ITSM Architect Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

IT Service Management Architect
South East > Thames Valley

The median IT Service Management Architect daily rate in the Thames Valley is £380, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 - 140
Rank change year-on-year - - +41
Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Architect 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.054% - 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% - 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £333 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 - -
75th Percentile £428 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £380 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 1,684 1,959 2,478
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.93% 92.02% 94.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,093 1,117 1,628
10th Percentile £257 £278 £213
25th Percentile £400 £403 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £588 £613 £615
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £508 £513
% change year-on-year -1.48% -0.98% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 81 105
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.16
25th Percentile £16.17 £25.99 £24.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +15.00% +186.94%
75th Percentile £49.28 £63.43 £67.25
90th Percentile £81.60 £97.50 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.52 £50.00
% change year-on-year -63.86% +15.04% +42.86%

ITSM Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITSM Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

ITSM Architect job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ITSM Architect
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Architect job vacancies in the Thames Valley

ITSM Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM Architect within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 November 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
Berkshire - 1 £380 -
ITSM Architect
South East

ITSM Architect Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 November 2025, ITSM Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring ITSM Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Snow
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

ITSM Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) REST
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) IT Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Security Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Snow