ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 183 215
Rank change year-on-year +34 +32 +35
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 10 22 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.40% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.82% 0.88% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 18 7
10th Percentile £353 £501 £245
25th Percentile £409 £603 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £605 £320
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +89.06% +28.00%
75th Percentile £574 £608 £347
90th Percentile £615 - £365
England median daily rate £278 £605 £320
% change year-on-year -54.13% +89.06% -31.73%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,222 2,486 2,176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.60% 44.73% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 778 1,412 1,432
10th Percentile £302 £313 £300
25th Percentile £438 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £623
90th Percentile £688 £735 £713
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 213 145
10th Percentile £20.00 £17.52 £21.40
25th Percentile £26.13 £27.50 £42.50
Median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%
75th Percentile £70.63 £67.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £78.13 £85.41 £75.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £52.40
% change year-on-year +12.50% -23.66% +39.73%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Thames Valley +30 8 £448 -26.03%
Buckinghamshire +20 5 £437 +157.11%
Berkshire +14 3 £448 -26.03%
East Sussex - 1 £413 - 1
Hampshire - 1 £540 - 2
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (10.00%) Azure Storage
2 1 (10.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) DHCP
1 1 (10.00%) DNS
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) VPN
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (20.00%) ITSM Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Management Consultant
2 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Service Desk Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) CMDB
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) PKI
2 1 (10.00%) Replication
2 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Linux
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (70.00%) Service Management
3 6 (60.00%) ITSM
4 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
6 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
7 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
7 2 (20.00%) IT Asset Management
7 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (20.00%) Migration
7 2 (20.00%) Problem Management
7 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (20.00%) User Experience
8 1 (10.00%) Machine Learning
8 1 (10.00%) Process Improvement
8 1 (10.00%) Release Management
8 1 (10.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Bicep
1 1 (10.00%) C#
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) VB
1 1 (10.00%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (10.00%) PMP
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (10.00%) NIST
1 1 (10.00%) NIST 800
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (10.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (10.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
2 1 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) BMC
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) McAfee