ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts in the Thames Valley

ITIL Foundation Certificate
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 124 145
Rank change year-on-year +30 +21 +19
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 8 21 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.53% 0.78% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.46% 1.90% 0.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 17 6
10th Percentile £329 - £245
25th Percentile £413 £603 £262
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £605 £329
Median % change year-on-year -26.03% +84.03% +115.57%
75th Percentile £608 £608 £348
90th Percentile £618 - £369
South East median daily rate £448 £605 £320
% change year-on-year -26.03% +89.06% +28.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 547 1,103 1,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 36.20% 41.06% 34.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 588 696
10th Percentile £313 £213 £319
25th Percentile £436 £413 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £638 £620 £600
90th Percentile £700 £688 £690
South East median daily rate £537 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 107 45
10th Percentile £19.12 £18.30 £20.10
25th Percentile £32.05 £41.75 £27.00
Median hourly rate £61.50 £58.30 £64.68
Median % change year-on-year +5.48% -9.86% +207.61%
75th Percentile £71.38 £70.44 £74.79
90th Percentile £87.46 £87.18 £80.25
South East median hourly rate £56.75 £57.35 £57.76
% change year-on-year -1.05% -0.71% +28.75%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Thames Valley

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +20 5 £437 +157.11%
Berkshire +14 3 £448 -26.03%
ITIL Foundation Certificate
South East

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (25.00%) ITSM Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Management Consultant
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Service Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Support
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) CMDB
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) PKI
2 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (12.50%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (87.50%) Service Management
3 6 (75.00%) ITSM
4 4 (50.00%) Roadmaps
4 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
5 2 (25.00%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (25.00%) Mentoring
5 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Analytics
6 1 (12.50%) Coaching
6 1 (12.50%) DevOps
6 1 (12.50%) Machine Learning
6 1 (12.50%) Process Improvement
6 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) Bicep
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) VB
1 1 (12.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) DV Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 1 (12.50%) PMP
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) SCCM
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (12.50%) SCOM
2 1 (12.50%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) BMC
2 1 (12.50%) HP
2 1 (12.50%) McAfee