ITIL Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 11 11
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 -2
Contract jobs citing ITIL 13 42 71
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 3.42% 15.27% 14.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.10% 17.28% 17.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 15 4
10th Percentile - £414 -
25th Percentile £356 £415 £235
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £381 £467 £240
Median % change year-on-year -18.27% +94.38% -17.95%
75th Percentile £534 £575 £299
90th Percentile £603 £638 £397
East of England median daily rate £363 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -14.71% - +11.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 18 66
10th Percentile - - £14.00
25th Percentile - £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate - £15.14 £14.48
Median % change year-on-year - +4.56% +6.00%
75th Percentile - £16.30 £16.30
90th Percentile - £16.75 £21.37
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £15.29 £14.48
% change year-on-year +20.99% +5.59% +6.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 317 243 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.42% 88.36% 82.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 134 147
10th Percentile £168 £264 £200
25th Percentile £265 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £527 £550 £563
90th Percentile £624 £650 £700
East of England median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 196
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.39 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.12% +8.20% +3.45%
75th Percentile £32.00 £18.85 £21.39
90th Percentile £39.50 £27.30 £48.38
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% - +81.82%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire.

ITIL job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Cambridgeshire

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Cambridge -11 7 £563 +12.50%
Huntingdon -2 5 £363 -5.23% 3
Ely - 1 £500 - 2
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (38.46%) Apache
1 5 (38.46%) IIS
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 6 (46.15%) Entra ID
2 3 (23.08%) Mimecast
2 3 (23.08%) Nutanix
3 2 (15.38%) Azure
4 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Logic Apps
4 1 (7.69%) Azure Service Bus
4 1 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (7.69%) OneDrive
4 1 (7.69%) Power Automate
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 1 (7.69%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
3 3 (23.08%) DHCP
4 2 (15.38%) VPN
5 1 (7.69%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (7.69%) Network Security
5 1 (7.69%) TCP/IP
5 1 (7.69%) VLAN
5 1 (7.69%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (7.69%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Electronic Patient Records
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
1 1 (7.69%) MSI
1 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
2 2 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Network Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Switch Engineer
2 4 (30.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Firewall Engineer
3 3 (23.08%) Network Analyst
3 3 (23.08%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Network Support Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Support Analyst
4 2 (15.38%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Cutover Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Security Analyst
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.69%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (7.69%) AI Agents
3 1 (7.69%) BYOD
3 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 1 (7.69%) Low-Code
3 1 (7.69%) NHS
3 1 (7.69%) PKI
3 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
3 1 (7.69%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Continuous Improvement
2 6 (46.15%) Agile
2 6 (46.15%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (46.15%) PRINCE2
3 5 (38.46%) Server Building
4 4 (30.77%) ITSM
4 4 (30.77%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) Change Management
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) Project Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (15.38%) Data Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
6 2 (15.38%) Migration
6 2 (15.38%) Project Management
6 2 (15.38%) Security Operations
6 2 (15.38%) Service Design
6 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) C#
1 1 (7.69%) JavaScript
1 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
1 1 (7.69%) X++
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CCNP
1 1 (7.69%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.69%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
1 1 (7.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (7.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.69%) QA
1 1 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
1 3 (23.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (38.46%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Cisco
1 6 (46.15%) Palo Alto
2 5 (38.46%) SolarWinds
3 4 (30.77%) ServiceNow
4 2 (15.38%) Microsoft
5 1 (7.69%) Juniper