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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 312 315
Rank change year-on-year -57 +3 +74
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 49 39 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.27% 0.32% 0.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.94% 1.25% 1.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 28 53
10th Percentile £414 £300 £321
25th Percentile £481 £365 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £523 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.35% -0.48% +10.53%
75th Percentile £647 £659 £575
90th Percentile £688 £729 £673
England median daily rate £550 £470 £500
% change year-on-year +17.02% -6.00% +7.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £21.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £42.25 £28.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +50.89% +1.82% -32.13%

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 5,202 3,118 4,124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 28.19% 25.77% 23.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,718 2,084 2,815
10th Percentile £371 £358 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £526 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +0.18% -7.89%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £775
England median daily rate £525 £525 £538
% change year-on-year - -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 62 114
10th Percentile £19.22 £20.02 £14.60
25th Percentile £28.00 £24.66 £20.29
Median hourly rate £55.00 £28.28 £25.25
Median % change year-on-year +94.48% +12.00% -49.50%
75th Percentile £76.58 £55.19 £42.75
90th Percentile £88.75 £67.50 £68.53
England median hourly rate £50.74 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +56.13% -18.75% -27.27%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend 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 5 June 2026.

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 5 June 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
West London - 5 £600 - 1
Central London -15 4 £488 -2.50% 10
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 5 (10.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (4.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 9 (18.37%) Azure
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.20%) SaaS
3 4 (8.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) GitHub
4 3 (6.12%) Amazon EC2
4 3 (6.12%) Amazon ECS
4 3 (6.12%) Amazon EKS
4 3 (6.12%) Amazon S3
4 3 (6.12%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (6.12%) AWS Lambda
4 3 (6.12%) Entra ID
4 3 (6.12%) GCP
4 3 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
4 3 (6.12%) Google Workspace
4 3 (6.12%) Serverless
5 2 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (2.04%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) VoIP
2 1 (2.04%) DHCP
2 1 (2.04%) DNS
2 1 (2.04%) Firewall
2 1 (2.04%) Internet
2 1 (2.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.08%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 13 (26.53%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) GitLab
2 3 (6.12%) Jenkins
General
1 25 (51.02%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (20.41%) Finance
4 9 (18.37%) Public Sector
5 5 (10.20%) Banking
6 4 (8.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (8.16%) Retail
7 3 (6.12%) Military
8 2 (4.08%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.08%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (34.69%) IT Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Change Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Service Manager
4 5 (10.20%) ITIL Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Lead
4 5 (10.20%) Support Manager
5 4 (8.16%) IT Change Manager
5 4 (8.16%) IT Support
5 4 (8.16%) IT Support Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Release Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Administrator
6 3 (6.12%) Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Applications Manager
6 3 (6.12%) Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Management Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Service Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (6.12%) Service Desk Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Service Management Consultant
6 3 (6.12%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) Kafka
2 2 (4.08%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Cloud Native
2 3 (6.12%) Onboarding
2 3 (6.12%) Smartphone
3 2 (4.08%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Windows
2 3 (6.12%) Android
2 3 (6.12%) Apple iOS
2 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 3 (6.12%) Mac OS
3 2 (4.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) ITIL
2 20 (40.82%) ITSM
2 20 (40.82%) Service Management
3 17 (34.69%) Stakeholder Management
4 16 (32.65%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (32.65%) Service Delivery
5 14 (28.57%) Change Management
5 14 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 10 (20.41%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (18.37%) Agile
7 9 (18.37%) DevOps
8 8 (16.33%) IT Governance
9 7 (14.29%) AI
9 7 (14.29%) CI/CD
9 7 (14.29%) Release Management
9 7 (14.29%) Service Design
9 7 (14.29%) User Experience
10 6 (12.24%) Risk Management
11 5 (10.20%) Decision-Making
11 5 (10.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 3 (6.12%) Bash
1 3 (6.12%) PowerShell
1 3 (6.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) Degree
4 3 (6.12%) CISA
4 3 (6.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
5 2 (4.08%) Azure Certification
6 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
6 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (12.24%) COBIT
2 6 (12.24%) SLA
3 5 (10.20%) PCI DSS
4 4 (8.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 3 (6.12%) GDPR
6 1 (2.04%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Active Directory
1 3 (6.12%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.04%) IAG
2 1 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Terraform
2 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
3 3 (6.12%) Ansible
4 1 (2.04%) SCOM
Vendors
1 19 (38.78%) ServiceNow
2 14 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) BMC
3 3 (6.12%) Google
3 3 (6.12%) Remedy
4 2 (4.08%) Autodesk
4 2 (4.08%) InterSystems
4 2 (4.08%) Kronos
4 2 (4.08%) VMware
4 2 (4.08%) Workday
5 1 (2.04%) Nexthink
5 1 (2.04%) Qualys