ITSM Contracts in the North West

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > North West

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

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 74 117
Rank change year-on-year +25 +43 -23
Contract jobs citing ITSM 85 65 49
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 4.32% 2.37% 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.79% 2.74% 1.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 41 39
10th Percentile £203 £378 £350
25th Percentile £304 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +5.56% +17.19%
75th Percentile £538 £540 £588
90th Percentile £638 £698 £600
England median daily rate £499 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.30% +11.11% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £29.00 - £18.82
England median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,774 2,370 2,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 90.14% 86.37% 90.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,145 1,513 2,045
10th Percentile £300 £306 £313
25th Percentile £393 £405 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £593 £588
90th Percentile £661 £689 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 246 142
10th Percentile £16.03 £10.95 £16.85
25th Percentile £22.72 £13.36 £21.25
Median hourly rate £32.00 £21.56 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.46% -38.41% +70.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £45.66 £48.56
90th Percentile £84.51 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the North West over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
Cheshire +30 32 £360 +80.00% 9
Cumbria +16 27 £490 -4.85%
Manchester -2 24 £526 +21.31% 30
Merseyside +1 2 £625 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 22 (25.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 22 (25.88%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.41%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 24 (28.24%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 5 (5.88%) MS Visio
3 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (8.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.59%) Microsoft 365
2 24 (28.24%) Azure
3 18 (21.18%) Entra ID
4 9 (10.59%) GCP
5 8 (9.41%) SaaS
6 6 (7.06%) AWS
7 2 (2.35%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.88%) DNS
2 20 (23.53%) DHCP
3 17 (20.00%) VPN
4 12 (14.12%) Skype
5 11 (12.94%) BGP
5 11 (12.94%) OSPF
6 9 (10.59%) EIGRP
6 9 (10.59%) HSRP
6 9 (10.59%) IPsec
7 7 (8.24%) TCP/IP
8 6 (7.06%) VLAN
9 4 (4.71%) LAN
9 4 (4.71%) WAN
9 4 (4.71%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (3.53%) Firewall
11 2 (2.35%) MPLS
11 2 (2.35%) Network Security
11 2 (2.35%) Remote Desktop
12 1 (1.18%) Cisco Firepower
12 1 (1.18%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) MongoDB
1 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.18%) Relational Database
1 1 (1.18%) Yellowfin
Development Applications
1 5 (5.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.35%) GitLab
2 2 (2.35%) Jenkins
2 2 (2.35%) Selenium
3 1 (1.18%) Git
3 1 (1.18%) Maven
General
1 26 (30.59%) Social Skills
2 13 (15.29%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (7.06%) Banking
5 5 (5.88%) Military
6 4 (4.71%) Finance
6 4 (4.71%) French Language
6 4 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Investment Banking
8 2 (2.35%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.18%) Games
9 1 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (18.82%) Analyst
2 15 (17.65%) Network Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Senior
4 9 (10.59%) Service Analyst
4 9 (10.59%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (10.59%) Support Engineer
5 7 (8.24%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) Business Analyst
6 6 (7.06%) Junior
6 6 (7.06%) Junior Network Engineer
6 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
7 5 (5.88%) IT Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) IT Support
7 5 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 5 (5.88%) Senior Analyst
7 5 (5.88%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (4.71%) Project Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Service Desk Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (1.18%) LDAP
1 1 (1.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.59%) CMDB
1 9 (10.59%) Management Information System
2 8 (9.41%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Blog
5 1 (1.18%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.18%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.18%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.18%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.18%) Replication
5 1 (1.18%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 32 (37.65%) Windows
2 12 (14.12%) Windows Server
3 10 (11.76%) VMS
4 9 (10.59%) Windows 10
5 5 (5.88%) Linux
6 4 (4.71%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.18%) HPUX
7 1 (1.18%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (38.82%) ITIL
2 28 (32.94%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (32.94%) Service Management
3 18 (21.18%) Agile
4 16 (18.82%) DevOps
5 15 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (11.76%) Customer Service
6 10 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 10 (11.76%) Service Delivery
7 9 (10.59%) Decision-Making
8 8 (9.41%) Computer Science
8 8 (9.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (9.41%) Problem Management
8 8 (9.41%) User Acceptance Testing
9 7 (8.24%) Change Management
9 7 (8.24%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (8.24%) Focus Group
9 7 (8.24%) Project Management
9 7 (8.24%) Risk Management
9 7 (8.24%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.71%) VB
2 4 (4.71%) VBScript
3 1 (1.18%) Bash
3 1 (1.18%) Java
3 1 (1.18%) Python
Qualifications
1 36 (42.35%) Security Cleared
2 33 (38.82%) SC Cleared
3 21 (24.71%) Degree
4 6 (7.06%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (5.88%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.53%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.35%) CCIE
8 2 (2.35%) CCNP
8 2 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (2.35%) JNCIE
9 1 (1.18%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (1.18%) PMI Certification
9 1 (1.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.59%) SLA
2 1 (1.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.18%) COBIT
2 1 (1.18%) ISO 22301
2 1 (1.18%) ISO 31000
2 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.18%) QA
2 1 (1.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 21 (24.71%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.71%) BitLocker
3 2 (2.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.18%) Docker
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 15 (17.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (14.12%) WSUS
3 7 (8.24%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (4.71%) Ansible
4 4 (4.71%) SCCM
4 4 (4.71%) Terraform
5 3 (3.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (2.35%) HP ALM
6 2 (2.35%) Kubernetes
7 1 (1.18%) Grafana
7 1 (1.18%) Graylog
7 1 (1.18%) Packer
7 1 (1.18%) Prometheus
7 1 (1.18%) Puppet
7 1 (1.18%) SCSM
Vendors
1 34 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 22 (25.88%) ServiceNow
3 17 (20.00%) Cisco
4 11 (12.94%) VMware
5 7 (8.24%) Remedy
6 5 (5.88%) Citrix
7 4 (4.71%) Google
8 2 (2.35%) BMC
8 2 (2.35%) F5
8 2 (2.35%) Fortinet
8 2 (2.35%) HP
8 2 (2.35%) SolarWinds
9 1 (1.18%) Dell
9 1 (1.18%) IBM
9 1 (1.18%) Oracle
9 1 (1.18%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.18%) SAP
9 1 (1.18%) Sun
9 1 (1.18%) Unisys