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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 495 454 487
Rank change year-on-year -41 +33 +138
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 45 40 61
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.41% 0.49% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 25 45
10th Percentile £263 £166 £282
25th Percentile £293 £258 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £425 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -26.09% +85.48%
75th Percentile £488 £575 £615
90th Percentile £694 £605 -
UK median daily rate £421 £461 £575
% change year-on-year -8.67% -19.78% +85.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £18.20
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.63 £20.51
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.64 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -51.16% +108.13%
75th Percentile £19.50 £18.64 £40.31
90th Percentile - - £49.12
UK median hourly rate £19.23 £18.64 £38.16
% change year-on-year +3.19% -51.16% +108.13%

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 10,954 8,225 11,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.41% 30.51% 30.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,257 5,016 7,024
10th Percentile £313 £300 £300
25th Percentile £419 £414 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £725 £738
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 859 391 696
10th Percentile £15.84 £19.83 £14.50
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.38 £23.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £46.18 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.54% -7.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.95 £82.50 £78.36
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -36.33% -21.00% +11.11%

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 January 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 January 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 0 17 £463 -8.18% 2
South East -19 12 £274 -38.88% 14
North of England -46 10 £328 +33.67% 11
North West -12 9 £328 +33.67% 4
South West -21 3 £523 -2.79% 7
East of England -20 2 £450 +60.71% 6
Yorkshire -55 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 5
Midlands - 1 - - 6
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 (13.33%) Confluence
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.22%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle FAH
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (4.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (4.44%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 18 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.89%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) Entra ID
2 4 (8.89%) SaaS
3 3 (6.67%) Google Workspace
4 2 (4.44%) OCI
4 2 (4.44%) Slack
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub
5 1 (2.22%) GitHub Actions
5 1 (2.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (17.78%) VPN
2 6 (13.33%) DNS
2 6 (13.33%) Firewall
3 5 (11.11%) SSH
4 4 (8.89%) NetScaler
5 3 (6.67%) DHCP
5 3 (6.67%) LAN
6 2 (4.44%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.44%) Wireless
7 1 (2.22%) DMZ
7 1 (2.22%) Network Security
7 1 (2.22%) Remote Desktop
7 1 (2.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.44%) Tableau
2 1 (2.22%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (22.22%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) AdminStudio
2 1 (2.22%) InstallShield
2 1 (2.22%) MSI
General
1 23 (51.11%) Social Skills
2 14 (31.11%) Finance
3 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (15.56%) Banking
5 5 (11.11%) Military
6 3 (6.67%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.44%) General Ledger
7 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
7 2 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 1 (2.22%) French Language
8 1 (2.22%) Front Office
8 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.22%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Legal
8 1 (2.22%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 17 (37.78%) Analyst
2 9 (20.00%) Senior
3 5 (11.11%) Applications Support
3 5 (11.11%) Applications Support Technician
3 5 (11.11%) Senior Applications Support
3 5 (11.11%) Senior Support Technician
3 5 (11.11%) Senior Technician
3 5 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Support Technician
4 4 (8.89%) Service Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Desktop Support
5 3 (6.67%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (6.67%) Support Analyst
6 2 (4.44%) Administrator
6 2 (4.44%) Consultant
6 2 (4.44%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.11%) Tandem
2 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.89%) NHS
3 3 (6.67%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (6.67%) Virtual Team
4 2 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.44%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.22%) CMDB
5 1 (2.22%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.22%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (2.22%) PKI
5 1 (2.22%) SCADA
5 1 (2.22%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 27 (60.00%) Windows
2 13 (28.89%) Windows 10
3 10 (22.22%) Unix
4 5 (11.11%) Linux
5 3 (6.67%) Windows Server
6 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) ITIL
2 12 (26.67%) Change Management
2 12 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (24.44%) Customer Service
4 9 (20.00%) ITSM
4 9 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (17.78%) Project Delivery
5 8 (17.78%) Service Delivery
6 7 (15.56%) Agile
6 7 (15.56%) Computer Science
6 7 (15.56%) Problem Management
6 7 (15.56%) Service Management
7 6 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (13.33%) Mentoring
7 6 (13.33%) Project Management
8 5 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 5 (11.11%) Release Management
8 5 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (11.11%) Situational Awareness
8 5 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.33%) SQL
2 5 (11.11%) PowerShell
3 4 (8.89%) Python
4 1 (2.22%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
1 14 (31.11%) Security Cleared
2 8 (17.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (15.56%) DV Cleared
4 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
5 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (4.44%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (4.44%) MCSA
6 2 (4.44%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.22%) CCNA
7 1 (2.22%) CCSE
7 1 (2.22%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.22%) CISM
7 1 (2.22%) CISSP
7 1 (2.22%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) SLA
2 4 (8.89%) GDPR
3 3 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (4.44%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.22%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (31.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.89%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (4.44%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (2.22%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 9 (20.00%) SCCM
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 24 (53.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.11%) Citrix
2 5 (11.11%) IBM
2 5 (11.11%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.89%) Gemalto
3 4 (8.89%) Thales
4 3 (6.67%) McAfee
4 3 (6.67%) Salesforce
5 2 (4.44%) Google
5 2 (4.44%) Oracle
5 2 (4.44%) Tenable
5 2 (4.44%) VMware
6 1 (2.22%) Bloomberg
6 1 (2.22%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.22%) Cisco
6 1 (2.22%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.22%) ION Trading
6 1 (2.22%) Mitel
6 1 (2.22%) Reuters
6 1 (2.22%) SolarWinds