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 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 15 14
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing ITIL 86 29 37
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 9.90% 10.18% 8.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.55% 10.94% 10.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 21 33
10th Percentile £398 £209 £200
25th Percentile £456 £350 £266
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £405 £431
Median % change year-on-year +28.40% -6.07% -10.27%
75th Percentile £594 £538 £500
90th Percentile £610 £575 £543
South East median daily rate £510 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +13.22% -5.26% +2.15%

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 685 265 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.83% 92.98% 81.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 494 153 246
10th Percentile £325 £213 £253
25th Percentile £450 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £465
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -3.23% -7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £559
90th Percentile £638 £642 £650
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 41 25
10th Percentile £15.05 - £15.85
25th Percentile - £14.20 £18.00
Median hourly rate £16.35 £15.25 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.21% -39.00% +52.44%
75th Percentile £18.32 £24.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £27.62 £53.75 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -

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 11 July 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 11 July 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 78 £523 +25.90% 18
High Wycombe - 1 £450 - 1
Marlow - 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 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 26 (30.23%) Azure
2 16 (18.60%) AWS
3 8 (9.30%) GCP
4 6 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
4 6 (6.98%) Google App Engine
5 5 (5.81%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (4.65%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.16%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 16 (18.60%) Cisco ASA
1 16 (18.60%) Cisco Firepower
2 12 (13.95%) Firewall
3 11 (12.79%) IPsec
4 10 (11.63%) LAN
4 10 (11.63%) WAN
5 9 (10.47%) Cisco Nexus
5 9 (10.47%) VPN
6 8 (9.30%) DNS
6 8 (9.30%) Network Security
7 7 (8.14%) BGP
7 7 (8.14%) BIG-IP
7 7 (8.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 7 (8.14%) OSPF
7 7 (8.14%) TCP/IP
8 6 (6.98%) NGFW
9 5 (5.81%) ICMP
9 5 (5.81%) VSAN
10 4 (4.65%) DHCP
10 4 (4.65%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) MySQL
1 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Git
1 6 (6.98%) GitLab
2 2 (2.33%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 15 (17.44%) Social Skills
2 12 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
2 12 (13.95%) Public Sector
3 10 (11.63%) Finance
3 10 (11.63%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.98%) Retail
5 5 (5.81%) Legal
5 5 (5.81%) Manufacturing
6 3 (3.49%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.16%) Automotive
7 1 (1.16%) German Language
Job Titles
1 21 (24.42%) Senior
2 12 (13.95%) Network Engineer
3 10 (11.63%) Designer
3 10 (11.63%) Lead
3 10 (11.63%) Service Designer
4 8 (9.30%) Developer
4 8 (9.30%) Head of IT
4 8 (9.30%) Head of Service Management
4 8 (9.30%) ServiceNow Developer
5 7 (8.14%) Architect
5 7 (8.14%) Senior Network Engineer
6 6 (6.98%) Product Manager
6 6 (6.98%) Technical Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Analyst
7 5 (5.81%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) NOC Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Senior Designer
7 5 (5.81%) Senior Service Designer
7 5 (5.81%) Service Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.30%) REST
1 8 (9.30%) SOAP
2 5 (5.81%) OAuth
3 3 (3.49%) 802.1X
4 2 (2.33%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.28%) Product Ownership
2 9 (10.47%) Data Centre
3 7 (8.14%) Onboarding
4 6 (6.98%) Cloud Native
4 6 (6.98%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (4.65%) PKI
5 4 (4.65%) Private Cloud
6 3 (3.49%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
6 3 (3.49%) Public Cloud
6 3 (3.49%) Virtual Team
7 2 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.33%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (1.16%) Fibre Optics
8 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (13.95%) Linux
2 10 (11.63%) Windows
3 2 (2.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (47.67%) Service Management
2 37 (43.02%) Agile
3 34 (39.53%) ITSM
4 32 (37.21%) Service Delivery
5 21 (24.42%) Service Design
6 20 (23.26%) Stakeholder Management
7 19 (22.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 16 (18.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 14 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (16.28%) Scrum
9 14 (16.28%) TOGAF
10 13 (15.12%) PRINCE2
11 11 (12.79%) Change Management
11 11 (12.79%) Cloud Security
11 11 (12.79%) Decision-Making
11 11 (12.79%) DevOps
11 11 (12.79%) Network Monitoring
12 10 (11.63%) Coaching
12 10 (11.63%) Computer Science
12 10 (11.63%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.30%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.33%) Python
3 2 (2.33%) SQL
4 1 (1.16%) Bash
4 1 (1.16%) Bicep
4 1 (1.16%) Korn
Qualifications
1 64 (74.42%) Security Cleared
2 51 (59.30%) SC Cleared
3 29 (33.72%) DV Cleared
4 13 (15.12%) Degree
5 11 (12.79%) CCNP
5 11 (12.79%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (5.81%) CCSE
6 5 (5.81%) CCSM
6 5 (5.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (4.65%) CBAP
7 4 (4.65%) ISEB
7 4 (4.65%) ISEB Practitioner
7 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (3.49%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.49%) MCSE
8 3 (3.49%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
9 2 (2.33%) CCIE
10 1 (1.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (17.44%) NCSC
2 14 (16.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 12 (13.95%) SLA
4 10 (11.63%) ISO 9001
5 7 (8.14%) Government Security Classifications
5 7 (8.14%) NIST
6 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
6 5 (5.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
7 1 (1.16%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (19.77%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (11.63%) VMware NSX
3 7 (8.14%) VMware ESXi
4 6 (6.98%) Active Directory
5 1 (1.16%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (1.16%) Docker
5 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) Terraform
2 2 (2.33%) Ansible
2 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.33%) SCOM
3 1 (1.16%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 29 (33.72%) ServiceNow
2 23 (26.74%) VMware
3 16 (18.60%) Cisco
3 16 (18.60%) Palo Alto
4 13 (15.12%) Microsoft
5 8 (9.30%) SolarWinds
6 7 (8.14%) F5
7 5 (5.81%) CheckPoint
7 5 (5.81%) Fortinet
8 3 (3.49%) Becrypt
9 2 (2.33%) Google
10 1 (1.16%) Citrix
10 1 (1.16%) Dell
10 1 (1.16%) Red Hat
10 1 (1.16%) SAP