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

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -14 0 -15
Contract jobs citing ITIL 38 26 40
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 3.81% 4.46% 5.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.51% 5.12% 6.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 10 31
10th Percentile £162 £182 £290
25th Percentile £328 £185 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £360 £445
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -19.10% +18.67%
75th Percentile £541 £459 £519
90th Percentile £665 £550 £550
England median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +6.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 4
10th Percentile - £52.20 £15.32
25th Percentile - £63.00 £16.18
Median hourly rate £21.25 £83.50 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year -74.55% +334.27% +24.05%
75th Percentile - £101.50 £21.31
90th Percentile - £110.80 £22.76
England median hourly rate £27.50 £23.80 £18.22
% change year-on-year +15.55% +30.61% +17.56%

All Process & 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 842 508 639
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 84.37% 87.14% 81.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 472 317 443
10th Percentile £190 £206 £188
25th Percentile £358 £326 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £437 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +2.76% - -5.56%
75th Percentile £538 £530 £538
90th Percentile £624 £600 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 21 60
10th Percentile £14.96 £14.63 £11.67
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £24.18 £17.61
Median % change year-on-year -21.96% +37.35% +4.60%
75th Percentile £24.86 £31.76 £29.88
90th Percentile £25.77 £50.00 £51.50
England median hourly rate £26.61 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -23.99% - -

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 20 February 2026.

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 20 February 2026. 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
Derbyshire +3 15 £725 - 7
Leicestershire 0 8 £419 - 2
Nottinghamshire -11 7 £228 +19.74% 15
Northamptonshire -18 4 £384 -4.00% 4
Lincolnshire -9 2 £650 +319.35% 8
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 3 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) Confluence
2 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (2.63%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.63%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 15 (39.47%) Azure
2 10 (26.32%) AWS
3 5 (13.16%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (10.53%) Entra ID
5 1 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.63%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) DHCP
1 2 (5.26%) DNS
2 1 (2.63%) Network Security
2 1 (2.63%) VLAN
2 1 (2.63%) VPN
2 1 (2.63%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.63%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Chocolatey
2 1 (2.63%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 8 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.42%) Public Sector
4 6 (15.79%) Finance
5 5 (13.16%) Fire and Rescue
5 5 (13.16%) Local Government
5 5 (13.16%) Police
6 4 (10.53%) Retail
7 3 (7.89%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (5.26%) Law
8 2 (5.26%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.63%) Legal
9 1 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (15.79%) Analyst
1 6 (15.79%) Service Manager
2 5 (13.16%) Help Desk Technician
2 5 (13.16%) ICT Technician
2 5 (13.16%) Lead
2 5 (13.16%) Senior
3 4 (10.53%) Architect
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Manager
3 4 (10.53%) Senior Service Manager
4 3 (7.89%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) IT Support
4 3 (7.89%) Senior Service Assurance Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Service Assurance Manager
4 3 (7.89%) Support Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Application Support Team Leader
5 2 (5.26%) Applications Support
5 2 (5.26%) CloudOps Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Service Management Manager
5 2 (5.26%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) .NET
1 1 (2.63%) ISPF
1 1 (2.63%) LDAP
1 1 (2.63%) OAuth
1 1 (2.63%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (18.42%) Driving Licence
2 3 (7.89%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (5.26%) Public Cloud
3 2 (5.26%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.63%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 1 (2.63%) EMV
4 1 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.63%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.63%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 5 (13.16%) Linux
3 1 (2.63%) Data ONTAP
3 1 (2.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.63%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (44.74%) Service Management
2 16 (42.11%) Agile
3 13 (34.21%) ITSM
4 10 (26.32%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (26.32%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (23.68%) Service Delivery
6 8 (21.05%) Change Management
6 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (18.42%) Data Protection
7 7 (18.42%) DevOps
7 7 (18.42%) Problem Management
8 6 (15.79%) Incident Management
8 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 5 (13.16%) Business Continuity
9 5 (13.16%) Customer Service
9 5 (13.16%) Mathematics
9 5 (13.16%) Project Management
10 4 (10.53%) Business Strategy
10 4 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
10 4 (10.53%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.26%) SQL
3 1 (2.63%) C#
3 1 (2.63%) JCL
3 1 (2.63%) REXX
Qualifications
1 9 (23.68%) Security Cleared
2 7 (18.42%) Degree
3 5 (13.16%) NVQ Level 3
4 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) A+ Certification
5 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 2 (5.26%) PMI Certification
5 2 (5.26%) PMP
6 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
6 1 (2.63%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.63%) CISA
6 1 (2.63%) CISSP
6 1 (2.63%) GIAC
6 1 (2.63%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (2.63%) MCSE
6 1 (2.63%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.63%) VCAP
6 1 (2.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.16%) SLA
2 3 (7.89%) GDPR
2 3 (7.89%) ISO 9001
2 3 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.63%) COBIT
3 1 (2.63%) HIPAA
3 1 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (2.63%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.63%) PSD2
3 1 (2.63%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (21.05%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (18.42%) Hyper-V
3 5 (13.16%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.63%) Docker
4 1 (2.63%) Job Entry Subsystem
4 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
4 1 (2.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (5.26%) SCCM
2 1 (2.63%) Ansible
2 1 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) ServiceNow
3 8 (21.05%) VMware
4 2 (5.26%) Oracle
5 1 (2.63%) Apple
5 1 (2.63%) Fortinet
5 1 (2.63%) HP
5 1 (2.63%) NetApp
5 1 (2.63%) Remedy
5 1 (2.63%) SAP
5 1 (2.63%) Splunk
5 1 (2.63%) TSYS
5 1 (2.63%) Workday
5 1 (2.63%) Zoho