ITIL Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 +7
Contract jobs citing ITIL 10 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 4.02% 2.08% 1.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% 2.67% 2.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £230 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - -
75th Percentile £469 - -
90th Percentile £480 - -
UK median daily rate £461 £473 £490
% change year-on-year -2.38% -3.57% +3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £17.93 - -
25th Percentile £20.23 - -
Median hourly rate £23.00 - -
75th Percentile £26.04 - -
90th Percentile £28.81 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.05 £27.25 £17.14
% change year-on-year -0.73% +58.98% +10.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 150 140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.76% 78.13% 88.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 66 78
10th Percentile £263 £146 £204
25th Percentile £325 £168 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £463 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.70% +12.12% -15.82%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £529
90th Percentile £634 £650 £608
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 17 9
10th Percentile £12.81 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +79.64% +27.01%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.25 £16.00
90th Percentile - £43.00 £18.15
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.36 £44.25
% change year-on-year -28.87% -20.09% +26.43%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Northern Ireland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Northern Ireland

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 4 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
County Antrim +3 8 £450 - 11
County Londonderry - 2 - -
ITIL
UK

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
3 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) IT Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) ICT Support
2 2 (20.00%) ICT Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) ICT Technician
2 2 (20.00%) Support Technician
2 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support
3 1 (10.00%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test and Validation Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Test Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Validation Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (10.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITSM
2 3 (30.00%) Change Management
2 3 (30.00%) Service Management
2 3 (30.00%) Validation
3 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (20.00%) Inventory Management
3 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 2 (20.00%) Project Management
3 2 (20.00%) Server Management
3 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (10.00%) Test Assurance
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 2 (20.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft