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 30 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 5 11
Rank change year-on-year -15 +6 -4
Contract jobs citing ITIL 38 65 76
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 7.87% 22.89% 13.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.60% 25.19% 15.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 41 66
10th Percentile £199 £246 £292
25th Percentile £273 £363 £451
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £465 £505
Median % change year-on-year -19.35% -7.92% +5.21%
75th Percentile £550 £625 £550
90th Percentile £640 £703 £1,106
South East median daily rate £445 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -1.11% - -1.10%
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 £20.79 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.84% -16.67% +25.00%

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 396 258 501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 81.99% 90.85% 87.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 260 190 376
10th Percentile £223 £209 £279
25th Percentile £356 £401 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% - +3.09%
75th Percentile £560 £590 £600
90th Percentile £638 £656 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 4 29
10th Percentile £15.88 £14.01 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £17.03 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.60 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.35% +49.89% +39.71%
75th Percentile £29.61 £54.69 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.38 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £45.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -47.61% -5.26% +7.34%

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 30 January 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 30 January 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 -13 35 £388 -16.67% 15
Bletchley -1 2 £274 +3.89%
Marlow - 1 - - 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 5 (13.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) Apache
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (18.42%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
2 6 (15.79%) Entra ID
3 5 (13.16%) AWS
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Purview
4 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.26%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) SAN
2 3 (7.89%) Firewall
2 3 (7.89%) TCP/IP
2 3 (7.89%) VPN
3 1 (2.63%) iSCSI
3 1 (2.63%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.26%) Power BI
3 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
General
1 6 (15.79%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Public Sector
3 4 (10.53%) Legal
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Billing
5 1 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Architect
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Senior
3 6 (15.79%) Technical Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Designer
4 4 (10.53%) Service Designer
5 3 (7.89%) Administrator
5 3 (7.89%) DBA
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support
5 3 (7.89%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Lead
5 3 (7.89%) Service Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Service Desk Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (5.26%) Hardware Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Linux Engineer
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.53%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Product Ownership
1 4 (10.53%) Video Conferencing
2 3 (7.89%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (7.89%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.63%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.63%) Replication
3 1 (2.63%) TM Forum
3 1 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (21.05%) Windows
2 6 (15.79%) Windows 10
3 4 (10.53%) Linux
4 3 (7.89%) Debian
4 3 (7.89%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.63%) Data ONTAP
5 1 (2.63%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) Agile
2 10 (26.32%) Service Management
3 9 (23.68%) Customer Service
4 7 (18.42%) Enterprise Architecture
5 6 (15.79%) Data Protection
5 6 (15.79%) ITSM
5 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (13.16%) Incident Management
6 5 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (13.16%) Technology Strategy
7 4 (10.53%) Roadmaps
7 4 (10.53%) Service Design
7 4 (10.53%) Storage Management
7 4 (10.53%) TOGAF
7 4 (10.53%) UML
8 3 (7.89%) Decision-Making
8 3 (7.89%) IT Strategy
8 3 (7.89%) Matrix Organization
8 3 (7.89%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) Python
1 5 (13.16%) Shell Script
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 3 (7.89%) Bash
4 2 (5.26%) PowerShell
5 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
5 1 (2.63%) PHP
Qualifications
1 24 (63.16%) Security Cleared
2 17 (44.74%) DV Cleared
3 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
4 5 (13.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 4 (10.53%) Degree
6 2 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.63%) CBAP
7 1 (2.63%) CCNP
7 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.63%) ISEB
7 1 (2.63%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (2.63%) MCSE
7 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (2.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) SLA
2 2 (5.26%) COBIT
3 1 (2.63%) NCSC
3 1 (2.63%) NIST
System Software
1 9 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.53%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.63%) NFS
3 1 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) SnapMirror
2 1 (2.63%) SnapVault
Vendors
1 14 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
2 5 (13.16%) VMware
3 3 (7.89%) McAfee
3 3 (7.89%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.63%) Apple
4 1 (2.63%) Cisco
4 1 (2.63%) HP
4 1 (2.63%) NetApp
4 1 (2.63%) Oracle
4 1 (2.63%) Planview
4 1 (2.63%) TIBCO
4 1 (2.63%) webMethods