ITIL Certification Contract Job Trends in London

ITIL Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 319 324 353
Rank change year-on-year +5 +29 +91
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 43 60 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.37% 0.40%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.22% 1.51% 1.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 63
10th Percentile £357 £287 £198
25th Percentile £400 £391 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% - -3.55%
75th Percentile £588 £573 £563
90th Percentile £662 £656 £628
England median daily rate £498 £459 £475
% change year-on-year +8.56% -3.47% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.00 -
England median hourly rate £28.00 £27.50 £37.03
% change year-on-year +1.82% -25.74% +68.32%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

ITIL Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,535 3,980 5,005
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 26.29% 24.43% 23.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,382 2,603 3,451
10th Percentile £355 £350 £355
25th Percentile £438 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £763 £788
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 56 87
10th Percentile £18.87 £18.00 £19.06
25th Percentile - £22.00 £23.63
Median hourly rate £25.15 £32.90 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.54% -39.08% +21.20%
75th Percentile £37.81 £53.75 £65.05
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.50 £78.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £54.00 £54.53
% change year-on-year -53.43% -0.97% +21.18%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing ITIL Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Certification in London

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Certification in London

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
South London - 9 £563 -
Central London -13 7 £498 -11.90% 5
West London -5 1 £600 +104.26%
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 9 (20.93%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.33%) Confluence
2 1 (2.33%) Mattermost
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.33%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (20.93%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (18.60%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (4.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (25.58%) Azure
2 9 (20.93%) OneDrive
3 8 (18.60%) AWS
4 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (9.30%) Entra ID
6 3 (6.98%) IaaS
6 3 (6.98%) PaaS
6 3 (6.98%) SaaS
7 2 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (4.65%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (4.65%) GCP
8 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
8 1 (2.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.30%) Firewall
2 3 (6.98%) VPN
3 2 (4.65%) SAN
3 2 (4.65%) WebEx
3 2 (4.65%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.33%) DHCP
4 1 (2.33%) DNS
4 1 (2.33%) Internet
4 1 (2.33%) Skype
4 1 (2.33%) Softphone
4 1 (2.33%) SSL
4 1 (2.33%) Unified Communications
4 1 (2.33%) VoIP
4 1 (2.33%) Wireless
4 1 (2.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.30%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.65%) NoSQL
3 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (6.98%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Fiddler
2 1 (2.33%) Postman
General
1 24 (55.81%) Social Skills
2 15 (34.88%) Finance
3 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
4 4 (9.30%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.65%) Retail
7 1 (2.33%) Back Office
7 1 (2.33%) Front Office
7 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Legal
7 1 (2.33%) Military
7 1 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Analyst
2 9 (20.93%) Service Manager
3 8 (18.60%) Operational Support Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Operations Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) Operations Support Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) SharePoint Analyst
3 8 (18.60%) SharePoint Support
3 8 (18.60%) Support Analyst
4 7 (16.28%) ITIL Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Platform Manager
5 5 (11.63%) Senior
5 5 (11.63%) Support Manager
6 4 (9.30%) Architect
6 4 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
7 3 (6.98%) Lead
8 2 (4.65%) Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Change Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Senior Manager
8 2 (4.65%) Service Transition Leader
8 2 (4.65%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.65%) .NET
1 2 (4.65%) .NET Core
1 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET
1 2 (4.65%) ASP.NET MVC
1 2 (4.65%) Blazor
2 1 (2.33%) SAML
2 1 (2.33%) WebRTC
2 1 (2.33%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.65%) Driving Licence
1 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
1 2 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.33%) CCTV
2 1 (2.33%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.33%) HP Storage
2 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.33%) PKI
2 1 (2.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 9 (20.93%) Windows
2 7 (16.28%) Linux
3 3 (6.98%) Apple iOS
3 3 (6.98%) Windows Server
4 2 (4.65%) Android
4 2 (4.65%) Mac OS
4 2 (4.65%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (100.00%) ITIL
2 16 (37.21%) ITSM
2 16 (37.21%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (32.56%) Service Management
4 13 (30.23%) Service Delivery
5 11 (25.58%) Change Management
5 11 (25.58%) Problem Management
6 10 (23.26%) Agile
7 9 (20.93%) Information Security
8 7 (16.28%) Roadmaps
8 7 (16.28%) SIAM
9 6 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (9.30%) Project Management
11 4 (9.30%) User Experience
12 3 (6.98%) Data Protection
12 3 (6.98%) DevOps
12 3 (6.98%) Release Management
12 3 (6.98%) Service Design
12 3 (6.98%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 11 (25.58%) PowerShell
1 11 (25.58%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (25.58%) SC Cleared
1 11 (25.58%) Security Cleared
2 6 (13.95%) Degree
3 2 (4.65%) AWS Certification
3 2 (4.65%) MCITP
3 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.33%) Azure Certification
4 1 (2.33%) CCNA
4 1 (2.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (11.63%) SLA
2 4 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.33%) ISO 22301
3 1 (2.33%) ISO 31000
System Software
1 18 (41.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.33%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (25.58%) SCOM
2 8 (18.60%) HP SiteScope
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (30.23%) Microsoft
2 10 (23.26%) Splunk
3 8 (18.60%) Remedy
3 8 (18.60%) ServiceNow
4 5 (11.63%) Cisco
5 3 (6.98%) HP
6 2 (4.65%) Citrix
6 2 (4.65%) Oracle
6 2 (4.65%) SAP
7 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg
7 1 (2.33%) CyberArk
7 1 (2.33%) Databricks
7 1 (2.33%) Dell
7 1 (2.33%) Google
7 1 (2.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (2.33%) Reuters
7 1 (2.33%) Spotify
7 1 (2.33%) VMware
7 1 (2.33%) Zscaler