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 7 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 28 23
Rank change year-on-year -20 -5 +8
Contract jobs citing ITIL 33 29 54
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 3.82% 5.38% 7.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.44% 5.95% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 33
10th Percentile £126 £190 £305
25th Percentile £129 £317 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -30.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £559 £500 £519
90th Percentile £578 £556 £597
West Midlands median daily rate £415 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -7.78% - -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 5
10th Percentile - £29.25 -
25th Percentile - £29.61 £13.25
Median hourly rate - £30.45 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +117.50% +7.69%
75th Percentile - £30.68 £55.00
90th Percentile - - £66.72
West Midlands median hourly rate £16.00 £29.73 £22.50
% change year-on-year -46.17% +32.11% +73.08%

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 743 487 628
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 86.00% 90.35% 82.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 343 408
10th Percentile £263 £200 £246
25th Percentile £402 £381 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £455
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +12.64% -9.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £663
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 13 44
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.62 £13.20
25th Percentile £16.05 £14.70 £17.75
Median hourly rate £17.69 £22.50 £27.25
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% -17.43% +88.74%
75th Percentile £24.29 £30.68 £48.75
90th Percentile £30.00 £48.14 £67.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £21.76 £18.63 £23.00
% change year-on-year +16.83% -19.02% +29.80%

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 7 March 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Aareon QL
1 1 (3.03%) MIS ActiveH
1 1 (3.03%) NEC Housing
1 1 (3.03%) OPENHousing
1 1 (3.03%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.12%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) Azure
3 2 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (3.03%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (3.03%) Matillion
4 1 (3.03%) Snowflake
4 1 (3.03%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (18.18%) DHCP
1 6 (18.18%) DNS
1 6 (18.18%) TCP/IP
1 6 (18.18%) VPN
2 3 (9.09%) Firewall
2 3 (9.09%) SAN
3 2 (6.06%) NAS
3 2 (6.06%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Power BI
2 2 (6.06%) SAP HANA
2 2 (6.06%) Tableau
3 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Git
2 1 (3.03%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (3.03%) Selenium
General
1 16 (48.48%) Social Skills
2 10 (30.30%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Banking
3 2 (6.06%) Investment Banking
3 2 (6.06%) Legal
3 2 (6.06%) Public Sector
4 1 (3.03%) Finance
4 1 (3.03%) Law
4 1 (3.03%) Social Housing
4 1 (3.03%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (27.27%) Analyst
2 6 (18.18%) IT Support
3 5 (15.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.15%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (15.15%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) IT Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) IT Support Analyst
3 5 (15.15%) Support Analyst
4 4 (12.12%) Performance Specialist
4 4 (12.12%) Service Management Specialist
4 4 (12.12%) Service Performance Specialist
5 3 (9.09%) Consultant
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
5 3 (9.09%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) SAP Basis Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (6.06%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.06%) SAP Basis
2 1 (3.03%) Azure Blueprints
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (15.15%) Team-Oriented Environment
3 3 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 3 (9.09%) Security Posture
4 2 (6.06%) Replication
5 1 (3.03%) Clustering
5 1 (3.03%) CMDB
5 1 (3.03%) Management Information System
5 1 (3.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 8 (24.24%) Windows 10
3 3 (9.09%) Linux
3 3 (9.09%) Unix
4 1 (3.03%) AIX
4 1 (3.03%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 10 (30.30%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (30.30%) Service Management
3 9 (27.27%) ITSM
4 8 (24.24%) Customer Service
4 8 (24.24%) Problem Management
4 8 (24.24%) Root Cause Analysis
5 7 (21.21%) Agile
5 7 (21.21%) Change Management
6 5 (15.15%) CRM
6 5 (15.15%) Disk Encryption
6 5 (15.15%) Mobile Device Management
6 5 (15.15%) Project Delivery
7 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.12%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.12%) Validation
8 3 (9.09%) AI
8 3 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (9.09%) Observability
8 3 (9.09%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (15.15%) Python
2 4 (12.12%) Perl
3 3 (9.09%) Shell Script
4 2 (6.06%) SQL
5 1 (3.03%) Bash
5 1 (3.03%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (15.15%) MCDST
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (9.09%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.06%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.03%) PMP
5 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) SLA
2 1 (3.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.03%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.03%) GDPR
2 1 (3.03%) GRC
2 1 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.03%) NCSC
2 1 (3.03%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.03%) Firmware
2 1 (3.03%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) SCCM
2 1 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) iManage
2 5 (15.15%) Mitel
2 5 (15.15%) ServiceNow
3 4 (12.12%) SAP
3 4 (12.12%) Splunk
4 2 (6.06%) Remedy
5 1 (3.03%) Aareon
5 1 (3.03%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.03%) Capita
5 1 (3.03%) Civica
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Informatica
5 1 (3.03%) NEC
5 1 (3.03%) Northgate
5 1 (3.03%) Oneserve
5 1 (3.03%) Orchard