ServiceNow Contracts in the UK excluding London

ServiceNow
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring knowledge or experience of ServiceNow products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ServiceNow over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within ServiceNow.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 82 105
Rank change year-on-year +34 +23 +35
Contract jobs citing ServiceNow 546 499 567
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.26% 2.45% 2.44%
As % of the Vendors category 8.67% 5.79% 5.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 329 278 354
10th Percentile £174 £158 £185
25th Percentile £250 £255 £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -2.96% +3.06%
75th Percentile £551 £559 £580
90th Percentile £628 £706 £668
UK median daily rate £496 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -0.80% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 100 49
10th Percentile £13.68 £14.16 -
25th Percentile £14.99 £15.88 £15.25
Median hourly rate £17.45 £16.30 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +7.02% -8.01% +14.32%
75th Percentile £24.18 £21.37 £38.75
90th Percentile £38.25 £22.25 £44.40
UK median hourly rate £17.30 £16.30 £17.72
% change year-on-year +6.13% -8.01% +14.32%

All Vendors
UK excluding London

ServiceNow falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 6,298 8,614 10,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 49.13% 42.38% 44.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,950 5,195 7,077
10th Percentile £213 £206 £205
25th Percentile £363 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% - +7.53%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £599
90th Percentile £651 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -1.90% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 430 960 472
10th Percentile £14.20 £11.80 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £14.16 £17.50
Median hourly rate £23.00 £21.46 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.18% -42.77% +97.37%
75th Percentile £57.44 £59.93 £62.13
90th Percentile £71.50 £70.00 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £25.50 £22.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year +15.91% -48.24% +97.67%

ServiceNow
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for ServiceNow in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for ServiceNow in the UK excluding London

ServiceNow
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ServiceNow in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ServiceNow in the UK excluding London

ServiceNow
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for ServiceNow in the UK excluding London

ServiceNow
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ServiceNow in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ServiceNow in the UK excluding London

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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 ServiceNow within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 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 -2 158 £400 -23.81% 96
South East +33 112 £350 +12.90% 128
Scotland +49 91 £488 +74.11% 17
North West +1 90 £472 -3.18% 69
East of England +17 62 £347 -42.25% 66
Yorkshire -5 62 £400 -25.93% 28
Midlands +17 61 £551 +29.65% 45
West Midlands +20 54 £551 +22.44% 30
South West +64 46 £235 -55.24% 30
Wales - 14 £405 - 3
Northern Ireland 0 8 £148 +2.07% 6
East Midlands +4 7 £513 +64.00% 14
North East -7 5 £300 -58.04% 4
Channel Islands - 2 £425 -
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UK

ServiceNow
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 25 (4.58%) Microsoft Exchange
2 16 (2.93%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.92%) Confluence
4 4 (0.73%) Skype for Business
5 3 (0.55%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (0.55%) IIS
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Service Bus
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 3 (0.55%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.37%) IBM Notes
6 2 (0.37%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.18%) Anypoint
7 1 (0.18%) Mule
7 1 (0.18%) TPMS
7 1 (0.18%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (11.72%) Microsoft Office
2 46 (8.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 42 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (1.28%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (1.47%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.73%) iTrent
3 3 (0.55%) Maximo
3 3 (0.55%) Oracle BPM
4 2 (0.37%) assyst
5 1 (0.18%) SAP APO
5 1 (0.18%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 136 (24.91%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (7.88%) Entra ID
3 37 (6.78%) Azure
4 20 (3.66%) AWS
5 15 (2.75%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.20%) Google Workspace
7 9 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
8 7 (1.28%) GitHub
8 7 (1.28%) SaaS
9 6 (1.10%) SuccessFactors
10 5 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
10 5 (0.92%) GCP
10 5 (0.92%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.55%) OCI
12 2 (0.37%) Apple Pay
12 2 (0.37%) AWS CloudFormation
12 2 (0.37%) Azure Machine Learning
12 2 (0.37%) Google Pay
12 2 (0.37%) Nutanix
12 2 (0.37%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 45 (8.24%) VPN
2 39 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 28 (5.13%) Firewall
4 26 (4.76%) DNS
5 17 (3.11%) WAN
6 16 (2.93%) LAN
7 14 (2.56%) TCP/IP
8 11 (2.01%) WebEx
9 10 (1.83%) Remote Desktop
10 8 (1.47%) DHCP
11 7 (1.28%) 4G
11 7 (1.28%) VoIP
12 6 (1.10%) Skype
13 5 (0.92%) HTTP
13 5 (0.92%) Wireless
14 4 (0.73%) 2G
14 4 (0.73%) 3G
14 4 (0.73%) BGP
14 4 (0.73%) OSPF
14 4 (0.73%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (1.83%) Power BI
2 4 (0.73%) Oracle Database
3 3 (0.55%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.55%) Tableau
4 2 (0.37%) Data Lake
4 2 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.18%) DB2
5 1 (0.18%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.18%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.18%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 37 (6.78%) JIRA
2 10 (1.83%) Jenkins
3 9 (1.65%) GitLab
4 6 (1.10%) Git
5 3 (0.55%) Chocolatey
5 3 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.55%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.55%) Subversion
5 3 (0.55%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.37%) ScriptRunner
6 2 (0.37%) Selenium
7 1 (0.18%) GoCD
7 1 (0.18%) JUnit
7 1 (0.18%) Postman
General
1 243 (44.51%) Social Skills
2 91 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 68 (12.45%) Finance
4 41 (7.51%) Public Sector
5 35 (6.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (4.76%) Retail
7 22 (4.03%) Banking
8 17 (3.11%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (1.83%) Law
11 7 (1.28%) Legal
12 5 (0.92%) Billing
12 5 (0.92%) Electronics
12 5 (0.92%) Investment Banking
13 4 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.73%) Military
13 4 (0.73%) Portuguese Language
14 3 (0.55%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.55%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 120 (21.98%) Analyst
2 64 (11.72%) Service Analyst
3 61 (11.17%) Service Desk Analyst
4 46 (8.42%) Developer
5 39 (7.14%) ServiceNow Developer
6 36 (6.59%) Architect
7 34 (6.23%) Senior
8 33 (6.04%) 1st Line Support
8 33 (6.04%) Support Engineer
9 31 (5.68%) IT Support
10 28 (5.13%) Desktop Support
11 25 (4.58%) Support Manager
12 22 (4.03%) Desktop Engineer
13 20 (3.66%) 2nd Line Support
13 20 (3.66%) Administrator
13 20 (3.66%) Business Analyst
13 20 (3.66%) IT Manager
13 20 (3.66%) Lead
14 18 (3.30%) Support Analyst
14 18 (3.30%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.31%) CSS
1 29 (5.31%) HTML
2 27 (4.95%) REST
3 24 (4.40%) SOAP
3 24 (4.40%) Web Services
4 20 (3.66%) JSON
5 19 (3.48%) XML
6 14 (2.56%) AngularJS
7 10 (1.83%) Ajax
7 10 (1.83%) jQuery
8 8 (1.47%) LDAP
9 7 (1.28%) .NET
10 6 (1.10%) HTML5
11 5 (0.92%) Kafka
11 5 (0.92%) Middleware
11 5 (0.92%) RESTful
11 5 (0.92%) SailPoint
12 4 (0.73%) Oracle Fusion
13 3 (0.55%) SAML
14 2 (0.37%) JMS
Miscellaneous
1 58 (10.62%) CMDB
2 32 (5.86%) Data Centre
3 30 (5.49%) Smartphone
4 29 (5.31%) iPhone
5 24 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
6 21 (3.85%) Driving Licence
6 21 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 18 (3.30%) Management Information System
8 11 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 11 (2.01%) iPad
9 10 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
10 9 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.47%) BYOD
11 8 (1.47%) CSOC
12 7 (1.28%) Operational Technology
13 6 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
14 5 (0.92%) Frameworx
14 5 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.92%) NHS
14 5 (0.92%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 127 (23.26%) Windows
2 61 (11.17%) Windows 10
3 35 (6.41%) Mac OS
4 28 (5.13%) Linux
5 23 (4.21%) Apple iOS
6 13 (2.38%) Windows 7
7 10 (1.83%) Android
7 10 (1.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (1.65%) VMS
9 4 (0.73%) Windows Server
10 2 (0.37%) CentOS
10 2 (0.37%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.18%) Unix
11 1 (0.18%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (38.64%) ITIL
2 192 (35.16%) ITSM
3 152 (27.84%) Customer Service
4 144 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (20.51%) Agile
6 107 (19.60%) Incident Management
7 105 (19.23%) Service Management
8 88 (16.12%) Service Delivery
9 61 (11.17%) Stakeholder Management
10 56 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (6.59%) Change Management
12 35 (6.41%) Mobile Device Management
13 34 (6.23%) Asset Management
13 34 (6.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 33 (6.04%) IT Asset Management
15 31 (5.68%) Scrum
16 30 (5.49%) Risk Management
17 29 (5.31%) Configuration Management
17 29 (5.31%) Migration
18 27 (4.95%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 44 (8.06%) JavaScript
2 23 (4.21%) Python
3 17 (3.11%) PowerShell
4 14 (2.56%) SQL
5 8 (1.47%) Java
6 7 (1.28%) Bash
7 6 (1.10%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.92%) VBScript
9 4 (0.73%) C#
9 4 (0.73%) VB
10 3 (0.55%) R
10 3 (0.55%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
11 2 (0.37%) Groovy
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript
12 1 (0.18%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.18%) C-shell
12 1 (0.18%) DataWeave
12 1 (0.18%) Go
12 1 (0.18%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 96 (17.58%) Security Cleared
2 83 (15.20%) SC Cleared
3 52 (9.52%) Degree
4 38 (6.96%) A+ Certification
5 36 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (4.95%) MCSA
7 21 (3.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 20 (3.66%) ITIL Certification
9 8 (1.47%) CISSP
9 8 (1.47%) DV Cleared
10 7 (1.28%) ACSP
10 7 (1.28%) ACTC
10 7 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (1.28%) CISM
11 6 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.92%) CCNP
12 5 (0.92%) Network+ Certification
13 3 (0.55%) CCNA
13 3 (0.55%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.55%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (8.79%) SLA
2 18 (3.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 14 (2.56%) GRC
4 10 (1.83%) QA
5 8 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.28%) Disclosure Scotland
6 7 (1.28%) GxP
7 5 (0.92%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.73%) GDPR
9 3 (0.55%) ISO 22301
9 3 (0.55%) ISO 31000
10 2 (0.37%) NIST
10 2 (0.37%) PMO
11 1 (0.18%) Accessibility
11 1 (0.18%) COBIT
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 146 (26.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.10%) BitLocker
2 6 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (0.73%) Docker
4 3 (0.55%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.18%) Firmware
6 1 (0.18%) Veritas Cluster Server
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 30 (5.49%) Jamf Pro
2 25 (4.58%) Microsoft Intune
3 23 (4.21%) SCCM
4 21 (3.85%) Ansible
5 11 (2.01%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (1.65%) Terraform
7 8 (1.47%) Kubernetes
8 6 (1.10%) SCOM
9 5 (0.92%) Puppet
10 3 (0.55%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.55%) HP ALM
10 3 (0.55%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.37%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.37%) Grafana
11 2 (0.37%) Salt
11 2 (0.37%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 2 (0.37%) vRealize
11 2 (0.37%) VxRail
11 2 (0.37%) XenMobile
12 1 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 167 (30.59%) Microsoft
2 60 (10.99%) Citrix
3 32 (5.86%) Apple
4 21 (3.85%) Cisco
5 18 (3.30%) SAP
6 15 (2.75%) Fortinet
6 15 (2.75%) Nexthink
7 14 (2.56%) Google
7 14 (2.56%) Snow
7 14 (2.56%) SolarWinds
8 13 (2.38%) MobileIron
8 13 (2.38%) Salesforce
9 12 (2.20%) Oracle
9 12 (2.20%) Palo Alto
9 12 (2.20%) Remedy
9 12 (2.20%) Sage
9 12 (2.20%) Splunk
10 11 (2.01%) F5
11 10 (1.83%) Dell
11 10 (1.83%) Red Hat