ITIL Contract Job Trends in Merseyside

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
North West > Merseyside

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merseyside requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 19 8
Rank change year-on-year -12 -11 0
Contract jobs citing ITIL 5 13 28
As % of all contract jobs in Merseyside 2.05% 5.53% 14.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 7.78% 16.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 16
10th Percentile - £143 £201
25th Percentile - £150 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £175 £525
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -66.67% -
75th Percentile - £238 £563
90th Percentile - £500 £588
North West median daily rate £449 £400 £525
% change year-on-year +12.13% -23.81% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 5
10th Percentile - - £13.10
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - £13.70 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.71% -
75th Percentile - - £19.25
90th Percentile - - £19.40
North West median hourly rate £45.46 £30.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +49.05% +74.29% -12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 220 167 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merseyside 90.16% 71.06% 87.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 122 81 88
10th Percentile £129 £150 £218
25th Percentile £160 £188 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £425 £438
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% -2.86% -7.89%
75th Percentile £500 £501 £563
90th Percentile £650 £600 £600
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 15
10th Percentile £12.21 £13.49 £13.98
25th Percentile £15.18 £15.54 £16.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £21.10 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.99% +11.03% +8.20%
75th Percentile £47.98 £23.53 £28.72
90th Percentile £51.02 £36.40 £50.00
North West median hourly rate £29.60 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -15.43% - +50.80%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Merseyside

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing ITIL

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Merseyside

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 27 November 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
Liverpool -13 3 £150 -14.29% 4
Bootle - 1 - -
ITIL
North West

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (40.00%) Android
3 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (20.00%) Release Management
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft