ITSM Analyst Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

IT Service Management Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median IT Service Management Analyst daily rate in the UK excluding London is £510, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 July 2026.

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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 455 352 381
Rank change year-on-year -103 +29 -
Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Analyst 14 8 1
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.052% 0.054% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.059% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 3 0
10th Percentile £406 £212 -
25th Percentile £431 £283 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +27.38% - -
75th Percentile £657 £425 -
90th Percentile £680 £440 -
UK median daily rate £461 £400 -
% change year-on-year +15.25% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 24,865 13,516 18,087
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.15% 90.53% 92.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,157 8,348 11,035
10th Percentile £305 £215 £213
25th Percentile £408 £363 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £575 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,874 1,158 2,033
10th Percentile £15.13 £13.50 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.67 £17.00
Median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.91
Median % change year-on-year +78.93% -41.39% +7.28%
75th Percentile £68.00 £55.87 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £43.55 £25.15 £40.94
% change year-on-year +73.17% -38.57% -6.42%

ITSM Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITSM Analyst' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ITSM Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITSM Analyst
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITSM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITSM Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM Analyst in the UK excluding London

ITSM Analyst
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITSM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for ITSM Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

ITSM Analyst
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 July 2026. 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
South East - 7 £575 - 2
Scotland -12 3 - -
Midlands -50 3 £413 +142.65%
East Midlands - 3 £413 -
East of England -20 1 - -
ITSM Analyst
UK

ITSM Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 24 July 2026, ITSM Analyst 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 UK excluding London region featuring ITSM Analyst in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) ITSM
2 9 (64.29%) ITIL
2 9 (64.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) Data Quality
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (21.43%) Cloud Enablement
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) Python
5 3 (21.43%) Service Management
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (14.29%) PMO
6 2 (14.29%) Power BI
6 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 2 (14.29%) Remedy
6 2 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (14.29%) SLA
6 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (7.14%) DataOps
7 1 (7.14%) Demand Management
7 1 (7.14%) IT Asset Management
7 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification

ITSM Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) CMDB
2 3 (21.43%) Onboarding
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) ITSM
2 9 (64.29%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) Incident Management
4 4 (28.57%) Migration
4 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (21.43%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (21.43%) Cloud Enablement
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Data Modelling
5 3 (21.43%) Service Management
6 2 (14.29%) Change Management
6 2 (14.29%) Problem Management
6 2 (14.29%) Process Improvement
6 2 (14.29%) Quality Management
6 2 (14.29%) Target Operating Model
6 2 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (7.14%) DataOps
7 1 (7.14%) Demand Management
7 1 (7.14%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (7.14%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (21.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) Data Quality
2 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 2 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (64.29%) ServiceNow
2 2 (14.29%) Remedy