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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 45 64
Rank change year-on-year -32 +19 +4
Contract jobs citing ITIL 48 79 75
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.47% 4.32% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 4.72% 3.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 45 60
10th Percentile £215 £197 £253
25th Percentile £313 £350 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £560
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -9.38% +7.69%
75th Percentile £581 £588 £658
90th Percentile £765 £700 £714
Central London median daily rate £485 £504 £550
% change year-on-year -3.72% -8.41% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £21.47 - -
25th Percentile £22.43 - -
Median hourly rate £24.88 - -
75th Percentile £26.74 - -
90th Percentile £27.35 - -
Central London median hourly rate £24.88 - £60.00

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 1,731 1,675 2,129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.91% 91.68% 89.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,197 1,022 1,511
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £430 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £546 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.22% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 13
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.18 £31.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.00 £38.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +54.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £45.08 £48.75 £41.84
90th Percentile £54.94 £112.00 £49.55
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
% change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -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

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 23 February 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
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 6 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.25%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.08%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (6.25%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (41.67%) Azure
2 12 (25.00%) AWS
2 12 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (14.58%) Entra ID
4 4 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.33%) GCP
4 4 (8.33%) OpenShift
5 2 (4.17%) Google Workspace
5 2 (4.17%) OneDrive
5 2 (4.17%) Power Platform
5 2 (4.17%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.17%) SaaS
5 2 (4.17%) Slack
6 1 (2.08%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.08%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (2.08%) IaaS
6 1 (2.08%) Mimecast
6 1 (2.08%) Nutanix
6 1 (2.08%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.83%) VPN
2 7 (14.58%) Firewall
3 6 (12.50%) DNS
4 5 (10.42%) DHCP
5 4 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (4.17%) LAN
6 2 (4.17%) Network Security
6 2 (4.17%) WAN
7 1 (2.08%) BGP
7 1 (2.08%) IPsec
7 1 (2.08%) IPv4
7 1 (2.08%) IPv6
7 1 (2.08%) OSPF
7 1 (2.08%) SD-WAN
7 1 (2.08%) Skype
7 1 (2.08%) SSL
7 1 (2.08%) TCP/IP
7 1 (2.08%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.25%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (4.17%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.08%) GitLab
3 1 (2.08%) REST Assured
General
1 28 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.17%) Finance
3 12 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.42%) Documentation Skills
5 4 (8.33%) Banking
5 4 (8.33%) Public Sector
6 3 (6.25%) Financial Institution
6 3 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (4.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.17%) Law
8 1 (2.08%) Back Office
8 1 (2.08%) French Language
8 1 (2.08%) Military
Job Titles
1 8 (16.67%) Lead
2 7 (14.58%) Architect
2 7 (14.58%) Support Engineer
3 6 (12.50%) Analyst
4 5 (10.42%) Senior
4 5 (10.42%) Service Desk Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (6.25%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 3 (6.25%) Consultant
5 3 (6.25%) Lead Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Lead Solutions Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Network Architect
5 3 (6.25%) Service Analyst
5 3 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (4.17%) Incident Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Service Manager
6 2 (4.17%) SIAM Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.42%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.25%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.25%) CMDB
2 3 (6.25%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.17%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.17%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (4.17%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (2.08%) Anti-Spyware
4 1 (2.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.08%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.08%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.08%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 14 (29.17%) Windows
2 4 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (6.25%) Linux
3 3 (6.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.08%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 19 (39.58%) ITSM
3 16 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 14 (29.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 9 (18.75%) Service Management
6 9 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (16.67%) Change Management
7 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (14.58%) Agile
9 6 (12.50%) Performance Metrics
9 6 (12.50%) Project Management
9 6 (12.50%) Runbook
10 5 (10.42%) Change Control
10 5 (10.42%) Customer Service
10 5 (10.42%) Mentoring
10 5 (10.42%) Root Cause Analysis
11 4 (8.33%) Customer Experience
11 4 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
11 4 (8.33%) SIAM
Programming Languages
1 8 (16.67%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.08%) Bash
2 1 (2.08%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (14.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (10.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (8.33%) Degree
3 4 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (4.17%) Azure Certification
5 2 (4.17%) DV Cleared
5 2 (4.17%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (2.08%) A+ Certification
6 1 (2.08%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (2.08%) CCNP
6 1 (2.08%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (2.08%) CISSP
6 1 (2.08%) CompTIA Security+
6 1 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.08%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (22.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (18.75%) SLA
3 7 (14.58%) GDPR
4 5 (10.42%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (6.25%) NIST
6 2 (4.17%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (4.17%) COBIT
6 2 (4.17%) PCI DSS
6 2 (4.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (2.08%) Data Quality
7 1 (2.08%) ISO 9001
7 1 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (2.08%) QA
System Software
1 12 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.25%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (2.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (20.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (10.42%) SCCM
3 4 (8.33%) Ansible
3 4 (8.33%) Terraform
4 2 (4.17%) Grafana
5 1 (2.08%) QRadar
Vendors
1 20 (41.67%) ServiceNow
2 16 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.33%) Remedy
4 3 (6.25%) Dynatrace
4 3 (6.25%) Google
4 3 (6.25%) Splunk
5 2 (4.17%) Citrix
5 2 (4.17%) IBM
5 2 (4.17%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.17%) Snow
5 2 (4.17%) VMware
6 1 (2.08%) Altiris
6 1 (2.08%) Apple
6 1 (2.08%) BMC
6 1 (2.08%) Bomgar
6 1 (2.08%) Cisco
6 1 (2.08%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (2.08%) Polycom
6 1 (2.08%) Veeam
6 1 (2.08%) Zscaler