ITSM Contracts in the South East

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 114 67
Rank change year-on-year +25 -47 +47
Contract jobs citing ITSM 67 77 187
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.23% 1.39% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.44% 1.64% 3.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 47 129
10th Percentile £350 £215 £269
25th Percentile £421 £411 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £491 £450
Median % change year-on-year +1.90% +9.04% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £580
90th Percentile £589 £550 £650
England median daily rate £500 £500 £454
% change year-on-year - +10.25% -6.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.95 - £22.13
Median hourly rate £18.82 - £22.25
75th Percentile £20.69 - £22.38
90th Percentile - - -
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
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,747 4,698 5,149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.51% 84.74% 89.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,755 2,739 3,581
10th Percentile £254 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £510
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% -1.86% +2.00%
75th Percentile £600 £623 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 172 437 224
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £16.05 £18.20 £22.34
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +127.43%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.50 £64.72
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.55
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the South East over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the South East region over the 6 months to 3 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
Thames Valley +28 39 £450 -10.00% 35
Berkshire +19 27 £450 -10.00% 23
Buckinghamshire +18 12 £466 +3.61% 7
Hampshire +20 10 £550 +25.71% 14
West Sussex +11 6 - - 5
Surrey +10 6 £563 +150.00% 9
Kent +10 3 £250 +8.70% 7
East Sussex - 2 £488 - 3
Home Counties - 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.49%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.49%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.94%) Azure
2 6 (8.96%) Google Workspace
2 6 (8.96%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (8.96%) SaaS
3 4 (5.97%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.49%) AWS
5 1 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.49%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.97%) HTTP
2 1 (1.49%) Internet
2 1 (1.49%) PSTN
2 1 (1.49%) PuTTY
2 1 (1.49%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.49%) WAN
2 1 (1.49%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.49%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.49%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.49%) Git
2 1 (1.49%) JIRA
2 1 (1.49%) Maven
2 1 (1.49%) Postman
2 1 (1.49%) TeamCity
2 1 (1.49%) Toad
General
1 28 (41.79%) Social Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (10.45%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.48%) Finance
4 1 (1.49%) Aviation
4 1 (1.49%) Banking
4 1 (1.49%) Billing
4 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (1.49%) Legal
4 1 (1.49%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (13.43%) Lead
2 8 (11.94%) Architect
2 8 (11.94%) Consultant
3 7 (10.45%) ServiceNow Architect
4 6 (8.96%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 5 (7.46%) Service Manager
6 4 (5.97%) Analyst
6 4 (5.97%) ITSM Consultant
7 3 (4.48%) 3rd Line Engineer
7 3 (4.48%) Incident Manager
7 3 (4.48%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (4.48%) Support Specialist
7 3 (4.48%) Telecoms Architect
8 2 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.99%) DBA
8 2 (2.99%) Management Consultant
8 2 (2.99%) Support Analyst
8 2 (2.99%) Sybase DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) SOAP
1 6 (8.96%) Web Services
2 4 (5.97%) Ajax
2 4 (5.97%) CSS
2 4 (5.97%) HTML
2 4 (5.97%) REST
2 4 (5.97%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) CMDB
2 6 (8.96%) iPad
2 6 (8.96%) iPhone
2 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.99%) Replication
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (22.39%) Windows
2 6 (8.96%) Apple iOS
3 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.49%) Android
4 1 (1.49%) Unix
4 1 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (52.24%) ITIL
2 28 (41.79%) Service Management
3 17 (25.37%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.39%) IT Asset Management
5 13 (19.40%) Roadmaps
6 12 (17.91%) Configuration Management
7 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (14.93%) Analytics
8 10 (14.93%) Incident Management
8 10 (14.93%) Problem Management
8 10 (14.93%) Service Delivery
9 9 (13.43%) Agile
9 9 (13.43%) Customer Service
10 7 (10.45%) Asset Management
10 7 (10.45%) Knowledge Management
10 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (8.96%) Mentoring
11 6 (8.96%) Proactive Maintenance
11 6 (8.96%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) SQL
2 6 (8.96%) Python
3 4 (5.97%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.99%) Perl
4 2 (2.99%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.49%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (16.42%) Security Cleared
2 7 (10.45%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (5.97%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (4.48%) Degree
5 3 (4.48%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.99%) A+ Certification
6 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.99%) MCP
6 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.49%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.48%) SLA
2 2 (2.99%) QA
3 1 (1.49%) COBIT
3 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
System Software
1 10 (14.93%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (7.46%) SCCM
2 4 (5.97%) Ansible
3 3 (4.48%) SCOM
3 3 (4.48%) vCenter Server
4 2 (2.99%) Foglight
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.99%) Terraform
4 2 (2.99%) WSUS
5 1 (1.49%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 29 (43.28%) ServiceNow
2 7 (10.45%) BMC
3 6 (8.96%) Google
3 6 (8.96%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.96%) MobileIron
3 6 (8.96%) Nexthink
3 6 (8.96%) Remedy
4 3 (4.48%) Oracle
4 3 (4.48%) Snow
4 3 (4.48%) SolarWinds
4 3 (4.48%) Splunk
5 2 (2.99%) Broadcom
5 2 (2.99%) McAfee
5 2 (2.99%) Sybase
5 2 (2.99%) VMware
6 1 (1.49%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.49%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.49%) Dynatrace
6 1 (1.49%) PagerDuty