ITIL Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 44 25
Rank change year-on-year -4 -19 -1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 27 22 48
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.18% 2.89% 5.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.67% 3.43% 6.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 31
10th Percentile £222 £287 £290
25th Percentile £406 £310 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £456 £445
Median % change year-on-year -4.22% +2.53% +11.25%
75th Percentile £492 £506 £494
90th Percentile £748 £520 £625
England median daily rate £450 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -5.26% -2.56% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile - £52.20 £15.38
25th Percentile - £63.00 £16.66
Median hourly rate £21.25 £83.50 £20.51
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +307.12% +26.22%
75th Percentile £23.20 £101.50 £88.75
90th Percentile £24.37 £110.80 -
England median hourly rate £28.25 £26.68 £16.50
% change year-on-year +5.88% +61.70% +6.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 735 641 712
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 86.67% 84.23% 84.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 509 393 520
10th Percentile £220 £267 £213
25th Percentile £350 £356 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £445 £490
Median % change year-on-year -6.74% -9.18% +3.16%
75th Percentile £519 £550 £607
90th Percentile £625 £618 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 69 28 49
10th Percentile £16.17 £14.90 £12.80
25th Percentile £17.87 £17.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £23.25 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.84% +3.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £53.75
90th Percentile - £51.50 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.56% +36.36%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

ITIL job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the East Midlands

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire +4 9 £413 +40.43% 12
Derbyshire -2 5 £800 +60.00% 6
Northamptonshire -8 5 £437 +9.25% 14
Nottinghamshire -8 5 £450 -7.69% 8
Lincolnshire -6 1 £197 +27.10%
ITIL
England

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (3.70%) Mule
1 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (3.70%) InDesign
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (3.70%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Sprinklr
2 1 (3.70%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) AWS
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
2 3 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) SaaS
4 1 (3.70%) GCP
4 1 (3.70%) GitHub
4 1 (3.70%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DHCP
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (3.70%) SAN
1 1 (3.70%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
1 1 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
2 5 (18.52%) Retail
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Front Office
5 1 (3.70%) Marketing
5 1 (3.70%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (29.63%) Analyst
2 6 (22.22%) IT Support
2 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) Architect
3 5 (18.52%) IT Analyst
3 5 (18.52%) IT Support Analyst
4 4 (14.81%) Service Manager
5 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 3 (11.11%) Support Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) Consultant
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (7.41%) IT Technician
6 2 (7.41%) Lead
6 2 (7.41%) Senior
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Service Assurance Manager
6 2 (7.41%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.70%) CSS
1 1 (3.70%) Flash
1 1 (3.70%) HTML
1 1 (3.70%) LDAP
1 1 (3.70%) Middleware
1 1 (3.70%) OAuth
1 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (25.93%) Management Information System
2 5 (18.52%) Driving Licence
3 4 (14.81%) Onboarding
4 3 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (3.70%) Blog
5 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
5 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
5 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Applications
5 1 (3.70%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (3.70%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (3.70%) NHS
5 1 (3.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (40.74%) Windows
2 2 (7.41%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.70%) Mac OS
3 1 (3.70%) Unix
3 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Service Management
2 10 (37.04%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (33.33%) Change Management
4 8 (29.63%) ITSM
4 8 (29.63%) Project Management
5 7 (25.93%) Problem Management
6 6 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (22.22%) Information Security
7 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
7 5 (18.52%) Data Protection
7 5 (18.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) Agile
8 4 (14.81%) DevOps
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (14.81%) TOGAF
8 4 (14.81%) Workflow
9 3 (11.11%) Analytics
9 3 (11.11%) Process Improvement
9 3 (11.11%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) SQL
3 1 (3.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) A+ Certification
3 5 (18.52%) Security Cleared
4 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (14.81%) SC Cleared
5 3 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (7.41%) AWS Certification
6 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (7.41%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (3.70%) CCNA
7 1 (3.70%) CISA
7 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (3.70%) CISSP
7 1 (3.70%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (3.70%) GIAC
7 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (3.70%) Master's Degree
7 1 (3.70%) MCSE
7 1 (3.70%) NVQ Level 3
7 1 (3.70%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) GDPR
2 2 (7.41%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.70%) HIPAA
3 1 (3.70%) QA
3 1 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (18.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.41%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) VMware
3 2 (7.41%) Avaya
3 2 (7.41%) Genesys
3 2 (7.41%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.70%) Adobe
4 1 (3.70%) Cisco
4 1 (3.70%) Citrix
4 1 (3.70%) Facebook
4 1 (3.70%) Google
4 1 (3.70%) Instagram
4 1 (3.70%) MobileIron
4 1 (3.70%) Remedy
4 1 (3.70%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Twitter
4 1 (3.70%) Workday
4 1 (3.70%) YouTube