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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 126 190
Rank change year-on-year -3 +64 +64
Contract jobs citing ITSM 661 1,017 1,106
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.79% 2.13% 1.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.37% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 419 714 790
10th Percentile £213 £213 £181
25th Percentile £400 £398 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £688 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £462 £500
% change year-on-year +8.25% -7.62% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 27 35
10th Percentile - £12.60 £11.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.16 £12.25
Median hourly rate £16.09 £14.50 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year +10.93% +6.15% -26.16%
75th Percentile £20.00 £23.12 £21.00
90th Percentile £58.71 £120.25 £31.94
UK median hourly rate £16.09 £14.50 £13.66
% change year-on-year +10.93% +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 31,636 42,957 64,216
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.67% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,638 30,177 45,793
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £444 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,325 1,518 1,713
10th Percentile £12.85 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.66 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.41
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

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 2 June 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 2 June 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 2 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
London -13 294 £500 +5.26% 93
North of England +47 123 £513 +13.89% 42
South West +42 90 £489 -18.54% 30
South East -52 84 £485 +3.53% 52
Yorkshire +50 65 £540 +20.00% 13
North West +10 55 £450 - 27
Midlands -11 30 £400 -15.79% 43
East of England -34 26 £605 +51.25% 25
East Midlands -2 15 £650 +10.64% 16
West Midlands -9 15 £375 +66.67% 27
North East +13 3 £590 +93.44% 3
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 38 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 28 (4.24%) Confluence
3 25 (3.78%) SharePoint Server
4 23 (3.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (1.97%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.91%) CMS
Applications
1 56 (8.47%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.30%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 35 (5.30%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.45%) SAP ERP
2 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.30%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.30%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.15%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.15%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.15%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 80 (12.10%) Azure
2 64 (9.68%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (5.30%) Power Platform
4 26 (3.93%) AWS
5 24 (3.63%) Azure Stack
5 24 (3.63%) SaaS
6 16 (2.42%) OpenShift
7 15 (2.27%) IaaS
8 13 (1.97%) PaaS
9 10 (1.51%) Entra ID
10 7 (1.06%) GCP
11 5 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.76%) Snowflake
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%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.45%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.30%) AWS CloudFormation
13 2 (0.30%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 67 (10.14%) Firewall
2 49 (7.41%) BGP
3 38 (5.75%) VPN
4 32 (4.84%) Cisco Nexus
5 27 (4.08%) Wireless
6 26 (3.93%) DMZ
7 24 (3.63%) IPsec
7 24 (3.63%) OSPF
8 18 (2.72%) Cisco ASA
8 18 (2.72%) Cisco Firepower
8 18 (2.72%) EIGRP
8 18 (2.72%) HSRP
8 18 (2.72%) NetScaler
9 17 (2.57%) Cisco ISE
9 17 (2.57%) SD-WAN
10 16 (2.42%) Skype
11 15 (2.27%) WAN
12 13 (1.97%) Cisco IOS
13 11 (1.66%) LAN
13 11 (1.66%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.14%) Power BI
2 11 (1.66%) Elasticsearch
2 11 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.66%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.36%) Tableau
4 7 (1.06%) MySQL
4 7 (1.06%) Qlik Sense
5 6 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 5 (0.76%) Big Data
6 5 (0.76%) Tableau Server
7 3 (0.45%) Metadata
8 2 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.30%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.15%) DB2
9 1 (0.15%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.15%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 42 (6.35%) JIRA
2 3 (0.45%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.30%) Hudson
4 1 (0.15%) GitLab
4 1 (0.15%) Selenium
4 1 (0.15%) TestRail
General
1 212 (32.07%) Social Skills
2 112 (16.94%) Finance
3 58 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (8.17%) Public Sector
5 41 (6.20%) Banking
6 34 (5.14%) Telecoms
7 25 (3.78%) Legal
8 22 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
9 19 (2.87%) Organisational Skills
10 14 (2.12%) Investment Banking
11 12 (1.82%) Retail
12 8 (1.21%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 5 (0.76%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.76%) Marketing
14 4 (0.61%) French Language
14 4 (0.61%) Law
14 4 (0.61%) Military
15 3 (0.45%) Electronics
15 3 (0.45%) German Language
Job Titles
1 120 (18.15%) Analyst
2 87 (13.16%) Architect
3 73 (11.04%) Developer
4 67 (10.14%) ServiceNow Developer
5 65 (9.83%) Service Manager
6 53 (8.02%) Service Analyst
7 52 (7.87%) Network Engineer
8 39 (5.90%) Consultant
8 39 (5.90%) Service Architect
8 39 (5.90%) ServiceNow Architect
9 38 (5.75%) Senior
10 36 (5.45%) IT Analyst
11 30 (4.54%) IT Manager
12 29 (4.39%) Service Desk Analyst
13 26 (3.93%) IT Services Manager
14 25 (3.78%) Lead
15 23 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
16 21 (3.18%) Support Analyst
17 20 (3.03%) Cisco Engineer
17 20 (3.03%) ITSM Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.60%) Web Services
2 21 (3.18%) CSS
2 21 (3.18%) HTML
3 17 (2.57%) Kafka
4 16 (2.42%) AngularJS
5 11 (1.66%) Jinja
6 7 (1.06%) JSON
6 7 (1.06%) SOAP
6 7 (1.06%) XML
7 6 (0.91%) ActiveMQ
8 5 (0.76%) .NET
8 5 (0.76%) REST
9 4 (0.61%) Ajax
9 4 (0.61%) LDAP
9 4 (0.61%) Middleware
10 3 (0.45%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 2 (0.30%) Lightning Web Components
11 2 (0.30%) Visualforce
12 1 (0.15%) HTML5
12 1 (0.15%) JAX-WS
Miscellaneous
1 76 (11.50%) CMDB
2 40 (6.05%) Management Information System
3 25 (3.78%) Private Cloud
4 15 (2.27%) Cloud Native
4 15 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 10 (1.51%) iPhone
5 10 (1.51%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.06%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.06%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (0.61%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.61%) NHS
8 4 (0.61%) Operational Technology
8 4 (0.61%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (0.61%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.45%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (0.45%) FMCG
9 3 (0.45%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 111 (16.79%) Windows
2 46 (6.96%) Windows 10
3 22 (3.33%) Apple iOS
4 16 (2.42%) Linux
4 16 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.06%) Windows 7
6 6 (0.91%) Unix
7 4 (0.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.61%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.45%) Android
8 3 (0.45%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.45%) VMS
9 2 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.15%) Solaris
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2003
10 1 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.15%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.15%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (55.22%) ITIL
2 346 (52.34%) Service Management
3 116 (17.55%) Agile
4 103 (15.58%) Change Management
5 99 (14.98%) Problem-Solving
6 96 (14.52%) Service Delivery
7 92 (13.92%) Customer Service
8 65 (9.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 64 (9.68%) Incident Management
10 60 (9.08%) Asset Management
11 57 (8.62%) DevOps
12 51 (7.72%) Configuration Management
13 49 (7.41%) Problem Management
14 45 (6.81%) Network Management
15 43 (6.51%) IT Asset Management
16 39 (5.90%) Customer Requirements
17 38 (5.75%) Project Management
18 34 (5.14%) Stakeholder Management
19 33 (4.99%) Computer Science
20 31 (4.69%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (3.48%) SQL
2 22 (3.33%) JavaScript
3 19 (2.87%) Python
4 13 (1.97%) Perl
5 12 (1.82%) PowerShell
6 11 (1.66%) Tcl
7 8 (1.21%) Swift
8 5 (0.76%) C#
8 5 (0.76%) Java
8 5 (0.76%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.45%) PHP
9 3 (0.45%) Ruby
10 2 (0.30%) Apex Code
10 2 (0.30%) C++
10 2 (0.30%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.15%) C
11 1 (0.15%) R
11 1 (0.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 212 (32.07%) Security Cleared
2 145 (21.94%) SC Cleared
3 69 (10.44%) Degree
4 65 (9.83%) DV Cleared
5 35 (5.30%) ITIL Certification
6 29 (4.39%) Cisco Certification
7 25 (3.78%) CCNA
8 19 (2.87%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.72%) CCNP
10 14 (2.12%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (1.82%) PMI Certification
12 11 (1.66%) Master's Degree
12 11 (1.66%) PMP
13 10 (1.51%) MCP
14 9 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
15 5 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.76%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 4 (0.61%) MCITP
16 4 (0.61%) VCAP
17 3 (0.45%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (8.17%) SLA
2 25 (3.78%) Government Security Classifications
3 8 (1.21%) Accessibility
4 6 (0.91%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (0.76%) QA
6 3 (0.45%) GRC
7 2 (0.30%) GDPR
8 1 (0.15%) COBIT
8 1 (0.15%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) NIST
8 1 (0.15%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 56 (8.47%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.87%) Firmware
3 16 (2.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.06%) vSphere
5 5 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.76%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.45%) Docker
7 3 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.15%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.15%) NFS
Systems Management
1 25 (3.78%) SCCM
2 22 (3.33%) SCOM
3 19 (2.87%) Ansible
4 16 (2.42%) Kubernetes
5 12 (1.82%) Jamf Pro
6 11 (1.66%) Argo
6 11 (1.66%) Grafana
6 11 (1.66%) Istio
6 11 (1.66%) Kibana
6 11 (1.66%) Prometheus
7 7 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.91%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (0.61%) Nagios
10 3 (0.45%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.45%) OPNET
11 2 (0.30%) AirWatch
11 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.30%) Puppet
11 2 (0.30%) Salt
12 1 (0.15%) SmoothWall
Vendors
1 233 (35.25%) ServiceNow
2 131 (19.82%) Microsoft
3 56 (8.47%) Cisco
4 41 (6.20%) Citrix
5 35 (5.30%) Remedy
6 31 (4.69%) Palo Alto
7 26 (3.93%) VMware
8 25 (3.78%) Atlassian
9 21 (3.18%) SolarWinds
10 19 (2.87%) F5
11 17 (2.57%) Apple
12 15 (2.27%) SAP
13 13 (1.97%) Blue Coat
13 13 (1.97%) CheckPoint
13 13 (1.97%) Fortinet
13 13 (1.97%) Juniper
14 12 (1.82%) Dell
15 10 (1.51%) BMC
16 8 (1.21%) Okta
17 7 (1.06%) HP