ITSM Contracts with Work from Home Options

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for ITSM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITSM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 106 158 209
Rank change year-on-year +52 +51 -35
Contract jobs citing ITSM 327 425 576
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.12% 1.63% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.81% 1.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 309 431
10th Percentile £310 £212 £250
25th Percentile £425 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £502
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -10.29% +5.61%
75th Percentile £589 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £678 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £11.70
25th Percentile - - £12.00
Median hourly rate - £14.00 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% -13.51%
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - £22.60
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £14.58
% change year-on-year -3.45% -0.55% -21.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

ITSM is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,569 23,472 40,758
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.77% 89.84% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,056 16,562 29,562
10th Percentile £325 £363 £360
25th Percentile £425 £450 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 563 559 545
10th Percentile £14.90 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £24.00 £30.65 £20.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% +34.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £69.25 £55.00
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.25 £66.90
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

ITSM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ITSM trend for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ITSM.

ITSM daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing ITSM over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

ITSM daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing ITSM.

ITSM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (6.12%) Confluence
1 20 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 17 (5.20%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) JBoss
4 2 (0.61%) Tomcat
4 2 (0.61%) WebLogic
4 2 (0.61%) WebSphere
Applications
1 10 (3.06%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.31%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 19 (5.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (1.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 2 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.31%) iTrent
4 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 42 (12.84%) Azure
2 17 (5.20%) Azure Stack
2 17 (5.20%) Power Platform
3 15 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (3.36%) IaaS
5 9 (2.75%) AWS
6 6 (1.83%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.53%) GitHub
7 5 (1.53%) SaaS
8 4 (1.22%) OneDrive
8 4 (1.22%) PaaS
8 4 (1.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon ECR
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (0.61%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.61%) GCP
9 2 (0.61%) Route 53
9 2 (0.61%) Serverless
9 2 (0.61%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 28 (8.56%) Firewall
2 24 (7.34%) BGP
3 7 (2.14%) IPsec
3 7 (2.14%) OSPF
4 6 (1.83%) Cisco ASA
4 6 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
4 6 (1.83%) Cisco ISE
4 6 (1.83%) EIGRP
4 6 (1.83%) HSRP
4 6 (1.83%) NetScaler
5 5 (1.53%) SNMP
5 5 (1.53%) Spanning Tree
5 5 (1.53%) VPN
5 5 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.22%) Network Security
7 3 (0.92%) SMS
8 2 (0.61%) DNS
8 2 (0.61%) Kerberos
8 2 (0.61%) SNA
8 2 (0.61%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.20%) Power BI
2 3 (0.92%) MariaDB
2 3 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.92%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.61%) Pentaho
3 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.31%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (10.09%) JIRA
2 6 (1.83%) GitLab
3 5 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.22%) Git
4 4 (1.22%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 110 (33.64%) Social Skills
2 74 (22.63%) Finance
3 50 (15.29%) Banking
4 47 (14.37%) Analytical Skills
5 44 (13.46%) Public Sector
6 11 (3.36%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.45%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
9 5 (1.53%) Marketing
9 5 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (1.22%) Electronics
10 4 (1.22%) Retail
11 3 (0.92%) Legal
11 3 (0.92%) Publishing
12 2 (0.61%) Digital Healthcare
12 2 (0.61%) French Language
12 2 (0.61%) Spanish Language
13 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 69 (21.10%) Analyst
2 44 (13.46%) Architect
3 37 (11.31%) Consultant
3 37 (11.31%) Developer
4 35 (10.70%) IT Analyst
5 34 (10.40%) Banking Analyst
6 32 (9.79%) ServiceNow Developer
7 25 (7.65%) Service Manager
8 24 (7.34%) Data Analyst
8 24 (7.34%) Service Analyst
9 22 (6.73%) Business Analyst
10 17 (5.20%) Microsoft Engineer
11 16 (4.89%) Banking Business Analyst
11 16 (4.89%) ITSM Analyst
11 16 (4.89%) Service Architect
11 16 (4.89%) ServiceNow Architect
12 15 (4.59%) Business IT Analyst
12 15 (4.59%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 13 (3.98%) Infrastructure Analyst
13 13 (3.98%) Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (8.26%) Web Services
2 14 (4.28%) XML
3 9 (2.75%) JSON
4 8 (2.45%) CSS
4 8 (2.45%) HTML
5 6 (1.83%) REST
5 6 (1.83%) SOAP
6 5 (1.53%) Jinja
7 4 (1.22%) jQuery
7 4 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
7 4 (1.22%) YAML
8 3 (0.92%) Kafka
8 3 (0.92%) Node.js
8 3 (0.92%) RESTful
9 2 (0.61%) ActiveMQ
9 2 (0.61%) Java EE
9 2 (0.61%) LDAP
9 2 (0.61%) OAuth
9 2 (0.61%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.61%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.93%) CMDB
2 17 (5.20%) Private Cloud
3 15 (4.59%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.45%) Onboarding
5 6 (1.83%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.53%) Operational Technology
6 5 (1.53%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.61%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (0.61%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.61%) NHS
7 2 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.31%) Blackberry
8 1 (0.31%) FMCG
8 1 (0.31%) Life Science
8 1 (0.31%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.31%) Media Streaming
8 1 (0.31%) PKI
8 1 (0.31%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.31%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 36 (11.01%) Windows
2 10 (3.06%) Linux
3 9 (2.75%) Windows 10
4 6 (1.83%) Unix
5 5 (1.53%) Windows Server
6 4 (1.22%) Android
7 3 (0.92%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (62.39%) Service Management
2 201 (61.47%) ITIL
3 86 (26.30%) Change Management
4 54 (16.51%) Agile
5 51 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
6 44 (13.46%) Asset Management
7 43 (13.15%) Service Delivery
8 36 (11.01%) Configuration Management
9 30 (9.17%) Customer Service
10 29 (8.87%) IT Asset Management
11 27 (8.26%) Incident Management
12 26 (7.95%) Continuous Improvement
13 25 (7.65%) DevOps
13 25 (7.65%) Project Management
14 24 (7.34%) Network Management
15 22 (6.73%) Capacity Management
15 22 (6.73%) Roadmaps
16 21 (6.42%) Operations Management
17 20 (6.12%) Business Analysis
18 18 (5.50%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (4.28%) JavaScript
2 10 (3.06%) Python
3 6 (1.83%) SQL
4 5 (1.53%) Perl
4 5 (1.53%) Tcl
5 4 (1.22%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.22%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.22%) Ruby
5 4 (1.22%) SOQL
6 3 (0.92%) Go
6 3 (0.92%) Java
7 1 (0.31%) Bash
7 1 (0.31%) C#
7 1 (0.31%) PHP
Qualifications
1 106 (32.42%) Security Cleared
2 72 (22.02%) SC Cleared
3 31 (9.48%) DV Cleared
4 23 (7.03%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (4.89%) Degree
6 8 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.14%) CCNP
7 7 (2.14%) Cisco Certification
8 6 (1.83%) CCNA
8 6 (1.83%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.83%) PMP
9 5 (1.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (1.22%) ISEB
10 4 (1.22%) ISEB Practitioner
10 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.61%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.31%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (7.03%) SLA
2 17 (5.20%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (2.14%) QA
4 4 (1.22%) COBIT
4 4 (1.22%) ISO 9000
5 3 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.92%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.61%) PMO
7 1 (0.31%) GRC
7 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
7 1 (0.31%) NIST
7 1 (0.31%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 14 (4.28%) Active Directory
2 7 (2.14%) Firmware
3 5 (1.53%) VMware NSX
4 3 (0.92%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.92%) vCloud
4 3 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.92%) vSphere
5 1 (0.31%) Docker
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 17 (5.20%) SCOM
2 14 (4.28%) Ansible
3 7 (2.14%) Progress Chef
3 7 (2.14%) Puppet
4 6 (1.83%) Terraform
5 4 (1.22%) SCCM
5 4 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.92%) Autotask
7 2 (0.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.61%) Kubernetes
7 2 (0.61%) Salt
7 2 (0.61%) vRealize
7 2 (0.61%) VxRail
8 1 (0.31%) Grafana
8 1 (0.31%) Istio
8 1 (0.31%) Kibana
8 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.31%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (34.56%) ServiceNow
2 40 (12.23%) Microsoft
3 19 (5.81%) Remedy
4 17 (5.20%) Atlassian
5 14 (4.28%) VMware
6 11 (3.36%) SAP
7 9 (2.75%) SolarWinds
8 8 (2.45%) Cisco
8 8 (2.45%) Citrix
8 8 (2.45%) Splunk
9 6 (1.83%) BMC
9 6 (1.83%) Palo Alto
9 6 (1.83%) Qualys
10 5 (1.53%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.22%) Dell
11 4 (1.22%) Freshdesk
12 3 (0.92%) Arista
12 3 (0.92%) TOWER Software
13 2 (0.61%) Bloomberg
13 2 (0.61%) Reuters