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 24 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 15
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 -8
Contract jobs citing ITIL 72 16 37
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 8.33% 6.64% 8.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.64% 7.02% 10.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 14 33
10th Percentile £378 £210 £203
25th Percentile £456 £301 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £445 £465
Median % change year-on-year +15.73% -4.29% -3.24%
75th Percentile £580 £554 £517
90th Percentile £610 £579 £550
South East median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +4.73%

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 677 228 363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.36% 94.61% 80.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 480 136 247
10th Percentile £352 £213 £250
25th Percentile £450 £348 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £460 £474
Median % change year-on-year +14.19% -2.96% -5.25%
75th Percentile £600 £560 £557
90th Percentile £638 £647 £645
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 34 29
10th Percentile £15.05 - £15.85
25th Percentile £15.38 £14.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.19 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% -39.26% +52.44%
75th Percentile £18.12 £19.84 £28.75
90th Percentile £19.24 £59.88 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £53.95 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +124.79% -52.00% -4.03%

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 24 June 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 24 June 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 66 £515 +10.75% 23
High Wycombe - 1 £450 -
Marlow - 1 £450 - 2
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 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (34.72%) Azure
2 15 (20.83%) AWS
3 7 (9.72%) GCP
4 6 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (8.33%) Google App Engine
5 5 (6.94%) Azure Sentinel
6 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (4.17%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.78%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.39%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.39%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 15 (20.83%) Cisco ASA
1 15 (20.83%) Cisco Firepower
2 11 (15.28%) Firewall
3 10 (13.89%) IPsec
4 9 (12.50%) LAN
4 9 (12.50%) WAN
5 8 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
5 8 (11.11%) Network Security
5 8 (11.11%) VPN
6 7 (9.72%) DNS
7 6 (8.33%) BGP
7 6 (8.33%) BIG-IP
7 6 (8.33%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 6 (8.33%) NGFW
7 6 (8.33%) OSPF
7 6 (8.33%) TCP/IP
8 5 (6.94%) ICMP
8 5 (6.94%) VSAN
9 4 (5.56%) DHCP
9 4 (5.56%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.39%) MySQL
1 1 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Git
1 6 (8.33%) GitLab
2 1 (1.39%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 10 (13.89%) Social Skills
2 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (11.11%) Finance
2 8 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 8 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 6 (8.33%) Retail
4 5 (6.94%) Legal
4 5 (6.94%) Manufacturing
5 4 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.78%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.39%) Automotive
7 1 (1.39%) German Language
Job Titles
1 22 (30.56%) Senior
2 14 (19.44%) Designer
2 14 (19.44%) Service Designer
3 12 (16.67%) Network Engineer
4 8 (11.11%) Developer
4 8 (11.11%) Lead
4 8 (11.11%) ServiceNow Developer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Designer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Network Engineer
5 7 (9.72%) Senior Service Designer
6 6 (8.33%) Architect
7 5 (6.94%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) NOC Engineer
7 5 (6.94%) Product Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Service Manager
7 5 (6.94%) Technical Architect
8 4 (5.56%) Lead Designer
8 4 (5.56%) Project Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Service Transition Manager
8 4 (5.56%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) REST
1 8 (11.11%) SOAP
2 5 (6.94%) OAuth
3 3 (4.17%) 802.1X
4 1 (1.39%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 17 (23.61%) Product Ownership
2 8 (11.11%) Data Centre
3 5 (6.94%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 4 (5.56%) PKI
5 3 (4.17%) Private Cloud
5 3 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 3 (4.17%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.78%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 2 (2.78%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.39%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.39%) Fibre Optics
7 1 (1.39%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (16.67%) Linux
2 10 (13.89%) Windows
3 2 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (43.06%) Agile
2 30 (41.67%) Service Management
3 23 (31.94%) ITSM
4 22 (30.56%) Service Design
5 18 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 15 (20.83%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (18.06%) Scrum
7 13 (18.06%) TOGAF
8 12 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
9 11 (15.28%) Decision-Making
9 11 (15.28%) DevOps
9 11 (15.28%) Network Monitoring
10 10 (13.89%) Cloud Security
10 10 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (12.50%) AI
11 9 (12.50%) PRINCE2
11 9 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 8 (11.11%) Coaching
12 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (11.11%) Network Virtualisation
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.39%) Bash
3 1 (1.39%) Bicep
3 1 (1.39%) Korn
3 1 (1.39%) Python
3 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (73.61%) Security Cleared
2 39 (54.17%) SC Cleared
3 30 (41.67%) DV Cleared
4 11 (15.28%) Degree
5 10 (13.89%) CCNP
5 10 (13.89%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (6.94%) CCSE
6 5 (6.94%) CCSM
7 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (4.17%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (4.17%) MCSE
9 2 (2.78%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.78%) CBAP
9 2 (2.78%) ISEB
9 2 (2.78%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (2.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (2.78%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.39%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (19.44%) NCSC
2 8 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 7 (9.72%) Government Security Classifications
3 7 (9.72%) NIST
4 6 (8.33%) SLA
5 5 (6.94%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.39%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (23.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (12.50%) VMware NSX
3 7 (9.72%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (8.33%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.39%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (1.39%) Docker
5 1 (1.39%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.78%) SCOM
1 2 (2.78%) Terraform
2 1 (1.39%) Ansible
2 1 (1.39%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 22 (30.56%) VMware
2 18 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 15 (20.83%) Cisco
3 15 (20.83%) Palo Alto
4 12 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 7 (9.72%) SolarWinds
6 6 (8.33%) F5
7 5 (6.94%) CheckPoint
7 5 (6.94%) Fortinet
8 3 (4.17%) Becrypt
9 1 (1.39%) Citrix
9 1 (1.39%) Dell
9 1 (1.39%) Google
9 1 (1.39%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.39%) SAP