SIAM Contracts

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SIAM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIAM over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 494 541 665
Rank change year-on-year +47 +124 +46
Contract jobs citing SIAM 26 41 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.094% 0.089%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.098% 0.11% 0.099%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 39
10th Percentile £400 - £463
25th Percentile £413 £441 £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -22.22% +15.38%
75th Percentile £519 £650 £750
90th Percentile £535 - £885
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £650 £675
% change year-on-year -30.80% -3.67% +21.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.10 - -
Median hourly rate £55.20 - -
75th Percentile £59.30 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £55.20 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIAM 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

SIAM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SIAM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SIAM.

Daily rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SIAM.

Hourly rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIAM within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +42 21 £425 -19.05% 11
UK excluding London +71 17 £450 -30.80% 8
Work from Home +33 10 £401 -18.91% 5
London +20 9 £401 -19.41% 6
North of England - 7 £425 - 2
Yorkshire - 6 £425 -
Scotland - 5 £513 -
South West - 3 - - 1
South East +42 2 £475 -26.92% 4
North West - 1 - - 2

SIAM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.54%) AWS
1 3 (11.54%) Azure
2 1 (3.85%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.85%) Entra ID
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.85%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.85%) Network Security
General
1 12 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 6 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (19.23%) Public Sector
4 3 (11.54%) Finance
4 3 (11.54%) Law
5 1 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (53.85%) Service Manager
2 6 (23.08%) IT Manager
2 6 (23.08%) IT Services Manager
3 5 (19.23%) Contracts Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Administrator
4 3 (11.54%) Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Consultant
4 3 (11.54%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.54%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Service Architect
4 3 (11.54%) Service Delivery Manager
4 3 (11.54%) ServiceNow Administrator
5 2 (7.69%) ITSM Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) IT Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Management Consultant
6 1 (3.85%) Security Analyst
6 1 (3.85%) Service Level Manager
6 1 (3.85%) ServiceNow Manager
6 1 (3.85%) SIAM Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.54%) Ajax
1 3 (11.54%) AngularJS
1 3 (11.54%) CSS
1 3 (11.54%) DCOM
1 3 (11.54%) HTML
1 3 (11.54%) LDAP
1 3 (11.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (3.85%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (3.85%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.85%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.85%) Security Posture
2 1 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) ITIL
2 22 (84.62%) Service Management
3 10 (38.46%) Service Delivery
4 9 (34.62%) ITSM
5 8 (30.77%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (26.92%) Incident Management
6 7 (26.92%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (23.08%) Configuration Management
8 5 (19.23%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (19.23%) Customer Service
9 4 (15.38%) Customer Experience
9 4 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 4 (15.38%) Service Design
10 3 (11.54%) Agile
10 3 (11.54%) Customer Engagement
10 3 (11.54%) Financial Modelling
10 3 (11.54%) Operations Management
10 3 (11.54%) Requirements Analysis
10 3 (11.54%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 5 (19.23%) Security Cleared
3 4 (15.38%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) DV Cleared
4 2 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.85%) CISM
5 1 (3.85%) CISSP
5 1 (3.85%) CompTIA CySA+
5 1 (3.85%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (3.85%) Degree
5 1 (3.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 1 (3.85%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.69%) SLA
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 1 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 3 (11.54%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (3.85%) CASB
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) ServiceNow
2 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.85%) Forcepoint