ITIL Contract Job Trends in the City of London

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 45 53
Rank change year-on-year -31 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing ITIL 64 85 82
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.82% 4.80% 3.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.19% 5.10% 4.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 56 54
10th Percentile £175 £263 £318
25th Percentile £315 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £516 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.57% -0.72% -0.95%
75th Percentile £688 £628 £621
90th Percentile £759 £732 £753
Central London median daily rate £475 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -5.00% -2.91% +2.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 4
10th Percentile £20.23 £26.59 £19.10
25th Percentile £21.69 £26.62 £20.00
Median hourly rate £24.75 £27.54 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -10.11% +14.73% -
75th Percentile £28.19 £29.33 £27.00
90th Percentile £29.88 £29.88 -
Central London median hourly rate £24.75 £26.57 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.85% +10.71% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,008 1,668 1,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.38% 94.13% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,384 1,098 1,235
10th Percentile £375 £324 £386
25th Percentile £460 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% +7.67% -1.82%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in the City of London

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the City of London

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

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

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the City of London

ITIL
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 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.56%) Confluence
3 1 (1.56%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (3.13%) Exchequer
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) Azure
2 11 (17.19%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 6 (9.38%) GitHub
5 5 (7.81%) AWS
5 5 (7.81%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (6.25%) Entra ID
6 4 (6.25%) OneDrive
7 3 (4.69%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (4.69%) Power Automate
7 3 (4.69%) PowerApps
7 3 (4.69%) SaaS
8 2 (3.13%) GCP
9 1 (1.56%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (1.56%) BlazeMeter
9 1 (1.56%) Datadog
9 1 (1.56%) Google Docs
9 1 (1.56%) Google Drive
9 1 (1.56%) Google Sheets
9 1 (1.56%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 9 (14.06%) DNS
2 7 (10.94%) VPN
3 6 (9.38%) Firewall
4 5 (7.81%) DHCP
5 2 (3.13%) LAN
5 2 (3.13%) SD-WAN
5 2 (3.13%) TCP/IP
5 2 (3.13%) Value-Added Service
5 2 (3.13%) WAN
5 2 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (1.56%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (1.56%) HTTP
6 1 (1.56%) Intelligent Network
6 1 (1.56%) Internet
6 1 (1.56%) MPLS
6 1 (1.56%) OSPF
6 1 (1.56%) tcpdump
6 1 (1.56%) VoIP
6 1 (1.56%) WinSCP
6 1 (1.56%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.50%) Power BI
2 4 (6.25%) SQL Server
3 2 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.56%) KDB
4 1 (1.56%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.56%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (10.94%) JIRA
2 1 (1.56%) GitLab
2 1 (1.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.56%) JMeter
2 1 (1.56%) Locust
2 1 (1.56%) Newman
2 1 (1.56%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.56%) TestCafe
General
1 28 (43.75%) Social Skills
2 23 (35.94%) Finance
3 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (15.63%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.38%) Banking
5 6 (9.38%) Telecoms
6 4 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.13%) Financial Institution
8 2 (3.13%) Front Office
8 2 (3.13%) Military
8 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 9 (14.06%) Analyst
2 7 (10.94%) Architect
3 4 (6.25%) DevOps Engineer
3 4 (6.25%) Support Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) Applications Support
4 3 (4.69%) Change Manager
4 3 (4.69%) IT Analyst
4 3 (4.69%) Lead
4 3 (4.69%) Service Manager
4 3 (4.69%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (4.69%) Support Engineer
4 3 (4.69%) Technical Manager
5 2 (3.13%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (3.13%) Change and Release Manager
5 2 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (3.13%) Designer
5 2 (3.13%) IT Support
5 2 (3.13%) Network Engineer
5 2 (3.13%) Support Specialist
5 2 (3.13%) Technical Operations Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.81%) REST
1 5 (7.81%) Terraform
2 2 (3.13%) SOAP
3 1 (1.56%) .NET
3 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.56%) Ajax
3 1 (1.56%) ARM Templates
3 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.56%) Blazor
3 1 (1.56%) CSS
3 1 (1.56%) HTML
3 1 (1.56%) LDAP
3 1 (1.56%) OAuth
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.56%) Taurus
3 1 (1.56%) Web Services
3 1 (1.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) CMDB
1 9 (14.06%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 4 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (4.69%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (3.13%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (1.56%) AS400
5 1 (1.56%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.56%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.56%) Distributed Computing
5 1 (1.56%) Grid Computing
5 1 (1.56%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.56%) Media Streaming
5 1 (1.56%) PKI
5 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 15 (23.44%) Windows
2 4 (6.25%) Mac OS
2 4 (6.25%) Windows Server
3 3 (4.69%) Linux
4 2 (3.13%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.56%) Android
5 1 (1.56%) CentOS
5 1 (1.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.56%) Unix
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.56%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 23 (35.94%) Service Management
2 23 (35.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (32.81%) ITSM
4 19 (29.69%) Agile
5 15 (23.44%) Service Delivery
6 13 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (15.63%) Asset Management
8 10 (15.63%) Incident Management
9 9 (14.06%) Change Management
9 9 (14.06%) DevOps
10 8 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
10 8 (12.50%) Problem Management
11 7 (10.94%) Migration
11 7 (10.94%) User Experience
12 6 (9.38%) AI
12 6 (9.38%) PRINCE2
12 6 (9.38%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.38%) PowerShell
2 5 (7.81%) SQL
3 3 (4.69%) Python
4 1 (1.56%) Bicep
4 1 (1.56%) COBOL
4 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.56%) RPG
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 6 (9.38%) Degree
4 5 (7.81%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
5 4 (6.25%) PMP
6 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (3.13%) CCNA
6 2 (3.13%) CCNP
6 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.56%) CISM
7 1 (1.56%) CISSP
7 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.56%) ISEB
7 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.56%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (1.56%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.38%) SLA
2 4 (6.25%) COBIT
3 3 (4.69%) QA
4 2 (3.13%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.13%) GDPR
4 2 (3.13%) GRC
4 2 (3.13%) NIST
5 1 (1.56%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (1.56%) PMO
5 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (3.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.56%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (1.56%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (6.25%) SCCM
3 3 (4.69%) Grafana
3 3 (4.69%) Kubernetes
3 3 (4.69%) Prometheus
4 2 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.56%) Ansible
5 1 (1.56%) Data Guard
5 1 (1.56%) PowerCLI
5 1 (1.56%) SCOM
5 1 (1.56%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 21 (32.81%) Microsoft
2 20 (31.25%) ServiceNow
3 7 (10.94%) Remedy
3 7 (10.94%) VMware
4 5 (7.81%) Cisco
4 5 (7.81%) Oracle
5 4 (6.25%) BMC
5 4 (6.25%) Dynatrace
5 4 (6.25%) Splunk
6 3 (4.69%) Adobe
6 3 (4.69%) AppDynamics
6 3 (4.69%) Google
6 3 (4.69%) Nexthink
7 2 (3.13%) Autodesk
7 2 (3.13%) Bloomberg
7 2 (3.13%) Citrix
7 2 (3.13%) IBM
7 2 (3.13%) Samsung
7 2 (3.13%) SAP
7 2 (3.13%) Symantec