ITIL Contracts in the West Midlands

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 21 42 30
Rank change year-on-year +21 -12 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 121 126 215
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 6.30% 5.17% 5.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.52% 5.86% 6.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 80 151
10th Percentile £258 £297 £150
25th Percentile £325 £372 £280
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +1.69%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £581
90th Percentile £725 £676 £650
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 3 14
10th Percentile £13.25 - £11.36
25th Percentile £17.63 £12.50 £14.13
Median hourly rate £22.50 £13.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.08% -33.33% -
75th Percentile £23.75 £16.13 £19.97
90th Percentile £55.00 £17.70 £20.51
England median hourly rate £17.69 £19.39 £15.88
% change year-on-year -8.74% +22.11% -14.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,609 2,150 3,274
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.80% 88.22% 89.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,068 1,483 2,430
10th Percentile £275 £263 £263
25th Percentile £375 £406 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +6.25% +16.36%
75th Percentile £615 £600 £575
90th Percentile £733 £688 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £533
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +9.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 45 70
10th Percentile £11.08 £12.00 £11.93
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.59
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +7.39% -7.04%
75th Percentile £41.44 £23.22 £19.86
90th Percentile £58.00 £47.00 £24.25
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the West Midlands

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the West Midlands

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the West Midlands

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the West Midlands

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the West Midlands

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Birmingham +22 55 £395 -16.84% 22
Warwickshire +11 36 £588 +6.82% 17
Solihull -13 11 £265 -62.14% 4
Coventry +7 8 £563 +50.00% 1
Worcestershire 0 2 £200 -57.89%
Tipton - 2 £313 -
Wolverhampton +4 1 £475 -7.32% 2
Staffordshire -2 1 - - 6
Dudley - 1 £313 - 1
ITIL
England

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.61%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.48%) CMS
3 3 (2.48%) Drupal
Applications
1 14 (11.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 26 (21.49%) Azure
2 17 (14.05%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (10.74%) Power Platform
4 8 (6.61%) PowerApps
5 7 (5.79%) OneDrive
6 6 (4.96%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (4.96%) Entra ID
6 6 (4.96%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.13%) Azure Functions
7 5 (4.13%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (4.13%) Serverless
8 3 (2.48%) GCP
9 1 (0.83%) AWS
9 1 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.83%) IaaS
9 1 (0.83%) OCI
9 1 (0.83%) PaaS
9 1 (0.83%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (14.05%) WAN
2 11 (9.09%) LAN
3 10 (8.26%) MPLS
4 9 (7.44%) DNS
4 9 (7.44%) VPN
5 8 (6.61%) Firewall
5 8 (6.61%) Internet
6 7 (5.79%) Network Security
7 6 (4.96%) DHCP
7 6 (4.96%) Unified Communications
7 6 (4.96%) VoIP
8 5 (4.13%) Cisco ASA
8 5 (4.13%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (4.13%) Cisco ISE
8 5 (4.13%) PBX
8 5 (4.13%) SD-WAN
8 5 (4.13%) WLAN
9 4 (3.31%) SSL
10 3 (2.48%) ADSL
10 3 (2.48%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.09%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (2.48%) Artifactory
1 3 (2.48%) Git
1 3 (2.48%) Jenkins
1 3 (2.48%) JIRA
1 3 (2.48%) Selenium
1 3 (2.48%) Subversion
2 1 (0.83%) Rational DOORS
General
1 41 (33.88%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 21 (17.36%) Telecoms
4 16 (13.22%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.61%) Finance
6 6 (4.96%) Back Office
7 3 (2.48%) Aerospace
7 3 (2.48%) Law
7 3 (2.48%) Manufacturing
8 2 (1.65%) Aviation
8 2 (1.65%) Electronics
8 2 (1.65%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.65%) Marketing
8 2 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Aeronautics
9 1 (0.83%) Automotive
9 1 (0.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 29 (23.97%) Analyst
2 14 (11.57%) 1st Line Support
2 14 (11.57%) Technical Support
3 11 (9.09%) Architect
3 11 (9.09%) Support Analyst
4 9 (7.44%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (6.61%) Lead
6 7 (5.79%) 1st Line Technical Support
6 7 (5.79%) Incident Analyst
6 7 (5.79%) Technical Support Analyst
7 6 (4.96%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 6 (4.96%) Microsoft Engineer
8 5 (4.13%) Enterprise Architect
8 5 (4.13%) Network Engineer
9 4 (3.31%) Desktop Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) Desktop Support
9 4 (3.31%) Desktop Support Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) IT Manager
9 4 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (3.31%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.13%) Middleware
1 5 (4.13%) Web Services
2 2 (1.65%) Regular Expression
3 1 (0.83%) Ajax
3 1 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.83%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.74%) Operational Technology
2 12 (9.92%) Data Centre
3 8 (6.61%) PKI
4 6 (4.96%) CMDB
4 6 (4.96%) Digital Signage
5 5 (4.13%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.13%) SCADA
5 5 (4.13%) Virtual Team
6 4 (3.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (3.31%) AS400
6 4 (3.31%) Driving Licence
7 3 (2.48%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.48%) Private Cloud
8 2 (1.65%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 2 (1.65%) Hedge funds
8 2 (1.65%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Storage
9 1 (0.83%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 30 (24.79%) Windows
2 8 (6.61%) Windows 10
3 7 (5.79%) Windows Server
3 7 (5.79%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (5.79%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (4.13%) Unix
5 1 (0.83%) Android
5 1 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.83%) Linux
5 1 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.83%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.83%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (36.36%) Service Management
2 25 (20.66%) Incident Management
3 22 (18.18%) Customer Service
3 22 (18.18%) ITSM
4 20 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (16.53%) Service Delivery
5 18 (14.88%) Agile
6 17 (14.05%) Problem Management
7 15 (12.40%) Performance Management
8 13 (10.74%) Change Management
8 13 (10.74%) Project Management
9 12 (9.92%) Analytics
10 11 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (9.09%) Programme Management
10 11 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (8.26%) Computer Science
11 10 (8.26%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.26%) Project Delivery
12 9 (7.44%) Analytical Thinking
12 9 (7.44%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 12 (9.92%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.83%) Perl
2 1 (0.83%) Python
2 1 (0.83%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (9.09%) Degree
1 11 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 10 (8.26%) Cisco Certification
3 9 (7.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.13%) BC Cleared
4 5 (4.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (4.13%) CCIE
4 5 (4.13%) CCIE Data Center
4 5 (4.13%) CCNA
4 5 (4.13%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (2.48%) ISTQB
5 3 (2.48%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 2 (1.65%) CASP
6 2 (1.65%) CCNP
6 2 (1.65%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (1.65%) GCED
6 2 (1.65%) GSEC
6 2 (1.65%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.92%) SLA
2 11 (9.09%) QA
3 3 (2.48%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.83%) COBIT
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 22301
4 1 (0.83%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 14 (11.57%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.79%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 13 (10.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.96%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (4.13%) SysTrack
4 3 (2.48%) Ansible
4 3 (2.48%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.83%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 28 (23.14%) ServiceNow
2 23 (19.01%) Microsoft
3 12 (9.92%) Cisco
4 9 (7.44%) Citrix
5 8 (6.61%) SAP
6 7 (5.79%) Oracle
6 7 (5.79%) Palo Alto
7 6 (4.96%) Juniper
8 5 (4.13%) BMC
8 5 (4.13%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.13%) Infoblox
8 5 (4.13%) New Relic
8 5 (4.13%) OpenAI
8 5 (4.13%) Symantec
8 5 (4.13%) Zscaler
9 4 (3.31%) HP
10 3 (2.48%) BT
10 3 (2.48%) Openreach
10 3 (2.48%) Salesforce
11 2 (1.65%) LogRhythm