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 27 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -17 +6 -5
Contract jobs citing ITIL 38 61 58
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 6.86% 20.96% 10.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.54% 22.76% 12.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 38 51
10th Percentile £273 £249 £213
25th Percentile £351 £365 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £458 £465
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -1.61% -3.13%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £548
90th Percentile £640 £715 £550
South East median daily rate £463 £465 £431
% change year-on-year -0.54% +7.84% -9.22%
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 £81.50 £25.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +226.00% +4.17% -4.00%

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 445 268 474
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 80.32% 92.10% 85.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 198 340
10th Percentile £226 £207 £275
25th Percentile £363 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% +5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £576 £597 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £651
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 7 33
10th Percentile £15.91 £15.30 £15.88
25th Percentile £16.35 £18.10 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.67% - +45.45%
75th Percentile £29.61 £55.63 £30.00
90th Percentile £34.08 £61.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £45.21
% change year-on-year -41.09% -5.57% +0.47%

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 27 February 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 27 February 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 -18 33 £550 +18.28% 12
Bletchley -5 2 £274 +3.89%
Marlow - 2 £450 - 1
High Wycombe - 1 £450 - 1
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 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) Apache
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (18.42%) Azure
3 6 (15.79%) AWS
4 3 (7.89%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.26%) GCP
5 2 (5.26%) Google App Engine
5 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
5 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.16%) SAN
2 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.89%) VPN
3 2 (5.26%) Firewall
3 2 (5.26%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.63%) NAS
4 1 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (5.26%) Power BI
4 1 (2.63%) MySQL
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
4 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
1 2 (5.26%) GitLab
General
1 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Legal
2 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Billing
4 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Architect
2 7 (18.42%) Senior
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Designer
4 5 (13.16%) Service Designer
5 4 (10.53%) Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support
6 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (7.89%) Lead
6 3 (7.89%) Linux Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) ServiceNow Developer
6 3 (7.89%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Lead Service Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Service Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) .NET
2 3 (7.89%) REST
2 3 (7.89%) SOAP
3 2 (5.26%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.16%) Product Ownership
2 4 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (7.89%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.63%) Replication
4 1 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.63%) TM Forum
4 1 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (13.16%) Linux
1 5 (13.16%) Windows
2 4 (10.53%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.89%) Debian
3 3 (7.89%) Ubuntu
4 1 (2.63%) Data ONTAP
4 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Agile
2 13 (34.21%) Service Management
3 10 (26.32%) ITSM
4 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 6 (15.79%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (15.79%) Service Delivery
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Service Design
6 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 4 (10.53%) Data Modelling
7 4 (10.53%) Decision-Making
7 4 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
8 3 (7.89%) Incident Management
8 3 (7.89%) Problem Management
8 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
8 3 (7.89%) Scrum
8 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (7.89%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
1 4 (10.53%) SQL
2 3 (7.89%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.89%) Python
2 3 (7.89%) Shell Script
3 2 (5.26%) Bash
4 1 (2.63%) Korn
4 1 (2.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (65.79%) Security Cleared
2 17 (44.74%) DV Cleared
3 15 (39.47%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.89%) Degree
4 3 (7.89%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (2.63%) CBAP
5 1 (2.63%) CCNP
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.63%) ISEB
5 1 (2.63%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.63%) MCSE
5 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) SLA
2 1 (2.63%) COBIT
2 1 (2.63%) NCSC
2 1 (2.63%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.63%) Citrix Hypervisor
3 1 (2.63%) Docker
3 1 (2.63%) NFS
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) SnapMirror
2 1 (2.63%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 12 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 7 (18.42%) ServiceNow
3 5 (13.16%) VMware
4 4 (10.53%) Red Hat
5 3 (7.89%) McAfee
6 1 (2.63%) Apple
6 1 (2.63%) Cisco
6 1 (2.63%) Dell
6 1 (2.63%) HP
6 1 (2.63%) NetApp
6 1 (2.63%) Oracle
6 1 (2.63%) Planview