ITSM Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 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 136 108 152
Rank change year-on-year -28 +44 +61
Contract jobs citing ITSM 188 310 425
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.90% 2.02% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 2.30% 1.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 131 190 306
10th Percentile £250 £323 £210
25th Percentile £378 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £593 £590 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £651
UK median daily rate £497 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -0.60% +11.11% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £19.74 - -
25th Percentile £22.65 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - £14.00
75th Percentile £50.63 - -
90th Percentile £61.50 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.82 £14.00 £15.78
% change year-on-year +34.43% -11.29% +15.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

ITSM
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ITSM trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing ITSM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 remote working options citing ITSM.

ITSM hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ITSM over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

ITSM hourly rate histogram 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 11 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 10 (5.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.60%) Confluence
4 2 (1.06%) JBoss
4 2 (1.06%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.06%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.53%) CMS
5 1 (0.53%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.53%) SAS
Applications
1 17 (9.04%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.53%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (6.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.06%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.53%) iTrent
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (19.68%) Azure
2 24 (12.77%) Microsoft 365
3 17 (9.04%) Entra ID
4 11 (5.85%) AWS
4 11 (5.85%) SaaS
5 6 (3.19%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.66%) Asana
6 5 (2.66%) GitHub
6 5 (2.66%) Slack
7 3 (1.60%) GCP
8 2 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.06%) OCI
8 2 (1.06%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.53%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.53%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.53%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.53%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.53%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 11 (5.85%) VPN
2 7 (3.72%) DNS
3 5 (2.66%) DHCP
3 5 (2.66%) HTTP
4 4 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
4 4 (2.13%) SMTP
5 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (1.06%) BIG-IP
6 2 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
6 2 (1.06%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
6 2 (1.06%) Firewall
6 2 (1.06%) Network Security
6 2 (1.06%) NGFW
6 2 (1.06%) SAN
6 2 (1.06%) SMS
6 2 (1.06%) SSL
6 2 (1.06%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.06%) VXLAN
6 2 (1.06%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.53%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.19%) Power BI
2 5 (2.66%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.06%) DB2
3 2 (1.06%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.06%) IMS/DB
3 2 (1.06%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.53%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.53%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.53%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.53%) Tableau
4 1 (0.53%) Yellowfin
Development Applications
1 13 (6.91%) JIRA
2 5 (2.66%) Jenkins
3 3 (1.60%) Oracle Forms
4 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
4 2 (1.06%) Git
4 2 (1.06%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.53%) GitLab
5 1 (0.53%) JIRA Agile
5 1 (0.53%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.53%) MLflow
5 1 (0.53%) Postman
5 1 (0.53%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (0.53%) Zephyr
General
1 63 (33.51%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.21%) Finance
3 24 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (8.51%) Public Sector
5 9 (4.79%) Telecoms
6 8 (4.26%) Legal
7 7 (3.72%) Banking
8 6 (3.19%) Law
9 5 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.60%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.06%) Electronics
12 2 (1.06%) Local Government
12 2 (1.06%) Marketing
12 2 (1.06%) Retail
13 1 (0.53%) Billing
13 1 (0.53%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.53%) Portuguese Language
13 1 (0.53%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 33 (17.55%) Architect
2 24 (12.77%) ServiceNow Architect
3 21 (11.17%) Consultant
4 20 (10.64%) Lead
5 19 (10.11%) Analyst
6 17 (9.04%) Developer
7 15 (7.98%) ServiceNow Developer
8 14 (7.45%) Support Engineer
9 13 (6.91%) Senior
10 12 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (4.79%) Service Manager
11 9 (4.79%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 8 (4.26%) IT Engineer
12 8 (4.26%) IT Support
13 7 (3.72%) IT Support Engineer
13 7 (3.72%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
14 6 (3.19%) 2nd Line Engineer
14 6 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support
14 6 (3.19%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
14 6 (3.19%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (11.17%) Web Services
2 20 (10.64%) HTML
3 15 (7.98%) CSS
4 14 (7.45%) AngularJS
5 12 (6.38%) REST
5 12 (6.38%) SOAP
5 12 (6.38%) XML
6 7 (3.72%) Ajax
6 7 (3.72%) JSON
7 5 (2.66%) LDAP
8 4 (2.13%) RESTful
9 3 (1.60%) DCOM
10 2 (1.06%) EJB
10 2 (1.06%) J2EE
10 2 (1.06%) JDBC
10 2 (1.06%) Middleware
10 2 (1.06%) Oracle Fusion
10 2 (1.06%) SAP Basis
10 2 (1.06%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (1.06%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 41 (21.81%) CMDB
2 18 (9.57%) Onboarding
3 11 (5.85%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 6 (3.19%) Data Protection Act
6 4 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.13%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.13%) Video Conferencing
7 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.06%) FMCG
7 2 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.06%) NHS
7 2 (1.06%) PKI
7 2 (1.06%) Public Cloud
7 2 (1.06%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.53%) Blog
8 1 (0.53%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.53%) SCADA
8 1 (0.53%) Smartphone
8 1 (0.53%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 32 (17.02%) Windows
2 9 (4.79%) Linux
3 8 (4.26%) Windows 10
4 6 (3.19%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.66%) VMS
6 4 (2.13%) Unix
7 3 (1.60%) Android
7 3 (1.60%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.06%) AIX
9 1 (0.53%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (50.53%) ITIL
2 87 (46.28%) Service Management
3 39 (20.74%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (19.15%) Agile
5 27 (14.36%) IT Asset Management
6 23 (12.23%) Change Management
7 22 (11.70%) Configuration Management
8 21 (11.17%) Incident Management
9 19 (10.11%) Analytics
9 19 (10.11%) Problem Management
10 18 (9.57%) DevOps
10 18 (9.57%) Service Delivery
11 17 (9.04%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (8.51%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.98%) Asset Management
13 15 (7.98%) Scrum
14 14 (7.45%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (7.45%) Customer Service
14 14 (7.45%) Roadmaps
14 14 (7.45%) Service Catalogue
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.17%) JavaScript
2 16 (8.51%) PowerShell
3 14 (7.45%) Python
4 13 (6.91%) SQL
5 9 (4.79%) Java
6 6 (3.19%) Bash
7 2 (1.06%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.06%) REXX
7 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.53%) Bicep
8 1 (0.53%) C
8 1 (0.53%) Groovy
8 1 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.53%) ProC
8 1 (0.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 43 (22.87%) Security Cleared
2 39 (20.74%) SC Cleared
3 11 (5.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 9 (4.79%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (3.72%) Degree
6 3 (1.60%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 2 (1.06%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.06%) PMP
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.53%) CRISC
8 1 (0.53%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.72%) SLA
2 3 (1.60%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
3 2 (1.06%) GDPR
3 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 2 (1.06%) NIST
4 1 (0.53%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.53%) COBIT
4 1 (0.53%) GRC
4 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.53%) ISO 31000
4 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.53%) QA
System Software
1 32 (17.02%) Active Directory
2 10 (5.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.60%) Docker
3 3 (1.60%) vSphere
4 2 (1.06%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.06%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.53%) Firmware
5 1 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.53%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 13 (6.91%) Ansible
2 9 (4.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (4.79%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (4.26%) Terraform
4 7 (3.72%) WSUS
5 5 (2.66%) SCCM
6 4 (2.13%) Kubernetes
7 3 (1.60%) Grafana
7 3 (1.60%) Opsgenie
7 3 (1.60%) Prometheus
8 2 (1.06%) Tivoli
8 2 (1.06%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.53%) Automic
9 1 (0.53%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.53%) Plesk
9 1 (0.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 91 (48.40%) ServiceNow
2 31 (16.49%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.45%) VMware
4 12 (6.38%) Remedy
5 10 (5.32%) BMC
5 10 (5.32%) Oracle
6 7 (3.72%) Palo Alto
7 6 (3.19%) SAP
8 5 (2.66%) Broadcom
8 5 (2.66%) IBM
8 5 (2.66%) Snow
8 5 (2.66%) Zscaler
9 3 (1.60%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.60%) CyberArk
9 3 (1.60%) Splunk
10 2 (1.06%) Aruba
10 2 (1.06%) Cisco
10 2 (1.06%) F5
10 2 (1.06%) MEDITECH
10 2 (1.06%) NetScout