ITIL Contracts in Reading

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring ITIL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITIL over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 18 33
Rank change year-on-year -22 +15 -15
Contract jobs citing ITIL 19 117 63
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 3.49% 9.89% 6.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% 11.09% 6.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 90 39
10th Percentile £130 £205 £310
25th Percentile £261 £213 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £575 £560
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% +2.68% +17.89%
75th Percentile £485 £608 £666
90th Percentile £503 - £702
Berkshire median daily rate £450 £575 £500
% change year-on-year -21.74% +15.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £47.68
25th Percentile - - £47.95
Median hourly rate £77.19 - £50.00
75th Percentile - - £66.94
90th Percentile - - £75.60
Berkshire median hourly rate £77.19 £70.39 £52.28
% change year-on-year +9.66% +34.64% +198.74%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 499 1,055 912
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 91.56% 89.18% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 323 562 600
10th Percentile £330 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 50 23
10th Percentile £67.34 £14.50 £45.50
25th Percentile £68.99 £51.86 £58.32
Median hourly rate £72.35 £61.60 £66.00
Median % change year-on-year +17.44% -6.67% +120.00%
75th Percentile £75.08 £82.55 £75.27
90th Percentile £76.35 £87.53 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £63.00 £61.00 £58.75
% change year-on-year +3.28% +3.83% +179.10%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in Reading

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Reading.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in Reading

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Reading over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Reading

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in Reading.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in Reading

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (5.26%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) SaaS
2 1 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 4 (21.05%) Radio Access Network
2 3 (15.79%) Network Security
3 2 (10.53%) Broadband
3 2 (10.53%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (5.26%) 4G
4 1 (5.26%) 5G
4 1 (5.26%) Converged Networks
4 1 (5.26%) DOCSIS
4 1 (5.26%) GPON
4 1 (5.26%) LTE
4 1 (5.26%) MPLS
4 1 (5.26%) VoIP
4 1 (5.26%) xDSL
General
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Billing
4 1 (5.26%) Back Office
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (26.32%) Architect
2 3 (15.79%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Head of Architecture
3 2 (10.53%) Head of Security
3 2 (10.53%) Incident Manager
3 2 (10.53%) IT Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Service Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Service Desk Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Designer
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Cybersecurity Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Digital Developer
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Mobile
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Networks
4 1 (5.26%) Head of Strategy
4 1 (5.26%) IT Technician
4 1 (5.26%) OSS Project Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Service Architect
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Data Centre
1 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.26%) CMDB
2 1 (5.26%) EPoS
2 1 (5.26%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) Incident Management
2 4 (21.05%) Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (21.05%) ITSM
2 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
2 4 (21.05%) Service Delivery
2 4 (21.05%) Service Management
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Information Security
3 3 (15.79%) OWASP
3 3 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.79%) Project Planning
3 3 (15.79%) Risk Management
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Information Security Management
4 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
4 2 (10.53%) Migration
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
4 2 (10.53%) Security Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) ActionScript
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) A+ Certification
2 2 (10.53%) MCSA
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) ISACA
3 1 (5.26%) PMI Certification
3 1 (5.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.79%) COBIT
1 3 (15.79%) GDPR
1 3 (15.79%) NIST
2 1 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Amdocs OSS
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) ServiceNow
2 4 (21.05%) Remedy
3 3 (15.79%) BMC
3 3 (15.79%) BT
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
4 2 (10.53%) Openreach
4 2 (10.53%) Virgin Media
5 1 (5.26%) Cramer
5 1 (5.26%) Infoblox
5 1 (5.26%) Infor