ITSM Contract Job Trends in Preston

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Preston requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 - 15
Rank change year-on-year - - -3
Contract jobs citing ITSM 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Preston 10.47% - 1.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.33% - 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +7.32%
75th Percentile £558 - -
90th Percentile £610 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £618 £630
% change year-on-year -10.93% -1.98% +80.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Preston

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 Preston.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73 46 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 84.88% 88.46% 94.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 26 20
10th Percentile £250 £431 £335
25th Percentile £441 £502 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.23% +26.59% +6.25%
75th Percentile £680 £573 £513
90th Percentile £707 £646 £593
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £525 £596
% change year-on-year +4.76% -11.98% +12.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 32
10th Percentile £31.07 £27.02 £20.58
25th Percentile £39.53 £30.40 £37.63
Median hourly rate £41.94 £31.52 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +33.06% -31.75% +13.81%
75th Percentile £45.84 £37.00 £51.63
90th Percentile £65.86 £55.71 £74.38
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £46.18 £46.18
% change year-on-year -1.56% - +8.33%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston.

ITSM job vacancy trend in Preston

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ITSM

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Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ITSM.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing ITSM

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) BGP
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
1 4 (44.44%) Software-Defined Networking
1 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 2 (22.22%) Network Security
2 2 (22.22%) WebEx
General
1 6 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Legal
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Platform Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) IT Administrator
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (22.22%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Product Ownership
2 2 (22.22%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (22.22%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Service Management
2 6 (66.67%) Change Control
2 6 (66.67%) Platform Engineering
2 6 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (55.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (44.44%) Containerisation
4 4 (44.44%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (44.44%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (33.33%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
6 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (22.22%) High Availability
6 2 (22.22%) Identity Access Management
6 2 (22.22%) Mobile Device Management
6 2 (22.22%) Performance Monitoring
6 2 (22.22%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (22.22%) User Stories
6 2 (22.22%) Virtual Infrastructure
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) Bash
1 6 (66.67%) PowerShell
2 4 (44.44%) Perl
2 4 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 4 (44.44%) CCDP
3 4 (44.44%) CCNA
3 4 (44.44%) CCNP
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (22.22%) Degree
4 2 (22.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) GRC
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 2 (22.22%) Docker
2 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 2 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Red Hat
2 4 (44.44%) Citrix
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft