ServiceNow Contract Job Trends in the North West

ServiceNow
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 17 December 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
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 46 24
Rank change year-on-year +5 -22 +48
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 130 79 180
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 5.22% 3.66% 6.89%
As % of the Vendors category 10.17% 7.79% 14.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 46 116
10th Percentile £134 £143 £225
25th Percentile £224 £250 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £409 £538
Median % change year-on-year +21.27% -23.91% -2.27%
75th Percentile £610 £500 £703
90th Percentile £663 £600 £720
England median daily rate £485 £500 £511
% change year-on-year -3.00% -2.20% -2.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 22
10th Percentile - £14.58 £16.25
25th Percentile £15.50 £16.00 £16.69
Median hourly rate £18.31 £19.55 £18.11
Median % change year-on-year -6.32% +7.92% +0.61%
75th Percentile £20.89 £23.40 £20.58
90th Percentile £26.97 £24.18 -
England median hourly rate £18.87 £21.46 £20.00
% change year-on-year -12.07% +7.30% +29.03%

All Vendors
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 1,278 1,014 1,225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 51.30% 47.01% 46.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 838 562 804
10th Percentile £250 £300 £234
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year -6.95% -1.96% +6.25%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 91 50 85
10th Percentile £16.50 £16.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £19.60 £24.18 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.63% -7.14% +66.27%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.81 £52.60
England median hourly rate £23.69 £31.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -23.58% -31.43% +73.88%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ServiceNow relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

ServiceNow job vacancy trend in the North West

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in the North West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in the North West

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ServiceNow in the North West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ServiceNow in the North West

ServiceNow
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 ServiceNow within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 December 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
Manchester +5 52 £600 +41.18% 22
Cheshire -8 37 £492 -6.29% 2
Merseyside +10 25 £138 -5.17% 3
Lancashire -3 8 £400 -20.00% 13
Cumbria +10 7 £500 -5.66%
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 22 (16.92%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (3.85%) Skype for Business
4 1 (0.77%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (6.15%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.77%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (3.08%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.77%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 31 (23.85%) Microsoft 365
2 27 (20.77%) Azure
3 13 (10.00%) Power Platform
4 11 (8.46%) SaaS
5 7 (5.38%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (3.85%) AWS
7 4 (3.08%) OneDrive
7 4 (3.08%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.54%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.77%) GCP
9 1 (0.77%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.77%) Mimecast
9 1 (0.77%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.77%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (13.08%) DNS
2 12 (9.23%) DHCP
3 10 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (6.15%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (6.15%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (6.15%) Wireless
5 7 (5.38%) BGP
5 7 (5.38%) NX-OS
5 7 (5.38%) VXLAN
6 6 (4.62%) Unified Communications
7 5 (3.85%) Internet
7 5 (3.85%) LAN
7 5 (3.85%) Skype
7 5 (3.85%) VLAN
7 5 (3.85%) VPN
7 5 (3.85%) WAN
8 1 (0.77%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.08%) Power BI
2 3 (2.31%) Tableau
3 2 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (10.77%) JIRA
2 1 (0.77%) Git
2 1 (0.77%) Jenkins
General
1 53 (40.77%) Social Skills
2 30 (23.08%) Finance
3 12 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (8.46%) Organisational Skills
5 10 (7.69%) Banking
5 10 (7.69%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.38%) Investment Banking
7 5 (3.85%) Legal
8 4 (3.08%) Documentation Skills
8 4 (3.08%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.31%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.54%) French Language
10 2 (1.54%) Italian Language
10 2 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (1.54%) Portuguese Language
10 2 (1.54%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.77%) Electronics
11 1 (0.77%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 17 (13.08%) Analyst
2 15 (11.54%) Architect
2 15 (11.54%) IT Support
3 11 (8.46%) Support Engineer
4 8 (6.15%) IT Engineer
4 8 (6.15%) IT Support Engineer
4 8 (6.15%) Network Engineer
4 8 (6.15%) Service Desk Support
4 8 (6.15%) ServiceNow Architect
5 7 (5.38%) Automation Specialist
5 7 (5.38%) Change Manager
5 7 (5.38%) Cisco Engineer
5 7 (5.38%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 7 (5.38%) Cisco Wireless Engineer
5 7 (5.38%) Developer
5 7 (5.38%) IT Support Technician
5 7 (5.38%) IT Technician
5 7 (5.38%) ServiceNow Developer
5 7 (5.38%) Wireless Engineer
5 7 (5.38%) Wireless Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.31%) REST
2 2 (1.54%) SOAP
3 1 (0.77%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.77%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.77%) CSS
3 1 (0.77%) HTML
3 1 (0.77%) IDoc
3 1 (0.77%) JSON
3 1 (0.77%) LDAP
3 1 (0.77%) OAuth
3 1 (0.77%) SailPoint
3 1 (0.77%) SAML
3 1 (0.77%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 11 (8.46%) CMDB
2 11 (8.46%) Driving Licence
3 8 (6.15%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (5.38%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.62%) Video Conferencing
6 5 (3.85%) Low-Code
6 5 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 4 (3.08%) Public Cloud
8 3 (2.31%) IVR
9 2 (1.54%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.77%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.77%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.77%) Industrial Internet of Things
10 1 (0.77%) PMI
10 1 (0.77%) SCADA
10 1 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 32 (24.62%) Windows
2 25 (19.23%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.85%) Windows 7
4 3 (2.31%) Apple iOS
4 3 (2.31%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.77%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (31.54%) ITSM
2 30 (23.08%) Customer Service
3 26 (20.00%) Service Management
4 25 (19.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 20 (15.38%) ITIL
6 18 (13.85%) Change Management
7 17 (13.08%) Service Delivery
8 16 (12.31%) Agile
8 16 (12.31%) Test Automation
9 15 (11.54%) Problem-Solving
9 15 (11.54%) User Experience
10 14 (10.77%) Roadmaps
10 14 (10.77%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (7.69%) DevOps
11 10 (7.69%) Risk Management
12 9 (6.92%) Configuration Management
12 9 (6.92%) Release Management
12 9 (6.92%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.69%) Python
2 7 (5.38%) Lisp
2 7 (5.38%) PowerShell
3 6 (4.62%) SQL
4 5 (3.85%) VB
4 5 (3.85%) VBScript
5 2 (1.54%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.54%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.77%) Bash
6 1 (0.77%) R
Qualifications
1 29 (22.31%) Security Cleared
2 13 (10.00%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.15%) CCNP
3 8 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (5.38%) Degree
5 5 (3.85%) CTC Cleared
5 5 (3.85%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.31%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.54%) PMP
8 1 (0.77%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.77%) CBAP
8 1 (0.77%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.15%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.31%) GDPR
2 3 (2.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (2.31%) SLA
3 2 (1.54%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.54%) GRC
4 1 (0.77%) EU AI Act
4 1 (0.77%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.77%) NCSC
4 1 (0.77%) NIST
System Software
1 22 (16.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.85%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 17 (13.08%) SCCM
2 8 (6.15%) FortiGate
3 7 (5.38%) Ansible
3 7 (5.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (2.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.77%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.77%) MOM
5 1 (0.77%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.77%) Terraform
5 1 (0.77%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 40 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.23%) Remedy
3 8 (6.15%) Cisco
4 7 (5.38%) Ekahau
5 4 (3.08%) Snow
6 3 (2.31%) Apple
6 3 (2.31%) Bomgar
6 3 (2.31%) Genesys
6 3 (2.31%) iManage
6 3 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.31%) SAP
6 3 (2.31%) UiPath
6 3 (2.31%) Workday
7 2 (1.54%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.77%) AVEVA
8 1 (0.77%) CyberArk
8 1 (0.77%) Google
8 1 (0.77%) Okta
8 1 (0.77%) OneTrust
8 1 (0.77%) Wonderware