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 citing ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	40	14	10
Rank change year-on-year	-26	-4	-5
Contract jobs citing ITIL	11	13	8
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire	2.47%	8.44%	5.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	3.13%	9.56%	7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	11	7	4
10^th Percentile	-	£267	-
25^th Percentile	£156	£369	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£233	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	-48.33%	-	+20.00%
75^th Percentile	£263	£463	£463
90^th Percentile	£375	£475	£485
South East median daily rate	£550	£483	£465
% change year-on-year	+13.99%	+3.76%	+5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted	0	4	0
Median hourly rate	-	£89.63	-
South East median hourly rate	£50.11	£22.40	£27.50
% change year-on-year	+123.76%	-18.56%	+14.58%

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 citing process or methodology skills in Oxfordshire.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	352	136	112
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire	78.92%	88.31%	78.32%
Number of daily rates quoted	176	78	76
10^th Percentile	£226	£174	£210
25^th Percentile	£400	£250	£353
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£450	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+11.11%	-	-
75^th Percentile	£675	£550	£528
90^th Percentile	£794	£612	£638
South East median daily rate	£525	£500	£510
% change year-on-year	+5.00%	-1.96%	-1.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted	77	22	5
10^th Percentile	£12.84	£18.87	£15.99
25^th Percentile	£15.36	£19.10	£22.50
Median hourly rate	£29.07	£25.15	£25.99
Median % change year-on-year	+15.59%	-3.23%	-19.59%
75^th Percentile	£53.75	£26.73	£67.50
90^th Percentile	£77.50	£88.97	£83.25
South East median hourly rate	£41.78	£20.71	£58.05
% change year-on-year	+101.73%	-64.32%	+11.41%

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 Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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 27 October 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.

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 27 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Oxford	-7	4	£258	-	2
ITIL South East

ITIL Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing ITIL also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Oxfordshire region citing ITIL.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITSM	90.9%	10
2	Degree	81.8%	9
3	Microsoft	72.7%	8
4	Microsoft 365	63.6%	7
4	ServiceNow	63.6%	7
6	Customer Service	54.5%	6
6	Microsoft Certification	54.5%	6
8	Problem-Solving	36.4%	4
8	Security Cleared	36.4%	4
10	Agile	27.3%	3
10	Business Analysis	27.3%	3
10	Project Delivery	27.3%	3
10	Requirements Gathering	27.3%	3
10	SC Cleared	27.3%	3
10	Service Management	27.3%	3
10	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
17	Active Directory	18.2%	2
17	BPSS Clearance	18.2%	2
19	BeyondTrust	9.1%	1
19	CrowdStrike	9.1%	1
19	Disaster Recovery	9.1%	1
19	GxP	9.1%	1
19	Identity Management	9.1%	1
19	Information Security	9.1%	1
19	Infrastructure Engineering	9.1%	1
19	Kerberos	9.1%	1
19	Linux	9.1%	1
19	Load Balancing	9.1%	1
19	Microsoft Exchange	9.1%	1
19	Network Architecture	9.1%	1

ITIL Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	ITSM	90.9%	10
2	Customer Service	54.5%	6
3	Problem-Solving	36.4%	4
4	Agile	27.3%	3
4	Business Analysis	27.3%	3
4	Project Delivery	27.3%	3
4	Requirements Gathering	27.3%	3
4	Service Management	27.3%	3
4	Stakeholder Management	27.3%	3
10	Disaster Recovery	9.1%	1
10	Identity Management	9.1%	1
10	Information Security	9.1%	1
10	Infrastructure Engineering	9.1%	1
10	Load Balancing	9.1%	1
10	Network Architecture	9.1%	1
10	Network Monitoring	9.1%	1
10	Password Management	9.1%	1
10	Privileged Access Management	9.1%	1
10	Remediation Plan	9.1%	1
10	Server Management	9.1%	1