ITSM Contracts in the West Midlands

IT Service Management (ITSM)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 90 126
Rank change year-on-year +4 +36 -17
Contract jobs citing ITSM 20 39 50
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.06% 1.73% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% 1.96% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 25 40
10th Percentile £312 £180 £129
25th Percentile £325 £206 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £308 £313
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -1.60% -37.50%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £447
90th Percentile £750 £700 £575
England median daily rate £499 £462 £495
% change year-on-year +7.97% -6.68% +4.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate - - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £14.59 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +0.59% +6.15% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,582 1,992 3,203
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.70% 88.26% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,054 1,359 2,336
10th Percentile £272 £263 £273
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £493
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% +4.52% +15.94%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £576
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 51 65
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.50 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.03 £13.51 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £20.97 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +7.30% +24.64% +0.03%
75th Percentile £40.38 £28.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.00 £47.50 £22.15
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.40 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.29% +45.58% +8.70%

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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 18 May 2024.

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 18 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
Birmingham +14 12 £450 +100.00% 15
Warwickshire +3 5 £600 +233.33% 6
Worcestershire +5 1 £200 -5.88%
Dudley - 1 £313 -
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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:

Applications
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) Azure
1 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (5.00%) IaaS
1 1 (5.00%) PaaS
1 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.00%) Network Security
2 2 (10.00%) VPN
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 1 (5.00%) DMZ
3 1 (5.00%) Firewall
3 1 (5.00%) Wireless
General
1 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Finance
5 1 (5.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (5.00%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 4 (20.00%) Incident Analyst
3 3 (15.00%) Asset Management Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) IT Consultant
3 3 (15.00%) Lead
3 3 (15.00%) Management Consultant
4 2 (10.00%) Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Process Analyst
4 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Security Project Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Service Design Architect
4 2 (10.00%) Technical Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Administrator
5 1 (5.00%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
5 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) CMDB
2 4 (20.00%) Operational Technology
3 2 (10.00%) Virtual Team
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (5.00%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.00%) Windows
1 1 (5.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (75.00%) ITIL
1 15 (75.00%) Service Management
2 7 (35.00%) Cybersecurity
3 6 (30.00%) Agile
3 6 (30.00%) Incident Management
3 6 (30.00%) Project Management
4 4 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 4 (20.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (20.00%) Performance Management
4 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
4 4 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (15.00%) Asset Management
5 3 (15.00%) Decision-Making
5 3 (15.00%) IT Asset Management
5 3 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (10.00%) Requirements Engineering
6 2 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (10.00%) Test Automation
6 2 (10.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) ServiceNow
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (5.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Fortinet
3 1 (5.00%) Juniper