ITIL Contracts in the City of London

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring ITIL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITIL over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 51 48 62
Rank change year-on-year -3 +14 -21
Contract jobs citing ITIL 66 84 126
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 3.79% 3.89% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 4.30% 3.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 64 96
10th Percentile £222 £300 £209
25th Percentile £431 £410 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £538 £523
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +2.87% -0.48%
75th Percentile £588 £643 £646
90th Percentile £653 £775 £753
Central London median daily rate £500 £525 £520
% change year-on-year -4.76% +0.96% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.00 -
Central London median hourly rate £26.45 £27.00 -
% change year-on-year -2.04% - -

All Process and 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 1,630 1,955 3,202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.57% 90.51% 91.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,024 1,375 2,163
10th Percentile £352 £350 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £688 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £563 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.27% -8.33% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 12 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.33
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £28.15 £25.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.85% -26.79% -13.58%
75th Percentile £43.75 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £60.75 £41.65 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -13.58%

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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 16 May 2025.

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 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Exchange
1 7 (10.61%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.06%) Confluence
3 2 (3.03%) CMS
4 1 (1.52%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (7.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (27.27%) Azure
2 17 (25.76%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (13.64%) Entra ID
4 5 (7.58%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.06%) AWS
5 4 (6.06%) Power Platform
6 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (4.55%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.03%) Azure Monitor
7 2 (3.03%) Mimecast
7 2 (3.03%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.52%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (1.52%) Azure AKS
8 1 (1.52%) GCP
8 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (1.52%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) Firewall
2 3 (4.55%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (3.03%) DHCP
3 2 (3.03%) DNS
3 2 (3.03%) Network Security
3 2 (3.03%) WAN
4 1 (1.52%) BGP
4 1 (1.52%) IPsec
4 1 (1.52%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.52%) LAN
4 1 (1.52%) MPLS
4 1 (1.52%) OSPF
4 1 (1.52%) SAN
4 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.52%) Skype
4 1 (1.52%) SSL
4 1 (1.52%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.52%) VPN
4 1 (1.52%) WebEx
4 1 (1.52%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.03%) Power BI
2 1 (1.52%) Data Hub
2 1 (1.52%) Elasticsearch
2 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.52%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 10 (15.15%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.52%) Git
General
1 25 (37.88%) Finance
2 23 (34.85%) Social Skills
3 14 (21.21%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (18.18%) Banking
5 6 (9.09%) Law
5 6 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 4 (6.06%) Financial Institution
7 3 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (4.55%) International Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Investment Banking
7 3 (4.55%) Legal
7 3 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (4.55%) Retail
8 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Front Office
8 2 (3.03%) Military
9 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.52%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (18.18%) Analyst
2 7 (10.61%) Service Manager
3 6 (9.09%) Consultant
4 5 (7.58%) Lead
4 5 (7.58%) Senior
4 5 (7.58%) Service Analyst
4 5 (7.58%) Service Desk Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.06%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.06%) Support Engineer
6 3 (4.55%) Architect
6 3 (4.55%) Change Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.55%) IT Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Network Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Support Analyst
6 3 (4.55%) Test Manager
6 3 (4.55%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365 Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.06%) RESTful
2 2 (3.03%) Web Services
3 1 (1.52%) .NET
3 1 (1.52%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.52%) Bootstrap
3 1 (1.52%) CSS
3 1 (1.52%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.52%) HTML
3 1 (1.52%) LDAP
3 1 (1.52%) Node.js
3 1 (1.52%) OAuth
3 1 (1.52%) React
3 1 (1.52%) REST
3 1 (1.52%) SAML
3 1 (1.52%) SOAP
3 1 (1.52%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.52%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.06%) Data Centre
1 4 (6.06%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.55%) CMDB
2 3 (4.55%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.03%) Low-Code
3 2 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.52%) FMCG
4 1 (1.52%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.52%) HP Storage
4 1 (1.52%) iPad
4 1 (1.52%) iPhone
4 1 (1.52%) IVR
4 1 (1.52%) PKI
4 1 (1.52%) PMI
4 1 (1.52%) Reinsurance
4 1 (1.52%) Replication
4 1 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 18 (27.27%) Windows
2 5 (7.58%) Windows Server
3 4 (6.06%) Linux
4 3 (4.55%) Windows 10
5 2 (3.03%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.52%) Android
6 1 (1.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.52%) SUSE
6 1 (1.52%) Unix
6 1 (1.52%) VMS
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (46.97%) Service Management
2 20 (30.30%) ITSM
3 16 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 14 (21.21%) Agile
5 11 (16.67%) Project Management
6 10 (15.15%) Incident Management
7 9 (13.64%) Change Management
7 9 (13.64%) Roadmaps
7 9 (13.64%) Service Delivery
7 9 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (12.12%) Customer Service
9 7 (10.61%) PRINCE2
10 6 (9.09%) Business Continuity
10 6 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (9.09%) DevOps
11 5 (7.58%) Mentoring
11 5 (7.58%) Process Improvement
11 5 (7.58%) Risk Management
11 5 (7.58%) Workflow
12 4 (6.06%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.58%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.06%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.06%) SQL
3 3 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (1.52%) C#
4 1 (1.52%) Java
4 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) SC Cleared
1 13 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.67%) Degree
3 7 (10.61%) ITIL Certification
4 4 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (6.06%) PMP
5 3 (4.55%) PMI Certification
6 2 (3.03%) CCNP
6 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.03%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.52%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.52%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.52%) CCSE
7 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.52%) JNCIS
7 1 (1.52%) MCSE
7 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.61%) SLA
2 3 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.03%) NIST
3 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
3 2 (3.03%) QA
4 1 (1.52%) COBIT
4 1 (1.52%) GRC
System Software
1 15 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.55%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.52%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.52%) Docker
3 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.52%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 7 (10.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (9.09%) SCCM
3 3 (4.55%) Terraform
4 2 (3.03%) AirWatch
4 2 (3.03%) HP ALM
4 2 (3.03%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (1.52%) Ansible
5 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
5 1 (1.52%) Rancher
5 1 (1.52%) SCOrch
5 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.52%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 15 (22.73%) ServiceNow
3 6 (9.09%) HP
4 4 (6.06%) Remedy
5 3 (4.55%) Apple
5 3 (4.55%) Citrix
5 3 (4.55%) Dell
6 2 (3.03%) iManage
6 2 (3.03%) Intapp
6 2 (3.03%) Nexthink
6 2 (3.03%) Pure Storage
6 2 (3.03%) Sun
6 2 (3.03%) Symantec
7 1 (1.52%) BMC
7 1 (1.52%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.52%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.52%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.52%) Splunk
7 1 (1.52%) Tenable