ITIL Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 28 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 +12 -18
Contract jobs citing ITIL 35 17 29
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 5.26% 4.47% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.99% 5.12% 4.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 22
10th Percentile £263 £214 £403
25th Percentile £413 £276 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £450 £713
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -36.84% +18.75%
75th Percentile £684 £536 £806
90th Percentile £708 £569 £869
East of England median daily rate £363 £413 £500
% change year-on-year -12.12% -17.50% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 0
10th Percentile £17.43 £63.25 -
25th Percentile £17.96 £64.38 -
Median hourly rate £18.50 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -72.59% - -
75th Percentile - £69.38 -
90th Percentile - £69.75 -
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £21.46 £14.00
% change year-on-year -13.79% +53.29% -3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 584 332 587
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 87.82% 87.37% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 134 310
10th Percentile £193 £263 £284
25th Percentile £406 £339 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £650
90th Percentile £718 £675 £751
East of England median daily rate £486 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.21% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 80 151
10th Percentile £16.76 £16.17 £30.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £38.75 £45.50
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - -
75th Percentile £67.00 £74.06 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £88.25 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £20.75 £30.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year -30.83% +39.79% -2.45%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Hertfordshire

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in Hertfordshire

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 21 December 2025. 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
Hatfield - 14 £600 - 3
Stevenage -8 8 £675 - 6
Hemel Hempstead +3 5 - -
Hoddesdon - 5 - -
Welwyn Garden City - 2 £275 -
Watford -4 1 £400 +6.67% 4
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (8.57%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.71%) AWS
4 2 (5.71%) OCI
4 2 (5.71%) SaaS
5 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.86%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.57%) LAN
1 3 (8.57%) VPN
1 3 (8.57%) WAN
2 2 (5.71%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (5.71%) DWDM
2 2 (5.71%) SDH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Rational DOORS
General
1 20 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 15 (42.86%) Organisational Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 3 (8.57%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.71%) Law
5 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.71%) Publishing
6 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) IT Support
2 12 (34.29%) Technical Support
3 5 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Specialist
3 5 (14.29%) Service Desk Support
3 5 (14.29%) Support Specialist
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Architect
4 3 (8.57%) IT Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) IT Support Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
4 3 (8.57%) Support Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Oracle Financials Support
5 2 (5.71%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Service Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Service Transition Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Telecoms Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Transition Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Domain Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.71%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.86%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.86%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.86%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.86%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 3 (8.57%) Windows 10
2 3 (8.57%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (5.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Time Management
2 14 (40.00%) Customer Service
3 13 (37.14%) Asset Management
4 11 (31.43%) ITSM
5 10 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
6 9 (25.71%) Service Management
7 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (14.29%) Break/Fix
10 4 (11.43%) Knowledge Management
10 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
10 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
11 3 (8.57%) Cybersecurity
11 3 (8.57%) Decision-Making
11 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Architecture
11 3 (8.57%) Problem Management
11 3 (8.57%) Project Delivery
11 3 (8.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 3 (8.57%) TOGAF
12 2 (5.71%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.71%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.71%) Security Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.86%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.86%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (37.14%) SLA
2 2 (5.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.86%) GDPR
3 1 (2.86%) PMO
3 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 4 (11.43%) Cisco
4 3 (8.57%) Oracle
5 2 (5.71%) F5
5 2 (5.71%) IBM
5 2 (5.71%) Juniper
5 2 (5.71%) Nokia
5 2 (5.71%) Palo Alto
6 1 (2.86%) Salesforce