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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 47 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 -3 -6
Contract jobs citing ITIL 1,947 1,332 1,388
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.22% 4.77% 4.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.99% 5.24% 4.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,332 844 846
10th Percentile £200 £200 £200
25th Percentile £375 £304 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -2.26%
75th Percentile £600 £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 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.56 £18.41 £20.22
Median hourly rate £24.72 £29.60 £26.13
Median % change year-on-year -16.49% +13.30% +58.33%
75th Percentile £60.69 £46.06 £33.75
90th Percentile £86.60 £63.17 £67.80
UK median hourly rate £24.05 £26.00 £25.31
% change year-on-year -7.50% +2.72% +53.41%

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 39,045 25,398 28,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 84.68% 90.94% 86.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,601 16,100 17,122
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £643
90th Percentile £738 £730 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,948 1,574 1,187
10th Percentile £13.81 £14.42 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.87 £20.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £25.15 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +59.05% -41.51% -3.37%
75th Percentile £67.47 £45.75 £66.61
90th Percentile £78.75 £67.25 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £38.25 £25.15 £41.50
% change year-on-year +52.09% -39.40% -2.35%

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 5 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 5 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 5 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 0 643 £500 +5.26% 590
South East -4 447 £550 +15.79% 341
North of England -9 388 £455 +18.42% 273
North West +1 269 £447 -0.67% 156
Midlands -26 155 £450 +5.88% 177
South West -23 148 £538 +43.33% 140
West Midlands -24 129 £475 +11.76% 106
East of England +16 114 £450 +12.50% 144
Yorkshire -25 103 £493 +41.02% 87
East Midlands -6 26 £419 -4.18% 71
North East -20 19 £400 +105.13% 36
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
1 135 (6.93%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 60 (3.08%) Confluence
4 16 (0.82%) 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 (0.26%) Apache
9 4 (0.21%) CICS
9 4 (0.21%) CMS
9 4 (0.21%) OpenStack
9 4 (0.21%) 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 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.87%) MS Visio
6 9 (0.46%) AutoCAD
7 7 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.36%) Revit
8 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 66 (3.39%) Remedy ITSM
2 8 (0.41%) ContrOCC
2 8 (0.41%) Remedy AR System
3 7 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.21%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.10%) SAP CX
6 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.10%) SystmOne
6 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 497 (25.53%) Azure
2 367 (18.85%) Microsoft 365
3 214 (10.99%) AWS
4 194 (9.96%) Entra ID
5 100 (5.14%) SaaS
6 93 (4.78%) Power Platform
7 69 (3.54%) OneDrive
8 64 (3.29%) GCP
9 57 (2.93%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (2.72%) Azure Monitor
11 41 (2.11%) GitHub
12 30 (1.54%) Datadog
13 23 (1.18%) IaaS
13 23 (1.18%) Serverless
14 22 (1.13%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.08%) Google Workspace
15 21 (1.08%) Power Automate
16 20 (1.03%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 180 (9.24%) DNS
2 156 (8.01%) Firewall
3 138 (7.09%) DHCP
4 131 (6.73%) VPN
5 97 (4.98%) TCP/IP
6 83 (4.26%) WAN
7 73 (3.75%) LAN
7 73 (3.75%) Network Security
8 47 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
9 37 (1.90%) SSL
10 36 (1.85%) SAN
10 36 (1.85%) Wireless
11 35 (1.80%) BGP
11 35 (1.80%) OSPF
12 32 (1.64%) SD-WAN
13 31 (1.59%) VLAN
14 29 (1.49%) Cisco ASA
15 28 (1.44%) Cisco Firepower
16 19 (0.98%) Kerberos
16 19 (0.98%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.65%) Power BI
2 59 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 20 (1.03%) Oracle Database
4 17 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 15 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.72%) MySQL
7 12 (0.62%) 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%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.31%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.31%) Looker
12 6 (0.31%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 156 (8.01%) JIRA
2 34 (1.75%) Git
3 26 (1.34%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.98%) Bitbucket
4 19 (0.98%) GitLab
5 11 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 8 (0.41%) MSI
7 6 (0.31%) Postman
8 5 (0.26%) JMeter
9 4 (0.21%) Chocolatey
9 4 (0.21%) Cucumber
9 4 (0.21%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.21%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.15%) eggPlant
10 3 (0.15%) Locust
10 3 (0.15%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.15%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.15%) TestCafe
10 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.10%) InstallShield
General
1 844 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 345 (17.72%) Finance
3 317 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
4 195 (10.02%) Public Sector
5 120 (6.16%) Banking
6 85 (4.37%) Telecoms
7 83 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
8 65 (3.34%) Legal
9 64 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
10 50 (2.57%) Documentation Skills
11 43 (2.21%) Aerospace
12 33 (1.69%) Retail
13 27 (1.39%) Local Government
13 27 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (1.28%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.23%) Military
16 22 (1.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
17 17 (0.87%) Law
18 16 (0.82%) Police
19 15 (0.77%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 270 (13.87%) Analyst
2 150 (7.70%) Support Engineer
3 149 (7.65%) Lead
4 148 (7.60%) IT Support
5 142 (7.29%) Senior
6 135 (6.93%) Architect
7 118 (6.06%) Service Manager
8 91 (4.67%) IT Engineer
9 77 (3.95%) IT Support Engineer
9 77 (3.95%) Service Analyst
10 74 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
11 71 (3.65%) IT Manager
12 69 (3.54%) Consultant
13 66 (3.39%) Network Engineer
14 62 (3.18%) Support Analyst
15 59 (3.03%) Desktop Support
15 59 (3.03%) IT Analyst
16 58 (2.98%) Project Manager
17 53 (2.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 53 (2.72%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (5.19%) Terraform
2 100 (5.14%) REST
3 47 (2.41%) SOAP
4 46 (2.36%) Middleware
5 22 (1.13%) HTML
6 21 (1.08%) CSS
7 19 (0.98%) Web Services
8 18 (0.92%) .NET
8 18 (0.92%) SAML
9 17 (0.87%) Ajax
9 17 (0.87%) OAuth
10 15 (0.77%) ISPF
11 13 (0.67%) LDAP
12 12 (0.62%) ARM Templates
12 12 (0.62%) OpenID
13 11 (0.56%) Software Packaging
14 10 (0.51%) JSON
14 10 (0.51%) Microsoft Graph
14 10 (0.51%) XML
15 8 (0.41%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 191 (9.81%) Onboarding
2 166 (8.53%) CMDB
3 98 (5.03%) Data Centre
4 83 (4.26%) Management Information System
5 79 (4.06%) Enterprise Software
6 53 (2.72%) Hybrid Cloud
7 52 (2.67%) Clustering
8 49 (2.52%) Product Ownership
9 48 (2.47%) PKI
10 36 (1.85%) Driving Licence
11 31 (1.59%) Security Operations Centre
12 30 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
13 29 (1.49%) Cloud Native
13 29 (1.49%) Mainframe
14 25 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
15 24 (1.23%) Security Posture
16 23 (1.18%) Virtual Team
17 21 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
18 19 (0.98%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 542 (27.84%) Windows
2 172 (8.83%) Windows Server
3 152 (7.81%) Linux
4 135 (6.93%) Windows 10
5 58 (2.98%) Mac OS
6 52 (2.67%) Apple iOS
6 52 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 51 (2.62%) Unix
8 49 (2.52%) Android
9 25 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (1.03%) zOS
11 17 (0.87%) AIX
12 11 (0.56%) Solaris
13 10 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
14 9 (0.46%) VMS
15 6 (0.31%) Oracle Linux
15 6 (0.31%) SUSE
15 6 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
16 5 (0.26%) HPUX
17 4 (0.21%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 771 (39.60%) Service Management
2 597 (30.66%) ITSM
3 572 (29.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 465 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 451 (23.16%) Problem-Solving
6 408 (20.96%) Agile
7 338 (17.36%) Change Management
7 338 (17.36%) Service Delivery
8 240 (12.33%) Incident Management
9 232 (11.92%) Customer Service
10 208 (10.68%) Roadmaps
11 197 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 196 (10.07%) DevOps
13 194 (9.96%) Root Cause Analysis
14 187 (9.60%) Cybersecurity
15 182 (9.35%) Project Delivery
16 162 (8.32%) PRINCE2
17 161 (8.27%) Migration
18 154 (7.91%) Service Design
19 150 (7.70%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 212 (10.89%) PowerShell
2 124 (6.37%) Python
3 114 (5.86%) SQL
4 71 (3.65%) Bash
5 67 (3.44%) JavaScript
6 23 (1.18%) Bicep
7 16 (0.82%) Java
8 15 (0.77%) T-SQL
9 12 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.46%) Perl
10 9 (0.46%) Shell Script
11 7 (0.36%) C#
11 7 (0.36%) Groovy
11 7 (0.36%) JCL
12 6 (0.31%) Apex Code
13 4 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
13 4 (0.21%) VBScript
14 3 (0.15%) COBOL
14 3 (0.15%) Korn
14 3 (0.15%) REXX
Qualifications
1 711 (36.52%) Security Cleared
2 502 (25.78%) SC Cleared
3 252 (12.94%) Degree
4 174 (8.94%) DV Cleared
5 140 (7.19%) ITIL Certification
6 80 (4.11%) Microsoft Certification
7 78 (4.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 75 (3.85%) PMI Certification
9 70 (3.60%) PMP
10 63 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
11 61 (3.13%) Azure Certification
12 60 (3.08%) CISSP
13 59 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
14 57 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
15 39 (2.00%) A+ Certification
16 38 (1.95%) CCNP
17 35 (1.80%) CISM
18 29 (1.49%) AWS Certification
19 27 (1.39%) CCNA
20 21 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 205 (10.53%) SLA
2 73 (3.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 65 (3.34%) QA
4 59 (3.03%) Data Quality
5 48 (2.47%) NIST
6 38 (1.95%) GRC
7 35 (1.80%) GDPR
7 35 (1.80%) NCSC
8 32 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 23 (1.18%) PMO
10 18 (0.92%) COBIT
11 17 (0.87%) ISO 9001
12 15 (0.77%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.36%) ISO 22301
15 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.31%) ISO 31000
15 6 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27005
16 5 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
17 4 (0.21%) GxP
System Software
1 382 (19.62%) Active Directory
2 165 (8.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 70 (3.60%) Hyper-V
4 43 (2.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 38 (1.95%) Docker
6 31 (1.59%) VMware ESXi
7 28 (1.44%) vSphere
8 25 (1.28%) Virtual Machines
9 21 (1.08%) Firmware
10 19 (0.98%) Oracle RAC
11 16 (0.82%) VMware NSX
12 15 (0.77%) IAG
13 14 (0.72%) RACF
14 13 (0.67%) 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 (0.26%) ISA Server
16 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 204 (10.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 123 (6.32%) SCCM
3 94 (4.83%) Ansible
4 58 (2.98%) Kubernetes
5 42 (2.16%) SCOM
6 24 (1.23%) vCenter Server
7 22 (1.13%) Data Guard
8 21 (1.08%) Grafana
8 21 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
9 19 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
10 18 (0.92%) Prometheus
11 16 (0.82%) Red Hat Satellite
12 14 (0.72%) WSUS
13 13 (0.67%) OMEGAMON
14 12 (0.62%) Oracle RMAN
14 12 (0.62%) Puppet
15 8 (0.41%) Failover Clustering
15 8 (0.41%) SysTrack
15 8 (0.41%) vMotion
16 7 (0.36%) PowerCLI
Vendors
1 645 (33.13%) Microsoft
2 550 (28.25%) ServiceNow
3 202 (10.37%) VMware
4 116 (5.96%) Cisco
5 76 (3.90%) Remedy
6 71 (3.65%) Oracle
7 57 (2.93%) IBM
8 52 (2.67%) Citrix
9 49 (2.52%) Palo Alto
10 47 (2.41%) Google
11 46 (2.36%) BMC
12 45 (2.31%) SolarWinds
13 40 (2.05%) Dynatrace
14 38 (1.95%) SAP
15 36 (1.85%) Splunk
16 35 (1.80%) Red Hat
17 32 (1.64%) Salesforce
18 31 (1.59%) Apple
19 26 (1.34%) Meraki
20 24 (1.23%) Fortinet