ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in the City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 121 142
Rank change year-on-year +3 +21 +48
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 6 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.33% 0.23% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.20% 0.92% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 3
10th Percentile £244 £267 -
25th Percentile £284 £281 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £308 £225
Median % change year-on-year +26.02% +36.67% -57.14%
75th Percentile £438 £331 £435
90th Percentile £582 £342 £561
Central London median daily rate £350 £308 £225
% change year-on-year +13.82% +36.67% -57.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
Central London median hourly rate - £27.00 -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 498 545 545
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 27.71% 25.57% 20.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 376 314 335
10th Percentile £343 £351 £332
25th Percentile £425 £463 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.79%
75th Percentile £663 £650 £691
90th Percentile £744 £751 £796
Central London median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 4
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £18.28
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £18.70
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £45.72
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -28.91% -2.46%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £74.69
90th Percentile £51.14 - £76.38
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £42.49
% change year-on-year -15.38% -23.50% -9.36%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (50.00%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
2 1 (16.67%) Intranet
2 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (16.67%) LAN
2 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 1 (16.67%) WAN
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 1 (16.67%) French Language
2 1 (16.67%) International Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (33.33%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
3 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Services Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Service Continuity Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Service Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 1 (16.67%) Testing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Centre
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Replication
1 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
2 1 (16.67%) Mac OS X
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Change Control
3 2 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 2 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) MCSE
2 1 (16.67%) MOS
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
1 2 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (16.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) Avaya
2 1 (16.67%) Citrix
2 1 (16.67%) Polycom
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow
2 1 (16.67%) Wyse