ITIL Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 19 39
Rank change year-on-year -24 +20 -6
Contract jobs citing ITIL 34 42 26
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.79% 7.27% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.57% 8.32% 4.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 30 18
10th Percentile £213 £106 £165
25th Percentile - £176 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £275 £373
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -26.17% +6.43%
75th Percentile £568 £475 £525
90th Percentile £588 £678 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £456 £425 £458
% change year-on-year +7.18% -7.10% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 4
10th Percentile - £20.01 £13.48
25th Percentile - £22.03 £13.81
Median hourly rate - £22.05 £20.06
Median % change year-on-year - +9.91% +27.38%
75th Percentile - £22.08 £38.65
90th Percentile - - £60.18
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.62 £22.05 £20.06
% change year-on-year -6.51% +9.91% +27.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 744 505 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 82.94% 87.37% 81.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 332 391
10th Percentile £313 £166 £208
25th Percentile £400 £358 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £538 £638
90th Percentile £675 £638 £750
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 50 15
10th Percentile £13.45 - £14.60
25th Percentile £19.34 £12.62 £20.88
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -53.41% +47.27%
75th Percentile £55.00 £22.08 £53.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £26.89 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £30.50 £24.34 £21.00
% change year-on-year +25.31% +15.90% -23.64%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Birmingham

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Birmingham over the 6 months to 24 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Birmingham

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing ITIL

ITIL
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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle Workflow
2 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (17.65%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (20.59%) Entra ID
3 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 3 (8.82%) OneDrive
3 3 (8.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.94%) Matillion
4 1 (2.94%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) DHCP
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
1 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
2 3 (8.82%) VPN
3 2 (5.88%) SAN
4 1 (2.94%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.94%) VLAN
4 1 (2.94%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) Power BI
1 3 (8.82%) SAP HANA
2 1 (2.94%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.94%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) JIRA
2 1 (2.94%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (2.94%) Bitbucket
General
1 17 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (20.59%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Finance
4 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (2.94%) Legal
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Lead
2 6 (17.65%) Consultant
2 6 (17.65%) Oracle Specialist
2 6 (17.65%) Support Specialist
3 4 (11.76%) Team Leader
4 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support
4 3 (8.82%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) SAP Basis Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) SAP Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) Security Consultant
4 3 (8.82%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.82%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (5.88%) Administrator
5 2 (5.88%) Desktop Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Desktop Support
5 2 (5.88%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 2 (5.88%) Management Consultant
5 2 (5.88%) Server Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.82%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Onboarding
2 4 (11.76%) iPhone
2 4 (11.76%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.82%) Replication
4 2 (5.88%) Clustering
4 2 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 2 (5.88%) Virtual Team
5 1 (2.94%) Acoustics
5 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.94%) Security Posture
5 1 (2.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 11 (32.35%) Windows
2 4 (11.76%) Mac OS
2 4 (11.76%) Windows 10
3 3 (8.82%) Linux
4 2 (5.88%) AIX
4 2 (5.88%) Unix
5 1 (2.94%) Android
5 1 (2.94%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (35.29%) ITSM
3 9 (26.47%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (26.47%) Service Management
4 7 (20.59%) Customer Service
5 6 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (17.65%) Workflow
6 5 (14.71%) Business Continuity
6 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (14.71%) Incident Response
7 4 (11.76%) AI
7 4 (11.76%) Coaching
7 4 (11.76%) Cybersecurity
7 4 (11.76%) Generative AI
7 4 (11.76%) ISMS
7 4 (11.76%) Mentoring
7 4 (11.76%) Project Delivery
7 4 (11.76%) Ticket Management
7 4 (11.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) SQL
2 2 (5.88%) Perl
2 2 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 4 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) A+ Certification
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
2 3 (8.82%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.94%) CISM
4 1 (2.94%) CISSP
4 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (14.71%) SLA
2 4 (11.76%) NCSC
2 4 (11.76%) NIST
3 3 (8.82%) Data Quality
4 2 (5.88%) GRC
4 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 6 (17.65%) Active Directory
2 3 (8.82%) Firmware
3 2 (5.88%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (14.71%) SCCM
3 4 (11.76%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 11 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.65%) Oracle
2 6 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.76%) Apple
3 4 (11.76%) Samsung
3 4 (11.76%) SAP
4 2 (5.88%) IBM
5 1 (2.94%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.94%) Informatica
5 1 (2.94%) Nexthink