ITIL Contracts in the South East

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 29 25 21
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +13
Contract jobs citing ITIL 325 442 646
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.88% 7.58% 8.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.93% 8.48% 9.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 241 343 424
10th Percentile £205 £200 £165
25th Percentile £263 £321 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £455 £426
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +6.74% +5.90%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £608 £650 £675
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 25
10th Percentile - £17.53 £11.35
25th Percentile £17.69 £22.03 £13.00
Median hourly rate £21.50 £36.70 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.42% +115.88% -19.24%
75th Percentile £30.00 £51.48 £17.50
90th Percentile £53.50 £57.24 £21.16
England median hourly rate £17.69 £19.64 £15.63
% change year-on-year -9.91% +25.66% -15.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

ITIL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the South East over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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 -7 219 £465 -3.13% 59
Berkshire +18 153 £550 +17.02% 40
Buckinghamshire -6 48 £465 -3.13% 14
Hampshire -15 48 £600 +77.78% 33
West Sussex +11 24 £425 - 7
Surrey -2 22 £525 +50.00% 11
Oxfordshire +8 18 £275 -42.11% 5
Kent -6 9 £488 +297.96% 12
Middlesex +3 2 £375 -31.82% 1
East Sussex -1 1 £475 -13.64% 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
ITIL
England

ITIL
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 31 (9.54%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.23%) Confluence
2 4 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2007
2 4 (1.23%) Exchange Server 2013
2 4 (1.23%) nginx
3 3 (0.92%) SAS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
4 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.31%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 38 (11.69%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.92%) SPSS
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.23%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.62%) Sage X3
3 2 (0.62%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle AGIS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Assets
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.31%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.31%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.31%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.31%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.23%) Azure
2 32 (9.85%) Microsoft 365
3 22 (6.77%) Entra ID
4 16 (4.92%) Azure Monitor
4 16 (4.92%) Azure Storage
5 13 (4.00%) OCI
6 4 (1.23%) AWS
6 4 (1.23%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.31%) Boomi
7 1 (0.31%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.31%) GCP
7 1 (0.31%) PaaS
7 1 (0.31%) SaaS
7 1 (0.31%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 46 (14.15%) DNS
2 45 (13.85%) DHCP
3 44 (13.54%) Firewall
4 43 (13.23%) SAN
5 24 (7.38%) LAN
6 18 (5.54%) TCP/IP
7 11 (3.38%) Wireless
8 10 (3.08%) Network Security
9 9 (2.77%) WAN
10 7 (2.15%) Cisco IOS
11 5 (1.54%) BGP
11 5 (1.54%) OSPF
12 4 (1.23%) MPLS
12 4 (1.23%) Unified Communications
12 4 (1.23%) VSAN
13 3 (0.92%) Cisco Nexus
13 3 (0.92%) HTTP
13 3 (0.92%) IPsec
13 3 (0.92%) TACACS
14 2 (0.62%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.92%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (0.92%) Tableau
2 2 (0.62%) MySQL
2 2 (0.62%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.31%) GIS
3 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 9 (2.77%) JIRA
1 9 (2.77%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.62%) Bitbucket
2 2 (0.62%) GitLab
3 1 (0.31%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.31%) Hudson
3 1 (0.31%) MSI
General
1 129 (39.69%) Social Skills
2 39 (12.00%) Organisational Skills
3 37 (11.38%) Finance
4 18 (5.54%) Presentation Skills
5 16 (4.92%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (4.62%) Public Sector
7 13 (4.00%) Legal
7 13 (4.00%) Telecoms
8 12 (3.69%) Retail
9 11 (3.38%) Marketing
10 9 (2.77%) Automotive
10 9 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
10 9 (2.77%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (1.23%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.92%) Banking
13 3 (0.92%) Front Office
13 3 (0.92%) German Language
13 3 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (11.69%) Senior
2 34 (10.46%) Analyst
3 30 (9.23%) Architect
3 30 (9.23%) Support Engineer
4 28 (8.62%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 23 (7.08%) Hardware Engineer
6 22 (6.77%) Build Engineer
7 21 (6.46%) Desktop Engineer
7 21 (6.46%) Desktop Support
7 21 (6.46%) Windows Build Engineer
7 21 (6.46%) Windows Engineer
8 20 (6.15%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 18 (5.54%) Azure Specialist
9 18 (5.54%) Developer
9 18 (5.54%) DV Cleared Desktop Support
9 18 (5.54%) Service Architect
9 18 (5.54%) Service Manager
10 17 (5.23%) Lead
10 17 (5.23%) Service Analyst
11 16 (4.92%) Active Directory Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.62%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.23%) .NET
2 4 (1.23%) Middleware
3 3 (0.92%) D3.js
4 2 (0.62%) BAPI
4 2 (0.62%) EDI
4 2 (0.62%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.62%) Kafka
4 2 (0.62%) REST
4 2 (0.62%) SAP ALE
4 2 (0.62%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.31%) CSS
5 1 (0.31%) HTML
5 1 (0.31%) OpenLayers
5 1 (0.31%) Regular Expression
5 1 (0.31%) Web Services
5 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (12.31%) Driving Licence
2 39 (12.00%) Data Centre
3 26 (8.00%) PKI
4 25 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 15 (4.62%) Management Information System
6 11 (3.38%) Video Conferencing
7 7 (2.15%) CMDB
8 4 (1.23%) Blackberry
8 4 (1.23%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.92%) CCTV
9 3 (0.92%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (0.92%) Product Ownership
10 2 (0.62%) CSOC
10 2 (0.62%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.62%) Onboarding
10 2 (0.62%) Public Cloud
10 2 (0.62%) Renewable Energy
10 2 (0.62%) Tandem
11 1 (0.31%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.31%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 141 (43.38%) Windows
2 81 (24.92%) Windows 10
3 67 (20.62%) Linux
4 58 (17.85%) Windows Server 2016
5 56 (17.23%) Windows Server 2019
6 54 (16.62%) Windows Server
7 42 (12.92%) Windows 7
8 41 (12.62%) Windows Server 2012
9 25 (7.69%) Unix
10 21 (6.46%) Windows NT
11 20 (6.15%) Ubuntu
12 15 (4.62%) Debian
13 13 (4.00%) Windows XP
14 5 (1.54%) Mac OS
14 5 (1.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 4 (1.23%) Mac OS X
15 4 (1.23%) Solaris
16 3 (0.92%) Android
16 3 (0.92%) Windows Server 2008
17 2 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (27.69%) Customer Service
2 87 (26.77%) Service Management
3 86 (26.46%) Problem-Solving
4 74 (22.77%) Agile
5 55 (16.92%) Release Management
6 49 (15.08%) Service Delivery
7 40 (12.31%) Stakeholder Management
8 34 (10.46%) Customer Requirements
8 34 (10.46%) Project Management
9 32 (9.85%) ITSM
10 31 (9.54%) Disaster Recovery
10 31 (9.54%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 30 (9.23%) Problem Management
12 28 (8.62%) Configuration Management
13 27 (8.31%) Service Design
14 26 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (8.00%) Incident Management
15 25 (7.69%) Project Delivery
15 25 (7.69%) Roadmaps
16 23 (7.08%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 42 (12.92%) PowerShell
2 21 (6.46%) Python
3 18 (5.54%) VBScript
4 16 (4.92%) C#
4 16 (4.92%) VB
5 15 (4.62%) Bicep
6 10 (3.08%) SQL
7 7 (2.15%) Shell Script
8 3 (0.92%) R
8 3 (0.92%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.62%) ABAP
9 2 (0.62%) AWK
9 2 (0.62%) Bourne shell
9 2 (0.62%) C++
9 2 (0.62%) Go
9 2 (0.62%) Korn
9 2 (0.62%) Perl
10 1 (0.31%) Groovy
10 1 (0.31%) Java
10 1 (0.31%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 168 (51.69%) Security Cleared
2 123 (37.85%) DV Cleared
3 90 (27.69%) Degree
4 76 (23.38%) SC Cleared
5 22 (6.77%) ITIL Certification
5 22 (6.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 20 (6.15%) Cisco Certification
7 16 (4.92%) CCNA
8 15 (4.62%) CCNP
9 8 (2.46%) ISACA
9 8 (2.46%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (1.23%) VCAP
12 4 (1.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 3 (0.92%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.92%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.62%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.62%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.62%) SLA
2 24 (7.38%) QA
3 22 (6.77%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 11 (3.38%) COBIT
4 11 (3.38%) NIST
5 10 (3.08%) GDPR
6 8 (2.46%) PCI DSS
7 6 (1.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (1.54%) ISO 9001
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.31%) ITGC
10 1 (0.31%) NCSC
10 1 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 86 (26.46%) Active Directory
2 39 (12.00%) Firmware
3 26 (8.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (6.46%) Virtual Machines
5 19 (5.85%) Hyper-V
6 17 (5.23%) Virtual Desktop
7 16 (4.92%) VMware ESXi
8 9 (2.77%) vSphere
9 6 (1.85%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.92%) XenApp
11 1 (0.31%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 97 (29.85%) SCCM
2 54 (16.62%) WSUS
3 31 (9.54%) SCOM
4 24 (7.38%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (6.46%) Sysprep
6 20 (6.15%) Kubernetes
7 18 (5.54%) NetBackup
8 16 (4.92%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 13 (4.00%) EMC NetWorker
9 13 (4.00%) vCenter Server
10 8 (2.46%) AirWatch
10 8 (2.46%) Ansible
11 5 (1.54%) Terraform
12 4 (1.23%) Rancher
12 4 (1.23%) Red Hat Satellite
13 2 (0.62%) Kibana
13 2 (0.62%) Oracle ZFS
13 2 (0.62%) SolarWinds Orion
13 2 (0.62%) Tivoli
13 2 (0.62%) yum
Vendors
1 132 (40.62%) Microsoft
2 69 (21.23%) HP
3 48 (14.77%) VMware
4 41 (12.62%) ServiceNow
5 31 (9.54%) Cisco
6 24 (7.38%) Red Hat
7 23 (7.08%) Dell
8 18 (5.54%) Juniper
9 17 (5.23%) Oracle
9 17 (5.23%) Palo Alto
10 16 (4.92%) 3PAR
10 16 (4.92%) EMC
11 15 (4.62%) Symantec
11 15 (4.62%) Veeam
12 13 (4.00%) Extreme Networks
13 9 (2.77%) Remedy
14 8 (2.46%) Apple
14 8 (2.46%) F5
15 7 (2.15%) SAP
16 5 (1.54%) IBM