ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 490 482 518
Rank change year-on-year -8 +36 +123
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 47 35 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.15% 0.11% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.46% 0.38% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 21 46
10th Percentile £233 £135 £248
25th Percentile £273 £350 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £540 £563
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% -4.00% +73.08%
75th Percentile £469 £608 £615
90th Percentile £518 - -
UK median daily rate £385 £535 £515
% change year-on-year -28.04% +3.88% +59.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 5
10th Percentile £18.69 £19.47 £18.20
25th Percentile £18.98 £20.72 £20.51
Median hourly rate £19.46 £22.82 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -40.20% +94.02%
75th Percentile £26.75 £24.91 £40.31
90th Percentile £31.10 £26.16 £49.12
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £22.82 £38.16
% change year-on-year -15.72% -40.20% +94.02%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in England.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 10,206 9,145 11,629
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.51% 29.89% 30.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,655 5,591 7,361
10th Percentile £306 £313 £306
25th Percentile £415 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £531 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% -3.55% -
75th Percentile £627 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 887 426 701
10th Percentile £17.58 £20.00 £17.72
25th Percentile £18.94 £25.81 £26.78
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.50 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -49.19% -5.71% +16.67%
75th Percentile £54.25 £68.00 £68.00
90th Percentile £76.11 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £41.71 £53.50
% change year-on-year -39.70% -22.05% +18.89%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England over the 6 months to 1 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate within the England region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
London +23 18 £425 -0.43% 3
South East -6 12 £274 -54.79% 6
North of England -35 11 £330 +144.44% 7
North West -11 10 £330 - 2
Midlands - 3 £250 - 4
West Midlands - 3 £250 - 2
South West -2 2 £345 -35.81% 4
East of England -17 1 £450 +24.14%
Yorkshire -40 1 - - 5
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 7 (14.89%) Confluence
2 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (12.77%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (27.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle FAH
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (4.26%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (4.26%) SystmOne
2 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (38.30%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.64%) Azure
3 4 (8.51%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.26%) OCI
4 2 (4.26%) SaaS
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub
5 1 (2.13%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.13%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 7 (14.89%) VPN
2 6 (12.77%) DNS
3 5 (10.64%) SSH
4 4 (8.51%) DHCP
4 4 (8.51%) Firewall
5 3 (6.38%) LAN
5 3 (6.38%) TCP/IP
5 3 (6.38%) VoIP
6 2 (4.26%) NetScaler
6 2 (4.26%) Wireless
7 1 (2.13%) Internet
7 1 (2.13%) Intranet
7 1 (2.13%) IP Telephony
7 1 (2.13%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) JIRA
2 1 (2.13%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.13%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.13%) MSI
General
1 24 (51.06%) Social Skills
2 12 (25.53%) Finance
3 10 (21.28%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.64%) Banking
4 5 (10.64%) Military
5 3 (6.38%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.38%) Legal
5 3 (6.38%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.26%) General Ledger
6 2 (4.26%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.26%) Telecoms
7 1 (2.13%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.13%) French Language
7 1 (2.13%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (38.30%) Analyst
2 10 (21.28%) Senior
3 7 (14.89%) Service Analyst
3 7 (14.89%) Service Desk Analyst
4 5 (10.64%) Applications Support
4 5 (10.64%) Applications Support Technician
4 5 (10.64%) Senior Applications Support
4 5 (10.64%) Senior Support Technician
4 5 (10.64%) Senior Technician
4 5 (10.64%) Support Technician
5 4 (8.51%) Desktop Support
5 4 (8.51%) IT Support
5 4 (8.51%) Support Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) 1st Line Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Desktop Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 3 (6.38%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Service Manager
6 3 (6.38%) Support Engineer
7 2 (4.26%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) XML
2 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.02%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (10.64%) Tandem
3 4 (8.51%) NHS
4 3 (6.38%) Management Information System
4 3 (6.38%) Virtual Team
5 2 (4.26%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (4.26%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.13%) Data Centre
6 1 (2.13%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.13%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
6 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.13%) PKI
6 1 (2.13%) Replication
6 1 (2.13%) SCADA
6 1 (2.13%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (57.45%) Windows
2 12 (25.53%) Windows 10
3 10 (21.28%) Unix
4 5 (10.64%) Linux
5 4 (8.51%) Windows Server
6 2 (4.26%) Apple iOS
7 1 (2.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.13%) Mac OS X
7 1 (2.13%) Windows 7
7 1 (2.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) ITIL
2 16 (34.04%) Customer Service
3 13 (27.66%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (25.53%) Change Management
4 12 (25.53%) ITSM
5 10 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (19.15%) Service Management
7 7 (14.89%) Agile
7 7 (14.89%) Asset Management
7 7 (14.89%) Computer Science
8 5 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (10.64%) Cryptography
8 5 (10.64%) Information Security
8 5 (10.64%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (10.64%) Preventative Maintenance
8 5 (10.64%) Problem Management
8 5 (10.64%) Release Management
8 5 (10.64%) Service Delivery
8 5 (10.64%) Situational Awareness
9 4 (8.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) SQL
2 4 (8.51%) PowerShell
2 4 (8.51%) Python
3 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.13%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (34.04%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) Degree
3 9 (19.15%) DV Cleared
4 7 (14.89%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
6 3 (6.38%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (6.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (4.26%) MCSA
8 1 (2.13%) CISM
8 1 (2.13%) CISSP
8 1 (2.13%) DBS Check
8 1 (2.13%) MCSE
8 1 (2.13%) MOS
8 1 (2.13%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.89%) SLA
2 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
2 3 (6.38%) GDPR
3 2 (4.26%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (4.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.13%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (38.30%) Active Directory
2 3 (6.38%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.26%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.13%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (19.15%) SCCM
2 5 (10.64%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (57.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.64%) IBM
2 5 (10.64%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.51%) Gemalto
3 4 (8.51%) Thales
4 3 (6.38%) Cisco
4 3 (6.38%) Citrix
4 3 (6.38%) McAfee
5 2 (4.26%) Apple
5 2 (4.26%) Oracle
5 2 (4.26%) Tenable
5 2 (4.26%) VMware
6 1 (2.13%) Avaya
6 1 (2.13%) Polycom
6 1 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.13%) Wyse