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 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 511 451 474
Rank change year-on-year -60 +23 +167
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 41 42 79
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.54% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 27 46
10th Percentile £273 £192 £282
25th Percentile £313 £276 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £504 £598
Median % change year-on-year -16.12% -15.70% +88.93%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £615
90th Percentile £694 £630 -
UK median daily rate £424 £500 £598
% change year-on-year -15.25% -16.32% +99.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 18
10th Percentile - £18.77 £13.66
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.97 £17.62
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -22.73% +47.06%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.66 -
90th Percentile - £19.86 £39.56
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £19.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.45% -22.73% +47.06%

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 11,590 7,771 11,825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.08% 30.12% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,698 4,738 7,305
10th Percentile £320 £295 £300
25th Percentile £419 £414 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £518 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.43% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 896 364 877
10th Percentile £15.81 £19.98 £14.16
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.26 £21.46
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.37 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -46.91% +3.25% +1.96%
75th Percentile £63.75 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.58 £82.43 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -35.51% -15.00% -0.26%

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 16 February 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 16 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
London -27 17 £438 -13.14% 3
North of England -58 11 £330 +34.69% 7
North West -23 10 £330 +34.69% 1
South East -34 7 £274 -38.88% 7
South West -29 3 £523 -4.13% 2
East of England -24 2 £450 +60.71% 3
Yorkshire -61 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
Midlands - 1 - - 4
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 (14.63%) Confluence
1 6 (14.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.44%) CMS
Applications
1 9 (21.95%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.88%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle FAH
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (4.88%) SystmOne
2 1 (2.44%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (36.59%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (9.76%) SaaS
3 3 (7.32%) Azure
3 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) OCI
4 2 (4.88%) Slack
5 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (19.51%) VPN
2 6 (14.63%) Firewall
3 5 (12.20%) DNS
3 5 (12.20%) SSH
4 4 (9.76%) NetScaler
5 3 (7.32%) DHCP
5 3 (7.32%) LAN
6 2 (4.88%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.88%) Wireless
7 1 (2.44%) DMZ
7 1 (2.44%) Network Security
7 1 (2.44%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.44%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.88%) Tableau
2 1 (2.44%) Electronic Patient Records
2 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (24.39%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.44%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.44%) MSI
General
1 22 (53.66%) Social Skills
2 13 (31.71%) Finance
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.07%) Banking
5 4 (9.76%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (7.32%) Military
6 3 (7.32%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.88%) General Ledger
7 2 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.44%) French Language
8 1 (2.44%) Front Office
8 1 (2.44%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Law
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 15 (36.59%) Analyst
2 7 (17.07%) Senior
3 4 (9.76%) Architect
3 4 (9.76%) Service Manager
4 3 (7.32%) Applications Support
4 3 (7.32%) Applications Support Technician
4 3 (7.32%) Consultant
4 3 (7.32%) Desktop Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Desktop Support
4 3 (7.32%) Desktop Support Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Applications Support
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Support Technician
4 3 (7.32%) Senior Technician
4 3 (7.32%) Service Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Service Desk Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Support Analyst
4 3 (7.32%) Support Technician
5 2 (4.88%) IT Support
5 2 (4.88%) NHS Project Manager
5 2 (4.88%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) .NET
1 1 (2.44%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.44%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Tandem
2 4 (9.76%) Management Information System
2 4 (9.76%) NHS
3 3 (7.32%) Onboarding
3 3 (7.32%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (7.32%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.44%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.44%) CMDB
5 1 (2.44%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.44%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.44%) PKI
5 1 (2.44%) SCADA
5 1 (2.44%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 23 (56.10%) Windows
2 10 (24.39%) Windows 10
3 9 (21.95%) Unix
4 3 (7.32%) Linux
5 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (100.00%) ITIL
2 13 (31.71%) Change Management
3 10 (24.39%) ITSM
3 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Management
4 9 (21.95%) Customer Service
4 9 (21.95%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (21.95%) Service Delivery
5 8 (19.51%) Problem Management
5 8 (19.51%) Project Delivery
6 7 (17.07%) Project Management
7 6 (14.63%) Agile
7 6 (14.63%) Computer Science
7 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.63%) Cryptography
7 6 (14.63%) Information Security
7 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
8 5 (12.20%) Incident Response
8 5 (12.20%) Release Management
8 5 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (12.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) PowerShell
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 4 (9.76%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (31.71%) Degree
2 11 (26.83%) Security Cleared
3 7 (17.07%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (9.76%) SC Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) DV Cleared
5 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.88%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.88%) MCSA
6 2 (4.88%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.44%) CCNA
7 1 (2.44%) CCSE
7 1 (2.44%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.44%) CISM
7 1 (2.44%) CISSP
7 1 (2.44%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.44%) MBA
7 1 (2.44%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.20%) SLA
2 3 (7.32%) GDPR
2 3 (7.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (4.88%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.44%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (26.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (19.51%) SCCM
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Citrix
2 5 (12.20%) IBM
3 4 (9.76%) Gemalto
3 4 (9.76%) Thales
4 3 (7.32%) McAfee
4 3 (7.32%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.88%) Google
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle
5 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.44%) Bloomberg
6 1 (2.44%) BMC
6 1 (2.44%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.44%) Cisco
6 1 (2.44%) ION Trading
6 1 (2.44%) Mitel
6 1 (2.44%) Remedy
6 1 (2.44%) Reuters
6 1 (2.44%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.44%) VMware