ITSM Contract Job Trends in Watford

IT Service Management (ITSM)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring ITSM skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 6 15
Rank change year-on-year -10 +9 +2
Contract jobs citing ITSM 4 7 4
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 3.67% 13.73% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 14.29% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £375 -
25th Percentile £210 £525 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £220 £550 £180
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +205.56% -54.14%
75th Percentile £230 £575 -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 £550 £450
% change year-on-year - +22.22% -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 99 49 91
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 90.83% 96.08% 93.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 37 68
10th Percentile £325 £248 £271
25th Percentile £405 £400 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +33.33% -28.57%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £489
90th Percentile £638 - £652
Hertfordshire median daily rate £518 £550 £400
% change year-on-year -5.91% +37.50% -23.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 6
10th Percentile - £27.93 £13.19
25th Percentile - £28.52 £13.55
Median hourly rate £14.96 £31.49 £14.31
Median % change year-on-year -52.49% +120.02% -34.94%
75th Percentile - £34.16 £14.94
90th Percentile £16.29 £34.58 £15.75
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £61.76 £55.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +12.28% +10.00% -23.08%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITSM relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford.

ITSM job vacancy trend in Watford

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing ITSM.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing ITSM

ITSM
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate