ITIL Contracts in the City of London

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

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 47 60 47
Rank change year-on-year +13 -13 +16
Contract jobs citing ITIL 84 129 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.81% 3.55% 5.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.21% 3.86% 5.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 96 178
10th Percentile £300 £209 £185
25th Percentile £413 £394 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £559 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.45% -0.95% +2.44%
75th Percentile £650 £645 £588
90th Percentile £775 £753 £650
Central London median daily rate £550 £520 £525
% change year-on-year +5.77% -0.95% +3.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.50
Median hourly rate £27.00 - £17.00
75th Percentile - - £17.50
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 - £17.00
% change year-on-year - - -35.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

ITIL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,993 3,339 3,884
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.81% 91.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,406 2,252 2,942
10th Percentile £359 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 23 41
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £51.75
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the City of London

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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 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (13.10%) SharePoint
2 9 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.19%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.38%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (26.19%) Azure
2 21 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.71%) Power Platform
4 8 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
5 7 (8.33%) Entra ID
6 5 (5.95%) Mimecast
6 5 (5.95%) OneDrive
7 4 (4.76%) IaaS
7 4 (4.76%) PaaS
8 3 (3.57%) AWS
8 3 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (3.57%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.95%) Firewall
2 3 (3.57%) DKIM
2 3 (3.57%) DMARC
3 2 (2.38%) DNS
4 1 (1.19%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.19%) DHCP
4 1 (1.19%) LAN
4 1 (1.19%) Network Security
4 1 (1.19%) SAN
4 1 (1.19%) WAN
4 1 (1.19%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.95%) Sybase ASE
2 4 (4.76%) DB2
2 4 (4.76%) RDBMS
2 4 (4.76%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.57%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.38%) JIRA
3 1 (1.19%) Git
3 1 (1.19%) Jenkins
General
1 34 (40.48%) Social Skills
2 28 (33.33%) Finance
3 14 (16.67%) Banking
4 13 (15.48%) Legal
5 9 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.76%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.38%) Front Office
10 1 (1.19%) Advertising
10 1 (1.19%) Back Office
10 1 (1.19%) Law
10 1 (1.19%) Local Government
10 1 (1.19%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (20.24%) Architect
2 12 (14.29%) Service Manager
3 10 (11.90%) Analyst
4 8 (9.52%) Lead
5 6 (7.14%) Senior
6 5 (5.95%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (5.95%) ITIL Manager
6 5 (5.95%) Microsoft 365 Architect
6 5 (5.95%) Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Desktop Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (4.76%) ITIL Service Delivery Manager
7 4 (4.76%) ITIL Service Manager
7 4 (4.76%) Lead Architect
7 4 (4.76%) Project Manager
7 4 (4.76%) ServiceNow Architect
8 3 (3.57%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
8 3 (3.57%) Desktop Support
8 3 (3.57%) Developer
8 3 (3.57%) Integration Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.57%) CSS
1 3 (3.57%) HTML5 Canvas
1 3 (3.57%) jQuery
1 3 (3.57%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.38%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.95%) Replication
3 4 (4.76%) Linux Command Line
4 2 (2.38%) CMDB
4 2 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.19%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.19%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.19%) Digital Signage
5 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.19%) Handset
5 1 (1.19%) HP Storage
5 1 (1.19%) iPhone
5 1 (1.19%) LIMS
5 1 (1.19%) Private Cloud
5 1 (1.19%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.19%) Robotics
5 1 (1.19%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (1.19%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.43%) Windows
2 6 (7.14%) Linux
3 4 (4.76%) Unix
3 4 (4.76%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 2 (2.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.19%) Android
5 1 (1.19%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (26.19%) Project Management
2 19 (22.62%) Agile
3 18 (21.43%) Change Management
3 18 (21.43%) Migration
4 17 (20.24%) Service Management
5 16 (19.05%) ITSM
5 16 (19.05%) PRINCE2
6 15 (17.86%) Computer Science
7 12 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 12 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
8 10 (11.90%) Data Loss Prevention
9 9 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (9.52%) SDLC
11 7 (8.33%) Service Delivery
12 6 (7.14%) Data Migration
12 6 (7.14%) DevOps
12 6 (7.14%) Enterprise Architecture
12 6 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
12 6 (7.14%) TOGAF
13 5 (5.95%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (13.10%) PowerShell
2 6 (7.14%) Python
2 6 (7.14%) SQL
3 5 (5.95%) Perl
4 4 (4.76%) T-SQL
5 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
6 2 (2.38%) Java
7 1 (1.19%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (25.00%) Degree
2 18 (21.43%) ITIL Certification
3 13 (15.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (7.14%) Azure Certification
5 5 (5.95%) Security Cleared
5 5 (5.95%) TOGAF Certification
6 4 (4.76%) SC Cleared
7 3 (3.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (2.38%) A+ Certification
8 2 (2.38%) CCNA
8 2 (2.38%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (2.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (1.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (1.19%) MCP
9 1 (1.19%) MCSE
9 1 (1.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.76%) QA
2 3 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.57%) SLA
3 2 (2.38%) COBIT
3 2 (2.38%) PMO
4 1 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.19%) GDPR
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 10 (11.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.76%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 2 (2.38%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.19%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (15.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (9.52%) PingFederate
3 3 (3.57%) SCCM
4 2 (2.38%) Ansible
4 2 (2.38%) Puppet
5 1 (1.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.19%) AirWatch
5 1 (1.19%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (1.19%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.19%) vRealize
5 1 (1.19%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 32 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 15 (17.86%) ServiceNow
3 7 (8.33%) SAP
4 6 (7.14%) Citrix
5 5 (5.95%) IBM
5 5 (5.95%) Sun
5 5 (5.95%) Sybase
6 4 (4.76%) Oracle
6 4 (4.76%) Veritas
6 4 (4.76%) VMware
7 3 (3.57%) Cisco
7 3 (3.57%) Proofpoint
7 3 (3.57%) Symantec
8 1 (1.19%) Apple
8 1 (1.19%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.19%) HP
8 1 (1.19%) Infor
8 1 (1.19%) Remedy
8 1 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.19%) SaltStack