ITIL Contracts in the South West

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 28 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +7
Contract jobs citing ITIL 270 228 271
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.49% 6.32% 7.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.21% 7.05% 8.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 163 199
10th Percentile £158 £204 £184
25th Percentile £425 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +20.00% +2.94%
75th Percentile £594 £675 £546
90th Percentile £688 £713 £625
England median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 24 6
10th Percentile £14.35 £17.45 £15.63
25th Percentile £24.00 £26.73 £27.41
Median hourly rate £25.00 £65.00 £63.73
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% +2.00% +184.23%
75th Percentile £62.06 £72.48 £68.30
90th Percentile £91.52 £77.68 £72.90
England median hourly rate £17.69 £19.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year -6.89% +20.63% -17.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

ITIL 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,645 3,232 3,306
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.15% 89.63% 88.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,687 2,378 2,345
10th Percentile £220 £313 £300
25th Percentile £405 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £589
90th Percentile £700 £723 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 331 196
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £28.63 £15.84 £20.24
Median hourly rate £55.00 £60.70 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -9.39% +24.87% +11.75%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.40 £70.54
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
% change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the South West

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the South West.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the South West

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the South West

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the South West over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the South West

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the South West region over the 6 months to 5 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
Wiltshire +4 102 £490 -24.62% 26
Bristol +16 80 £570 +26.67% 28
Devon +22 33 £165 -54.48% 7
Gloucestershire +10 23 £525 +31.25% 13
Somerset +5 16 £578 +54.00% 11
Dorset +6 7 £763 +56.41% 9
ITIL
England

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 42 (15.56%) SharePoint
2 37 (13.70%) Confluence
3 35 (12.96%) SharePoint Server
4 15 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.85%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.37%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (0.37%) WebLogic
Applications
1 17 (6.30%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (8.15%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (1.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.37%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 59 (21.85%) Azure
2 36 (13.33%) Azure Stack
3 27 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.70%) AWS
5 10 (3.70%) SaaS
6 9 (3.33%) PaaS
7 3 (1.11%) OneDrive
8 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
8 2 (0.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.37%) IaaS
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 62 (22.96%) Firewall
2 38 (14.07%) BGP
3 26 (9.63%) WAN
4 15 (5.56%) DNS
5 14 (5.19%) Network Security
6 12 (4.44%) LAN
7 9 (3.33%) PBX
7 9 (3.33%) VoIP
8 7 (2.59%) DHCP
8 7 (2.59%) FTP
8 7 (2.59%) SAN
8 7 (2.59%) SDH
8 7 (2.59%) Skype
8 7 (2.59%) TCP/IP
9 4 (1.48%) Junos
9 4 (1.48%) VPN
10 3 (1.11%) NGFW
10 3 (1.11%) OSPF
10 3 (1.11%) SD-WAN
10 3 (1.11%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.44%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 41 (15.19%) JIRA
2 14 (5.19%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.37%) Selenium
3 1 (0.37%) Zephyr
General
1 111 (41.11%) Social Skills
2 55 (20.37%) Telecoms
3 44 (16.30%) Public Sector
4 28 (10.37%) Finance
5 25 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
6 21 (7.78%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (5.93%) Manufacturing
8 14 (5.19%) Electronics
8 14 (5.19%) Marketing
9 11 (4.07%) Police
10 7 (2.59%) Digital Economy
10 7 (2.59%) Legal
11 5 (1.85%) Aeronautics
11 5 (1.85%) Aerospace
12 4 (1.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (1.11%) Law
13 3 (1.11%) Military
14 2 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.74%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.74%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 50 (18.52%) Analyst
2 35 (12.96%) Architect
3 30 (11.11%) Service Manager
4 19 (7.04%) Service Analyst
5 17 (6.30%) IT Manager
5 17 (6.30%) Microsoft Engineer
5 17 (6.30%) Solutions Architect
6 16 (5.93%) Support Specialist
7 15 (5.56%) Availability Manager
7 15 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.56%) Network Engineer
8 14 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
8 14 (5.19%) SOC Analyst
8 14 (5.19%) Technical Support
9 13 (4.81%) IT Services Manager
9 13 (4.81%) IT Support
10 12 (4.44%) ITIL Manager
10 12 (4.44%) Support Engineer
11 11 (4.07%) Capacity Manager
11 11 (4.07%) Network Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.85%) Middleware
2 3 (1.11%) REST
3 2 (0.74%) 802.1X
4 1 (0.37%) CSS
4 1 (0.37%) LDAP
4 1 (0.37%) ModSecurity
4 1 (0.37%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 38 (14.07%) Private Cloud
2 29 (10.74%) Management Information System
3 18 (6.67%) Security Operations Centre
4 15 (5.56%) CSOC
4 15 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
5 11 (4.07%) Video Conferencing
6 10 (3.70%) CMDB
7 9 (3.33%) Blackberry
8 7 (2.59%) Driving Licence
8 7 (2.59%) Replication
9 5 (1.85%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.85%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.48%) PKI
11 3 (1.11%) iPhone
12 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
12 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.74%) PMI
12 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
13 1 (0.37%) Cloud Native
13 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 82 (30.37%) Windows
2 20 (7.41%) Linux
3 17 (6.30%) Windows 10
4 13 (4.81%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.74%) Android
5 2 (0.74%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.37%) Unix
6 1 (0.37%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 96 (35.56%) Service Management
2 73 (27.04%) ITSM
3 58 (21.48%) Problem-Solving
4 57 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (18.52%) Agile
6 48 (17.78%) Capacity Management
6 48 (17.78%) Network Management
7 36 (13.33%) Security Monitoring
8 29 (10.74%) Change Management
9 26 (9.63%) Service Delivery
10 24 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
11 23 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
11 23 (8.52%) Enterprise Architecture
12 22 (8.15%) Incident Response
12 22 (8.15%) TOGAF
13 20 (7.41%) Decision-Making
13 20 (7.41%) Problem Management
13 20 (7.41%) Project Management
14 19 (7.04%) Information Security
15 18 (6.67%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (2.22%) PowerShell
2 4 (1.48%) SQL
3 3 (1.11%) Bash
4 1 (0.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 189 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 114 (42.22%) SC Cleared
3 86 (31.85%) DV Cleared
4 40 (14.81%) Degree
5 18 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (6.30%) CCNP
7 15 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (5.56%) HND
8 12 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 11 (4.07%) CCNA
10 10 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 8 (2.96%) MCP
12 7 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
13 6 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.48%) JNCIA
15 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
15 3 (1.11%) MCSE
15 3 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
16 2 (0.74%) CISSP
16 2 (0.74%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (12.96%) Government Security Classifications
2 20 (7.41%) SLA
3 16 (5.93%) GDPR
3 16 (5.93%) NCSC
4 5 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (1.85%) QA
5 4 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.48%) NIST
6 3 (1.11%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 2 (0.74%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) ISO 9000
8 1 (0.37%) RMADS
System Software
1 28 (10.37%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (2.59%) VMware NSX
4 6 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.48%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (1.11%) vSphere
7 2 (0.74%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.37%) Samba
8 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 29 (10.74%) SCOM
2 10 (3.70%) SCCM
3 7 (2.59%) vCenter Server
4 3 (1.11%) Ansible
4 3 (1.11%) FortiGate
4 3 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.74%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.74%) OPNET
5 2 (0.74%) WSUS
6 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
6 1 (0.37%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Puppet
6 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 88 (32.59%) Microsoft
2 41 (15.19%) Atlassian
3 37 (13.70%) Cisco
4 25 (9.26%) VMware
5 24 (8.89%) Remedy
6 17 (6.30%) SAP
7 16 (5.93%) Juniper
7 16 (5.93%) Nokia
8 14 (5.19%) IBM
9 11 (4.07%) Fortinet
10 10 (3.70%) Citrix
10 10 (3.70%) Palo Alto
11 9 (3.33%) Avaya
11 9 (3.33%) Ericsson
11 9 (3.33%) Google
11 9 (3.33%) Ribbon
12 8 (2.96%) ServiceNow
12 8 (2.96%) Veeam
13 7 (2.59%) BMC
13 7 (2.59%) CheckPoint