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 27 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 47 54
Rank change year-on-year -34 +7 +10
Contract jobs citing ITIL 50 74 80
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.35% 4.28% 3.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 4.64% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 47 63
10th Percentile £249 £199 £241
25th Percentile £409 £344 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -11.36% +6.28%
75th Percentile £673 £557 £650
90th Percentile £768 £613 £738
Central London median daily rate £500 £494 £525
% change year-on-year +1.27% -5.95% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £22.11 - -
25th Percentile £24.04 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £52.25 - -
90th Percentile £66.95 - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £26.45 £60.00
% change year-on-year +3.97% -55.92% -

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 1,871 1,595 2,092
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.88% 92.20% 89.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,290 1,026 1,486
10th Percentile £363 £363 £350
25th Percentile £447 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £568
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.19% -5.29%
75th Percentile £669 £680 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -7.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 11
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £18.93
25th Percentile £19.46 £24.66 £20.07
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +24.00% -45.65%
75th Percentile £45.08 £34.68 £40.92
90th Percentile £58.53 £51.75 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -10.18% +4.53% -20.54%

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

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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 27 March 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 27 March 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 5 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (40.00%) Azure
2 14 (28.00%) AWS
3 12 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (12.00%) Entra ID
4 6 (12.00%) GCP
5 5 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (8.00%) OpenShift
7 3 (6.00%) Power Platform
8 2 (4.00%) Google Workspace
8 2 (4.00%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.00%) Rubrik
8 2 (4.00%) SaaS
8 2 (4.00%) Slack
9 1 (2.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.00%) Mimecast
9 1 (2.00%) OneDrive
9 1 (2.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 9 (18.00%) VPN
2 8 (16.00%) Firewall
3 6 (12.00%) DNS
4 5 (10.00%) DHCP
5 2 (4.00%) IPsec
5 2 (4.00%) Network Security
5 2 (4.00%) SSL
6 1 (2.00%) BGP
6 1 (2.00%) IPv4
6 1 (2.00%) IPv6
6 1 (2.00%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.00%) OSPF
6 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Tableau
2 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.00%) GitLab
3 1 (2.00%) REST Assured
General
1 28 (56.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
2 13 (26.00%) Finance
3 6 (12.00%) Banking
3 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 4 (8.00%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Automotive
8 1 (2.00%) French Language
8 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.00%) Law
8 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
8 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (16.00%) Architect
1 8 (16.00%) Lead
2 7 (14.00%) Analyst
3 5 (10.00%) Senior
3 5 (10.00%) Service Desk Engineer
3 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Consultant
4 3 (6.00%) Service Analyst
4 3 (6.00%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Incident Manager
5 2 (4.00%) IT Support
5 2 (4.00%) IT Support Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Lead Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Process Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.00%) JSON
1 1 (2.00%) Kafka
1 1 (2.00%) Middleware
1 1 (2.00%) OAuth
1 1 (2.00%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (2.00%) RESTful
1 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.00%) CMDB
2 5 (10.00%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.00%) Data Centre
5 2 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.00%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (2.00%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
6 1 (2.00%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (6.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.00%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (34.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 16 (32.00%) ITSM
4 14 (28.00%) Service Delivery
5 11 (22.00%) Change Management
5 11 (22.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (20.00%) Agile
6 10 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (20.00%) Roadmaps
7 8 (16.00%) Runbook
7 8 (16.00%) Service Management
8 7 (14.00%) Project Management
9 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
10 5 (10.00%) AI
10 5 (10.00%) Change Control
10 5 (10.00%) DevOps
10 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (10.00%) High Availability
10 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (10.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.00%) Python
3 1 (2.00%) Bash
3 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 4 (8.00%) Degree
5 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.00%) Azure Certification
6 2 (4.00%) CCNP
6 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (2.00%) A+ Certification
7 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.00%) CCSE
7 1 (2.00%) CISSP
7 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.00%) SLA
2 8 (16.00%) GDPR
2 8 (16.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (10.00%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (6.00%) NIST
4 3 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.00%) COBIT
5 2 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.00%) PMO
6 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 12 (24.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (18.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.00%) Ansible
2 4 (8.00%) SCCM
2 4 (8.00%) Terraform
3 2 (4.00%) Grafana
4 1 (2.00%) QRadar
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) ServiceNow
2 14 (28.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.00%) Splunk
4 3 (6.00%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.00%) Google
4 3 (6.00%) Remedy
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco
5 2 (4.00%) IBM
5 2 (4.00%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.00%) Snow
6 1 (2.00%) 3PAR
6 1 (2.00%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (2.00%) Bomgar
6 1 (2.00%) Datto
6 1 (2.00%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.00%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (2.00%) Planview
6 1 (2.00%) Zerto
6 1 (2.00%) Zscaler