ITIL Contract Job Trends in Oxfordshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -33 +8 -2
Contract jobs citing ITIL 10 17 9
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 2.58% 12.59% 3.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 14.05% 4.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 9
10th Percentile £150 £250 £209
25th Percentile £156 £266 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £219 £450 £275
Median % change year-on-year -51.39% +63.64% -37.14%
75th Percentile £450 £475 £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £510 £450 £484
% change year-on-year +13.33% -7.02% +3.97%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 292 121 192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 75.45% 89.63% 78.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 73 128
10th Percentile £225 £180 £173
25th Percentile £323 £250 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £500
90th Percentile £700 £688 £623
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 13 34
10th Percentile £13.93 £14.24 £11.80
25th Percentile £19.34 £20.85 £13.00
Median hourly rate £45.78 £25.30 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +80.95% +29.74% -39.63%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.30 £29.75
90th Percentile £60.00 - £65.00
South East median hourly rate £54.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +125.00% -52.00% -

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 6 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Oxfordshire

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
Kidlington -8 2 £150 -66.67% 1
Oxford -2 1 £275 -26.67% 3
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 1 (10.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (40.00%) Senior
1 4 (40.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (30.00%) IT Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support
2 3 (30.00%) IT Support Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) ITSM
2 4 (40.00%) Load Balancing
2 4 (40.00%) Server Management
2 4 (40.00%) Virtual Environments
3 3 (30.00%) Customer Service
4 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Agile
5 1 (10.00%) Business Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
5 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 1 (10.00%) Service Management
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) ServiceNow