ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

ITIL Foundation Certificate
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - +27
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 3 0 12
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.46% - 1.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.39% - 5.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - £210
25th Percentile - - £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -48.72%
75th Percentile £269 - £523
90th Percentile £280 - £562
West Midlands median daily rate £275 - £255
% change year-on-year - - -37.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
West Midlands median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Birmingham

ITIL Foundation Certificate 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 216 151 214
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 32.83% 21.30% 27.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 144 86 122
10th Percentile £250 £165 £254
25th Percentile £363 £375 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% +13.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £546 £647 £604
90th Percentile £616 £765 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £514 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -3.02% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 12
10th Percentile £16.30 £20.88 £43.75
25th Percentile - £22.33 £60.63
Median hourly rate £18.87 £38.06 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.42% -41.44% -
75th Percentile - £51.88 £67.50
90th Percentile £33.03 £54.88 £68.63
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% +1.45% +42.27%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in Birmingham

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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:

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft