ITSM Architect Contract Job Trends

IT Service Management Architect
UK

The median IT Service Management Architect daily rate in the UK is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 February 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 - 596
Rank change year-on-year - - +155
Contract jobs requiring an ITSM Architect 4 0 11
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.010% - 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 6
10th Percentile £383 - £450
25th Percentile £458 - £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - £608
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.25%
75th Percentile £588 - £716
90th Percentile - - £759
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 - £558

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 35,711 28,902 42,066
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.50% 92.95% 93.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,518 17,719 27,795
10th Percentile £300 £291 £275
25th Percentile £405 £406 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £638
90th Percentile £717 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £476 £490
% change year-on-year -0.21% -2.86% -2.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,166 840 2,312
10th Percentile £14.50 £15.89 £13.15
25th Percentile £18.57 £21.25 £16.67
Median hourly rate £29.82 £33.77 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.69% -3.51% -
75th Percentile £61.25 £63.38 £61.51
90th Percentile £71.25 £75.00 £72.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £32.13 £35.95
% change year-on-year -12.85% -10.63% +8.94%

ITSM Architect
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ITSM Architect job vacancy trend in the UK

ITSM Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ITSM Architect
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM Architect over the 6 months to 7 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM Architect in the UK

ITSM Architect
Top 5 Contract Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 7 February 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
England - 4 £538 - 4
UK excluding London - 4 £538 - 4
North of England - 2 £575 -
North West - 2 £575 -
South East - 2 £440 - 4

ITSM Architect Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 February 2026, 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 featuring ITSM Architect in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) REST
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (50.00%) SOAP
4 1 (25.00%) BMC
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Snow
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements

ITSM Architect Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) REST
1 2 (50.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (50.00%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
4 1 (25.00%) Case Management
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) ERP
4 1 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (25.00%) BMC
2 1 (25.00%) Snow