ITIL Contracts in the Thames Valley

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 21 18
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +13
Contract jobs citing ITIL 210 252 309
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.96% 8.75% 8.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.28% 9.64% 9.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 179 190
10th Percentile £205 £295 £219
25th Percentile £213 £409 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £444
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +6.89% +18.50%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £513
90th Percentile £608 £642 £626
South East median daily rate £475 £466 £450
% change year-on-year +1.93% +3.56% +8.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 21
10th Percentile £34.04 £37.50 £12.25
25th Percentile £40.10 £47.95 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.20 £50.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% +194.12% -19.24%
75th Percentile £60.29 £54.56 £17.50
90th Percentile £66.35 £65.28 £23.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £48.40 £17.00
% change year-on-year -53.51% +184.71% -19.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,263 2,615 3,243
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 85.82% 90.80% 89.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,241 1,775 2,203
10th Percentile £213 £313 £238
25th Percentile £375 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £488
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +3.59% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £588
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +0.99% +1.00% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 70 90
10th Percentile £14.09 £16.25 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £12.25
Median hourly rate £46.25 £52.30 £17.21
Median % change year-on-year -11.57% +203.89% -18.24%
75th Percentile £64.42 £72.69 £24.25
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £62.76
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.97
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.96% -15.50%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 3 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
Berkshire +18 150 £575 +16.46% 39
Buckinghamshire -7 45 £465 -3.13% 17
Oxfordshire +7 15 £275 -37.14% 6
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 29 (13.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.43%) SAS
3 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (0.48%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 27 (12.86%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.43%) SPSS
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle AGIS
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (0.48%) Oracle Retail
1 1 (0.48%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.10%) Azure
2 24 (11.43%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (10.00%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
4 20 (9.52%) Azure Storage
5 14 (6.67%) OCI
6 5 (2.38%) AWS
7 2 (0.95%) GCP
8 1 (0.48%) PaaS
8 1 (0.48%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (20.48%) DHCP
1 43 (20.48%) DNS
2 39 (18.57%) Firewall
3 26 (12.38%) SAN
4 14 (6.67%) LAN
5 11 (5.24%) Network Security
6 9 (4.29%) TCP/IP
7 4 (1.90%) VSAN
7 4 (1.90%) WAN
8 3 (1.43%) MPLS
9 2 (0.95%) BGP
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (0.95%) Cisco Firepower
9 2 (0.95%) EIGRP
9 2 (0.95%) IPsec
9 2 (0.95%) OSPF
9 2 (0.95%) Reverse Proxy
9 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.95%) Sourcefire
9 2 (0.95%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.43%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (1.43%) Tableau
2 1 (0.48%) GIS
2 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.48%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (4.29%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) GitLab
3 1 (0.48%) MSI
General
1 98 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 26 (12.38%) Organisational Skills
3 15 (7.14%) Telecoms
4 14 (6.67%) Finance
5 11 (5.24%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (3.81%) Retail
7 7 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (1.90%) Automotive
10 3 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (1.43%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.95%) Legal
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Billing
12 1 (0.48%) German Language
12 1 (0.48%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) Military
12 1 (0.48%) Police
Job Titles
1 26 (12.38%) Analyst
2 22 (10.48%) Support Engineer
3 21 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 20 (9.52%) Active Directory Support
5 18 (8.57%) Hardware Engineer
6 17 (8.10%) Build Engineer
6 17 (8.10%) Windows Build Engineer
6 17 (8.10%) Windows Engineer
7 15 (7.14%) 1st Line Support
8 14 (6.67%) Active Directory Specialist
8 14 (6.67%) Azure Specialist
8 14 (6.67%) Support Specialist
9 13 (6.19%) Desktop Engineer
9 13 (6.19%) Desktop Support
9 13 (6.19%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 13 (6.19%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
10 11 (5.24%) 1st Line Technical Support
10 11 (5.24%) Architect
10 11 (5.24%) Technical Support
11 10 (4.76%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (9.52%) ARM Templates
2 3 (1.43%) D3.js
3 2 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.48%) CSS
4 1 (0.48%) HTML
4 1 (0.48%) OpenLayers
4 1 (0.48%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.48%) Web Services
4 1 (0.48%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 28 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 28 (13.33%) PKI
3 22 (10.48%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.38%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.95%) CSOC
6 2 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (0.48%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.48%) CCTV
7 1 (0.48%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Storage
7 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.48%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.48%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.48%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 92 (43.81%) Windows
2 64 (30.48%) Windows 10
3 54 (25.71%) Windows Server
3 54 (25.71%) Windows Server 2016
4 52 (24.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 47 (22.38%) Linux
6 32 (15.24%) Windows Server 2012
7 28 (13.33%) Windows 7
8 17 (8.10%) Windows NT
9 14 (6.67%) Windows XP
10 9 (4.29%) Debian
10 9 (4.29%) Ubuntu
11 4 (1.90%) Mac OS
11 4 (1.90%) Unix
12 1 (0.48%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 56 (26.67%) Customer Service
3 55 (26.19%) Agile
4 53 (25.24%) Release Management
4 53 (25.24%) Service Management
5 26 (12.38%) Project Management
5 26 (12.38%) Service Delivery
6 25 (11.90%) DevOps
7 24 (11.43%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (10.95%) CI/CD
9 22 (10.48%) Incident Management
9 22 (10.48%) Stakeholder Management
10 21 (10.00%) Analytics
10 21 (10.00%) Configuration Management
10 21 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
11 20 (9.52%) Break/Fix
11 20 (9.52%) Log Analytics
11 20 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
11 20 (9.52%) Privileged Identity Management
11 20 (9.52%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 39 (18.57%) PowerShell
2 20 (9.52%) Bicep
2 20 (9.52%) C#
2 20 (9.52%) VB
2 20 (9.52%) VBScript
3 16 (7.62%) Python
4 6 (2.86%) SQL
5 3 (1.43%) R
5 3 (1.43%) Shell Script
6 2 (0.95%) Go
7 1 (0.48%) Groovy
7 1 (0.48%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 128 (60.95%) Security Cleared
2 98 (46.67%) DV Cleared
3 68 (32.38%) SC Cleared
4 60 (28.57%) Degree
5 25 (11.90%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 18 (8.57%) Cisco Certification
7 17 (8.10%) CCNA
7 17 (8.10%) CCNP
8 7 (3.33%) ISACA
9 4 (1.90%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.90%) VCAP
9 4 (1.90%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 3 (1.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.95%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.95%) Server+ Certification
12 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 1 (0.48%) CISA
12 1 (0.48%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (11.90%) QA
2 14 (6.67%) SLA
3 10 (4.76%) COBIT
3 10 (4.76%) NIST
4 9 (4.29%) GDPR
5 3 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 2 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.48%) ITGC
7 1 (0.48%) NCSC
System Software
1 63 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 30 (14.29%) Firmware
3 20 (9.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 20 (9.52%) Virtual Machines
3 20 (9.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (6.67%) Hyper-V
4 14 (6.67%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (1.90%) VMware NSX
5 4 (1.90%) vSphere
6 1 (0.48%) XenApp
6 1 (0.48%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 80 (38.10%) SCCM
2 51 (24.29%) WSUS
3 34 (16.19%) SCOM
4 24 (11.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 22 (10.48%) Kubernetes
6 20 (9.52%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 17 (8.10%) Sysprep
8 15 (7.14%) NetBackup
9 14 (6.67%) EMC NetWorker
9 14 (6.67%) vCenter Server
10 5 (2.38%) AirWatch
11 4 (1.90%) Ansible
12 2 (0.95%) Rancher
12 2 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 104 (49.52%) Microsoft
2 52 (24.76%) HP
3 30 (14.29%) VMware
4 23 (10.95%) ServiceNow
5 22 (10.48%) Cisco
6 20 (9.52%) Dell
7 17 (8.10%) Juniper
8 16 (7.62%) Oracle
8 16 (7.62%) Palo Alto
9 15 (7.14%) 3PAR
10 14 (6.67%) EMC
10 14 (6.67%) Extreme Networks
10 14 (6.67%) Symantec
10 14 (6.67%) Veeam
11 10 (4.76%) Red Hat
12 6 (2.86%) F5
13 5 (2.38%) Apple
14 4 (1.90%) BT
14 4 (1.90%) Planview
14 4 (1.90%) Splunk