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 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 156 202
Rank change year-on-year -2 +46 +41
DemandTrendContract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 8 19 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.23% 0.40% 0.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.56% 0.89% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 16 9
10th Percentile £182 - £299
25th Percentile £185 £603 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £605 £375
Median % change year-on-year -30.58% +61.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £540 £608 £615
90th Percentile £581 - -
England median daily rate £250 £605 £370
% change year-on-year -58.68% +63.34% -7.40%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,421 2,124 2,096
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 40.27% 44.44% 37.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 914 1,327 1,308
10th Percentile £236 £350 £280
25th Percentile £415 £433 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +0.96%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £675 £725 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 177 121
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.80 £19.76
25th Percentile £20.52 £35.00 £49.73
Median hourly rate £28.00 £57.35 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.18% -4.42% +33.33%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.39 £72.50
90th Percentile £81.00 £87.46 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.83 £55.00
% change year-on-year -47.42% -13.04% +22.22%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

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 22 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
DemandTrendContract 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 22 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thames Valley -3 4 £303 -50.00% 2
Buckinghamshire +9 3 £185 +8.82%
Middlesex - 3 - -
Berkshire -2 1 £605 -
Hampshire - 1 £540 - 3
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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Entra ID
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Storage
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub
2 1 (12.50%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Support
1 3 (37.50%) Applications Support Technician
1 3 (37.50%) Senior
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Applications Support
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Support Technician
1 3 (37.50%) Senior Technician
1 3 (37.50%) Support Technician
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Release Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) Unix
4 2 (25.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Asset Management
2 3 (37.50%) Preventative Maintenance
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
2 3 (37.50%) Situational Awareness
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 2 (25.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (25.00%) DevOps
3 2 (25.00%) Release Management
3 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bicep
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 6 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
2 1 (12.50%) GDPR
2 1 (12.50%) ISO 22301
2 1 (12.50%) NIST
2 1 (12.50%) NIST 800
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
1 3 (37.50%) ServiceNow
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce