95% +46.50%
75th Percentile £43.91 £48.19 £45.88
90th Percentile £73.13 £69.98 £56.62
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the North of England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in the North of England over the 6 months to 2 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the North of England region over the 6 months to 2 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
North West +45 92 £475 -5.75% 38
Yorkshire -6 58 £413 -21.43% 32
North East -6 1 £110 -81.36% 12
ITSM
England

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 23 (15.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 12 (7.95%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.65%) Confluence
3 4 (2.65%) Skype for Business
4 2 (1.32%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) IIS
4 2 (1.32%) WebSphere
Applications
1 44 (29.14%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (7.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (6.62%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (6.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) Maximo
2 2 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 43 (28.48%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (19.87%) Entra ID
3 19 (12.58%) Azure
4 10 (6.62%) GCP
5 9 (5.96%) SaaS
6 6 (3.97%) AWS
7 2 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.32%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.66%) GitHub
8 1 (0.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (12.58%) VPN
2 16 (10.60%) DHCP
2 16 (10.60%) DNS
3 8 (5.30%) VLAN
4 7 (4.64%) Firewall
5 6 (3.97%) Network Security
5 6 (3.97%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.31%) BGP
6 5 (3.31%) LAN
6 5 (3.31%) OSPF
6 5 (3.31%) WAN
6 5 (3.31%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (2.65%) MPLS
7 4 (2.65%) Skype
8 2 (1.32%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.66%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.66%) HSRP
9 1 (0.66%) Internet
9 1 (0.66%) SSL
9 1 (0.66%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (1.32%) DB2
1 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (12.58%) JIRA
2 4 (2.65%) Postman
3 1 (0.66%) GitLab
3 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
General
1 70 (46.36%) Social Skills
2 41 (27.15%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.23%) Finance
4 21 (13.91%) Retail
5 20 (13.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.30%) Public Sector
6 8 (5.30%) Telecoms
7 7 (4.64%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (2.65%) French Language
8 4 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Publishing
9 3 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.32%) Banking
10 2 (1.32%) Legal
11 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.66%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.66%) Military
Job Titles
1 28 (18.54%) Analyst
2 22 (14.57%) IT Support
3 19 (12.58%) Support Manager
4 17 (11.26%) Support Engineer
5 16 (10.60%) 1st Line Support
6 14 (9.27%) Desktop Support
6 14 (9.27%) IT Manager
7 13 (8.61%) Business Analyst
8 12 (7.95%) 1st Line Support Manager
8 12 (7.95%) IT Support Manager
9 9 (5.96%) Incident Manager
9 9 (5.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
10 8 (5.30%) Service Manager
10 8 (5.30%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
10 8 (5.30%) Support Analyst
11 7 (4.64%) Desktop Engineer
11 7 (4.64%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 6 (3.97%) Consultant
12 6 (3.97%) Designer
12 6 (3.97%) Support Assistant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.30%) SOAP
2 7 (4.64%) REST
3 6 (3.97%) Web Services
4 4 (2.65%) CSS
4 4 (2.65%) HTML
5 3 (1.99%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.99%) LDAP
6 2 (1.32%) XML
7 1 (0.66%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 21 (13.91%) Smartphone
2 19 (12.58%) iPhone
3 17 (11.26%) Management Information System
4 13 (8.61%) CMDB
5 6 (3.97%) Virtual Team
6 4 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.65%) Hybrid Cloud
7 3 (1.99%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.32%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (1.32%) Mainframe
8 2 (1.32%) Replication
9 1 (0.66%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.66%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.66%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.66%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.66%) Onboarding
9 1 (0.66%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 25 (16.56%) Windows
2 20 (13.25%) Mac OS
3 8 (5.30%) Windows Server
4 7 (4.64%) Windows 10
5 6 (3.97%) VMS
6 5 (3.31%) Windows 7
7 3 (1.99%) Linux
8 2 (1.32%) HPUX
8 2 (1.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.32%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (60.26%) ITIL
2 86 (56.95%) Service Management
3 47 (31.13%) Customer Service
4 44 (29.14%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (25.17%) Agile
6 35 (23.18%) Incident Management
7 33 (21.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 28 (18.54%) Service Delivery
9 22 (14.57%) Change Management
10 21 (13.91%) DevOps
11 20 (13.25%) Computer Science
12 19 (12.58%) Mobile Device Management
13 18 (11.92%) Service Design
14 16 (10.60%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (10.60%) Decision-Making
15 15 (9.93%) Incident Response
15 15 (9.93%) Service Catalogue
16 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 12 (7.95%) Risk Management
17 12 (7.95%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.96%) PowerShell
2 7 (4.64%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.31%) SQL
4 4 (2.65%) Java
4 4 (2.65%) VB
4 4 (2.65%) VBScript
5 3 (1.99%) Python
6 1 (0.66%) Bash
Qualifications
1 35 (23.18%) Degree
2 25 (16.56%) Security Cleared
3 21 (13.91%) SC Cleared
4 8 (5.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (4.64%) A+ Certification
6 6 (3.97%) ITIL Certification
6 6 (3.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (3.31%) CCNP
7 5 (3.31%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (3.31%) Master's Degree
8 4 (2.65%) CCIE
8 4 (2.65%) JNCIE
8 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (1.32%) CBAP
10 1 (0.66%) ACSP
10 1 (0.66%) ACTC
10 1 (0.66%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.66%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.66%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.66%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (6.62%) GDPR
3 7 (4.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (4.64%) SLA
4 5 (3.31%) GxP
5 4 (2.65%) QA
6 3 (1.99%) COBIT
7 1 (0.66%) Accessibility
7 1 (0.66%) Basel III
7 1 (0.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.66%) GRC
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.66%) ISO 31000
7 1 (0.66%) PMO
7 1 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 41 (27.15%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.65%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (12.58%) Jamf Pro
2 15 (9.93%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (5.30%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (4.64%) WSUS
5 5 (3.31%) SCCM
6 4 (2.65%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (1.32%) Ansible
8 1 (0.66%) Kubernetes
8 1 (0.66%) SCSM
8 1 (0.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 84 (55.63%) ServiceNow
2 77 (50.99%) Microsoft
3 20 (13.25%) Apple
4 7 (4.64%) VMware
5 6 (3.97%) Cisco
5 6 (3.97%) Citrix
6 5 (3.31%) SAP
7 4 (2.65%) F5
7 4 (2.65%) Fortinet
7 4 (2.65%) Google
7 4 (2.65%) IBM
8 2 (1.32%) BMC
8 2 (1.32%) Dell
8 2 (1.32%) Remedy
8 2 (1.32%) Sun
8 2 (1.32%) Unisys
9 1 (0.66%) Ariba
9 1 (0.66%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.66%) Bomgar
9 1 (0.66%) SolarWinds