ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in the South West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 125 -
Rank change year-on-year +10 - -
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 6 6 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.29% 0.25% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.54% 0.50% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 0
10th Percentile - £335 -
25th Percentile - £518 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £235 £540 -
Median % change year-on-year -56.48% - -
75th Percentile - £575 -
90th Percentile £303 £583 -
England median daily rate £281 £563 £450
% change year-on-year -50.13% +25.00% +22.45%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South West

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 West.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,112 1,205 1,763
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 54.46% 49.32% 55.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 673 720 1,115
10th Percentile £213 £356 £390
25th Percentile £400 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +4.55%
75th Percentile £649 £672 £675
90th Percentile £736 £750 £729
England median daily rate £525 £528 £550
% change year-on-year -0.52% -4.05% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 161 89 178
10th Percentile £18.22 £34.00 £38.80
25th Percentile £20.82 £60.00 £50.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% -3.13%
75th Percentile £33.75 £72.50 £78.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.50 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.10% -1.87% +18.89%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the South West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
Bristol -6 4 £235 -56.07% 1
Devon - 1 - - 1
Gloucestershire - 1 £345 -
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (66.67%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) AdminStudio
1 1 (16.67%) InstallShield
1 1 (16.67%) MSI
General
1 4 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support
1 4 (66.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support
2 1 (16.67%) IT Support
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared Deployment Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (16.67%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Case Management
2 4 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 4 (66.67%) ITSM
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Application Packaging
4 1 (16.67%) Batch Scripting
4 1 (16.67%) DevOps
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PowerShell
1 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) MCSA
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Citrix
2 4 (66.67%) ServiceNow