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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 8 4
Rank change year-on-year -11 -4 +20
Contract jobs citing ITIL 9 9 27
As % of all contract jobs in Oxfordshire 4.92% 9.09% 15.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.77% 11.25% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 24
10th Percentile £249 £327 £150
25th Percentile £325 - £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £375
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile - - £537
90th Percentile - £480 £556
South East median daily rate £483 £480 £425
% change year-on-year +0.52% +12.94% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £76.59 - -
25th Percentile £84.97 - -
Median hourly rate £89.63 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £48.72 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +94.88% -16.67% +50.94%

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 156 80 159
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 85.25% 80.81% 88.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 50 114
10th Percentile £210 £233 £150
25th Percentile £313 £406 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £550 £584 £556
90th Percentile £606 £651 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £511 £518
% change year-on-year -2.06% -1.45% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 4 13
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.96 £18.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.41 £25.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.02% +36.52% +4.00%
75th Percentile £25.15 £52.50 £32.32
90th Percentile £86.32 £61.50 £46.00
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 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
Oxford - 4 - - 20
Kidlington -3 2 £200 -60.10%
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 1 (11.11%) IIS
1 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) DNS
1 5 (55.56%) TCP/IP
1 5 (55.56%) VPN
2 4 (44.44%) DHCP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (44.44%) JIRA
General
1 7 (77.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Aerospace
3 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
4 1 (11.11%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Service Support Manager
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) 3rd Line Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support
3 1 (11.11%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) JSON
1 1 (11.11%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
1 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Mac OS
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Computer Science
1 5 (55.56%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 4 (44.44%) Service Delivery
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Time Management
3 2 (22.22%) Business Case
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Information Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
4 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) A+ Certification
1 5 (55.56%) Degree
1 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) GDPR
2 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) ISO 9001
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) CheckPoint
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (44.44%) Palo Alto
2 4 (44.44%) ServiceNow