ITSM Contract Job Trends in Stockport

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Manchester > Stockport

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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 4 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing ITSM 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Stockport 18.18% 9.09% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.22% 10.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile £185 - -
25th Percentile £233 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £328 £501 -
Median % change year-on-year -34.63% - -
75th Percentile £433 - -
90th Percentile £488 - -
Manchester median daily rate £600 £380 £513
% change year-on-year +57.89% -25.85% +28.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Stockport

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 Stockport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9 10 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stockport 81.82% 90.91% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 9 15
10th Percentile - £381 £290
25th Percentile £153 - £304
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £192 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year -52.13% -15.79% +26.67%
75th Percentile £279 £438 £563
90th Percentile £420 £500 £609
Manchester median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.62
25th Percentile - - £12.71
Median hourly rate - - £34.16
Median % change year-on-year - - -19.63%
75th Percentile - - £59.69
90th Percentile - - £63.63
Manchester median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £24.73
% change year-on-year +38.46% +31.45% -41.64%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Stockport

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

ITSM job vacancy trend in Stockport

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Daily Rate Trend in Stockport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Stockport citing ITSM

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Daily Rate Histogram in Stockport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in Stockport over the 6 months to 6 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in Stockport

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stockport 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Head of IT
1 1 (50.00%) Help Desk Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (50.00%) Incident Response
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Vulnerability Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft