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 29 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 567 460 488
Rank change year-on-year -107 +28 +106
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 53 46 47
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.17% 0.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.37% 0.54% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 36 28
10th Percentile £189 £221 £200
25th Percentile £275 £235 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £250 £605
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% -58.68% +72.86%
75th Percentile £558 £398 £608
90th Percentile £628 £513 -
UK median daily rate £400 £275 £605
% change year-on-year +45.45% -54.55% +101.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 8
10th Percentile - £19.57 £14.00
25th Percentile - £19.73 £14.88
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year - +9.59% +30.36%
75th Percentile - £27.00 £25.50
90th Percentile - £31.20 £27.00
UK median hourly rate - £17.45 £18.25
% change year-on-year - -4.41% +30.36%

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 14,193 8,560 10,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.66% 31.12% 30.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,579 5,401 6,622
10th Percentile £350 £290 £325
25th Percentile £431 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £713 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,073 641 811
10th Percentile £18.20 £18.13 £14.48
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £21.37
Median hourly rate £55.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +118.69% -41.51% -21.82%
75th Percentile £75.00 £58.75 £67.50
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.79 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +108.75% -41.51% -23.30%

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 29 July 2026.

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
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 29 July 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
London -55 20 £350 +12.00% 5
South East -55 14 £589 +9.07% 4
North of England -72 10 £239 +1.60% 9
North West -44 8 £163 -67.50% 5
Midlands -67 5 £250 -9.09% 3
West Midlands -67 4 £250 -9.09% 1
East of England - 4 £310 - 2
East Midlands -12 1 £250 - 2
Yorkshire -49 1 £315 +34.04% 3
North East - 1 - - 1
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 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.89%) Apache
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
3 1 (1.89%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (32.08%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (18.87%) Azure
3 7 (13.21%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (11.32%) Entra ID
5 5 (9.43%) Power Platform
6 4 (7.55%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (7.55%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (7.55%) OneDrive
7 3 (5.66%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.89%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.09%) VPN
2 5 (9.43%) SSL
2 5 (9.43%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (7.55%) DNS
3 4 (7.55%) TCP/IP
4 3 (5.66%) DMZ
4 3 (5.66%) Firewall
5 2 (3.77%) iSCSI
5 2 (3.77%) NAS
5 2 (3.77%) SAN
6 1 (1.89%) DHCP
6 1 (1.89%) FTP
6 1 (1.89%) LAN
6 1 (1.89%) Network Security
6 1 (1.89%) Telepresence
6 1 (1.89%) VLAN
6 1 (1.89%) WAN
6 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (9.43%) MySQL
2 4 (7.55%) Power BI
2 4 (7.55%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.89%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 2 (3.77%) JIRA
1 2 (3.77%) MSI
General
1 37 (69.81%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.08%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.09%) Finance
4 5 (9.43%) Banking
5 3 (5.66%) Front Office
5 3 (5.66%) Investment Banking
6 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.89%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Legal
7 1 (1.89%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.89%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 14 (26.42%) Analyst
2 13 (24.53%) Senior
3 7 (13.21%) Consultant
3 7 (13.21%) SAP Consultant
3 7 (13.21%) Service Analyst
4 6 (11.32%) Lead
4 6 (11.32%) Support Engineer
5 5 (9.43%) Administrator
5 5 (9.43%) DBA
5 5 (9.43%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (9.43%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 4 (7.55%) Change Manager
6 4 (7.55%) Desktop Support
6 4 (7.55%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) Service Desk Analyst
6 4 (7.55%) SQL DBA
7 3 (5.66%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) IT Analyst
7 3 (5.66%) Service Delivery Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (1.89%) .NET
2 1 (1.89%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.89%) EDI
2 1 (1.89%) Jakarta EE
2 1 (1.89%) LAMP
2 1 (1.89%) REST
2 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (20.75%) Replication
2 5 (9.43%) Onboarding
3 4 (7.55%) Clustering
3 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.77%) BYOD
4 2 (3.77%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.89%) CMDB
5 1 (1.89%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.89%) iPad
5 1 (1.89%) iPhone
5 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.89%) PKI
5 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.89%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.89%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (47.17%) Windows
2 6 (11.32%) Windows Server
3 3 (5.66%) Mac OS
3 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
4 2 (3.77%) Linux
4 2 (3.77%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (1.89%) AIX
5 1 (1.89%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (100.00%) ITIL
2 20 (37.74%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (32.08%) ITSM
4 16 (30.19%) Service Delivery
4 16 (30.19%) Service Management
5 15 (28.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (24.53%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (20.75%) Customer Service
8 10 (18.87%) Agile
8 10 (18.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (16.98%) Incident Management
10 6 (11.32%) PRINCE2
10 6 (11.32%) Problem Management
10 6 (11.32%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (11.32%) User Acceptance Testing
11 5 (9.43%) Change Management
11 5 (9.43%) Decision-Making
11 5 (9.43%) Impact Assessments
11 5 (9.43%) Performance Tuning
11 5 (9.43%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) PowerShell
2 8 (15.09%) SQL
3 4 (7.55%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.89%) ActionScript
4 1 (1.89%) ActionScript 2.0
4 1 (1.89%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.89%) Perl
4 1 (1.89%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.89%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 25 (47.17%) Security Cleared
2 21 (39.62%) SC Cleared
3 15 (28.30%) Degree
4 12 (22.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (11.32%) Azure Certification
6 5 (9.43%) DV Cleared
7 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification
7 4 (7.55%) PMP
8 3 (5.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (5.66%) CBAP
8 3 (5.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (5.66%) MCSA
9 2 (3.77%) ISEB
9 2 (3.77%) ISEB Practitioner
9 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 2 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (3.77%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (1.89%) GCFA
10 1 (1.89%) GIAC
10 1 (1.89%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (22.64%) SLA
2 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.77%) ISO 9001
3 2 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 11 (20.75%) Active Directory
2 5 (9.43%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (7.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.77%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (1.89%) NFS
5 1 (1.89%) Veritas Volume Manager
5 1 (1.89%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (11.32%) SCCM
2 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (7.55%) SCOM
4 3 (5.66%) WSUS
5 2 (3.77%) Ansible
5 2 (3.77%) vCenter Server
6 1 (1.89%) PowerBroker
6 1 (1.89%) Progress Chef
6 1 (1.89%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (1.89%) Tivoli
6 1 (1.89%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 24 (45.28%) Microsoft
2 18 (33.96%) ServiceNow
3 8 (15.09%) SAP
4 4 (7.55%) Citrix
4 4 (7.55%) Oracle
4 4 (7.55%) Remedy
4 4 (7.55%) VMware
5 3 (5.66%) Bloomberg
5 3 (5.66%) ION Trading
5 3 (5.66%) Reuters
6 2 (3.77%) Apple
6 2 (3.77%) Dell
6 2 (3.77%) HP
6 2 (3.77%) Murex
6 2 (3.77%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.89%) BMC
7 1 (1.89%) Juniper
7 1 (1.89%) Snow
7 1 (1.89%) Sybase
7 1 (1.89%) Veritas