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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 564 440 483
Rank change year-on-year -124 +43 +137
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 44 52 62
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.100% 0.20% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.32% 0.63% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 38 33
10th Percentile £174 £221 £213
25th Percentile £288 £235 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £262 £605
Median % change year-on-year +52.62% -56.68% +95.16%
75th Percentile £600 £471 £608
90th Percentile £634 £560 -
UK median daily rate £400 £275 £605
% change year-on-year +45.45% -54.55% +140.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 18
10th Percentile - £19.57 £13.66
25th Percentile - £19.73 £15.32
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +78.57%
75th Percentile - £27.00 -
90th Percentile - £31.20 £25.60
UK median hourly rate - £17.45 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -30.22% +78.57%

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 13,919 8,195 11,369
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.57% 30.92% 30.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,378 5,169 7,054
10th Percentile £350 £281 £313
25th Percentile £429 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £645
90th Percentile £719 £716 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £521 £525
% change year-on-year +0.77% -0.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,046 545 987
10th Percentile £17.87 £17.87 £14.16
25th Percentile £24.30 £20.00 £20.75
Median hourly rate £53.90 £28.18 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +91.27% -33.69% -22.73%
75th Percentile £74.00 £62.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £85.40 £77.38 £77.19
UK median hourly rate £52.00 £27.53 £40.94
% change year-on-year +88.88% -32.76% -25.73%

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 5 July 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 5 July 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 -74 15 £331 +20.45% 2
South East -49 11 £600 +21.52% 7
North of England -73 9 £314 +33.51% 10
North West -37 8 £314 -37.25% 7
East of England - 5 £310 -
Midlands -66 4 £250 -10.87% 5
West Midlands -69 4 £250 -10.87% 3
North East - 1 - - 1
ITIL Foundation Certificate
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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 4 (9.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (6.82%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (11.36%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (2.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
2 7 (15.91%) SuccessFactors
3 3 (6.82%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.82%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (6.82%) Entra ID
3 3 (6.82%) Google Workspace
3 3 (6.82%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.27%) AWS
4 1 (2.27%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.91%) VPN
2 5 (11.36%) Wi-Fi
3 4 (9.09%) Firewall
4 3 (6.82%) DMZ
4 3 (6.82%) DNS
4 3 (6.82%) SSL
4 3 (6.82%) TCP/IP
5 2 (4.55%) iSCSI
5 2 (4.55%) LAN
5 2 (4.55%) NAS
5 2 (4.55%) SAN
6 1 (2.27%) FTP
6 1 (2.27%) Network Security
6 1 (2.27%) Telepresence
6 1 (2.27%) VLAN
6 1 (2.27%) WAN
6 1 (2.27%) Wireless
6 1 (2.27%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) MySQL
1 3 (6.82%) Oracle Database
1 3 (6.82%) Power BI
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server
1 3 (6.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.27%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) MSI
2 1 (2.27%) JIRA
General
1 30 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 12 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (13.64%) Finance
4 4 (9.09%) Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Front Office
5 3 (6.82%) Investment Banking
5 3 (6.82%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.55%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 10 (22.73%) Senior
2 9 (20.45%) Analyst
3 8 (18.18%) Consultant
4 7 (15.91%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (13.64%) Administrator
6 5 (11.36%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (11.36%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 4 (9.09%) Change Manager
7 4 (9.09%) DBA
7 4 (9.09%) Service Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (9.09%) Support Engineer
8 3 (6.82%) Desktop Support
8 3 (6.82%) Help Desk Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) IT Analyst
8 3 (6.82%) Lead
8 3 (6.82%) SQL DBA
9 2 (4.55%) IT Change Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Senior Change Manager
9 2 (4.55%) Technical Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.27%) .NET
1 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.27%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Replication
2 5 (11.36%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Clustering
3 3 (6.82%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (4.55%) BYOD
4 2 (4.55%) Client/Server
5 1 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (2.27%) Data Centre
5 1 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.27%) iPad
5 1 (2.27%) iPhone
5 1 (2.27%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.27%) Mobile App
5 1 (2.27%) PKI
5 1 (2.27%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 20 (45.45%) Windows
2 5 (11.36%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.55%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.55%) Unix
3 2 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (2.27%) AIX
4 1 (2.27%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.27%) Linux
4 1 (2.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (100.00%) ITIL
2 17 (38.64%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 10 (22.73%) ITSM
4 10 (22.73%) Service Delivery
4 10 (22.73%) Service Management
5 8 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (15.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (13.64%) Customer Service
8 5 (11.36%) Agile
8 5 (11.36%) Change Management
8 5 (11.36%) Decision-Making
8 5 (11.36%) Incident Management
8 5 (11.36%) PRINCE2
8 5 (11.36%) Project Management
8 5 (11.36%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (9.09%) Coaching
9 4 (9.09%) Problem Management
9 4 (9.09%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (18.18%) PowerShell
2 5 (11.36%) SQL
3 3 (6.82%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (54.55%) Security Cleared
2 20 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 15 (34.09%) Degree
4 10 (22.73%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (11.36%) Azure Certification
5 5 (11.36%) DV Cleared
6 4 (9.09%) PMI Certification
6 4 (9.09%) PMP
7 3 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (6.82%) MCSA
8 2 (4.55%) CBAP
8 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Certified Professional
8 2 (4.55%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (2.27%) CCNA
9 1 (2.27%) CCSE
9 1 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.27%) ISEB
9 1 (2.27%) ISEB Practitioner
9 1 (2.27%) MBA
9 1 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) SLA
2 4 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (4.55%) ISO 9001
3 2 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 9 (20.45%) Active Directory
2 4 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (2.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (2.27%) NFS
4 1 (2.27%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 5 (11.36%) SCCM
2 3 (6.82%) SCOM
2 3 (6.82%) WSUS
3 2 (4.55%) Ansible
3 2 (4.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (4.55%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.27%) PowerBroker
4 1 (2.27%) Progress Chef
4 1 (2.27%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.27%) Tivoli
4 1 (2.27%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 20 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 12 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 7 (15.91%) SAP
4 4 (9.09%) Citrix
4 4 (9.09%) Oracle
4 4 (9.09%) VMware
5 3 (6.82%) Bloomberg
5 3 (6.82%) ION Trading
5 3 (6.82%) Remedy
5 3 (6.82%) Reuters
6 2 (4.55%) Apple
6 2 (4.55%) Dell
6 2 (4.55%) HP
6 2 (4.55%) Murex
7 1 (2.27%) BMC
7 1 (2.27%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.27%) Cisco
7 1 (2.27%) Juniper
7 1 (2.27%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.27%) Veritas
26 ITIL Foundation Certificate jobs in England