ITIL Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring ITIL skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 17 15
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +21
Contract jobs citing ITIL 16 17 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 7.96% 7.52% 10.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.84% 10.06% 11.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 15 19
10th Percentile £185 £120 £311
25th Percentile £238 £121 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £136 £425
Median % change year-on-year +138.97% -68.00% +142.86%
75th Percentile £446 £140 £688
90th Percentile £480 £268 £775
South Wales median daily rate £325 £214 £425
% change year-on-year +52.05% -49.71% +141.13%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 181 169 206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 90.05% 74.78% 90.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 140 116 156
10th Percentile £226 £140 £206
25th Percentile £303 £207 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £431 £450
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% -4.17% -5.26%
75th Percentile £500 £544 £554
90th Percentile £675 £628 £638
South Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £475
% change year-on-year - -15.79% -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 10 6
10th Percentile £12.21 - £19.13
25th Percentile - £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £13.08 £20.08 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -34.86% -17.20% +34.72%
75th Percentile £17.00 £25.60 £26.38
90th Percentile £22.04 £25.79 £34.50
South Wales median hourly rate £16.00 £25.36 £26.00
% change year-on-year -36.91% -2.46% +30.00%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in Cardiff

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Cardiff over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Cardiff

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ITIL

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Service Bus
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 3 (18.75%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (6.25%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (56.25%) Azure
2 7 (43.75%) AWS
3 4 (25.00%) GCP
3 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (18.75%) GitHub
4 3 (18.75%) OCI
5 2 (12.50%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Firewall
2 1 (6.25%) DNS
2 1 (6.25%) LAN
2 1 (6.25%) VoIP
2 1 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Jenkins
1 3 (18.75%) Subversion
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 2 (12.50%) Digital Health
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Legal
4 1 (6.25%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Architect
1 4 (25.00%) IT Support
2 3 (18.75%) Cloud Architect
2 3 (18.75%) IT Support Technician
2 3 (18.75%) IT Technician
2 3 (18.75%) Support Technician
3 2 (12.50%) Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Migration Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Principal Architect
3 2 (12.50%) Principal Solutions Architect
3 2 (12.50%) SOC Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Automation Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (6.25%) Data Centre Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) IT Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Middleware Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Operations Engineer
4 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) Middleware
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) NHS
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Native
3 3 (18.75%) Public Cloud
4 2 (12.50%) Cyber Defence
4 2 (12.50%) Operational Technology
5 1 (6.25%) CSOC
5 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
5 1 (6.25%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
5 1 (6.25%) Security Operations Centre
5 1 (6.25%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
1 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (6.25%) Android
2 1 (6.25%) Linux
2 1 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 1 (6.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Agile
2 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 4 (25.00%) Data Privacy
2 4 (25.00%) DevSecOps
2 4 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 4 (25.00%) IT Strategy
2 4 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 4 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 3 (18.75%) CI/CD
3 3 (18.75%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (18.75%) DevOps
3 3 (18.75%) Migration
3 3 (18.75%) Performance Tuning
3 3 (18.75%) Security Operations
3 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
3 3 (18.75%) SOA
3 3 (18.75%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
1 3 (18.75%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
2 1 (6.25%) JCL
2 1 (6.25%) Korn
2 1 (6.25%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
2 4 (25.00%) AWS Certification
2 4 (25.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 4 (25.00%) Azure Certification
2 4 (25.00%) CITP
2 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 4 (25.00%) Master's Degree
3 2 (12.50%) CISMP
3 2 (12.50%) GSEC
3 2 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (6.25%) CISSP
4 1 (6.25%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (6.25%) Postgraduate
4 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.25%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) SLA
2 2 (12.50%) GDPR
3 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (6.25%) NCSC
3 1 (6.25%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Ansible
2 1 (6.25%) Control-M
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Google
2 4 (25.00%) Oracle
2 4 (25.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) BMC
3 1 (6.25%) Micro Focus
3 1 (6.25%) SAP