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 3 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 535 436 476
Rank change year-on-year -99 +40 +154
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 39 37 74
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.15% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.49% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 42
10th Percentile £303 £236 £264
25th Percentile £382 £277 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £436 £575
Median % change year-on-year +14.61% -24.13% +79.69%
75th Percentile £630 £608 £608
90th Percentile £694 £634 £615
UK median daily rate £450 £425 £575
% change year-on-year +5.88% -26.09% +91.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 19
10th Percentile - £18.77 £13.77
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.97 £15.47
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -22.73% +61.29%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.66 -
90th Percentile - £19.86 £39.45
UK median hourly rate £19.00 £19.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.64% -22.73% +61.29%

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 12,874 7,582 11,771
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 33.57% 31.28% 31.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,594 4,865 7,312
10th Percentile £335 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.60% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 982 424 919
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.50 £13.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.66 £17.74
Median hourly rate £37.31 £50.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.38% +33.33% -25.00%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.00 £62.50
90th Percentile £85.40 £82.25 £75.25
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £43.00 £37.83
% change year-on-year -13.95% +13.67% -27.95%

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 3 April 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 3 April 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 -53 17 £413 +5.95% 3
South East -57 8 £630 +16.67% 9
East of England -35 5 £400 +97.53% 1
North of England -66 5 £500 +48.15% 3
North West -43 4 £500 +104.08%
Midlands - 3 £520 - 2
West Midlands - 2 £520 - 2
South West -33 1 £700 +20.69% 2
Yorkshire -63 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 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 5 (12.82%) SharePoint
2 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (7.69%) Confluence
4 1 (2.56%) CMS
Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) SystmOne
2 1 (2.56%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (17.95%) SuccessFactors
3 5 (12.82%) Google Workspace
4 4 (10.26%) Azure
4 4 (10.26%) Entra ID
5 3 (7.69%) SaaS
6 2 (5.13%) Slack
7 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
7 1 (2.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (20.51%) VPN
2 6 (15.38%) Firewall
3 5 (12.82%) DNS
4 4 (10.26%) NetScaler
4 4 (10.26%) TCP/IP
5 3 (7.69%) DHCP
5 3 (7.69%) DMZ
6 2 (5.13%) LAN
6 2 (5.13%) SSH
6 2 (5.13%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (2.56%) iSCSI
7 1 (2.56%) NAS
7 1 (2.56%) Network Security
7 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.56%) SAN
7 1 (2.56%) VLAN
7 1 (2.56%) WAN
7 1 (2.56%) Wireless
7 1 (2.56%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.13%) Tableau
2 1 (2.56%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 7 (17.95%) JIRA
2 2 (5.13%) MSI
General
1 30 (76.92%) Social Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (20.51%) Banking
2 8 (20.51%) Finance
3 4 (10.26%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (7.69%) Front Office
4 3 (7.69%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.13%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.56%) French Language
6 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (28.21%) Analyst
2 9 (23.08%) Senior
3 8 (20.51%) Consultant
4 7 (17.95%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (12.82%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (12.82%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 4 (10.26%) Architect
7 3 (7.69%) Administrator
7 3 (7.69%) Help Desk Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) IT Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Service Analyst
7 3 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) 3rd Line Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) IT Project Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Lead
8 2 (5.13%) NHS Project Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (5.13%) Service Desk Engineer
8 2 (5.13%) Service Manager
8 2 (5.13%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) .NET
1 1 (2.56%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.95%) Replication
2 5 (12.82%) Onboarding
3 4 (10.26%) NHS
4 3 (7.69%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.13%) Client/Server
5 2 (5.13%) PKI
5 2 (5.13%) Tandem
6 1 (2.56%) CMDB
6 1 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.56%) Data Structures
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 18 (46.15%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows 10
3 3 (7.69%) Unix
4 2 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 1 (2.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (100.00%) ITIL
2 13 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 12 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (25.64%) Change Management
5 8 (20.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 8 (20.51%) ITSM
5 8 (20.51%) Problem Management
5 8 (20.51%) Service Management
6 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
6 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (17.95%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (15.38%) Customer Service
7 6 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 6 (15.38%) Project Management
8 5 (12.82%) Agile
8 5 (12.82%) Incident Management
8 5 (12.82%) Process Improvement
8 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (10.26%) Data Protection
9 4 (10.26%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.13%) SQL
3 1 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (2.56%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (33.33%) Degree
2 11 (28.21%) Security Cleared
3 9 (23.08%) SC Cleared
4 6 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (7.69%) MCSA
7 2 (5.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (2.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (2.56%) CBAP
8 1 (2.56%) CCNA
8 1 (2.56%) CCSE
8 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (2.56%) CISM
8 1 (2.56%) CISSP
8 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
8 1 (2.56%) Master's Degree
8 1 (2.56%) MBA
8 1 (2.56%) NVQ Level 3
8 1 (2.56%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (10.26%) SLA
2 3 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (7.69%) GDPR
3 2 (5.13%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.56%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.56%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.26%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.13%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.56%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.56%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) SCCM
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.13%) WSUS
4 1 (2.56%) Ansible
4 1 (2.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.56%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 19 (48.72%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) Citrix
3 7 (17.95%) SAP
4 5 (12.82%) ServiceNow
5 3 (7.69%) Bloomberg
5 3 (7.69%) ION Trading
5 3 (7.69%) Reuters
6 2 (5.13%) Google
6 2 (5.13%) IBM
6 2 (5.13%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.56%) BMC
7 1 (2.56%) Cisco
7 1 (2.56%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (2.56%) Gemalto
7 1 (2.56%) Juniper
7 1 (2.56%) Mitel
7 1 (2.56%) Remedy
7 1 (2.56%) SolarWinds
7 1 (2.56%) Thales
7 1 (2.56%) VMware