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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 62 51
Rank change year-on-year -24 -11 +11
Contract jobs citing ITIL 49 62 87
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.17% 3.50% 3.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.53% 3.76% 4.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 44 69
10th Percentile £248 £217 £252
25th Percentile £413 £409 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +7.06%
75th Percentile £683 £588 £650
90th Percentile £770 £613 £775
Central London median daily rate £500 £493 £525
% change year-on-year +1.52% -6.19% +2.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £19.72 - -
25th Percentile £20.43 - -
Median hourly rate £24.88 - £27.00
75th Percentile £40.00 - -
90th Percentile £62.05 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.88 £26.45 £60.00
% change year-on-year -5.93% -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 1,935 1,647 2,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.54% 92.89% 90.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,323 1,047 1,417
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -5.83%
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £573 £550
% change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 12 13
10th Percentile £18.29 £22.00 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £30.03 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.55% +18.30% -42.20%
75th Percentile £48.67 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £48.57
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +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 24 April 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 24 April 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 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) IIS
2 1 (2.04%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (4.08%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (2.04%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Azure
2 13 (26.53%) AWS
3 10 (20.41%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (12.24%) GCP
5 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
6 4 (8.16%) OpenShift
6 4 (8.16%) Power Platform
7 2 (4.08%) Google Workspace
7 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
7 2 (4.08%) Rubrik
7 2 (4.08%) SaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Slack
8 1 (2.04%) Amazon SageMaker
8 1 (2.04%) Azure AI
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (2.04%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (2.04%) Cloudflare
8 1 (2.04%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (16.33%) VPN
2 7 (14.29%) Firewall
3 6 (12.24%) DNS
4 5 (10.20%) DHCP
5 2 (4.08%) IPsec
5 2 (4.08%) Network Security
5 2 (4.08%) SSL
6 1 (2.04%) BGP
6 1 (2.04%) IPv4
6 1 (2.04%) IPv6
6 1 (2.04%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.04%) OSPF
6 1 (2.04%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.04%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) Tableau
2 2 (4.08%) Power BI
3 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.04%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.04%) GitLab
3 1 (2.04%) REST Assured
General
1 28 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (26.53%) Finance
4 6 (12.24%) Banking
4 6 (12.24%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.16%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.04%) Automotive
9 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.04%) Law
9 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.04%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Architect
2 7 (14.29%) Lead
3 6 (12.24%) Analyst
4 5 (10.20%) Senior
4 5 (10.20%) Service Desk Engineer
5 4 (8.16%) Support Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (6.12%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Business Process Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Consultant
7 2 (4.08%) Incident Manager
7 2 (4.08%) IT Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) IT Support
7 2 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
7 2 (4.08%) Lead Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Network Architect
7 2 (4.08%) Process Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.08%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) JSON
1 1 (2.04%) Kafka
1 1 (2.04%) Middleware
1 1 (2.04%) OAuth
1 1 (2.04%) OAuth2
1 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (2.04%) RESTful
1 1 (2.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Cloud Native
1 6 (12.24%) CMDB
2 5 (10.20%) Onboarding
3 4 (8.16%) Product Ownership
4 2 (4.08%) Data Centre
4 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.04%) Anti-Spyware
5 1 (2.04%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Windows
2 4 (8.16%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.08%) Linux
3 2 (4.08%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.82%) Continuous Improvement
2 17 (34.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (30.61%) ITSM
4 13 (26.53%) Service Delivery
5 12 (24.49%) Change Management
6 11 (22.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 10 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (18.37%) Agile
8 9 (18.37%) Roadmaps
9 8 (16.33%) Runbook
9 8 (16.33%) Service Management
10 7 (14.29%) AI
10 7 (14.29%) Project Management
11 6 (12.24%) Customer Service
12 5 (10.20%) Change Control
12 5 (10.20%) Enterprise Architecture
12 5 (10.20%) Generative AI
12 5 (10.20%) High Availability
12 5 (10.20%) Infrastructure as Code
12 5 (10.20%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.08%) Python
3 1 (2.04%) Bash
3 1 (2.04%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.04%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.24%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 3 (6.12%) Degree
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.08%) CCNP
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.08%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.04%) CCSE
6 1 (2.04%) CISSP
6 1 (2.04%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) GDPR
1 8 (16.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 8 (16.33%) SLA
2 5 (10.20%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (6.12%) NIST
3 3 (6.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (4.08%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (4.08%) COBIT
4 2 (4.08%) Data Quality
4 2 (4.08%) PCI DSS
4 2 (4.08%) PMO
5 1 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 1 (2.04%) QA
System Software
1 11 (22.45%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.12%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (8.16%) Ansible
2 4 (8.16%) Terraform
3 2 (4.08%) Grafana
4 1 (2.04%) QRadar
4 1 (2.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) ServiceNow
2 13 (26.53%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.16%) Splunk
4 3 (6.12%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.12%) Google
4 3 (6.12%) Remedy
5 2 (4.08%) Cisco
5 2 (4.08%) IBM
5 2 (4.08%) Oracle
5 2 (4.08%) Palo Alto
5 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.08%) Snow
5 2 (4.08%) VMware
6 1 (2.04%) 3PAR
6 1 (2.04%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (2.04%) Datto
6 1 (2.04%) ForeScout
6 1 (2.04%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (2.04%) Zerto
6 1 (2.04%) Zscaler