ITIL Contract Job Trends in South London

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 23 27
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 +12
Contract jobs citing ITIL 18 16 13
As % of all contract jobs in South London 9.00% 6.96% 5.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.40% 7.84% 5.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 7
10th Percentile £185 £183 £332
25th Percentile £299 £190 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £200 £532
Median % change year-on-year +112.50% -62.41% +100.75%
75th Percentile £438 £675 £591
90th Percentile £475 £690 £649
London median daily rate £475 £502 £500
% change year-on-year -5.35% +0.37% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £37.08
Median hourly rate - - £38.16
75th Percentile - - £39.23
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £26.29 £23.80 £36.08
% change year-on-year +10.44% -34.03% +59.42%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South London

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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 173 204 221
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 86.50% 88.70% 87.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 118 139 153
10th Percentile £298 £235 £186
25th Percentile £450 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.24% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £566 £600 £600
90th Percentile £646 £788 £675
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 4 16
10th Percentile £54.39 £32.72 £15.03
25th Percentile £54.55 £55.91 £20.75
Median hourly rate £58.94 £73.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.93% +213.19% -46.42%
75th Percentile £66.50 £79.60 £46.85
90th Percentile - £81.76 £61.19
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South London.

ITIL job vacancy trend in South London

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in South London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in South London over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in South London

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in South London

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 London region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Bromley +8 15 £425 -
Merton - 2 £190 - 2
Kingston Upon Thames -5 1 £175 -12.50%
ITIL
London

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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 9 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (38.89%) Skype for Business
3 6 (33.33%) Mattermost
4 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) Skype
2 6 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 2 (11.11%) VPN
General
1 17 (94.44%) Social Skills
2 14 (77.78%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Investment Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Analyst
2 17 (94.44%) Support Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Operational Support Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Operations Analyst
3 9 (50.00%) Operations Support Analyst
4 8 (44.44%) SharePoint Analyst
4 8 (44.44%) SharePoint Support
5 6 (33.33%) Messaging Analyst
5 6 (33.33%) Messaging Support
5 6 (33.33%) Messaging Support Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support
6 2 (11.11%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (11.11%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) IT Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Service Analyst
7 1 (5.56%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Linux
2 3 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (16.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (11.11%) Android
3 2 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) ITSM
2 9 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (44.44%) Information Security
4 7 (38.89%) Migration
4 7 (38.89%) Service Delivery
5 6 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
5 6 (33.33%) Change Management
5 6 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
6 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.11%) Process Improvement
7 2 (11.11%) Service Management
8 1 (5.56%) Analytical Thinking
8 1 (5.56%) Project Management
8 1 (5.56%) Root Cause Analysis
8 1 (5.56%) Six Sigma
8 1 (5.56%) Software Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (77.78%) PowerShell
1 14 (77.78%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.56%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (77.78%) HP SiteScope
1 14 (77.78%) SCOM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (5.56%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (94.44%) Microsoft
2 14 (77.78%) Splunk
3 9 (50.00%) Remedy