ITSM Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring ITSM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITSM over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 84 108
Rank change year-on-year +35 +24 +15
Contract jobs citing ITSM 48 28 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.57% 1.44% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 1.71% 1.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 20 19
10th Percentile £107 £323 £177
25th Percentile £118 £325 £193
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £551 £508 £350
Median % change year-on-year +8.47% +45.00% +27.27%
75th Percentile £697 £613 £688
90th Percentile £740 £750 £700
England median daily rate £499 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.30% +11.11% -7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £29.30 - -
25th Percentile £29.75 - -
Median hourly rate £30.23 - -
75th Percentile £30.68 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +34.43% -3.45% +6.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,188 1,637 2,110
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 88.26% 83.91% 88.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 781 1,085 1,445
10th Percentile £195 £275 £263
25th Percentile £381 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +5.13%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £600
90th Percentile £675 £750 £694
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 115 45
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.09 £12.20
25th Percentile £13.96 £14.00 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.07 £22.50 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -19.71% +26.98% +4.24%
75th Percentile £24.10 £41.13 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.67 £57.75 £51.25
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITSM in the West Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Birmingham +18 23 £107 -73.25% 19
Warwickshire +12 20 £625 -7.41% 7
Staffordshire - 2 £150 - 12
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.17%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.08%) Oracle iProcurement
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.75%) Entra ID
1 9 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (12.50%) Power Platform
3 5 (10.42%) SuccessFactors
4 4 (8.33%) Azure
5 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.08%) GitHub
5 1 (2.08%) Nutanix
5 1 (2.08%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.17%) SAN
2 1 (2.08%) Firewall
2 1 (2.08%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.75%) Metadata
2 5 (10.42%) Oracle Database
3 4 (8.33%) Power BI
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 1 (2.08%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Oracle Forms
General
1 17 (35.42%) Social Skills
2 13 (27.08%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (14.58%) Finance
4 4 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (6.25%) Legal
6 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.08%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (18.75%) Audio Visual Technician
2 7 (14.58%) Architect
3 5 (10.42%) Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) Desktop Support
4 3 (6.25%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (6.25%) IT Manager
4 3 (6.25%) Lead
4 3 (6.25%) Senior
4 3 (6.25%) Service Manager
4 3 (6.25%) Support Analyst
5 2 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 2 (4.17%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (4.17%) Linux Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Linux Support
5 2 (4.17%) Linux Support Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.17%) Unix Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Unix Linux Engineer
5 2 (4.17%) Unix Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.42%) SailPoint
2 3 (6.25%) LDAP
3 1 (2.08%) REST
3 1 (2.08%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.33%) Data Centre
1 4 (8.33%) Onboarding
1 4 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.25%) Driving Licence
2 3 (6.25%) Security Posture
3 1 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.08%) CMDB
3 1 (2.08%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.08%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.08%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Linux
1 5 (10.42%) Windows
2 2 (4.17%) AIX
2 2 (4.17%) Unix
3 1 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (50.00%) Service Management
2 15 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (29.17%) ITIL
4 12 (25.00%) Asset Management
5 7 (14.58%) Identity Access Management
5 7 (14.58%) Migration
5 7 (14.58%) Network Monitoring
6 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (10.42%) Customer Service
6 5 (10.42%) Password Management
6 5 (10.42%) Privileged Access Management
7 4 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (8.33%) Data Analysis
7 4 (8.33%) Incident Management
7 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 4 (8.33%) Risk Management
7 4 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (8.33%) Workflow
8 3 (6.25%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.33%) SQL
2 1 (2.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.08%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.08%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (22.92%) SC Cleared
1 11 (22.92%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.17%) CISA
2 2 (4.17%) CISSP
2 2 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.08%) CISM
3 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.08%) Degree
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.08%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.08%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.25%) SLA
2 1 (2.08%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.08%) GDPR
2 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 11 (22.92%) Active Directory
2 10 (20.83%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (16.67%) Ansible
2 7 (14.58%) Terraform
3 3 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (4.17%) Tivoli
4 2 (4.17%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 20 (41.67%) ServiceNow
2 10 (20.83%) VMware
3 8 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (14.58%) Broadcom
5 6 (12.50%) Oracle
6 5 (10.42%) SAP
7 3 (6.25%) CyberArk
7 3 (6.25%) Remedy
8 2 (4.17%) BMC
8 2 (4.17%) IBM
9 1 (2.08%) Foundry
9 1 (2.08%) Snow