ITIL Certification Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

ITIL Certification
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 22 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 121 132
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 +36
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 3 10 13
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.15% 0.46% 0.50%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 1.22% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 8
10th Percentile £191 £450 £250
25th Percentile £234 £459 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £308 £488 £539
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% -9.47% +3.56%
75th Percentile £379 £589 £606
90th Percentile £422 £638 £702
South East median daily rate £480 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -4.00% -10.71% +12.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

ITIL Certification 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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 771 818 1,098
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 39.34% 37.99% 41.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 498 487 697
10th Percentile £247 £253 £212
25th Percentile £363 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.37% -2.86% +2.94%
75th Percentile £550 £632 £623
90th Percentile £621 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £540 £538
% change year-on-year -7.41% +0.47% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 56 69
10th Percentile £18.87 £28.00 £19.70
25th Percentile £20.79 £48.18 £48.40
Median hourly rate £25.15 £61.50 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year -59.10% -0.24% +193.55%
75th Percentile £70.25 £75.00 £70.50
90th Percentile £95.00 £100.00 £75.76
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £58.30 £60.00
% change year-on-year -56.86% -2.83% +33.33%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 22 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Certification in the Thames Valley

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITIL Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 22 November 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
Buckinghamshire +6 1 £165 -65.26% 2
Berkshire +4 1 - - 2
Oxfordshire -11 1 £450 -
ITIL Certification
South East

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
3 1 (33.33%) ITSM
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Supplier Management
3 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow