ITIL Contract Job Trends in England

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 46 45
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -7
Contract jobs citing ITIL 1,965 1,355 1,388
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.22% 4.84% 4.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.98% 5.32% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,341 859 847
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £375 £304 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.26%
75th Percentile £599 £556 £588
90th Percentile £700 £625 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £450 £463
% change year-on-year +11.11% -2.70% -3.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 103 103 55
10th Percentile £17.14 £15.10 £15.60
25th Percentile £18.56 £18.41 £19.56
Median hourly rate £24.72 £29.60 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.49% +20.82% +48.48%
75th Percentile £60.69 £46.06 £31.25
90th Percentile £86.60 £63.17 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £24.05 £26.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -7.50% +7.66% +46.36%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

ITIL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,430 25,460 28,039
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.71% 90.97% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,919 16,157 17,165
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £512 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.64% -2.57% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £645
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,918 1,560 1,201
10th Percentile £13.85 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £17.87 £20.25
Median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.50 £47.00 £67.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.28 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +53.96% -40.82% -

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

ITIL job vacancy trend in England

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in England over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in England

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in England over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in England

ITIL
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 2 October 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 +2 647 £500 +3.36% 622
South East -8 448 £550 +15.79% 340
North of England -10 395 £455 +19.67% 273
North West +1 272 £447 -0.67% 164
Midlands -30 159 £450 +5.88% 183
South West -21 151 £538 +38.71% 166
West Midlands -24 133 £475 +11.76% 114
East of England +12 113 £425 +6.25% 149
Yorkshire -27 106 £500 +45.24% 85
East Midlands -10 26 £419 -4.18% 69
North East -24 20 £400 +105.13% 28
ITIL
UK

ITIL
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
1 136 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 88 (4.48%) Microsoft Exchange
3 59 (3.00%) Confluence
4 16 (0.81%) IIS
5 10 (0.51%) SAS
6 8 (0.41%) JBoss
7 6 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 6 (0.31%) WebLogic
8 5 (0.25%) Apache
9 4 (0.20%) CICS
9 4 (0.20%) CMS
9 4 (0.20%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.20%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Service Bus
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.10%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.051%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.051%) nginx
11 1 (0.051%) Oracle Self-Service HR
Applications
1 82 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
2 59 (3.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
4 17 (0.87%) MS Visio
5 9 (0.46%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.36%) Revit
7 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 67 (3.41%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.41%) ContrOCC
2 8 (0.41%) Remedy AR System
3 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.20%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.15%) Cloudability
5 3 (0.15%) Exchequer
5 3 (0.15%) Maximo
5 3 (0.15%) NEC Housing
5 3 (0.15%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.10%) assyst
6 2 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
6 2 (0.10%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.10%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 505 (25.70%) Azure
2 371 (18.88%) Microsoft 365
3 215 (10.94%) AWS
4 196 (9.97%) Entra ID
5 100 (5.09%) SaaS
6 91 (4.63%) Power Platform
7 69 (3.51%) OneDrive
8 65 (3.31%) GCP
9 60 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (2.70%) Azure Monitor
11 42 (2.14%) GitHub
12 31 (1.58%) Datadog
13 23 (1.17%) IaaS
13 23 (1.17%) Serverless
14 22 (1.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
14 22 (1.12%) Google Workspace
15 21 (1.07%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.07%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 184 (9.36%) DNS
2 158 (8.04%) Firewall
3 142 (7.23%) DHCP
4 135 (6.87%) VPN
5 100 (5.09%) TCP/IP
6 85 (4.33%) WAN
7 76 (3.87%) Network Security
8 75 (3.82%) LAN
9 48 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
10 39 (1.98%) SSL
11 37 (1.88%) Wireless
12 36 (1.83%) SAN
13 35 (1.78%) BGP
13 35 (1.78%) OSPF
14 34 (1.73%) SD-WAN
15 32 (1.63%) VLAN
16 29 (1.48%) Cisco ASA
17 28 (1.42%) Cisco Firepower
18 19 (0.97%) Kerberos
18 19 (0.97%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.56%) Power BI
2 60 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.02%) Oracle Database
4 18 (0.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.71%) MySQL
7 12 (0.61%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (0.46%) Db2
9 9 (0.46%) Metadata
10 8 (0.41%) Oracle Database 11g
11 7 (0.36%) Big Data
12 6 (0.31%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.31%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.25%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 157 (7.99%) JIRA
2 34 (1.73%) Git
3 26 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.97%) GitLab
5 18 (0.92%) Bitbucket
6 10 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 9 (0.46%) MSI
8 6 (0.31%) Postman
9 5 (0.25%) JMeter
10 4 (0.20%) Chocolatey
10 4 (0.20%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.20%) Eclipse
10 4 (0.20%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.15%) eggPlant
11 3 (0.15%) Locust
11 3 (0.15%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
11 3 (0.15%) TestCafe
11 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 851 (43.31%) Social Skills
2 349 (17.76%) Finance
3 321 (16.34%) Analytical Skills
4 198 (10.08%) Public Sector
5 120 (6.11%) Banking
6 85 (4.33%) Telecoms
7 83 (4.22%) Organisational Skills
8 67 (3.41%) Legal
9 66 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (2.54%) Documentation Skills
11 43 (2.19%) Aerospace
12 33 (1.68%) Retail
13 27 (1.37%) Local Government
13 27 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 25 (1.27%) Military
15 22 (1.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 17 (0.87%) Law
17 16 (0.81%) Police
18 15 (0.76%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 272 (13.84%) Analyst
2 151 (7.68%) Support Engineer
3 149 (7.58%) IT Support
3 149 (7.58%) Lead
4 143 (7.28%) Senior
5 135 (6.87%) Architect
6 119 (6.06%) Service Manager
7 92 (4.68%) IT Engineer
8 79 (4.02%) Service Analyst
9 78 (3.97%) IT Support Engineer
10 74 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
11 71 (3.61%) IT Manager
12 69 (3.51%) Consultant
13 67 (3.41%) Network Engineer
14 62 (3.16%) Support Analyst
15 59 (3.00%) Desktop Support
15 59 (3.00%) IT Analyst
15 59 (3.00%) Project Manager
16 56 (2.85%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 53 (2.70%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (5.24%) Terraform
2 100 (5.09%) REST
3 47 (2.39%) SOAP
4 45 (2.29%) Middleware
5 22 (1.12%) HTML
6 21 (1.07%) CSS
7 20 (1.02%) SAML
8 19 (0.97%) Web Services
9 18 (0.92%) .NET
10 17 (0.87%) Ajax
10 17 (0.87%) OAuth
11 15 (0.76%) ISPF
12 13 (0.66%) LDAP
13 12 (0.61%) ARM Templates
13 12 (0.61%) OpenID
14 11 (0.56%) Software Packaging
15 10 (0.51%) JSON
15 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
15 10 (0.51%) XML
16 8 (0.41%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 190 (9.67%) Onboarding
2 168 (8.55%) CMDB
3 99 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 81 (4.12%) Enterprise Software
4 81 (4.12%) Management Information System
5 53 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
6 52 (2.65%) Clustering
7 49 (2.49%) PKI
7 49 (2.49%) Product Ownership
8 36 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 32 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (1.58%) Security Operations Centre
11 30 (1.53%) Cloud Native
11 30 (1.53%) Mainframe
12 25 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
13 24 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.22%) Security Posture
14 22 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 20 (1.02%) Replication
15 20 (1.02%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 551 (28.04%) Windows
2 175 (8.91%) Windows Server
3 153 (7.79%) Linux
4 137 (6.97%) Windows 10
5 60 (3.05%) Mac OS
6 53 (2.70%) Apple iOS
6 53 (2.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 52 (2.65%) Unix
8 50 (2.54%) Android
9 25 (1.27%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.02%) zOS
11 17 (0.87%) AIX
12 11 (0.56%) Solaris
12 11 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
13 9 (0.46%) VMS
14 7 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
15 6 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.31%) SUSE
16 5 (0.25%) HPUX
17 4 (0.20%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (39.44%) Service Management
2 601 (30.59%) ITSM
3 570 (29.01%) Stakeholder Management
4 468 (23.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 457 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 410 (20.87%) Agile
7 342 (17.40%) Service Delivery
8 337 (17.15%) Change Management
9 245 (12.47%) Incident Management
10 233 (11.86%) Customer Service
11 206 (10.48%) Roadmaps
12 205 (10.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 199 (10.13%) DevOps
14 192 (9.77%) Root Cause Analysis
15 188 (9.57%) Cybersecurity
16 182 (9.26%) Project Delivery
17 163 (8.30%) PRINCE2
18 160 (8.14%) Migration
19 155 (7.89%) Service Design
20 149 (7.58%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 213 (10.84%) PowerShell
2 123 (6.26%) Python
3 113 (5.75%) SQL
4 71 (3.61%) Bash
5 66 (3.36%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.22%) Bicep
7 16 (0.81%) Java
8 15 (0.76%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.61%) PL/SQL
10 10 (0.51%) Shell Script
11 9 (0.46%) Perl
12 7 (0.36%) C#
12 7 (0.36%) Groovy
12 7 (0.36%) JCL
13 6 (0.31%) Apex Code
14 4 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
14 4 (0.20%) Korn
14 4 (0.20%) VBScript
15 3 (0.15%) COBOL
15 3 (0.15%) RPG
Qualifications
1 716 (36.44%) Security Cleared
2 508 (25.85%) SC Cleared
3 254 (12.93%) Degree
4 173 (8.80%) DV Cleared
5 143 (7.28%) ITIL Certification
6 81 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 79 (4.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 76 (3.87%) PMI Certification
9 71 (3.61%) PMP
10 66 (3.36%) Azure Certification
11 63 (3.21%) Cisco Certification
12 60 (3.05%) CISSP
13 59 (3.00%) BPSS Clearance
14 57 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
15 39 (1.98%) A+ Certification
16 38 (1.93%) CCNP
17 35 (1.78%) CISM
18 29 (1.48%) AWS Certification
19 27 (1.37%) CCNA
20 21 (1.07%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 204 (10.38%) SLA
2 74 (3.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (3.31%) QA
4 58 (2.95%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.44%) NIST
6 37 (1.88%) GRC
7 35 (1.78%) NCSC
8 34 (1.73%) GDPR
9 32 (1.63%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 23 (1.17%) PMO
11 18 (0.92%) COBIT
12 17 (0.87%) ISO 9001
13 15 (0.76%) PCI DSS
14 11 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.36%) ISO 22301
16 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.31%) ISO 31000
16 6 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
17 4 (0.20%) GxP
17 4 (0.20%) JSP 440
System Software
1 387 (19.69%) Active Directory
2 166 (8.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 71 (3.61%) Hyper-V
4 43 (2.19%) Virtual Desktop
5 38 (1.93%) Docker
6 31 (1.58%) VMware ESXi
7 29 (1.48%) vSphere
8 26 (1.32%) Virtual Machines
9 21 (1.07%) Firmware
10 20 (1.02%) Oracle RAC
11 16 (0.81%) VMware NSX
12 15 (0.76%) IAG
13 14 (0.71%) RACF
14 13 (0.66%) Citrix Hypervisor
15 9 (0.46%) NFS
15 9 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
15 9 (0.46%) XenApp
15 9 (0.46%) XenDesktop
16 5 (0.25%) ISA Server
16 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 208 (10.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 124 (6.31%) SCCM
3 95 (4.83%) Ansible
4 60 (3.05%) Kubernetes
5 42 (2.14%) SCOM
6 24 (1.22%) vCenter Server
7 22 (1.12%) Data Guard
8 21 (1.07%) Grafana
8 21 (1.07%) Jamf Pro
8 21 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
9 18 (0.92%) Prometheus
10 16 (0.81%) Red Hat Satellite
11 14 (0.71%) WSUS
12 13 (0.66%) OMEGAMON
12 13 (0.66%) Oracle RMAN
13 12 (0.61%) Puppet
14 8 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
14 8 (0.41%) SysTrack
14 8 (0.41%) vMotion
15 7 (0.36%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 650 (33.08%) Microsoft
2 553 (28.14%) ServiceNow
3 203 (10.33%) VMware
4 117 (5.95%) Cisco
5 77 (3.92%) Remedy
6 72 (3.66%) Oracle
7 58 (2.95%) IBM
8 53 (2.70%) Citrix
9 49 (2.49%) Palo Alto
10 48 (2.44%) Google
11 47 (2.39%) BMC
12 45 (2.29%) SolarWinds
13 41 (2.09%) Dynatrace
14 37 (1.88%) SAP
14 37 (1.88%) Splunk
15 35 (1.78%) Red Hat
16 32 (1.63%) Salesforce
17 31 (1.58%) Apple
18 26 (1.32%) Meraki
19 24 (1.22%) Fortinet