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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 28 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -5 +9
Contract jobs citing ITIL 270 235 272
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 8.46% 6.48% 7.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.18% 7.22% 8.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 166 201
10th Percentile £158 £205 £185
25th Percentile £425 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £440
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +15.91% +3.53%
75th Percentile £597 £650 £550
90th Percentile £688 £713 £638
England median daily rate £495 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +4.21% +5.56% +2.75%
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 £18.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year -4.38% +15.63% -14.67%

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 2,653 3,256 3,295
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.09% 89.72% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,693 2,396 2,335
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% +6.21%
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% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 334 194
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.19 £16.32 £20.08
Median hourly rate £55.00 £61.50 £48.61
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +26.52% +8.02%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £83.37 £69.95
England median hourly rate £36.33 £36.77 £24.35
% change year-on-year -1.19% +51.01% +1.46%

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 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the South West

ITIL
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

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the South West over the 6 months to 3 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 3 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 -23.44% 24
Bristol +18 81 £570 +26.67% 27
Devon +21 34 £165 -49.23% 8
Gloucestershire +10 21 £525 +31.25% 12
Somerset +5 16 £578 +54.00% 11
Dorset +5 7 £763 +56.41% 8
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 60 (22.22%) Azure
2 36 (13.33%) Azure Stack
3 27 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (5.19%) Power Platform
5 11 (4.07%) AWS
6 10 (3.70%) SaaS
7 9 (3.33%) PaaS
8 3 (1.11%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.74%) Entra ID
9 2 (0.74%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.37%) IaaS
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Purview
10 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
4 15 (5.56%) Network Security
5 12 (4.44%) LAN
6 9 (3.33%) PBX
6 9 (3.33%) VoIP
7 8 (2.96%) SDH
8 7 (2.59%) DHCP
8 7 (2.59%) FTP
8 7 (2.59%) SAN
8 7 (2.59%) Skype
8 7 (2.59%) TCP/IP
9 5 (1.85%) Junos
10 4 (1.48%) VPN
11 3 (1.11%) NGFW
11 3 (1.11%) OSPF
11 3 (1.11%) SD-WAN
11 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 45 (16.67%) 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 36 (13.33%) Architect
3 28 (10.37%) Service Manager
4 19 (7.04%) Service Analyst
5 18 (6.67%) Solutions Architect
6 17 (6.30%) Microsoft Engineer
7 16 (5.93%) Support Specialist
8 15 (5.56%) Availability Manager
8 15 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 15 (5.56%) IT Manager
8 15 (5.56%) Network Engineer
9 14 (5.19%) Service Desk Analyst
9 14 (5.19%) SOC Analyst
9 14 (5.19%) Technical Support
10 13 (4.81%) IT Support
11 12 (4.44%) ITIL Manager
11 12 (4.44%) Support Engineer
12 11 (4.07%) Capacity Manager
12 11 (4.07%) IT Services Manager
12 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%) CMDB
5 11 (4.07%) Video Conferencing
6 9 (3.33%) Blackberry
7 7 (2.59%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.59%) Replication
8 5 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.85%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.48%) PKI
10 3 (1.11%) iPhone
11 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.74%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.74%) PMI
11 2 (0.74%) Product Ownership
12 1 (0.37%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.37%) Data Protection Act
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 94 (34.81%) Service Management
2 71 (26.30%) 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 30 (11.11%) Change Management
9 24 (8.89%) Business Intelligence
9 24 (8.89%) Service Delivery
10 23 (8.52%) Cybersecurity
10 23 (8.52%) Enterprise Architecture
10 23 (8.52%) Incident Response
10 23 (8.52%) TOGAF
11 21 (7.78%) Decision-Making
12 20 (7.41%) Problem Management
12 20 (7.41%) Project Management
13 19 (7.04%) Information Security
14 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
1 191 (70.74%) Security Cleared
2 116 (42.96%) SC Cleared
3 86 (31.85%) DV Cleared
4 40 (14.81%) Degree
5 19 (7.04%) Cisco Certification
6 17 (6.30%) CCNP
7 15 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (5.56%) HND
8 12 (4.44%) CCNA
8 12 (4.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 10 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 8 (2.96%) MCP
10 8 (2.96%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (1.85%) JNCIA
13 3 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (1.11%) MCSE
13 3 (1.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
14 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 20 (7.41%) 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 89 (32.96%) Microsoft
2 41 (15.19%) Atlassian
3 38 (14.07%) Cisco
4 26 (9.63%) VMware
5 24 (8.89%) Remedy
6 17 (6.30%) Juniper
6 17 (6.30%) Nokia
6 17 (6.30%) SAP
7 14 (5.19%) IBM
8 11 (4.07%) Fortinet
8 11 (4.07%) Palo Alto
9 10 (3.70%) Citrix
9 10 (3.70%) Google
10 9 (3.33%) Avaya
10 9 (3.33%) Ericsson
10 9 (3.33%) Ribbon
10 9 (3.33%) ServiceNow
11 8 (2.96%) Veeam
12 7 (2.59%) BMC
12 7 (2.59%) CheckPoint