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 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 43 36
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing ITIL 1,603 1,184 1,862
As % of all contract jobs in England 4.28% 4.87% 4.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.96% 5.36% 5.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,053 735 1,266
10th Percentile £220 £208 £206
25th Percentile £359 £303 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £588
90th Percentile £706 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £493 £474 £500
% change year-on-year +3.96% -5.25% +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 145
10th Percentile £16.78 £14.99 £13.91
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.50 £14.16
Median hourly rate £23.78 £23.80 £17.69
Median % change year-on-year -0.08% +34.54% -4.38%
75th Percentile £54.44 £37.00 £25.00
90th Percentile £85.13 £67.77 £48.56
UK median hourly rate £22.11 £24.00 £17.60
% change year-on-year -7.90% +36.40% -7.39%

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 32,321 22,086 32,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.33% 90.81% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,717 14,513 21,645
10th Percentile £313 £310 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £615 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,977 834 2,155
10th Percentile £15.31 £15.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £20.67 £16.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £75.40 £77.41 £71.89
UK median hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year - - -9.47%

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 24 March 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 24 March 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 24 March 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 -32 467 £500 -2.91% 128
South East +5 389 £475 +2.15% 177
North of England -18 251 £499 +25.60% 118
South West +1 232 £575 +17.95% 44
North West -9 158 £560 +49.33% 66
Midlands -15 156 £425 -5.56% 73
West Midlands -19 119 £450 - 48
East of England -12 95 £406 -5.52% 49
Yorkshire -30 71 £450 +5.88% 39
East Midlands -19 36 £419 +30.86% 25
North East -9 22 £438 +34.62% 14
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 93 (5.80%) Confluence
2 84 (5.24%) SharePoint
3 76 (4.74%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.75%) IIS
5 8 (0.50%) Apache
6 5 (0.31%) Mattermost
6 5 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 4 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.19%) CICS
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle Self-Service HR
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) CMS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.12%) SAS
10 1 (0.062%) Drupal
10 1 (0.062%) Mule
10 1 (0.062%) nginx
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.062%) WebSphere Portal
10 1 (0.062%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
2 51 (3.18%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.31%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.062%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 45 (2.81%) Remedy ITSM
2 23 (1.43%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (0.44%) Maximo
4 5 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.31%) Primavera
4 5 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.25%) assyst
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle HRMS
7 2 (0.12%) DELMIA
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.12%) SystmOne
8 1 (0.062%) iTrent
8 1 (0.062%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.062%) NEC Housing
8 1 (0.062%) OPENHousing
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 366 (22.83%) Azure
2 227 (14.16%) Microsoft 365
3 197 (12.29%) AWS
4 109 (6.80%) Entra ID
5 94 (5.86%) GCP
6 63 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 60 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
8 52 (3.24%) SaaS
9 32 (2.00%) GitHub
10 29 (1.81%) PaaS
11 28 (1.75%) Google Workspace
12 27 (1.68%) IaaS
13 26 (1.62%) OneDrive
14 21 (1.31%) Serverless
15 19 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.12%) AWS CloudFormation
17 17 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
17 17 (1.06%) Azure Sentinel
18 16 (1.00%) OCI
18 16 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 138 (8.61%) Firewall
2 99 (6.18%) VPN
3 97 (6.05%) DNS
4 87 (5.43%) WAN
5 79 (4.93%) LAN
6 67 (4.18%) DHCP
7 53 (3.31%) TCP/IP
8 50 (3.12%) SD-WAN
9 44 (2.74%) Network Security
10 37 (2.31%) Wi-Fi
11 32 (2.00%) BGP
12 30 (1.87%) OSPF
13 29 (1.81%) SAN
14 20 (1.25%) VoIP
15 19 (1.19%) VLAN
16 18 (1.12%) BIG-IP
17 17 (1.06%) Wireless
18 15 (0.94%) MPLS
19 14 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
19 14 (0.87%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.87%) Power BI
2 44 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.00%) Tableau
4 13 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
4 13 (0.81%) Oracle Database
4 13 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (0.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (0.44%) Metadata
7 7 (0.44%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (0.31%) Amazon Aurora
9 5 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.31%) MySQL
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database 12c
9 5 (0.31%) Redis
9 5 (0.31%) Star Schema
10 4 (0.25%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 3 (0.19%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 179 (11.17%) JIRA
2 27 (1.68%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.50%) GitLab
4 22 (1.37%) Git
5 7 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 4 (0.25%) Maven
6 4 (0.25%) MLflow
7 3 (0.19%) AdminStudio
7 3 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.19%) Flyway
7 3 (0.19%) IBM UrbanCode
7 3 (0.19%) InstallShield
7 3 (0.19%) JMeter
7 3 (0.19%) Liquibase
7 3 (0.19%) MSI
7 3 (0.19%) Rational DOORS
8 2 (0.12%) Chocolatey
8 2 (0.12%) git-flow
8 2 (0.12%) JUnit
8 2 (0.12%) Mockito
General
1 633 (39.49%) Social Skills
2 241 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
3 240 (14.97%) Finance
4 191 (11.92%) Public Sector
5 63 (3.93%) Banking
6 61 (3.81%) Military
7 55 (3.43%) Organisational Skills
8 52 (3.24%) Legal
8 52 (3.24%) Telecoms
9 45 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 38 (2.37%) Influencing Skills
11 28 (1.75%) Retail
12 22 (1.37%) Law
13 20 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.19%) Aerospace
15 17 (1.06%) Local Government
16 14 (0.87%) Manufacturing
17 12 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 11 (0.69%) Investment Banking
18 11 (0.69%) Police
Job Titles
1 206 (12.85%) Analyst
2 196 (12.23%) Architect
3 188 (11.73%) Lead
4 128 (7.99%) Service Manager
5 116 (7.24%) Senior
6 86 (5.36%) IT Support
7 80 (4.99%) Consultant
7 80 (4.99%) Support Engineer
8 73 (4.55%) Service Analyst
9 56 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
10 53 (3.31%) IT Manager
11 52 (3.24%) Service Architect
12 49 (3.06%) Support Analyst
13 48 (2.99%) IT Analyst
13 48 (2.99%) Service Desk Analyst
14 44 (2.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 43 (2.68%) Network Engineer
16 39 (2.43%) Enterprise Architect
16 39 (2.43%) IT Engineer
16 39 (2.43%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (4.37%) REST
2 38 (2.37%) SOAP
3 23 (1.43%) .NET
4 19 (1.19%) Middleware
5 17 (1.06%) Web Services
6 16 (1.00%) LDAP
7 14 (0.87%) CSS
7 14 (0.87%) Oracle Fusion
7 14 (0.87%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 13 (0.81%) 802.1X
9 10 (0.62%) ARM Templates
9 10 (0.62%) Kafka
10 9 (0.56%) AngularJS
10 9 (0.56%) HTML
11 8 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
12 6 (0.37%) AWS CDK
12 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Graph
12 6 (0.37%) OAuth
13 5 (0.31%) Ajax
13 5 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 95 (5.93%) CMDB
2 92 (5.74%) Product Ownership
3 84 (5.24%) Onboarding
4 74 (4.62%) Data Centre
5 46 (2.87%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.68%) Virtual Team
7 42 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
8 37 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
9 32 (2.00%) Replication
10 30 (1.87%) PKI
11 29 (1.81%) Cloud Native
12 25 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
13 22 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
14 19 (1.19%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.06%) Clustering
16 16 (1.00%) Driving Licence
17 15 (0.94%) PMI
18 14 (0.87%) Mainframe
18 14 (0.87%) NHS
19 13 (0.81%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 357 (22.27%) Windows
2 100 (6.24%) Windows 10
3 92 (5.74%) Linux
4 78 (4.87%) Windows Server
5 42 (2.62%) Unix
6 32 (2.00%) Android
7 29 (1.81%) Mac OS
8 27 (1.68%) Apple iOS
9 20 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 10 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
11 9 (0.56%) Ubuntu
12 8 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
13 6 (0.37%) zOS
14 5 (0.31%) AIX
14 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
15 4 (0.25%) CentOS
15 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
16 3 (0.19%) Debian
16 3 (0.19%) VMS
17 2 (0.12%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (34.56%) Service Management
2 458 (28.57%) ITSM
3 398 (24.83%) Agile
4 350 (21.83%) Problem-Solving
5 311 (19.40%) Change Management
6 296 (18.47%) Continuous Improvement
7 269 (16.78%) Stakeholder Management
8 257 (16.03%) Service Delivery
9 199 (12.41%) DevOps
9 199 (12.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 174 (10.85%) Customer Service
11 165 (10.29%) Roadmaps
12 143 (8.92%) Problem Management
13 135 (8.42%) Service Design
14 134 (8.36%) Incident Management
15 133 (8.30%) Migration
16 125 (7.80%) Project Management
17 116 (7.24%) Project Delivery
18 115 (7.17%) TOGAF
19 104 (6.49%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.23%) PowerShell
2 90 (5.61%) SQL
3 79 (4.93%) Python
4 43 (2.68%) JavaScript
5 28 (1.75%) Bash
6 20 (1.25%) Shell Script
7 19 (1.19%) Java
8 15 (0.94%) Korn
9 13 (0.81%) Bicep
10 12 (0.75%) C#
11 10 (0.62%) Perl
12 7 (0.44%) Groovy
12 7 (0.44%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.37%) JCL
13 6 (0.37%) REXX
14 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.19%) Assembly Language
15 3 (0.19%) COBOL
15 3 (0.19%) HLASM
15 3 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 584 (36.43%) Security Cleared
2 435 (27.14%) SC Cleared
3 236 (14.72%) Degree
4 149 (9.30%) ITIL Certification
5 144 (8.98%) DV Cleared
6 65 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 54 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (3.37%) PMI Certification
8 52 (3.24%) Cisco Certification
9 46 (2.87%) Azure Certification
9 46 (2.87%) PMP
10 43 (2.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 38 (2.37%) CCNP
12 36 (2.25%) TOGAF Certification
13 34 (2.12%) CISSP
13 34 (2.12%) ISEB
14 27 (1.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 23 (1.43%) AWS Certification
16 19 (1.19%) MCSE
17 17 (1.06%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (8.17%) SLA
2 71 (4.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (3.18%) NIST
4 50 (3.12%) COBIT
5 44 (2.74%) GDPR
6 37 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 29 (1.81%) QA
8 25 (1.56%) GRC
9 21 (1.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 21 (1.31%) NCSC
10 18 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.06%) PMO
12 16 (1.00%) PCI DSS
13 12 (0.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 11 (0.69%) Accessibility
14 11 (0.69%) JSP 440
15 8 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
15 8 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 275 (17.16%) Active Directory
2 63 (3.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 33 (2.06%) Docker
4 26 (1.62%) Hyper-V
5 25 (1.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 14 (0.87%) Oracle RAC
7 13 (0.81%) Firmware
8 12 (0.75%) vSphere
9 8 (0.50%) VMware NSX
10 7 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
11 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
12 3 (0.19%) DFS Replication
12 3 (0.19%) Job Entry Subsystem
12 3 (0.19%) PowerHA
13 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
13 2 (0.12%) Microsoft App-V
13 2 (0.12%) NFS
13 2 (0.12%) XenApp
13 2 (0.12%) XenDesktop
14 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
Systems Management
1 110 (6.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 90 (5.61%) Terraform
3 72 (4.49%) Ansible
4 70 (4.37%) SCCM
5 59 (3.68%) Kubernetes
6 30 (1.87%) OPNET
7 21 (1.31%) Grafana
8 18 (1.12%) SCOM
9 15 (0.94%) FortiGate
9 15 (0.94%) Prometheus
10 14 (0.87%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 14 (0.87%) Oracle RMAN
10 14 (0.87%) WSUS
11 13 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
12 11 (0.69%) Red Hat Satellite
13 9 (0.56%) Nessus
14 8 (0.50%) CASB
14 8 (0.50%) vCenter Server
15 6 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
16 5 (0.31%) Rancher
Vendors
1 361 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 336 (20.96%) ServiceNow
3 112 (6.99%) VMware
4 96 (5.99%) Remedy
5 79 (4.93%) Cisco
6 78 (4.87%) Oracle
7 61 (3.81%) Google
8 54 (3.37%) Atlassian
9 46 (2.87%) Splunk
10 43 (2.68%) Citrix
11 37 (2.31%) Palo Alto
12 34 (2.12%) Fortinet
13 31 (1.93%) Red Hat
13 31 (1.93%) SAP
14 30 (1.87%) IBM
15 28 (1.75%) SolarWinds
16 27 (1.68%) BMC
16 27 (1.68%) F5
17 26 (1.62%) Salesforce
18 24 (1.50%) Juniper