ITIL Contracts in Berkshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire requiring ITIL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITIL over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 21 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 +17 -18
Contract jobs citing ITIL 63 151 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 5.37% 7.61% 5.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.75% 8.56% 5.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 118 51
10th Percentile £307 £205 £170
25th Percentile £425 £213 £333
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +18.28% +12.05%
75th Percentile £502 £608 £606
90th Percentile £628 - £702
South East median daily rate £465 £488 £455
% change year-on-year -4.62% +7.14% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £47.86
25th Percentile - - £48.40
Median hourly rate £77.19 £70.39 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% +40.78% +185.71%
75th Percentile - - £54.56
90th Percentile - - £70.65
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £21.50 £36.70
% change year-on-year +30.23% -41.42% +112.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

ITIL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,096 1,764 1,640
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 93.44% 88.91% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 641 918 1,053
10th Percentile £313 £213 £341
25th Percentile £413 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.10% -2.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £615 £608 £626
90th Percentile £675 £675 £711
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 101 48
10th Percentile £22.29 £20.17 £19.20
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.50 £25.72
Median hourly rate £61.50 £61.60 £57.82
Median % change year-on-year -0.17% +6.54% +174.67%
75th Percentile £76.77 £71.75 £73.69
90th Percentile £88.19 £87.46 £79.51
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in Berkshire

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL in Berkshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Berkshire

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in Berkshire

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Reading -20 23 £450 -21.74% 34
Wokingham +7 22 £450 +12.50% 1
Maidenhead - 4 £450 - 5
Slough -11 2 £436 +45.42% 12
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.59%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.52%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (7.94%) Azure
2 5 (7.94%) SaaS
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (1.59%) Azure Storage
3 1 (1.59%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.59%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (12.70%) Network Security
2 6 (9.52%) Radio Access Network
3 5 (7.94%) DHCP
3 5 (7.94%) DNS
4 4 (6.35%) HTTP
4 4 (6.35%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.17%) Broadband
5 2 (3.17%) Ethernet
5 2 (3.17%) MPLS
5 2 (3.17%) SDH
5 2 (3.17%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.59%) Firewall
6 1 (1.59%) LAN
6 1 (1.59%) WAN
General
1 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
1 13 (20.63%) Telecoms
2 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.35%) Finance
4 3 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 3 (4.76%) Retail
5 2 (3.17%) Billing
6 1 (1.59%) Back Office
6 1 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (19.05%) Architect
1 12 (19.05%) Lead
2 7 (11.11%) Analyst
3 6 (9.52%) Head of Architecture
3 6 (9.52%) Head of Security
4 5 (7.94%) Head of Strategy
4 5 (7.94%) Senior
5 4 (6.35%) Security Architect
5 4 (6.35%) ServiceNow Architect
6 3 (4.76%) IT Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Telecoms Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 2 (3.17%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Designer
7 2 (3.17%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
7 2 (3.17%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.17%) IT Infrastructure Manager
7 2 (3.17%) IT Operations Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Major Incident Manager
7 2 (3.17%) OSS Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (12.70%) Web Services
2 6 (9.52%) SOAP
3 4 (6.35%) Ajax
3 4 (6.35%) CSS
3 4 (6.35%) HTML
3 4 (6.35%) REST
3 4 (6.35%) XML
4 2 (3.17%) Apache Axis
5 1 (1.59%) .NET
5 1 (1.59%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 7 (11.11%) CMDB
3 4 (6.35%) Enterprise Storage
3 4 (6.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.17%) SCADA
4 2 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.59%) EPoS
5 1 (1.59%) PKI
5 1 (1.59%) PMI
5 1 (1.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (17.46%) Windows
2 8 (12.70%) Windows Server
3 7 (11.11%) Linux
4 6 (9.52%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (6.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (6.35%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (28.57%) ITSM
2 17 (26.98%) Service Management
3 12 (19.05%) Agile
3 12 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (17.46%) Roadmaps
5 10 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (15.87%) Problem Management
5 10 (15.87%) Service Delivery
6 9 (14.29%) Change Management
6 9 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 9 (14.29%) IT Asset Management
6 9 (14.29%) Risk Management
6 9 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
7 8 (12.70%) Information Security
7 8 (12.70%) OWASP
7 8 (12.70%) Scrum
8 7 (11.11%) Configuration Management
9 6 (9.52%) Data Integration
9 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.94%) SQL
3 4 (6.35%) Python
4 3 (4.76%) C#
5 2 (3.17%) Java
5 2 (3.17%) Ruby
6 1 (1.59%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.59%) Bicep
6 1 (1.59%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.59%) VB
6 1 (1.59%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 21 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 18 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 5 (7.94%) DV Cleared
4 4 (6.35%) Degree
4 4 (6.35%) PMI Certification
5 3 (4.76%) CCNA
5 3 (4.76%) CCNP
5 3 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (4.76%) CompTIA Security+
5 3 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (4.76%) PMP
6 2 (3.17%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.17%) CISSP
6 2 (3.17%) ISACA
6 2 (3.17%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.17%) MCSA
6 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.59%) CCDA
7 1 (1.59%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.29%) COBIT
2 8 (12.70%) GDPR
2 8 (12.70%) NIST
3 4 (6.35%) SLA
4 3 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (4.76%) QA
5 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (1.59%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (12.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (6.35%) NetBackup
2 3 (4.76%) SCCM
2 3 (4.76%) WSUS
3 2 (3.17%) Amdocs OSS
3 2 (3.17%) BMC PATROL
3 2 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.59%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (1.59%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (25.40%) ServiceNow
2 6 (9.52%) BMC
2 6 (9.52%) Remedy
3 5 (7.94%) Microsoft
4 4 (6.35%) 3PAR
4 4 (6.35%) Dell
4 4 (6.35%) HP
4 4 (6.35%) Red Hat
4 4 (6.35%) Veritas
4 4 (6.35%) VMware
5 3 (4.76%) BT
5 3 (4.76%) Snow
6 2 (3.17%) Citrix
6 2 (3.17%) Cramer
6 2 (3.17%) Infoblox
6 2 (3.17%) Openreach
6 2 (3.17%) Virgin Media
7 1 (1.59%) Cisco
7 1 (1.59%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.59%) Infor