Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for SIAM skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SIAM over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 630 712
Rank change year-on-year +95 +82 -60
Contract jobs citing SIAM 43 52 138
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.092% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.10% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 38 99
10th Percentile £404 £463 £415
25th Percentile £441 £602 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £688 £585
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +17.52% +6.36%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £644
90th Percentile - £890 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £669 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% +21.59% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIAM 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 requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,498 50,798 79,386
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.03% 89.72% 90.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,542 35,172 55,718
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £482
% change year-on-year - +3.73% +9.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,447 1,685 1,905
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.97 £15.99 £15.53
Median hourly rate £36.05 £37.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -2.58% +44.08% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -5.88%

SIAM
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing SIAM as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SIAM over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for SIAM in the UK

SIAM
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SIAM within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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
England +105 39 £500 -28.57% 14
London +103 29 £494 -29.44% 5
Work from Home +121 18 £494 -38.26% 3
UK excluding London +40 10 £625 -6.54% 7
South East +15 6 £650 +10.64%
South West -2 2 £494 -26.17% 1
West Midlands - 2 - - 2
Midlands - 2 - - 2

SIAM
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (13.95%) SaaS
2 3 (6.98%) AWS
2 3 (6.98%) Azure
3 1 (2.33%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.33%) HDInsight
1 1 (2.33%) Power BI
1 1 (2.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 12 (27.91%) Public Sector
1 12 (27.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Police
4 4 (9.30%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Finance
6 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (2.33%) Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 12 (27.91%) Service Manager
2 11 (25.58%) Architect
3 8 (18.60%) Service Architect
4 6 (13.95%) Development Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Consultant
6 4 (9.30%) Lead
6 4 (9.30%) Management Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Commercial Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Lead Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Service Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Service Design Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Service Level Manager
7 3 (6.98%) ServiceNow Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Commercial Project Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Project Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Service Management Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) ServiceNow Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Data Centre
1 6 (13.95%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (11.63%) CMDB
3 4 (9.30%) Virtual Team
4 3 (6.98%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.33%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.33%) Linux
1 1 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (65.12%) ITIL
2 16 (37.21%) Service Design
3 15 (34.88%) Service Management
4 12 (27.91%) Agile
4 12 (27.91%) ITSM
5 10 (23.26%) Service Delivery
6 8 (18.60%) Performance Management
7 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
8 6 (13.95%) Business Analysis
8 6 (13.95%) Business Strategy
8 6 (13.95%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (13.95%) Disaster Recovery
8 6 (13.95%) Information Assurance
8 6 (13.95%) Migration
8 6 (13.95%) Security Architecture
8 6 (13.95%) Supplier Management
8 6 (13.95%) Technology Roadmap
9 4 (9.30%) Decision-Making
9 4 (9.30%) DevOps
9 4 (9.30%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.33%) Python
1 1 (2.33%) R
1 1 (2.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (51.16%) Security Cleared
2 14 (32.56%) SC Cleared
3 5 (11.63%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (9.30%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (6.98%) Degree
5 3 (6.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.33%) CISA
6 1 (2.33%) CISM
6 1 (2.33%) CISSP
6 1 (2.33%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.33%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
2 4 (9.30%) SLA
3 1 (2.33%) COBIT
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (4.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) Autotask
Vendors
1 17 (39.53%) ServiceNow
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Remedy
4 1 (2.33%) BMC
4 1 (2.33%) Snow
4 1 (2.33%) TOWER Software