ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 352 372 407
Rank change year-on-year +20 +35 +119
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 17 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.12% 0.045% 0.056%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 0.18% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 7
10th Percentile - £276 £225
25th Percentile £350 £304 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £550
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -36.36% +59.42%
75th Percentile £488 £427 £623
90th Percentile £675 £473 £647
England median daily rate £350 £545 £563
% change year-on-year -35.78% -3.11% +75.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.08
Median hourly rate £19.46 £27.00 £38.16
Median % change year-on-year -27.93% -29.24% -
75th Percentile - - £39.23
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £19.46 £22.82 £38.16
% change year-on-year -14.71% -40.20% +94.02%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

ITIL Foundation Certificate 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 3,954 3,959 4,599
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.96% 25.45% 23.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,756 2,513 3,081
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £668
90th Percentile £746 £773 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 102 53 96
10th Percentile £19.39 £20.10 £19.13
25th Percentile - £27.00 £22.88
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +8.25%
75th Percentile £44.44 £60.00 £66.19
90th Percentile £72.25 £82.24 £84.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £48.78 £52.50
% change year-on-year -48.44% -7.09% +16.67%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in London over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +5 7 £350 +13.82% 1
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
2 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Smart View
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle FAH
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (23.53%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Entra ID
3 2 (11.76%) OCI
4 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) DNS
2 3 (17.65%) DHCP
3 2 (11.76%) Firewall
3 2 (11.76%) NetScaler
3 2 (11.76%) VPN
4 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 7 (41.18%) Finance
3 6 (35.29%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Banking
5 2 (11.76%) General Ledger
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (5.88%) Financial Institution
6 1 (5.88%) French Language
6 1 (5.88%) International Banking
6 1 (5.88%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (29.41%) Senior
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support
3 2 (11.76%) NHS Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle Functional Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) IT Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) IT Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) ITIL Process Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Functional Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Testing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (11.76%) NHS
2 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.88%) Replication
2 1 (5.88%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 10
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
5 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
5 1 (5.88%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (23.53%) Change Management
2 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
2 4 (23.53%) Mentoring
2 4 (23.53%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (23.53%) Project Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) Agile
3 3 (17.65%) ITSM
3 3 (17.65%) Performance Metrics
3 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
3 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) Change Control
4 2 (11.76%) Identity Management
4 2 (11.76%) Performance Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Service Management
4 2 (11.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) Degree
2 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
2 2 (11.76%) Cyber Essentials
2 2 (11.76%) GDPR
2 2 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (11.76%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (5.88%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (17.65%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Citrix
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 2 (11.76%) Tenable
2 2 (11.76%) VMware
3 1 (5.88%) Apple