ITSM Contracts in the UK excluding London

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 6 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 78 111 109
Rank change year-on-year +33 -2 +37
Contract jobs citing ITSM 401 407 557
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.13% 1.98% 2.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 2.34% 2.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 276 383
10th Percentile £192 £240 £180
25th Percentile £240 £413 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £490 £450
Median % change year-on-year -4.15% +8.96% +11.52%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £588
90th Percentile £662 £700 £675
UK median daily rate £496 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.80% +11.11% -8.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 28
10th Percentile - - £12.17
25th Percentile £16.95 - £13.16
Median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +8.37%
75th Percentile £29.50 - £21.46
90th Percentile £31.29 £15.17 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £15.78
% change year-on-year +34.43% -11.29% +15.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,562 17,414 21,391
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.38% 84.70% 89.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,253 10,403 14,840
10th Percentile £238 £250 £256
25th Percentile £376 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.80% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 838 2,048 1,307
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.30 £11.00
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.22 £15.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.67% +7.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £64.50 £60.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.95 £35.80
% change year-on-year -19.33% +0.42% +43.20%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in the UK excluding London

ITSM
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +13 136 £450 -12.62% 94
North West +29 86 £472 -1.92% 50
South East +25 66 £500 +1.42% 97
South West +11 57 £500 +5.26% 31
Scotland +29 55 £496 +75.89% 19
Midlands +27 52 £550 +4.76% 70
West Midlands +37 49 £550 +10.00% 42
Yorkshire -2 47 £450 -16.67% 33
East of England +37 40 £250 -58.33% 51
East Midlands -2 3 £275 -57.69% 27
Channel Islands - 3 £425 -
North East -4 2 £149 -74.79% 14
Wales - 2 £413 - 11
ITSM
UK

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 41 (10.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 27 (6.73%) SharePoint
3 8 (2.00%) Skype for Business
4 3 (0.75%) Confluence
4 3 (0.75%) SAS
5 2 (0.50%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 76 (18.95%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (2.00%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.25%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.25%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 23 (5.74%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.75%) iTrent
2 3 (0.75%) Oracle ERP
2 3 (0.75%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (0.75%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 3 (0.75%) SAP LE
2 3 (0.75%) SAP WM
3 2 (0.50%) OpenText VIM for SAP
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.25%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 84 (20.95%) Microsoft 365
2 49 (12.22%) Entra ID
3 46 (11.47%) Azure
4 16 (3.99%) AWS
4 16 (3.99%) SaaS
5 11 (2.74%) Google Workspace
6 10 (2.49%) GCP
6 10 (2.49%) GitHub
7 8 (2.00%) Power Platform
8 6 (1.50%) OCI
9 5 (1.25%) SuccessFactors
10 3 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (0.75%) OneDrive
11 2 (0.50%) AWS CloudFormation
11 2 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon ECS
12 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
12 1 (0.25%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.25%) Nutanix
12 1 (0.25%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (8.98%) DNS
2 35 (8.73%) VPN
3 21 (5.24%) DHCP
4 15 (3.74%) TCP/IP
5 13 (3.24%) Skype
6 11 (2.74%) BGP
6 11 (2.74%) OSPF
7 10 (2.49%) Firewall
7 10 (2.49%) SMTP
8 9 (2.24%) EIGRP
8 9 (2.24%) HSRP
8 9 (2.24%) IPsec
9 7 (1.75%) LAN
9 7 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
10 6 (1.50%) Internet
10 6 (1.50%) VLAN
10 6 (1.50%) WAN
11 5 (1.25%) Network Security
12 4 (1.00%) HTTP
12 4 (1.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.24%) Metadata
2 8 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (1.50%) Power BI
4 5 (1.25%) Oracle Database
5 3 (0.75%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.75%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL
7 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Oracle Discoverer
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.25%) SQLite
7 1 (0.25%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 17 (4.24%) JIRA
2 9 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.75%) GitLab
4 6 (1.50%) Git
5 4 (1.00%) TeamCity
6 3 (0.75%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (0.50%) Maven
7 2 (0.50%) Selenium
8 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.25%) Postman
8 1 (0.25%) ScriptRunner
8 1 (0.25%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.25%) Toad
General
1 194 (48.38%) Social Skills
2 74 (18.45%) Analytical Skills
3 43 (10.72%) Finance
4 41 (10.22%) Public Sector
5 25 (6.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 20 (4.99%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (3.74%) Retail
8 13 (3.24%) Banking
8 13 (3.24%) Legal
9 11 (2.74%) Military
9 11 (2.74%) Telecoms
10 9 (2.24%) Law
11 7 (1.75%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.00%) French Language
14 2 (0.50%) Financial Institution
14 2 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
14 2 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 2 (0.50%) Publishing
15 1 (0.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 62 (15.46%) Analyst
2 32 (7.98%) Architect
3 31 (7.73%) Senior
4 27 (6.73%) Service Analyst
5 26 (6.48%) Service Manager
5 26 (6.48%) Support Engineer
6 24 (5.99%) 1st Line Support
7 22 (5.49%) Lead
7 22 (5.49%) Service Desk Analyst
8 19 (4.74%) Developer
8 19 (4.74%) IT Support
9 18 (4.49%) Desktop Support
9 18 (4.49%) IT Engineer
10 17 (4.24%) IT Manager
11 16 (3.99%) Consultant
11 16 (3.99%) Network Engineer
11 16 (3.99%) ServiceNow Developer
12 15 (3.74%) Business Analyst
13 13 (3.24%) Administrator
13 13 (3.24%) Support Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.99%) CSS
2 19 (4.74%) HTML
2 19 (4.74%) REST
3 15 (3.74%) XML
4 14 (3.49%) Web Services
5 12 (2.99%) SOAP
6 10 (2.49%) JSON
7 9 (2.24%) AngularJS
8 8 (2.00%) Ajax
8 8 (2.00%) LDAP
9 6 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
10 5 (1.25%) RESTful
10 5 (1.25%) SailPoint
11 4 (1.00%) jQuery
12 3 (0.75%) SAP PI
12 3 (0.75%) WebCenter
13 2 (0.50%) Node.js
14 1 (0.25%) .NET
14 1 (0.25%) FastAPI
14 1 (0.25%) JDBC
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.97%) CMDB
2 33 (8.23%) Self-Motivation
3 25 (6.23%) Management Information System
4 24 (5.99%) iPhone
5 15 (3.74%) Data Centre
5 15 (3.74%) Smartphone
6 12 (2.99%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.74%) iPad
8 9 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.24%) Driving Licence
8 9 (2.24%) Replication
9 8 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
11 5 (1.25%) Mainframe
12 4 (1.00%) Data Protection Act
12 4 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (1.00%) Product Ownership
13 3 (0.75%) Algorithms
13 3 (0.75%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.75%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 108 (26.93%) Windows
2 26 (6.48%) Linux
2 26 (6.48%) Windows 10
3 23 (5.74%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.24%) Mac OS
5 12 (2.99%) Apple iOS
6 10 (2.49%) VMS
7 7 (1.75%) Solaris
7 7 (1.75%) Unix
8 6 (1.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (1.25%) HPUX
9 5 (1.25%) Windows 7
10 4 (1.00%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.75%) CentOS
12 2 (0.50%) AIX
12 2 (0.50%) Android
12 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.50%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
13 1 (0.25%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (49.38%) ITIL
2 190 (47.38%) Service Management
3 98 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
4 78 (19.45%) Agile
5 72 (17.96%) Customer Service
6 62 (15.46%) Service Delivery
7 48 (11.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 43 (10.72%) Incident Management
9 42 (10.47%) Asset Management
10 40 (9.98%) Change Management
11 34 (8.48%) IT Asset Management
12 33 (8.23%) Configuration Management
13 31 (7.73%) Stakeholder Management
14 30 (7.48%) DevOps
15 28 (6.98%) Problem Management
16 27 (6.73%) Collaborative Working
16 27 (6.73%) Project Management
17 24 (5.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 21 (5.24%) CI/CD
19 20 (4.99%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 25 (6.23%) PowerShell
2 23 (5.74%) JavaScript
3 21 (5.24%) Python
4 16 (3.99%) SQL
5 5 (1.25%) Bash
5 5 (1.25%) Java
5 5 (1.25%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.00%) VB
6 4 (1.00%) VBScript
7 2 (0.50%) Perl
7 2 (0.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.50%) ProC
7 2 (0.50%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.25%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 101 (25.19%) Security Cleared
2 87 (21.70%) SC Cleared
3 54 (13.47%) Degree
4 21 (5.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 18 (4.49%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (2.49%) A+ Certification
7 9 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 9 (2.24%) DV Cleared
8 8 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
10 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 3 (0.75%) MCP
11 2 (0.50%) CCIE
11 2 (0.50%) CCNP
11 2 (0.50%) CISA
11 2 (0.50%) CISSP
11 2 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
11 2 (0.50%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.50%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.48%) SLA
2 10 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.00%) QA
4 6 (1.50%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (1.25%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.25%) GRC
6 4 (1.00%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.50%) COBIT
7 2 (0.50%) GDPR
8 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.25%) ISO 31000
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) NIST
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 95 (23.69%) Active Directory
2 13 (3.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.25%) BitLocker
4 4 (1.00%) Docker
4 4 (1.00%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.50%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 31 (7.73%) Ansible
1 31 (7.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 18 (4.49%) SCCM
3 16 (3.99%) Terraform
4 14 (3.49%) Jamf Pro
4 14 (3.49%) Single Sign-On
4 14 (3.49%) WSUS
5 8 (2.00%) Puppet
6 5 (1.25%) Kubernetes
7 4 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 4 (1.00%) SCOM
8 3 (0.75%) Automic
8 3 (0.75%) Progress Chef
8 3 (0.75%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (0.75%) vCenter Server
9 2 (0.50%) HP ALM
9 2 (0.50%) Packer
9 2 (0.50%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.50%) vRealize
9 2 (0.50%) VxRail
Vendors
1 175 (43.64%) ServiceNow
2 111 (27.68%) Microsoft
3 26 (6.48%) VMware
4 23 (5.74%) Remedy
5 21 (5.24%) Oracle
6 20 (4.99%) Cisco
7 15 (3.74%) Citrix
7 15 (3.74%) Google
8 14 (3.49%) Apple
9 13 (3.24%) BMC
10 11 (2.74%) HP
10 11 (2.74%) MobileIron
10 11 (2.74%) Nexthink
10 11 (2.74%) SAP
11 8 (2.00%) SolarWinds
12 7 (1.75%) Broadcom
12 7 (1.75%) IBM
13 5 (1.25%) iManage
13 5 (1.25%) Sun
13 5 (1.25%) Unisys