SIAM Contracts

Service Integration and Management (SIAM)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring SIAM skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SIAM over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 545 647 721
Rank change year-on-year +102 +74 -48
Contract jobs citing SIAM 39 50 127
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.089% 0.090% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 37 92
10th Percentile £405 £463 £402
25th Percentile £441 £608 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £675 £585
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +15.38% +11.43%
75th Percentile £650 £750 £645
90th Percentile - £895 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £675 £531
% change year-on-year -7.41% +27.24% +0.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £68.61 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £68.61 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

SIAM falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 10 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 12 June 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 +78 37 £500 -27.27% 10
London +88 25 £494 -29.44% 1
Work from Home +119 17 £494 -34.15% 5
UK excluding London +19 12 £625 -7.41% 6
South East +16 7 £650 +10.68% 2
West Midlands +19 2 - - 1
Midlands +18 2 - - 1
South West -8 2 £494 -29.46%
North of England +15 1 £588 +2.17%
Yorkshire - 1 £588 -

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 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 6 (15.38%) SaaS
2 3 (7.69%) AWS
2 3 (7.69%) Azure
3 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
3 1 (2.56%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
1 1 (2.56%) HDInsight
1 1 (2.56%) Power BI
1 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 9 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 5 (12.82%) Police
3 4 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Finance
5 2 (5.13%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Banking
6 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Service Manager
2 10 (25.64%) Architect
3 8 (20.51%) Service Architect
4 6 (15.38%) Development Manager
5 4 (10.26%) Consultant
5 4 (10.26%) Lead
6 3 (7.69%) Commercial Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Lead Architect
6 3 (7.69%) Management Consultant
6 3 (7.69%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Service Level Manager
6 3 (7.69%) ServiceNow Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Asset Management Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Commercial Project Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Configuration Management Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Service Design Architect
7 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow Consultant
7 2 (5.13%) ServiceNow Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.38%) Data Centre
1 6 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (12.82%) CMDB
3 3 (7.69%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (5.13%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (64.10%) ITIL
2 15 (38.46%) Service Design
3 13 (33.33%) Service Management
4 10 (25.64%) Agile
4 10 (25.64%) ITSM
5 8 (20.51%) Performance Management
5 8 (20.51%) Service Delivery
6 7 (17.95%) Roadmaps
7 6 (15.38%) Business Strategy
7 6 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (15.38%) Disaster Recovery
7 6 (15.38%) Information Assurance
7 6 (15.38%) Migration
7 6 (15.38%) Security Architecture
7 6 (15.38%) Supplier Management
7 6 (15.38%) Technology Roadmap
8 5 (12.82%) Business Analysis
9 4 (10.26%) Project Management
9 4 (10.26%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (7.69%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.56%) Python
1 1 (2.56%) R
1 1 (2.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (51.28%) Security Cleared
2 12 (30.77%) SC Cleared
3 5 (12.82%) CTC Cleared
4 4 (10.26%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (7.69%) Degree
6 2 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.56%) CISA
7 1 (2.56%) CISM
7 1 (2.56%) CISSP
7 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.56%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) QA
2 4 (10.26%) SLA
3 2 (5.13%) COBIT
4 1 (2.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (5.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) Autotask
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) ServiceNow
2 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.13%) Remedy
4 1 (2.56%) BMC
4 1 (2.56%) Snow
4 1 (2.56%) TOWER Software