ITIL Contract Job Trends in Southampton

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
Hampshire > Southampton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Southampton requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 17 20
Rank change year-on-year +4 +3 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 6 7 6
As % of all contract jobs in Southampton 3.55% 4.76% 3.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 6.36% 4.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 6
10th Percentile £483 £203 £306
25th Percentile £531 £307 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £556 £388
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% +43.55% +71.08%
75th Percentile £731 £583 £430
90th Percentile £788 £676 £445
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £550 £625
% change year-on-year -2.27% -12.00% +19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Southampton

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 Southampton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 142 110 129
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Southampton 84.02% 74.83% 82.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 69 102
10th Percentile £170 £223 £263
25th Percentile £241 £356 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £435 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.20% -17.14% +0.96%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £620
90th Percentile £654 £638 £650
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 0 3
10th Percentile £22.50 - £27.85
25th Percentile £24.38 - £29.13
Median hourly rate £44.25 - £32.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +76.97%
75th Percentile £73.42 - £34.13
90th Percentile £74.97 - £34.35
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
% change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Southampton

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Southampton

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Southampton over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Southampton

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Southampton

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Southampton citing ITIL

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Azure Sentinel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) CMS Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Lead Enterprise Architect
2 1 (16.67%) ServiceNow Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) AngularJS
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) REST
1 1 (16.67%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Cyber Defence
1 2 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (16.67%) Client/Server
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Native
2 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (33.33%) ISMS
1 2 (33.33%) Security Operations
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budgeting
2 1 (16.67%) CAD
2 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Escalation Management
2 1 (16.67%) IT4IT
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) CISMP
2 2 (33.33%) GSEC
3 1 (16.67%) ISEB
3 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) COBIT
2 1 (16.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (16.67%) ISO 9001
2 1 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) JSP 440
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (33.33%) ServiceNow