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

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 446 473
Rank change year-on-year -93 +27 +160
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 36 42 78
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.10% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.30% 0.54% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 28 46
10th Percentile £269 £196 £282
25th Percentile £313 £270 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 £476 £598
Median % change year-on-year -11.16% -20.40% +88.93%
75th Percentile £500 £600 £615
90th Percentile £694 £629 -
UK median daily rate £425 £488 £598
% change year-on-year -12.82% -18.41% +103.40%
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% +61.29%
75th Percentile £19.50 £19.66 -
90th Percentile - £19.86 £39.56
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 12,192 7,803 11,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 34.32% 30.38% 31.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,114 4,810 7,262
10th Percentile £325 £290 £290
25th Percentile £422 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £726 £738
UK median daily rate £517 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -1.52% -2.42% -2.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 942 397 896
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £19.34 £25.26 £20.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £49.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year -48.67% +15.29% -10.53%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £80.19 £82.35 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £40.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -37.11% -4.71% -13.27%

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 28 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 28 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 -26 18 £425 +10.58% 4
North of England -62 9 £423 +72.45% 8
North West -31 8 £423 +72.45% 2
South East -41 4 £274 -38.88% 5
East of England -26 2 £450 +60.71% 3
South West -34 2 £700 +28.44%
Yorkshire -66 1 - - 4
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
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 (16.67%) Confluence
1 6 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.78%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) Oracle Smart View
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle FAH
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (5.56%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 2 (5.56%) SystmOne
2 1 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 15 (41.67%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (11.11%) SaaS
3 3 (8.33%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.56%) Azure
4 2 (5.56%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.56%) OCI
4 2 (5.56%) Slack
5 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (22.22%) VPN
2 5 (13.89%) SSH
3 4 (11.11%) DNS
3 4 (11.11%) Firewall
3 4 (11.11%) NetScaler
4 3 (8.33%) DHCP
5 2 (5.56%) LAN
5 2 (5.56%) TCP/IP
6 1 (2.78%) DMZ
6 1 (2.78%) Network Security
6 1 (2.78%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (2.78%) WAN
6 1 (2.78%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (2.78%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) Tableau
2 1 (2.78%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 10 (27.78%) JIRA
General
1 22 (61.11%) Social Skills
2 12 (33.33%) Finance
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Banking
4 4 (11.11%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.56%) General Ledger
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) French Language
6 1 (2.78%) Front Office
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Law
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 16 (44.44%) Analyst
2 4 (11.11%) Architect
2 4 (11.11%) Senior
2 4 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 4 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Consultant
3 3 (8.33%) Desktop Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support
3 3 (8.33%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 3 (8.33%) Support Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Administrator
4 2 (5.56%) Functional Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
4 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) NHS Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Operations Analyst
4 2 (5.56%) Oracle Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) Oracle Functional Consultant
4 2 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 2 (5.56%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) .NET
1 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.78%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Tandem
2 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 4 (11.11%) NHS
3 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
3 3 (8.33%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Team
4 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (2.78%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.78%) CMDB
5 1 (2.78%) Data Structures
5 1 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.78%) PKI
5 1 (2.78%) SCADA
5 1 (2.78%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 19 (52.78%) Windows
2 8 (22.22%) Windows 10
3 6 (16.67%) Unix
4 1 (2.78%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) ITIL
2 12 (33.33%) Change Management
3 10 (27.78%) ITSM
4 9 (25.00%) Customer Service
4 9 (25.00%) Service Delivery
5 8 (22.22%) Problem Management
5 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (19.44%) Project Management
7 6 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (16.67%) Cryptography
7 6 (16.67%) Information Security
7 6 (16.67%) Mentoring
8 5 (13.89%) Computer Science
8 5 (13.89%) Incident Management
8 5 (13.89%) Incident Response
8 5 (13.89%) Release Management
8 5 (13.89%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (13.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) PowerShell
1 4 (11.11%) Python
2 2 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (36.11%) Degree
2 6 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.78%) CCNA
5 1 (2.78%) CCSE
5 1 (2.78%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.78%) CISM
5 1 (2.78%) CISSP
5 1 (2.78%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.78%) MBA
5 1 (2.78%) MCSA
5 1 (2.78%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) SLA
2 3 (8.33%) GDPR
2 3 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (5.56%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (5.56%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.78%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (11.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (19.44%) SCCM
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (2.78%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 19 (52.78%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.67%) Citrix
3 5 (13.89%) IBM
4 4 (11.11%) Gemalto
4 4 (11.11%) Thales
5 3 (8.33%) McAfee
5 3 (8.33%) ServiceNow
6 2 (5.56%) Google
6 2 (5.56%) Oracle
6 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.78%) Bloomberg
7 1 (2.78%) BMC
7 1 (2.78%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.78%) Cisco
7 1 (2.78%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (2.78%) ION Trading
7 1 (2.78%) Mitel
7 1 (2.78%) Remedy
7 1 (2.78%) Reuters
7 1 (2.78%) SolarWinds