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 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 32 55 30
Rank change year-on-year +23 -25 +51
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 117 65 162
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 5.41% 2.76% 5.63%
As % of the Vendors category 10.61% 6.71% 12.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 35 96
10th Percentile £206 £360 £213
25th Percentile £384 £456 £265
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £496 £530 £400
Median % change year-on-year -6.42% +32.50% -30.43%
75th Percentile £604 £597 £583
90th Percentile £658 £632 £720
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 26
10th Percentile £12.82 £12.20 £16.22
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.63 £16.36
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.00 £18.40
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -7.61% -0.54%
75th Percentile £43.13 £18.00 £20.58
90th Percentile £63.40 - £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 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 1,103 968 1,307
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 50.99% 41.07% 45.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 729 506 836
10th Percentile £305 £313 £225
25th Percentile £390 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £604 £600 £593
90th Percentile £700 £675 £675
England median daily rate £508 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.33% - -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 45 94
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.78 £16.20
25th Percentile £18.51 £25.30 £17.47
Median hourly rate £22.63 £35.36 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +1.03% +50.80%
75th Percentile £48.47 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £67.25 £55.79 £53.36
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for ServiceNow in the North West

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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 30 September 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 30 September 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 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
Cheshire +10 51 £456 -17.09% 8
Manchester +5 44 £588 +17.50% 12
Lancashire +12 17 £456 -8.85% 16
Merseyside +9 5 £200 -51.52% 7
ServiceNow
England

ServiceNow
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 4 (3.42%) Confluence
1 4 (3.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.98%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (5.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (5.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.27%) assyst
2 2 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.85%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 16 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (10.26%) Azure
3 11 (9.40%) SaaS
4 6 (5.13%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (5.13%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.42%) OneDrive
6 2 (1.71%) AWS
7 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.85%) GCP
7 1 (0.85%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.85%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.85%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.13%) DNS
2 5 (4.27%) Unified Communications
3 4 (3.42%) Internet
3 4 (3.42%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.71%) BGP
4 2 (1.71%) Cisco ISE
4 2 (1.71%) Cisco Wireless
4 2 (1.71%) DHCP
4 2 (1.71%) NX-OS
4 2 (1.71%) VXLAN
4 2 (1.71%) Wireless
5 1 (0.85%) LAN
5 1 (0.85%) Network Security
5 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.71%) Tableau
2 1 (0.85%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (16.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.85%) ScriptRunner
General
1 64 (54.70%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.80%) Finance
3 19 (16.24%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (11.97%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (5.98%) Influencing Skills
6 6 (5.13%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (4.27%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.27%) Publishing
8 4 (3.42%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.56%) Aerospace
9 3 (2.56%) Banking
10 2 (1.71%) Investment Banking
10 2 (1.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.85%) Automotive
11 1 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.85%) Electronics
11 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.85%) Law
11 1 (0.85%) Marketing
11 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (14.53%) IT Support
2 12 (10.26%) Analyst
2 12 (10.26%) Support Specialist
3 10 (8.55%) Business Analyst
4 7 (5.98%) Automation Specialist
4 7 (5.98%) Change Manager
4 7 (5.98%) Service Manager
5 6 (5.13%) 1st Line Support
5 6 (5.13%) Administrator
5 6 (5.13%) IT Support Technician
5 6 (5.13%) IT Technician
5 6 (5.13%) ITIL Change Manager
5 6 (5.13%) ITIL Manager
5 6 (5.13%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
5 6 (5.13%) Support Technician
6 5 (4.27%) Architect
6 5 (4.27%) IT Support Specialist
6 5 (4.27%) Service Desk Technician
6 5 (4.27%) Service Transition Manager
6 5 (4.27%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.27%) REST
2 4 (3.42%) CSS
2 4 (3.42%) HTML
2 4 (3.42%) LDAP
2 4 (3.42%) SOAP
2 4 (3.42%) Web Services
3 3 (2.56%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.85%) IDoc
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.40%) Driving Licence
2 10 (8.55%) Management Information System
3 8 (6.84%) Data Centre
4 5 (4.27%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (4.27%) Video Conferencing
4 5 (4.27%) Virtual Team
5 4 (3.42%) CMDB
5 4 (3.42%) Low-Code
6 2 (1.71%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.71%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.71%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.85%) Industrial Internet of Things
7 1 (0.85%) PMI
7 1 (0.85%) SCADA
7 1 (0.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (16.24%) Windows
2 6 (5.13%) Apple iOS
2 6 (5.13%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.56%) Android
3 3 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (35.04%) ITSM
2 38 (32.48%) ITIL
3 35 (29.91%) Service Management
4 28 (23.93%) Agile
5 25 (21.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 23 (19.66%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (16.24%) Change Management
7 19 (16.24%) Customer Service
7 19 (16.24%) Service Delivery
8 18 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
9 17 (14.53%) Test Automation
10 16 (13.68%) Risk Management
11 15 (12.82%) DevOps
12 12 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (10.26%) Release Management
12 12 (10.26%) SIAM
13 11 (9.40%) Computer Science
14 10 (8.55%) Process Improvement
14 10 (8.55%) Project Delivery
14 10 (8.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 8 (6.84%) Python
2 4 (3.42%) Java
2 4 (3.42%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.56%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.71%) Lisp
4 2 (1.71%) SQL
5 1 (0.85%) Groovy
5 1 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 20 (17.09%) Degree
2 14 (11.97%) Security Cleared
3 11 (9.40%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (6.84%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.56%) CBAP
6 3 (2.56%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.71%) CCNP
7 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.71%) PMP
8 1 (0.85%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.84%) Accessibility
2 4 (3.42%) GDPR
2 4 (3.42%) GRC
2 4 (3.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (2.56%) ISO 22301
3 3 (2.56%) ISO 31000
4 2 (1.71%) COBIT
4 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.71%) SLA
5 1 (0.85%) Basel III
5 1 (0.85%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.85%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.85%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.85%) NIST
System Software
1 13 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (8.55%) SCCM
2 7 (5.98%) Ansible
3 6 (5.13%) Microsoft Intune
3 6 (5.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (2.56%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.71%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.85%) MOM
6 1 (0.85%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.85%) Wonderware InTouch
Vendors
1 38 (32.48%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.84%) Remedy
3 3 (2.56%) Apple
3 3 (2.56%) SAP
4 2 (1.71%) Cisco
4 2 (1.71%) Ekahau
5 1 (0.85%) Atlassian
5 1 (0.85%) AVEVA
5 1 (0.85%) BMC
5 1 (0.85%) Google
5 1 (0.85%) HP
5 1 (0.85%) Okta
5 1 (0.85%) OneTrust
5 1 (0.85%) Peregrine
5 1 (0.85%) Snow
5 1 (0.85%) Wonderware
5 1 (0.85%) Zscaler