ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in the North of England

ServiceNow
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring knowledge or experience of ServiceNow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ServiceNow over the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ServiceNow.

6 months to
30 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 54 36
Rank change year-on-year +17 -18 +53
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 236 145 265
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 5.91% 3.56% 5.15%
As % of the Vendors category 12.22% 8.46% 11.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 71 131
10th Percentile £235 £360 £200
25th Percentile £375 £456 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +31.25% -27.27%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £583
90th Percentile £626 £600 £720
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 6 27
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.56 £16.01
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.87 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.75 £15.03 £17.80
Median % change year-on-year +18.10% -15.56% -1.11%
75th Percentile £26.97 £17.79 £20.58
90th Percentile £63.40 £18.00 £43.75
England median hourly rate £18.82 £17.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +10.71% -10.53% +22.58%

All Vendors
North of England

ServiceNow falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,932 1,713 2,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 48.42% 42.02% 46.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 931 1,498
10th Percentile £281 £303 £224
25th Percentile £378 £413 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £589
90th Percentile £680 £675 £663
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 78 110
10th Percentile £13.93 £14.06 £16.24
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.21 £17.71
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -35.67% +9.09% +61.25%
75th Percentile £61.15 £45.89 £46.18
90th Percentile £81.25 £51.74 £48.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £43.84
% change year-on-year -28.14% -20.16% +82.67%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for ServiceNow in the North of England

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ServiceNow.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in the North of England

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ServiceNow.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ServiceNow

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ServiceNow in the North of England over the 6 months to 30 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ServiceNow in the North of England

ServiceNow
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 ServiceNow within the North of England region over the 6 months to 30 September 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 +23 117 £496 -6.42% 37
Yorkshire +9 113 £500 -8.05% 19
North East -3 6 £350 -24.32% 6
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
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 8 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (2.54%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.12%) Confluence
Applications
1 35 (14.83%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (5.93%) MS Visio
3 13 (5.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (3.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.12%) assyst
2 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.42%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 46 (19.49%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (17.37%) Entra ID
3 16 (6.78%) Azure
4 11 (4.66%) SaaS
5 7 (2.97%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.54%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.12%) AWS
8 4 (1.69%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.42%) GCP
10 1 (0.42%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.42%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.97%) DNS
1 7 (2.97%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (2.54%) VPN
3 5 (2.12%) Unified Communications
4 4 (1.69%) Internet
5 3 (1.27%) DHCP
6 2 (0.85%) BGP
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.85%) Cisco Wireless
6 2 (0.85%) NX-OS
6 2 (0.85%) VXLAN
6 2 (0.85%) Wireless
7 1 (0.42%) LAN
7 1 (0.42%) Network Security
7 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.42%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.85%) Power BI
1 2 (0.85%) Tableau
2 1 (0.42%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 31 (13.14%) JIRA
2 1 (0.42%) Git
2 1 (0.42%) ScriptRunner
General
1 135 (57.20%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.88%) Finance
3 42 (17.80%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (8.05%) Retail
5 15 (6.36%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (3.39%) Public Sector
7 7 (2.97%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.12%) Publishing
10 4 (1.69%) Banking
10 4 (1.69%) Legal
10 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.27%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.85%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.85%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.42%) Electronics
13 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
13 1 (0.42%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (19.92%) Support Manager
2 32 (13.56%) IT Support
3 28 (11.86%) Analyst
4 18 (7.63%) 1st Line Support
4 18 (7.63%) IT Manager
5 14 (5.93%) IT Support Manager
6 13 (5.51%) Business Analyst
6 13 (5.51%) Incident Manager
7 12 (5.08%) 1st Line Support Manager
7 12 (5.08%) Consultant
7 12 (5.08%) Support Specialist
8 11 (4.66%) Lead
8 11 (4.66%) Support Engineer
9 10 (4.24%) Developer
9 10 (4.24%) ServiceNow Developer
10 9 (3.81%) Desktop Engineer
10 9 (3.81%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 8 (3.39%) Administrator
11 8 (3.39%) Service Manager
11 8 (3.39%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (3.81%) REST
2 6 (2.54%) SOAP
3 5 (2.12%) JSON
3 5 (2.12%) Web Services
4 4 (1.69%) CSS
4 4 (1.69%) HTML
4 4 (1.69%) LDAP
5 3 (1.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.42%) IDoc
6 1 (0.42%) OAuth
6 1 (0.42%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.42%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.90%) iPhone
1 21 (8.90%) Smartphone
2 14 (5.93%) CMDB
3 11 (4.66%) Driving Licence
4 10 (4.24%) Data Centre
4 10 (4.24%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.54%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (2.12%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (2.12%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.12%) Video Conferencing
7 4 (1.69%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.27%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.27%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.27%) Public Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.42%) Industrial Internet of Things
9 1 (0.42%) SCADA
9 1 (0.42%) Security Operations Centre
9 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 41 (17.37%) Mac OS
2 33 (13.98%) Windows
3 6 (2.54%) Apple iOS
3 6 (2.54%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.69%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (44.07%) ITSM
2 91 (38.56%) ITIL
3 68 (28.81%) Service Management
4 64 (27.12%) Customer Service
5 43 (18.22%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (17.80%) Service Delivery
7 41 (17.37%) Incident Management
8 39 (16.53%) Stakeholder Management
9 38 (16.10%) Agile
10 32 (13.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 25 (10.59%) Mobile Device Management
12 24 (10.17%) Change Management
13 21 (8.90%) Mentoring
14 18 (7.63%) Decision-Making
14 18 (7.63%) DevOps
15 17 (7.20%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (7.20%) Risk Management
15 17 (7.20%) Test Automation
16 16 (6.78%) Process Improvement
17 15 (6.36%) IT Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (5.51%) Python
2 6 (2.54%) PowerShell
3 4 (1.69%) Java
3 4 (1.69%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.69%) Perl
3 4 (1.69%) Shell Script
4 2 (0.85%) Lisp
4 2 (0.85%) SQL
5 1 (0.42%) Bash
5 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.42%) Groovy
5 1 (0.42%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (12.29%) Degree
2 20 (8.47%) ACSP
2 20 (8.47%) ACTC
3 18 (7.63%) Security Cleared
4 12 (5.08%) SC Cleared
5 11 (4.66%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.69%) PMI Certification
9 3 (1.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 3 (1.27%) CBAP
9 3 (1.27%) PMP
10 2 (0.85%) CCNP
10 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.42%) CISSP
11 1 (0.42%) CompTIA CySA+
11 1 (0.42%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.42%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.93%) GDPR
1 14 (5.93%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 10 (4.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.39%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.12%) GRC
5 3 (1.27%) ISO 22301
5 3 (1.27%) ISO 31000
6 2 (0.85%) COBIT
6 2 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.85%) SLA
7 1 (0.42%) Basel III
7 1 (0.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.42%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.42%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.42%) NIST
System Software
1 59 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 41 (17.37%) Jamf Pro
2 12 (5.08%) Microsoft Intune
3 10 (4.24%) SCCM
4 7 (2.97%) Ansible
5 6 (2.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 3 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.85%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.42%) MOM
8 1 (0.42%) RSA Archer
8 1 (0.42%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 92 (38.98%) Microsoft
2 41 (17.37%) Apple
3 8 (3.39%) Remedy
4 6 (2.54%) Citrix
5 5 (2.12%) Splunk
6 3 (1.27%) SAP
7 2 (0.85%) Cisco
7 2 (0.85%) Ekahau
7 2 (0.85%) Google
7 2 (0.85%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.42%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.42%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.42%) BMC
8 1 (0.42%) CrowdStrike
8 1 (0.42%) Darktrace
8 1 (0.42%) Okta
8 1 (0.42%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.42%) Peregrine
8 1 (0.42%) Snow
8 1 (0.42%) Wonderware