ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 614 649
Rank change year-on-year +132 +35 -47
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 59 33 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.16% 0.069% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.53% 0.25% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 23 85
10th Percentile £206 £143 £244
25th Percentile £310 £222 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £300 £475
Median % change year-on-year +101.67% -36.84% +49.61%
75th Percentile £608 £456 £538
90th Percentile - £506 £600
UK median daily rate £605 £244 £525
% change year-on-year +147.95% -53.52% +65.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 1 7
10th Percentile £13.54 - £9.75
25th Percentile £15.17 - £10.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £14.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +78.57% +7.69% -25.71%
75th Percentile - - £20.51
90th Percentile - - £20.61
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £14.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year +78.57% +7.69% -25.71%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,210 13,105 15,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 30.54% 27.53% 21.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,981 8,781 10,315
10th Percentile £313 £340 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £745 £719
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 656 693
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.25 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.32 £21.24 £19.06
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +33.33% +10.96%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.56 £56.00
90th Percentile £75.77 £80.25 £68.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +23.47%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

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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 May 2024. 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
South East +32 25 £605 +84.03% 8
London +87 15 £296 +21.23% 5
South West - 9 - - 2
North of England +30 5 £200 -58.97% 4
Yorkshire +17 3 £200 +33.33% 1
East of England +8 3 - -
North West +23 2 - - 3
Midlands +22 2 £338 - 7
West Midlands +8 2 £338 - 4
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 19 (32.20%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.39%) IBM Notes
2 2 (3.39%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 12 (20.34%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.08%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
2 21 (35.59%) Azure
3 19 (32.20%) Azure Monitor
3 19 (32.20%) Azure Storage
3 19 (32.20%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.69%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (32.20%) DHCP
1 19 (32.20%) DNS
1 19 (32.20%) Firewall
2 3 (5.08%) LAN
2 3 (5.08%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (5.08%) WAN
2 3 (5.08%) Wireless
3 2 (3.39%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (3.39%) Skype
3 2 (3.39%) Telepresence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.69%) GIS
1 1 (1.69%) Power BI
General
1 36 (61.02%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.25%) Public Sector
3 7 (11.86%) Finance
4 6 (10.17%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (10.17%) Telecoms
5 5 (8.47%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (6.78%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (3.39%) Banking
7 2 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.69%) Back Office
8 1 (1.69%) Electronics
8 1 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.69%) Front Office
8 1 (1.69%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.69%) Marketing
8 1 (1.69%) Military
8 1 (1.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (38.98%) Support Specialist
2 19 (32.20%) Active Directory Support
3 14 (23.73%) Active Directory Specialist
3 14 (23.73%) Azure Specialist
3 14 (23.73%) IT Support
4 9 (15.25%) IT Support Specialist
4 9 (15.25%) Support Engineer
5 8 (13.56%) Analyst
6 7 (11.86%) Service Analyst
7 6 (10.17%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (8.47%) Active Directory Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Active Directory Support Engineer
8 5 (8.47%) Azure Engineer
9 4 (6.78%) IT Engineer
9 4 (6.78%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (6.78%) Problem Manager
10 2 (3.39%) Consultant
10 2 (3.39%) Management Consultant
10 2 (3.39%) Network Engineer
10 2 (3.39%) Service Management Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (32.20%) ARM Templates
2 1 (1.69%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (32.20%) PKI
1 19 (32.20%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (8.47%) NHS
3 4 (6.78%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.39%) CMDB
4 2 (3.39%) iPhone
4 2 (3.39%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (3.39%) Smartphone
4 2 (3.39%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.69%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.69%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 33 (55.93%) Windows
2 23 (38.98%) Windows Server
3 19 (32.20%) Linux
3 19 (32.20%) Windows Server 2016
3 19 (32.20%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (8.47%) Windows 10
5 3 (5.08%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.39%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.69%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) ITIL
2 29 (49.15%) Service Management
3 28 (47.46%) Analytics
4 24 (40.68%) Agile
5 21 (35.59%) DevOps
6 19 (32.20%) CI/CD
6 19 (32.20%) Identity Management
6 19 (32.20%) Infrastructure as Code
6 19 (32.20%) Log Analytics
6 19 (32.20%) Multi-Factor Authentication
6 19 (32.20%) Privileged Identity Management
6 19 (32.20%) RBAC
6 19 (32.20%) Release Management
7 17 (28.81%) Incident Management
8 15 (25.42%) Data Analysis
8 15 (25.42%) Problem Management
8 15 (25.42%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (18.64%) Customer Service
10 11 (18.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 20 (33.90%) PowerShell
2 19 (32.20%) Bicep
2 19 (32.20%) C#
2 19 (32.20%) VB
2 19 (32.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 29 (49.15%) Degree
2 26 (44.07%) SC Cleared
2 26 (44.07%) Security Cleared
3 19 (32.20%) DV Cleared
4 8 (13.56%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (5.08%) ECDL
6 2 (3.39%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.39%) CCNA
6 2 (3.39%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.39%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (3.39%) MCITP
6 2 (3.39%) MCSA
6 2 (3.39%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.69%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.69%) MBA
7 1 (1.69%) MCP
7 1 (1.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (1.69%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (40.68%) Active Directory
2 19 (32.20%) Virtual Desktop
2 19 (32.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 20 (33.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 20 (33.90%) SCCM
2 19 (32.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 19 (32.20%) Kubernetes
2 19 (32.20%) SCOM
2 19 (32.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 33 (55.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.78%) Apple
2 4 (6.78%) BT
3 2 (3.39%) Cisco
3 2 (3.39%) Citrix
3 2 (3.39%) Lotus
3 2 (3.39%) Okta
3 2 (3.39%) Polycom
3 2 (3.39%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.39%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.69%) BMC
4 1 (1.69%) Remedy
4 1 (1.69%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.69%) SAP