ITIL Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 6 13
Rank change year-on-year -15 +7 -8
Contract jobs citing ITIL 47 53 53
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.34% 18.79% 10.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.08% 20.08% 12.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 35 44
10th Percentile £358 £294 £213
25th Percentile £456 £378 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +18.28% -2.00% -1.15%
75th Percentile £594 £627 £550
90th Percentile £640 £741 -
South East median daily rate £488 £465 £465
% change year-on-year +4.84% - -0.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 7
10th Percentile - - £23.85
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - £12.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year - -50.00% -
75th Percentile - - £30.00
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £76.42 £28.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year +172.91% +17.89% -35.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 582 264 441
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.54% 93.62% 84.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 407 192 308
10th Percentile £306 £210 £271
25th Percentile £412 £382 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £502 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% +5.58% -
75th Percentile £595 £590 £596
90th Percentile £640 £650 £691
South East median daily rate £513 £505 £500
% change year-on-year +1.59% +0.90% -0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 20 37
10th Percentile £15.21 - £15.94
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.20 £19.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £14.85 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.10% -40.60% +150.00%
75th Percentile £19.34 £31.81 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £58.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £40.00 £28.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year +40.35% -36.67% -2.70%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 5 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Buckinghamshire

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 April 2026. 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
Milton Keynes -14 43 £550 +18.28% 12
Marlow - 2 £450 - 1
High Wycombe - 1 £450 -
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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 2 (4.26%) Apache
2 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (8.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (34.04%) Azure
2 12 (25.53%) AWS
3 3 (6.38%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.38%) GCP
3 3 (6.38%) Google App Engine
4 2 (4.26%) Azure Sentinel
4 2 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.13%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (2.13%) Azure AKS
5 1 (2.13%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) TCP/IP
2 5 (10.64%) Cisco ASA
2 5 (10.64%) Cisco Firepower
2 5 (10.64%) SAN
3 4 (8.51%) Firewall
4 3 (6.38%) BGP
4 3 (6.38%) BIG-IP
4 3 (6.38%) Cisco ISE
4 3 (6.38%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
4 3 (6.38%) ICMP
4 3 (6.38%) IPsec
4 3 (6.38%) Network Security
4 3 (6.38%) NGFW
4 3 (6.38%) OSPF
4 3 (6.38%) Wireless
5 2 (4.26%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (4.26%) iSCSI
5 2 (4.26%) LAN
5 2 (4.26%) VSAN
5 2 (4.26%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (2.13%) MySQL
3 1 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Git
1 3 (6.38%) GitLab
General
1 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
1 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
2 5 (10.64%) Legal
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
4 3 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.26%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.26%) Retail
6 1 (2.13%) Billing
6 1 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (31.91%) Senior
2 14 (29.79%) Designer
2 14 (29.79%) Service Designer
3 8 (17.02%) Architect
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Designer
4 7 (14.89%) Senior Service Designer
4 7 (14.89%) Technical Architect
5 5 (10.64%) Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Lead
5 5 (10.64%) Network Engineer
6 4 (8.51%) Lead Designer
6 4 (8.51%) Lead Service Designer
6 4 (8.51%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (6.38%) Linux Engineer
7 3 (6.38%) Senior Network Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Hardware Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) NOC Engineer
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Architect
8 2 (4.26%) Senior Technical Architect
8 2 (4.26%) VMware Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.51%) .NET
1 4 (8.51%) REST
1 4 (8.51%) SOAP
2 3 (6.38%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 12 (25.53%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) Public Cloud
3 2 (4.26%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
4 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.13%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.13%) Replication
4 1 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.13%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Linux
2 3 (6.38%) Debian
2 3 (6.38%) Ubuntu
2 3 (6.38%) Windows
3 1 (2.13%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (2.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (53.19%) Service Management
2 21 (44.68%) Agile
3 20 (42.55%) ITSM
4 14 (29.79%) Service Design
5 12 (25.53%) Service Delivery
6 11 (23.40%) TOGAF
7 10 (21.28%) Enterprise Architecture
7 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (17.02%) AI
9 7 (14.89%) Cloud Security
9 7 (14.89%) Data Protection
9 7 (14.89%) DevOps
9 7 (14.89%) Lean Six Sigma
9 7 (14.89%) SIAM
9 7 (14.89%) Six Sigma
9 7 (14.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 6 (12.77%) Business Continuity
10 6 (12.77%) Coaching
10 6 (12.77%) Technical Architecture
11 5 (10.64%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
2 4 (8.51%) SQL
3 2 (4.26%) Python
3 2 (4.26%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.13%) Bash
4 1 (2.13%) Bicep
4 1 (2.13%) Korn
4 1 (2.13%) PHP
4 1 (2.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (70.21%) Security Cleared
2 25 (53.19%) SC Cleared
3 20 (42.55%) DV Cleared
4 7 (14.89%) Degree
5 5 (10.64%) CCNP
5 5 (10.64%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (6.38%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (6.38%) MCSE
6 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (4.26%) CCSE
7 2 (4.26%) CCSM
8 1 (2.13%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.13%) CBAP
8 1 (2.13%) ISEB
8 1 (2.13%) ISEB Practitioner
8 1 (2.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (23.40%) NCSC
2 8 (17.02%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 7 (14.89%) Government Security Classifications
4 4 (8.51%) Accessibility
4 4 (8.51%) SLA
5 3 (6.38%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (12.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (10.64%) Active Directory
3 4 (8.51%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (8.51%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (4.26%) VMware NSX
5 1 (2.13%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (2.13%) Docker
5 1 (2.13%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.13%) SnapMirror
2 1 (2.13%) SnapVault
2 1 (2.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) VMware
2 9 (19.15%) ServiceNow
3 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
4 5 (10.64%) Cisco
4 5 (10.64%) Palo Alto
5 4 (8.51%) Red Hat
6 3 (6.38%) F5
7 2 (4.26%) CheckPoint
7 2 (4.26%) Fortinet
8 1 (2.13%) Dell
8 1 (2.13%) NetApp