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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 449 478
Rank change year-on-year -100 +29 +88
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 81 57 35
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.66% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 42 23
10th Percentile £161 £220 £200
25th Percentile £200 £235 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £263 £605
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -56.61% +61.33%
75th Percentile £578 £412 £608
90th Percentile £630 £499 -
UK median daily rate £375 £275 £462
% change year-on-year +36.36% -40.44% +42.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - £20.51 £15.41
25th Percentile £61.74 £22.10 £15.76
Median hourly rate £63.48 £25.73 £20.74
Median % change year-on-year +146.72% +24.06% +7.87%
75th Percentile £65.22 £30.37 £27.00
90th Percentile - £32.55 -
UK median hourly rate £63.48 £19.23 £20.74
% change year-on-year +230.11% -7.28% +7.87%

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 14,527 8,611 9,917
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.84% 31.46% 30.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,784 5,431 6,235
10th Percentile £350 £300 £325
25th Percentile £440 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £634 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £707 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,128 677 639
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.18 £15.45
25th Percentile £25.77 £18.87 £23.77
Median hourly rate £52.50 £25.15 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +108.75% -49.70% -8.36%
75th Percentile £74.00 £53.75 £68.75
90th Percentile £88.00 £75.00 £80.00
UK median hourly rate £47.54 £25.15 £48.18
% change year-on-year +89.03% -47.80% -12.40%

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 September 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 September 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 -59 26 £300 -20.00% 12
North of England -45 24 £188 -20.21% 11
North West -32 18 £163 -50.76% 5
South East -56 18 £578 +91.07% 11
Midlands -57 5 £250 -9.09% 7
North East - 5 £194 - 4
West Midlands -57 4 £250 -9.09% 3
East of England - 4 £310 - 3
East Midlands -19 1 £250 - 4
Yorkshire -45 1 £315 +34.04% 2
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 15 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 11 (13.58%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.23%) Apache
3 1 (1.23%) Confluence
3 1 (1.23%) JBoss
Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.17%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (37.04%) Azure
2 28 (34.57%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (18.52%) Entra ID
4 12 (14.81%) Azure Monitor
5 11 (13.58%) Power Platform
6 9 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (11.11%) OneDrive
7 7 (8.64%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (4.94%) AWS
9 3 (3.70%) GCP
9 3 (3.70%) Google Workspace
9 3 (3.70%) OpenShift
10 1 (1.23%) Boomi
10 1 (1.23%) PowerApps
10 1 (1.23%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.52%) DNS
2 14 (17.28%) VPN
3 12 (14.81%) DHCP
4 10 (12.35%) SSL
5 8 (9.88%) TCP/IP
6 6 (7.41%) Firewall
7 4 (4.94%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.70%) DMZ
9 2 (2.47%) iSCSI
9 2 (2.47%) NAS
9 2 (2.47%) SAN
10 1 (1.23%) BIG-IP
10 1 (1.23%) FTP
10 1 (1.23%) Network Security
10 1 (1.23%) SSH
10 1 (1.23%) Telepresence
10 1 (1.23%) VLAN
10 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.35%) MySQL
2 9 (11.11%) Power BI
2 9 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (3.70%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.23%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.23%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 3 (3.70%) JIRA
2 2 (2.47%) MSI
General
1 51 (62.96%) Social Skills
2 31 (38.27%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (14.81%) Finance
4 5 (6.17%) Banking
4 5 (6.17%) Legal
5 4 (4.94%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.70%) Front Office
6 3 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.70%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.47%) Aerospace
7 2 (2.47%) Law
7 2 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (1.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.23%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.23%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (19.75%) Analyst
2 13 (16.05%) Senior
2 13 (16.05%) Support Engineer
3 10 (12.35%) DBA
4 9 (11.11%) Lead
4 9 (11.11%) SQL DBA
5 8 (9.88%) Service Analyst
6 7 (8.64%) Consultant
6 7 (8.64%) IT Support
6 7 (8.64%) SAP Consultant
7 6 (7.41%) IT Engineer
7 6 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
8 5 (6.17%) Administrator
8 5 (6.17%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (6.17%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 5 (6.17%) Service Desk Analyst
9 4 (4.94%) Architect
9 4 (4.94%) Change Manager
9 4 (4.94%) Desktop Support
9 4 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.70%) Terraform
2 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Graph
2 2 (2.47%) REST
3 1 (1.23%) EDI
3 1 (1.23%) Jakarta EE
3 1 (1.23%) JSON
3 1 (1.23%) LAMP
3 1 (1.23%) Middleware
3 1 (1.23%) SOAP
3 1 (1.23%) Web Services
3 1 (1.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.75%) Replication
2 12 (14.81%) Clustering
3 8 (9.88%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.17%) CMDB
4 5 (6.17%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (6.17%) PKI
5 3 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 2 (2.47%) BYOD
6 2 (2.47%) Client/Server
6 2 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 2 (2.47%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.23%) iPad
7 1 (1.23%) iPhone
7 1 (1.23%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.23%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.23%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.23%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.23%) Tandem
7 1 (1.23%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 46 (56.79%) Windows
2 20 (24.69%) Windows Server
3 8 (9.88%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.41%) Apple iOS
5 5 (6.17%) Android
5 5 (6.17%) Linux
6 4 (4.94%) Mac OS
7 2 (2.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (2.47%) Unix
8 1 (1.23%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (100.00%) ITIL
2 36 (44.44%) ITSM
3 33 (40.74%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (39.51%) Service Management
5 21 (25.93%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (24.69%) Stakeholder Management
7 18 (22.22%) Customer Service
8 17 (20.99%) Service Delivery
9 12 (14.81%) DevOps
9 12 (14.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (14.81%) User Acceptance Testing
10 11 (13.58%) Agile
11 10 (12.35%) Performance Tuning
11 10 (12.35%) Problem Management
12 9 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (11.11%) Change Management
12 9 (11.11%) Roadmaps
13 8 (9.88%) Incident Management
13 8 (9.88%) Root Cause Analysis
14 7 (8.64%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.16%) PowerShell
2 12 (14.81%) SQL
3 9 (11.11%) T-SQL
4 4 (4.94%) Python
5 3 (3.70%) Bash
6 2 (2.47%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.23%) ActionScript
7 1 (1.23%) ActionScript 2.0
7 1 (1.23%) Perl
7 1 (1.23%) Shell Script
7 1 (1.23%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 37 (45.68%) Security Cleared
2 29 (35.80%) SC Cleared
3 22 (27.16%) Degree
4 19 (23.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 14 (17.28%) Azure Certification
6 8 (9.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 5 (6.17%) DV Cleared
8 4 (4.94%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (4.94%) PMI Certification
8 4 (4.94%) PMP
9 3 (3.70%) CBAP
9 3 (3.70%) MCSA
10 2 (2.47%) ISEB
10 2 (2.47%) ISEB Practitioner
10 2 (2.47%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 2 (2.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (2.47%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (1.23%) CISSP
11 1 (1.23%) GIAC
11 1 (1.23%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.47%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.47%) ISO 9001
3 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 2 (2.47%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 22 (27.16%) Active Directory
2 12 (14.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (12.35%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (8.64%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.70%) Docker
6 2 (2.47%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.23%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (1.23%) NFS
7 1 (1.23%) Veritas Volume Manager
7 1 (1.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 9 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (11.11%) SCCM
1 9 (11.11%) SCOM
2 5 (6.17%) Ansible
3 3 (3.70%) Grafana
3 3 (3.70%) Kubernetes
3 3 (3.70%) Prometheus
3 3 (3.70%) WSUS
4 2 (2.47%) vCenter Server
5 1 (1.23%) PowerBroker
5 1 (1.23%) Progress Chef
5 1 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.23%) Tivoli
5 1 (1.23%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 49 (60.49%) Microsoft
2 30 (37.04%) ServiceNow
3 14 (17.28%) VMware
4 11 (13.58%) SAP
5 7 (8.64%) Citrix
5 7 (8.64%) Oracle
6 5 (6.17%) Remedy
7 4 (4.94%) IBM
8 3 (3.70%) Adobe
8 3 (3.70%) Bloomberg
8 3 (3.70%) Google
8 3 (3.70%) ION Trading
8 3 (3.70%) Reuters
9 2 (2.47%) Apple
9 2 (2.47%) Dell
9 2 (2.47%) HP
9 2 (2.47%) Murex
9 2 (2.47%) Red Hat
9 2 (2.47%) Snow
10 1 (1.23%) Thales
46 ITIL Foundation Certificate jobs in England