ITSM Contracts in England

IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 126 125 189
Rank change year-on-year -1 +64 +65
Contract jobs citing ITSM 668 1,047 1,090
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.82% 2.13% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 2.36% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 414 723 777
10th Percentile £216 £213 £173
25th Percentile £401 £373 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £488
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -6.67% +2.63%
75th Percentile £553 £588 £588
90th Percentile £688 £698 £663
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £495
% change year-on-year +11.11% -9.09% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 32 33
10th Percentile - £12.32 £11.00
25th Percentile - £13.16 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +6.15% -26.16%
75th Percentile £18.13 £21.37 £21.00
90th Percentile £35.00 £78.88 £32.27
UK median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year -3.45% +6.15% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,802 44,352 63,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,831 31,133 45,414
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,738
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% +49.28% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ITSM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in England

ITSM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in England

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in England

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Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
London -26 293 £500 +5.82% 95
North of England +40 127 £513 +10.81% 60
South West +39 92 £475 -7.32% 29
South East -54 79 £492 +9.30% 42
Yorkshire +47 71 £533 +6.50% 24
North West +21 55 £475 +5.56% 24
Midlands -1 38 £525 +7.14% 40
East of England -31 29 £600 +54.84% 27
West Midlands +3 23 £525 +69.35% 29
East Midlands +7 15 £650 +18.18% 11
North East +16 3 £590 +93.44% 12
ITSM
UK

ITSM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 40 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.79%) Confluence
3 28 (4.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 28 (4.19%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (2.25%) Skype for Business
5 6 (0.90%) CMS
Applications
1 65 (9.73%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 39 (5.84%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.30%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.30%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP MM
5 1 (0.15%) SAP Retail
Cloud Services
1 79 (11.83%) Azure
2 72 (10.78%) Microsoft 365
3 27 (4.04%) Azure Stack
4 26 (3.89%) AWS
4 26 (3.89%) Power Platform
5 18 (2.69%) SaaS
6 15 (2.25%) IaaS
7 13 (1.95%) OpenShift
8 12 (1.80%) Entra ID
9 8 (1.20%) PaaS
10 7 (1.05%) GCP
11 5 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.75%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.45%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.45%) GitHub
12 3 (0.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.30%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 69 (10.33%) Firewall
2 46 (6.89%) BGP
3 38 (5.69%) VPN
4 31 (4.64%) Cisco Nexus
5 27 (4.04%) Wireless
6 25 (3.74%) DMZ
7 18 (2.69%) IPsec
7 18 (2.69%) OSPF
7 18 (2.69%) Skype
8 17 (2.54%) SD-WAN
9 15 (2.25%) WAN
10 13 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
11 12 (1.80%) Cisco ASA
11 12 (1.80%) Cisco Firepower
11 12 (1.80%) Cisco ISE
11 12 (1.80%) EIGRP
11 12 (1.80%) HSRP
11 12 (1.80%) NetScaler
11 12 (1.80%) SNMP
12 11 (1.65%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.74%) Power BI
2 8 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.90%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.45%) Metadata
5 3 (0.45%) MySQL
5 3 (0.45%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (0.45%) Tableau
6 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.15%) DB2
7 1 (0.15%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.15%) Pentaho
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 44 (6.59%) JIRA
2 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.30%) GitLab
3 2 (0.30%) Hudson
3 2 (0.30%) Jenkins
3 2 (0.30%) Visual Studio Code
4 1 (0.15%) Git
4 1 (0.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 211 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 121 (18.11%) Finance
3 71 (10.63%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.93%) Public Sector
5 51 (7.63%) Banking
6 34 (5.09%) Telecoms
7 26 (3.89%) Legal
8 22 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
9 20 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.10%) Retail
11 13 (1.95%) Investment Banking
12 9 (1.35%) Financial Institution
12 9 (1.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.75%) French Language
13 5 (0.75%) Marketing
14 4 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (0.60%) Law
14 4 (0.60%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.60%) Military
15 3 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (20.51%) Analyst
2 94 (14.07%) Architect
3 70 (10.48%) Developer
4 64 (9.58%) Service Analyst
4 64 (9.58%) ServiceNow Developer
5 63 (9.43%) Service Manager
6 48 (7.19%) ServiceNow Architect
7 46 (6.89%) Network Engineer
8 41 (6.14%) Consultant
9 39 (5.84%) IT Analyst
10 38 (5.69%) Senior
11 37 (5.54%) Service Desk Analyst
12 36 (5.39%) Service Architect
13 29 (4.34%) IT Manager
14 27 (4.04%) Lead
15 26 (3.89%) IT Services Manager
16 25 (3.74%) Banking Analyst
17 24 (3.59%) Technical Analyst
18 22 (3.29%) Data Analyst
19 21 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.54%) Web Services
2 16 (2.40%) CSS
2 16 (2.40%) HTML
3 14 (2.10%) Kafka
4 12 (1.80%) AngularJS
5 11 (1.65%) Jinja
6 9 (1.35%) JSON
6 9 (1.35%) XML
7 7 (1.05%) SOAP
8 6 (0.90%) ActiveMQ
9 5 (0.75%) REST
10 4 (0.60%) .NET
10 4 (0.60%) Ajax
10 4 (0.60%) LDAP
10 4 (0.60%) Middleware
11 3 (0.45%) Lightning Web Components
11 3 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 2 (0.30%) jQuery
13 1 (0.15%) HTML5
13 1 (0.15%) JAX-WS
Miscellaneous
1 83 (12.43%) CMDB
2 43 (6.44%) Management Information System
3 28 (4.19%) Private Cloud
4 14 (2.10%) Data Centre
4 14 (2.10%) Product Ownership
5 12 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 11 (1.65%) iPhone
7 8 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
7 8 (1.20%) Hedge funds
7 8 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (1.05%) Onboarding
9 5 (0.75%) NHS
9 5 (0.75%) Operational Technology
10 4 (0.60%) Blackberry
10 4 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (0.60%) Virtual Team
11 3 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.45%) FMCG
11 3 (0.45%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 120 (17.96%) Windows
2 51 (7.63%) Windows 10
3 23 (3.44%) Apple iOS
4 17 (2.54%) Linux
5 16 (2.40%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.35%) Windows 7
7 8 (1.20%) Unix
8 4 (0.60%) Android
8 4 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 3 (0.45%) VMS
10 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.15%) Solaris
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 378 (56.59%) ITIL
2 346 (51.80%) Service Management
3 115 (17.22%) Agile
4 114 (17.07%) Change Management
5 103 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
6 97 (14.52%) Service Delivery
7 95 (14.22%) Customer Service
8 60 (8.98%) Asset Management
9 59 (8.83%) Incident Management
10 56 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
11 55 (8.23%) DevOps
12 50 (7.49%) Configuration Management
13 48 (7.19%) Customer Requirements
14 43 (6.44%) IT Asset Management
15 42 (6.29%) Problem Management
16 41 (6.14%) Network Management
17 40 (5.99%) Project Management
18 34 (5.09%) Capacity Management
19 32 (4.79%) Stakeholder Management
20 31 (4.64%) Security Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 19 (2.84%) JavaScript
1 19 (2.84%) Python
2 13 (1.95%) Perl
3 12 (1.80%) PowerShell
3 12 (1.80%) SQL
4 11 (1.65%) Tcl
5 8 (1.20%) Swift
6 4 (0.60%) C#
6 4 (0.60%) Java
7 3 (0.45%) Apex Code
7 3 (0.45%) PHP
7 3 (0.45%) Ruby
8 2 (0.30%) SOQL
9 1 (0.15%) C
9 1 (0.15%) C++
9 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.15%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 213 (31.89%) Security Cleared
2 144 (21.56%) SC Cleared
3 71 (10.63%) DV Cleared
4 62 (9.28%) Degree
5 39 (5.84%) ITIL Certification
6 31 (4.64%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (4.04%) CCNA
8 18 (2.69%) CCNP
9 16 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
10 15 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.95%) MCP
12 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 7 (1.05%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.90%) PMP
15 5 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
15 5 (0.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.60%) MCITP
16 4 (0.60%) VCAP
17 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (8.53%) SLA
2 28 (4.19%) Government Security Classifications
3 8 (1.20%) Accessibility
4 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 5 (0.75%) QA
7 3 (0.45%) GRC
7 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 2 (0.30%) GDPR
8 2 (0.30%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.15%) NCSC
9 1 (0.15%) NIST
9 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 63 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.84%) Firmware
3 16 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.05%) VMware NSX
4 7 (1.05%) vSphere
5 4 (0.60%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.45%) Docker
6 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.15%) NFS
7 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 28 (4.19%) SCCM
2 23 (3.44%) SCOM
3 21 (3.14%) Ansible
4 13 (1.95%) Jamf Pro
4 13 (1.95%) Kubernetes
5 9 (1.35%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (1.20%) Argo
6 8 (1.20%) Grafana
6 8 (1.20%) Istio
6 8 (1.20%) Kibana
6 8 (1.20%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.05%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.60%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.60%) Puppet
9 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.45%) OPNET
10 2 (0.30%) Nagios
10 2 (0.30%) Salt
10 2 (0.30%) Tivoli
10 2 (0.30%) VxRail
Vendors
1 236 (35.33%) ServiceNow
2 135 (20.21%) Microsoft
3 51 (7.63%) Cisco
4 39 (5.84%) Remedy
5 38 (5.69%) Citrix
6 28 (4.19%) Atlassian
7 27 (4.04%) VMware
8 26 (3.89%) Palo Alto
9 19 (2.84%) F5
10 18 (2.69%) SAP
11 17 (2.54%) SolarWinds
12 14 (2.10%) Apple
13 12 (1.80%) Blue Coat
13 12 (1.80%) CheckPoint
13 12 (1.80%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.80%) Juniper
14 11 (1.65%) BMC
14 11 (1.65%) Dell
15 9 (1.35%) Splunk
16 8 (1.20%) Okta