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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	9	11	15
Rank change year-on-year	+2	+4	-4
Contract jobs citing ITIL	96	43	43
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire	12.63%	12.61%	11.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	15.58%	13.92%	13.31%
Number of daily rates quoted	84	28	27
10^th Percentile	£432	£202	£196
25^th Percentile	£486	£241	£248
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£556	£375	£420
Median % change year-on-year	+48.22%	-10.71%	-16.00%
75^th Percentile	£598	£523	£500
90^th Percentile	£622	£565	£560
South East median daily rate	£550	£480	£482
% change year-on-year	+14.58%	-0.52%	+7.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	0	1
Median hourly rate	-	-	£12.00
South East median hourly rate	£44.89	£26.00	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+72.65%	-5.45%	+37.50%

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.

	6 months to 16 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills	616	309	323
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire	81.05%	90.62%	82.61%
Number of daily rates quoted	408	178	225
10^th Percentile	£334	£231	£248
25^th Percentile	£437	£350	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£438	£463
Median % change year-on-year	+20.00%	-5.41%	-11.78%
75^th Percentile	£609	£538	£538
90^th Percentile	£638	£637	£635
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£510
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-1.96%	-2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted	54	42	9
10^th Percentile	-	£15.12	£14.58
25^th Percentile	£12.84	£15.13	£18.70
Median hourly rate	£15.03	£21.00	£30.00
Median % change year-on-year	-28.45%	-30.00%	+82.93%
75^th Percentile	£41.81	£25.15	£36.75
90^th Percentile	£74.63	£29.61	£41.15
South East median hourly rate	£45.00	£20.73	£58.49
% change year-on-year	+117.08%	-64.56%	+7.58%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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 16 October 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.

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 16 October 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	-1	91	£560	+40.00%	26
ITIL South East

ITIL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ITIL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region with a requirement for ITIL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Security Cleared	77.1%	74
2	SC Cleared	58.3%	56
3	Service Management	40.6%	39
4	Service Delivery	39.6%	38
5	ServiceNow	35.4%	34
6	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	32
7	Continuous Improvement	32.3%	31
8	Azure	31.3%	30
8	DV Cleared	31.3%	30
10	Agile	29.2%	28
11	ITSM	28.1%	27
11	Microsoft	28.1%	27
13	PRINCE2	20.8%	20
14	Service Design	19.8%	19
14	VMware	19.8%	19
14	Windows	19.8%	19
17	Active Directory	18.8%	18
17	Linux	18.8%	18
17	Stakeholder Engagement	18.8%	18
20	Decision-Making	17.7%	17
20	Problem-Solving	17.7%	17
20	Scrum	17.7%	17
23	DNS	16.7%	16
23	Firewall	16.7%	16
23	Roadmaps	16.7%	16
23	VMware Infrastructure	16.7%	16
23	VPN	16.7%	16
28	Change Management	15.6%	15
29	Project Delivery	14.6%	14
30	DevOps	13.5%	13

ITIL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Service Management	40.6%	39
2	Service Delivery	39.6%	38
3	Stakeholder Management	33.3%	32
4	Continuous Improvement	32.3%	31
5	Agile	29.2%	28
6	ITSM	28.1%	27
7	PRINCE2	20.8%	20
8	Service Design	19.8%	19
9	Stakeholder Engagement	18.8%	18
10	Decision-Making	17.7%	17
10	Problem-Solving	17.7%	17
10	Scrum	17.7%	17
13	Roadmaps	16.7%	16
14	Change Management	15.6%	15
15	Project Delivery	14.6%	14
16	DevOps	13.5%	13
16	Infrastructure Engineering	13.5%	13
16	Scaled Agile Framework	13.5%	13
19	Analytics	12.5%	12
19	Log Analytics	12.5%	12