ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts 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 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 446 490 610
Rank change year-on-year +44 +120 +51
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 52 62 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.17% 0.062%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.63% 0.55% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 33 22
10th Percentile £221 £213 £221
25th Percentile £235 £350 £247
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £262 £605 £310
Median % change year-on-year -56.68% +95.16% -38.00%
75th Percentile £471 £608 £465
90th Percentile £560 - £645
UK median daily rate £275 £605 £252
% change year-on-year -54.55% +140.27% -50.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 18 1
10th Percentile £19.57 £13.66 -
25th Percentile £19.73 £15.32 -
Median hourly rate £20.00 £25.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +78.57% -28.81%
75th Percentile £27.00 - -
90th Percentile £31.20 £25.60 -
UK median hourly rate £17.45 £25.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -30.22% +78.57% -28.81%

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 8,216 11,342 13,105
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.94% 30.48% 27.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,177 7,037 8,723
10th Percentile £282 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £644 £650
90th Percentile £716 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £521 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.76% -4.55% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 551 987 645
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.16 £14.67
25th Percentile £20.07 £20.75 £22.51
Median hourly rate £28.18 £42.50 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.69% -22.73% +35.80%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £77.19 £77.19 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.65 £40.94 £55.50
% change year-on-year -32.47% -26.23% +24.72%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

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

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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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 6 July 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
South West +42 12 £235 - 16
London +33 12 £275 -21.43% 27
Midlands +24 12 £281 -16.89% 32
West Midlands +17 11 £281 -16.89% 23
North of England +7 9 £235 +17.50% 34
Yorkshire +8 6 £235 +17.50% 15
South East +17 4 £494 -18.39% 33
North West +9 3 £500 - 17
East Midlands - 1 - - 9
ITIL Foundation Certificate
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ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 15 (28.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.77%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.77%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.85%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (11.54%) Azure
3 3 (5.77%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.92%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.92%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) VPN
2 3 (5.77%) DHCP
2 3 (5.77%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.85%) DNS
3 2 (3.85%) VoIP
4 1 (1.92%) Firewall
4 1 (1.92%) Internet
4 1 (1.92%) Intranet
4 1 (1.92%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.92%) LAN
4 1 (1.92%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.77%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) JIRA
General
1 38 (73.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (26.92%) Finance
3 12 (23.08%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Automotive
5 3 (5.77%) Legal
5 3 (5.77%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (5.77%) Public Sector
6 2 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.92%) Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.92%) International Banking
7 1 (1.92%) Law
7 1 (1.92%) Local Government
7 1 (1.92%) Military
Job Titles
1 21 (40.38%) Support Engineer
2 14 (26.92%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (26.92%) Desktop Support
2 14 (26.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 10 (19.23%) Analyst
4 5 (9.62%) Senior
5 4 (7.69%) Administrator
5 4 (7.69%) IT Support
5 4 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (7.69%) ServiceNow Administrator
6 3 (5.77%) Architect
6 3 (5.77%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Product Manager
6 3 (5.77%) SCCM Engineer
6 3 (5.77%) Service Design Architect
6 3 (5.77%) Support Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Service Desk Analyst
7 2 (3.85%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.69%) Ajax
1 4 (7.69%) AngularJS
1 4 (7.69%) CSS
1 4 (7.69%) HTML
1 4 (7.69%) LDAP
1 4 (7.69%) Web Services
2 2 (3.85%) Software Packaging
2 2 (3.85%) XML
3 1 (1.92%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.62%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.69%) Replication
3 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.92%) CMDB
4 1 (1.92%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.92%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.92%) iPad
4 1 (1.92%) iPhone
4 1 (1.92%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.92%) NHS
4 1 (1.92%) PKI
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (32.69%) Windows
2 6 (11.54%) Windows 10
3 5 (9.62%) Windows Server
4 3 (5.77%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.77%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.92%) Linux
5 1 (1.92%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.92%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.92%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.92%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) ITIL
2 25 (48.08%) ITSM
3 23 (44.23%) Service Delivery
4 22 (42.31%) Customer Service
5 17 (32.69%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (25.00%) Case Management
8 9 (17.31%) Service Management
9 6 (11.54%) Agile
9 6 (11.54%) Roadmaps
9 6 (11.54%) Stakeholder Management
10 5 (9.62%) Asset Management
10 5 (9.62%) Patch Management
10 5 (9.62%) Process Improvement
10 5 (9.62%) Project Management
11 4 (7.69%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (7.69%) Disaster Recovery
11 4 (7.69%) Operations Management
11 4 (7.69%) Scrum
11 4 (7.69%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.54%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.62%) SQL
3 4 (7.69%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.77%) VBScript
5 2 (3.85%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.92%) Bicep
6 1 (1.92%) C#
6 1 (1.92%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (44.23%) Degree
2 11 (21.15%) Security Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) DV Cleared
3 7 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.85%) A+ Certification
5 2 (3.85%) DBS Check
5 2 (3.85%) MCSE
5 2 (3.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.92%) MCSA
6 1 (1.92%) MOS
6 1 (1.92%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (15.38%) SLA
3 2 (3.85%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.85%) GDPR
3 2 (3.85%) PMO
4 1 (1.92%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.92%) NIST
4 1 (1.92%) NIST 800
System Software
1 21 (40.38%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.85%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.92%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 20 (38.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (15.38%) SCCM
3 4 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.92%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.92%) SCOM
4 1 (1.92%) WSUS
Vendors
1 36 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 19 (36.54%) ServiceNow
3 14 (26.92%) Citrix
4 6 (11.54%) Apple
5 5 (9.62%) Cisco
6 3 (5.77%) Juniper
7 2 (3.85%) HP
7 2 (3.85%) Oracle
7 2 (3.85%) Tenable
8 1 (1.92%) Avaya
8 1 (1.92%) Dell
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) McAfee
8 1 (1.92%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.92%) Polycom
8 1 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.92%) Wyse
174 ITIL Foundation Certificate jobs Nationwide