ServiceNow Specialist Contract Job Trends

ServiceNow Specialist
UK

The median ServiceNow Specialist daily rate in the UK is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 512 597
Rank change year-on-year -57 +85 +167
Contract jobs requiring a ServiceNow Specialist 5 12 2
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.038% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.041% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £415 £574 £263
25th Percentile £419 £591 £278
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £309
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +94.33% -50.60%
75th Percentile £488 - £341
90th Percentile £495 - £358
UK excluding London median daily rate - £600 £255
% change year-on-year - +135.29% -44.86%

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 33,096 29,209 40,038
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.31% 92.69% 93.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,909 17,885 26,705
10th Percentile £300 £291 £280
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £618 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £738 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £479 £500
% change year-on-year -0.73% -4.30% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,948 878 1,679
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.52 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.05 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.46% -23.53% +28.79%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.24 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £30.88 £45.00
% change year-on-year -18.54% -31.39% +66.65%

ServiceNow Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ServiceNow Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

ServiceNow Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ServiceNow Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ServiceNow Specialist job vacancies in the UK

ServiceNow Specialist
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ServiceNow Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 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 -68 4 £463 -22.92% 5
Work from Home -15 3 £450 -21.74%
London -15 3 £463 -19.57% 3
UK excluding London -48 1 - - 4
North of England - 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -

ServiceNow Specialist Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, ServiceNow Specialist 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 ServiceNow Specialist in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
3 3 (60.00%) Configuration Management
3 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
5 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
5 1 (20.00%) Logistics
5 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (20.00%) REST
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) SOAP
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (20.00%) Task-Oriented
5 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (20.00%) Workflow

ServiceNow Specialist 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 3 (60.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) REST
1 1 (20.00%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) CMDB
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) ITIL
1 4 (80.00%) ITSM
1 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 3 (60.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Task-Oriented
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint