IT Service Management (ITSM)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 130 120 189
Rank change year-on-year -10 +69 +33
Contract jobs citing ITSM 757 1,220 1,335
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.78% 2.14% 1.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.06% 2.38% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 835 928
10th Percentile £213 £211 £180
25th Percentile £400 £398 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £455 £495
Median % change year-on-year +9.89% -8.08% +4.21%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £588
90th Percentile £696 £688 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £450 £413
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 34 36
10th Percentile - £13.05 £11.00
25th Percentile - £13.37 £12.00
Median hourly rate £14.00 £15.78 £13.66
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +15.54% -26.16%
75th Percentile £18.13 £23.44 £19.88
90th Percentile £35.00 £73.63 £31.78
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.00 £14.50 £13.44
% change year-on-year -3.45% +7.89% -27.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

ITSM
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITSM over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITSM over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITSM in the UK

ITSM
Top 15 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the UK over the 6 months to 15 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 -6 661 £499 +8.42% 307
UK excluding London -4 392 £488 +8.33% 211
London -19 292 £500 +5.26% 98
Work from Home +37 289 £500 +9.41% 132
North of England +43 125 £513 +13.89% 60
South West +48 93 £475 -18.28% 27
South East -55 77 £491 +9.04% 43
Yorkshire +45 70 £533 +6.50% 21
North West +17 54 £475 +5.56% 26
Scotland -22 36 £282 -36.27% 9
Midlands -1 35 £525 +9.38% 41
East of England -29 29 £600 +54.34% 24
West Midlands +2 20 £513 +65.32% 30
East Midlands +1 15 £650 +18.18% 11
North East +13 3 £590 +93.44% 13

ITSM
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:

Application Platforms
1 41 (5.42%) SharePoint
2 32 (4.23%) Confluence
3 29 (3.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 28 (3.70%) SharePoint Server
5 18 (2.38%) Skype for Business
6 6 (0.79%) CMS
Applications
1 68 (8.98%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.26%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 41 (5.42%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.53%) Salesforce CRM
2 4 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.26%) Remedy AR System
4 2 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 2 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 2 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 2 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.13%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 85 (11.23%) Azure
2 79 (10.44%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (4.36%) Power Platform
4 27 (3.57%) AWS
4 27 (3.57%) Azure Stack
5 18 (2.38%) SaaS
6 15 (1.98%) Entra ID
6 15 (1.98%) IaaS
7 13 (1.72%) OpenShift
8 8 (1.06%) GCP
8 8 (1.06%) PaaS
9 7 (0.92%) OneDrive
10 6 (0.79%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 3 (0.40%) Azure API Management
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (0.40%) GitHub
12 3 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
13 2 (0.26%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 70 (9.25%) Firewall
2 47 (6.21%) BGP
3 38 (5.02%) VPN
4 31 (4.10%) Cisco Nexus
5 27 (3.57%) Wireless
6 25 (3.30%) DMZ
7 21 (2.77%) Skype
8 19 (2.51%) OSPF
9 18 (2.38%) IPsec
9 18 (2.38%) SD-WAN
10 16 (2.11%) WAN
11 13 (1.72%) Cisco IOS
11 13 (1.72%) LAN
12 12 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
12 12 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
12 12 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
12 12 (1.59%) EIGRP
12 12 (1.59%) HSRP
12 12 (1.59%) NetScaler
13 11 (1.45%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (4.23%) Power BI
2 8 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
2 8 (1.06%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (0.92%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.79%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.40%) Metadata
5 3 (0.40%) MySQL
5 3 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
5 3 (0.40%) Tableau
6 2 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (0.26%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.13%) DB2
7 1 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 53 (7.00%) JIRA
2 7 (0.92%) GitLab
3 4 (0.53%) Git
3 4 (0.53%) Jenkins
3 4 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
4 3 (0.40%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.26%) Hudson
6 1 (0.13%) Selenium
6 1 (0.13%) TestRail
General
1 243 (32.10%) Social Skills
2 131 (17.31%) Finance
3 80 (10.57%) Public Sector
4 76 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (7.79%) Banking
6 36 (4.76%) Telecoms
7 25 (3.30%) Legal
8 23 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
8 23 (3.04%) Presentation Skills
9 14 (1.85%) Retail
10 13 (1.72%) Investment Banking
11 9 (1.19%) Financial Institution
12 8 (1.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (0.79%) Marketing
14 5 (0.66%) French Language
15 4 (0.53%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (0.53%) Law
15 4 (0.53%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.53%) Military
15 4 (0.53%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 155 (20.48%) Analyst
2 105 (13.87%) Architect
3 80 (10.57%) Developer
4 72 (9.51%) ServiceNow Developer
5 70 (9.25%) Service Analyst
6 66 (8.72%) Service Manager
7 59 (7.79%) Consultant
8 56 (7.40%) ServiceNow Architect
9 49 (6.47%) IT Analyst
10 46 (6.08%) Network Engineer
11 41 (5.42%) Service Desk Analyst
12 40 (5.28%) Senior
13 38 (5.02%) Service Architect
14 29 (3.83%) IT Manager
15 28 (3.70%) Banking Analyst
16 27 (3.57%) Lead
17 25 (3.30%) IT Services Manager
17 25 (3.30%) ServiceNow Consultant
17 25 (3.30%) Technical Analyst
18 24 (3.17%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (5.28%) Web Services
2 23 (3.04%) HTML
3 22 (2.91%) CSS
4 21 (2.77%) XML
5 17 (2.25%) JSON
6 16 (2.11%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.11%) Kafka
7 14 (1.85%) SOAP
8 13 (1.72%) REST
9 11 (1.45%) Jinja
10 8 (1.06%) ActiveMQ
10 8 (1.06%) Ajax
11 6 (0.79%) .NET
12 5 (0.66%) Lightning Web Components
13 4 (0.53%) jQuery
13 4 (0.53%) LDAP
13 4 (0.53%) Middleware
14 3 (0.40%) Node.js
14 3 (0.40%) RESTful
14 3 (0.40%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 93 (12.29%) CMDB
2 44 (5.81%) Management Information System
3 28 (3.70%) Private Cloud
4 17 (2.25%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.98%) iPhone
6 14 (1.85%) Data Centre
7 12 (1.59%) Cloud Native
8 11 (1.45%) Onboarding
9 10 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.06%) Hedge funds
11 6 (0.79%) Virtual Team
12 5 (0.66%) Blackberry
12 5 (0.66%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.66%) NHS
13 4 (0.53%) FMCG
13 4 (0.53%) Operational Technology
13 4 (0.53%) PKI
13 4 (0.53%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 129 (17.04%) Windows
2 55 (7.27%) Windows 10
3 30 (3.96%) Apple iOS
4 21 (2.77%) Linux
5 18 (2.38%) Windows Server
6 9 (1.19%) Unix
6 9 (1.19%) Windows 7
7 7 (0.92%) Android
8 5 (0.66%) Windows Server 2016
9 4 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (0.40%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.40%) VMS
10 3 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.13%) Solaris
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.13%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.13%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 437 (57.73%) ITIL
2 389 (51.39%) Service Management
3 138 (18.23%) Agile
4 135 (17.83%) Change Management
5 113 (14.93%) Problem-Solving
6 111 (14.66%) Service Delivery
7 103 (13.61%) Customer Service
8 72 (9.51%) Asset Management
9 70 (9.25%) Incident Management
10 65 (8.59%) DevOps
11 64 (8.45%) Configuration Management
12 61 (8.06%) Continuous Improvement
13 58 (7.66%) Customer Requirements
14 50 (6.61%) Problem Management
15 45 (5.94%) IT Asset Management
15 45 (5.94%) Project Management
16 43 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
17 41 (5.42%) Network Management
18 34 (4.49%) Capacity Management
18 34 (4.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (3.96%) JavaScript
2 22 (2.91%) Python
3 16 (2.11%) SQL
4 14 (1.85%) PowerShell
5 13 (1.72%) Perl
6 11 (1.45%) Tcl
7 8 (1.06%) Swift
8 6 (0.79%) Ruby
9 5 (0.66%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.53%) C#
10 4 (0.53%) Go
10 4 (0.53%) Java
10 4 (0.53%) SOQL
11 3 (0.40%) PHP
12 1 (0.13%) Bash
12 1 (0.13%) C
12 1 (0.13%) C++
12 1 (0.13%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.13%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 225 (29.72%) Security Cleared
2 154 (20.34%) SC Cleared
3 73 (9.64%) DV Cleared
4 67 (8.85%) Degree
5 42 (5.55%) ITIL Certification
6 31 (4.10%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (3.57%) CCNA
8 18 (2.38%) CCNP
9 16 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 16 (2.11%) MCP
10 15 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
11 12 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (1.32%) PMI Certification
13 9 (1.19%) PMP
14 5 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 5 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 5 (0.66%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.53%) MCITP
15 4 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 4 (0.53%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (8.98%) SLA
2 28 (3.70%) Government Security Classifications
3 14 (1.85%) QA
4 9 (1.19%) Accessibility
5 7 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.79%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.53%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.40%) GRC
8 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 2 (0.26%) GDPR
9 2 (0.26%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.26%) PMO
10 1 (0.13%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.13%) NCSC
10 1 (0.13%) NIST
10 1 (0.13%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 71 (9.38%) Active Directory
2 19 (2.51%) Firmware
3 16 (2.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.32%) vSphere
5 8 (1.06%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.53%) BitLocker
6 4 (0.53%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.40%) Docker
7 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.40%) vCloud
7 3 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 28 (3.70%) SCCM
2 25 (3.30%) Ansible
3 23 (3.04%) SCOM
4 16 (2.11%) Jamf Pro
5 13 (1.72%) Kubernetes
6 8 (1.06%) Argo
6 8 (1.06%) Grafana
6 8 (1.06%) Istio
6 8 (1.06%) Kibana
6 8 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 8 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.66%) Progress Chef
7 5 (0.66%) Puppet
8 4 (0.53%) Terraform
9 3 (0.40%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.40%) Autotask
9 3 (0.40%) OPNET
10 2 (0.26%) Nagios
10 2 (0.26%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 277 (36.59%) ServiceNow
2 146 (19.29%) Microsoft
3 51 (6.74%) Cisco
4 41 (5.42%) Citrix
4 41 (5.42%) Remedy
5 29 (3.83%) VMware
6 28 (3.70%) Atlassian
7 26 (3.43%) Palo Alto
8 19 (2.51%) F5
8 19 (2.51%) SAP
9 18 (2.38%) Apple
10 17 (2.25%) SolarWinds
11 14 (1.85%) BMC
12 13 (1.72%) Fortinet
13 12 (1.59%) Blue Coat
13 12 (1.59%) CheckPoint
13 12 (1.59%) Juniper
14 10 (1.32%) Dell
15 9 (1.19%) HP
15 9 (1.19%) IBM