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 18 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 52 50
Rank change year-on-year -29 -2 +8
Contract jobs citing ITIL 50 66 83
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.17% 3.78% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 4.04% 4.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 47 65
10th Percentile £204 £222 £300
25th Percentile £401 £431 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £683 £588 £641
90th Percentile £767 £653 £775
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +0.96%
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 £27.00
% change year-on-year -5.93% -2.04% -

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 1,947 1,635 1,957
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.58% 93.59% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,326 1,027 1,377
10th Percentile £363 £353 £350
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 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £564 £550
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 13 12
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.75 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £28.15 £25.63
Median % change year-on-year +5.80% +9.85% -26.79%
75th Percentile £49.78 £43.75 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £60.75 £41.65
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.12% +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

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 18 May 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 18 May 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 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 16 (32.00%) Azure
2 11 (22.00%) AWS
3 8 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (12.00%) GCP
5 5 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
5 5 (10.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (8.00%) OpenShift
6 4 (8.00%) SaaS
7 3 (6.00%) PowerApps
8 2 (4.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (4.00%) Google Workspace
8 2 (4.00%) Rubrik
8 2 (4.00%) Slack
9 1 (2.00%) Amazon SageMaker
9 1 (2.00%) Azure AI
9 1 (2.00%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (2.00%) Cloudflare
9 1 (2.00%) GitHub
9 1 (2.00%) Power Automate
9 1 (2.00%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.00%) Firewall
1 6 (12.00%) VPN
2 4 (8.00%) DNS
3 2 (4.00%) DHCP
3 2 (4.00%) IPsec
3 2 (4.00%) Network Security
3 2 (4.00%) SSL
4 1 (2.00%) BGP
4 1 (2.00%) IPv4
4 1 (2.00%) IPv6
4 1 (2.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (2.00%) OSPF
4 1 (2.00%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.00%) Power BI
1 3 (6.00%) Tableau
2 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.00%) KDB
2 1 (2.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (14.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (2.00%) GitLab
3 1 (2.00%) REST Assured
General
1 27 (54.00%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.00%) Finance
3 13 (26.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (16.00%) Banking
5 6 (12.00%) Documentation Skills
6 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
7 3 (6.00%) Financial Institution
7 3 (6.00%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.00%) Law
9 1 (2.00%) Automotive
9 1 (2.00%) Front Office
9 1 (2.00%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (2.00%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 7 (14.00%) Analyst
2 6 (12.00%) Architect
2 6 (12.00%) Lead
3 5 (10.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) IT Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) IT Support
4 3 (6.00%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Senior
4 3 (6.00%) Service Desk Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Applications Support
5 2 (4.00%) Business Process Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Incident Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Network Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Process Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Service Analyst
5 2 (4.00%) Service Manager
5 2 (4.00%) SIAM Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Business Change Manager
6 1 (2.00%) Change 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%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.00%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (2.00%) RESTful
1 1 (2.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.00%) Onboarding
2 6 (12.00%) Cloud Native
2 6 (12.00%) CMDB
3 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.00%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.00%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.00%) Anti-Spyware
6 1 (2.00%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.00%) Distributed Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Grid Computing
6 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.00%) Taxonomies
6 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (18.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.00%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.00%) Linux
4 1 (2.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 17 (34.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (26.00%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (24.00%) ITSM
5 11 (22.00%) Change Management
6 10 (20.00%) Agile
6 10 (20.00%) Service Delivery
7 8 (16.00%) Runbook
8 7 (14.00%) AI
8 7 (14.00%) Project Management
8 7 (14.00%) Service Management
8 7 (14.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 6 (12.00%) DevOps
9 6 (12.00%) Roadmaps
10 5 (10.00%) Asset Management
10 5 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
10 5 (10.00%) Generative AI
10 5 (10.00%) High Availability
10 5 (10.00%) Infrastructure as Code
10 5 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.00%) Python
3 2 (4.00%) SQL
4 1 (2.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (18.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.00%) Degree
4 2 (4.00%) CCNP
4 2 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (4.00%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.00%) CCSE
5 1 (2.00%) CISSP
5 1 (2.00%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
5 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.00%) SLA
2 5 (10.00%) GDPR
2 5 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (8.00%) NIST
4 3 (6.00%) COBIT
4 3 (6.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 2 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (4.00%) Data Quality
5 2 (4.00%) PCI DSS
5 2 (4.00%) PMO
6 1 (2.00%) GRC
6 1 (2.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (2.00%) QA
System Software
1 8 (16.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (2.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (6.00%) Grafana
2 3 (6.00%) Terraform
3 2 (4.00%) Ansible
4 1 (2.00%) Kubernetes
4 1 (2.00%) Prometheus
4 1 (2.00%) QRadar
4 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) ServiceNow
2 12 (24.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (12.00%) Splunk
4 5 (10.00%) Dynatrace
5 3 (6.00%) Google
5 3 (6.00%) Oracle
6 2 (4.00%) Cisco
6 2 (4.00%) IBM
6 2 (4.00%) Palo Alto
6 2 (4.00%) Remedy
6 2 (4.00%) Salesforce
6 2 (4.00%) Snow
6 2 (4.00%) VMware
7 1 (2.00%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (2.00%) ForeScout
7 1 (2.00%) Fortinet
7 1 (2.00%) Infoblox
7 1 (2.00%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.00%) Planview
7 1 (2.00%) Zscaler