ITIL Certification Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

ITIL Certification
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 52 63
Rank change year-on-year -21 +11 +18
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.35% 0.77% 0.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.57% 3.08% 0.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 2
10th Percentile - £440 -
25th Percentile £213 £463 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £475 £265
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% +79.25% -40.78%
75th Percentile £238 £506 £273
90th Percentile - £563 -
West Midlands median daily rate £470 £475 £265
% change year-on-year -1.05% +79.25% -50.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

ITIL Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 191 130 225
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 22.13% 24.90% 29.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 100 136
10th Percentile £263 £148 £258
25th Percentile £400 £253 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £482 £476 £425
Median % change year-on-year +1.37% +11.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £548 £689 £538
90th Percentile £619 £700 £638
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £484 £450
% change year-on-year +0.21% +7.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 3 15
10th Percentile £13.94 £20.61 £13.55
25th Percentile £17.00 £23.76 £18.16
Median hourly rate £18.40 £29.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.55% +11.54% +35.06%
75th Percentile £19.51 £40.75 £41.88
90th Percentile £24.29 £47.80 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £28.18 £28.50
% change year-on-year -11.28% -1.12% +42.50%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in Birmingham

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) NAS
1 2 (66.67%) SAN
2 1 (33.33%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) DNS
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Tableau
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Investment Banking
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Banking Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Unix Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Data Centre Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Investment Banking Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Tableau Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Unix
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Remedy
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Splunk