ITIL Contracts in the Thames Valley

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley requiring ITIL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited ITIL over the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 24 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -2 -4
Contract jobs citing ITIL 97 193 226
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 6.35% 7.23% 7.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.83% 8.49% 8.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 126 153
10th Percentile £246 £205 £275
25th Percentile £363 £251 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% -2.11% +4.40%
75th Percentile £500 £608 £550
90th Percentile £572 - £637
South East median daily rate £450 £484 £465
% change year-on-year -7.02% +4.09% +1.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 8
10th Percentile - - £22.13
25th Percentile - - £41.25
Median hourly rate £77.19 £70.39 £49.20
Median % change year-on-year +9.66% +43.07% +189.41%
75th Percentile - - £54.56
90th Percentile - - £62.60
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £24.00 £23.75
% change year-on-year +16.67% +1.05% +39.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,421 2,272 2,642
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.00% 85.13% 90.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 852 1,230 1,784
10th Percentile £290 £234 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +3.54%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £615
90th Percentile £686 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 87 175 76
10th Percentile £14.20 £14.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £14.94 £19.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.05% -5.00% +194.12%
75th Percentile £62.24 £65.00 £66.21
90th Percentile £80.00 £85.65 £76.33
South East median hourly rate £24.66 £47.64 £50.00
% change year-on-year -48.24% -4.72% +122.22%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 29 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the Thames Valley

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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 within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Berkshire -11 62 £450 -21.74% 82
Buckinghamshire -1 20 £405 -6.07% 64
Oxfordshire +5 15 £375 +36.36% 23
ITIL
South East

ITIL
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 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (2.06%) Camunda
2 2 (2.06%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.03%) Smallworld
Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.12%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.03%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.31%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (7.22%) Azure
3 6 (6.19%) SaaS
4 2 (2.06%) AWS
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.03%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.03%) Serverless
5 1 (1.03%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 8 (8.25%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.19%) DHCP
2 6 (6.19%) DNS
3 5 (5.15%) 5G
3 5 (5.15%) SAN
4 4 (4.12%) GPON
4 4 (4.12%) HTTP
4 4 (4.12%) MPLS
4 4 (4.12%) Radio Access Network
5 3 (3.09%) 4G
5 3 (3.09%) DOCSIS
5 3 (3.09%) LTE
5 3 (3.09%) VoIP
5 3 (3.09%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (3.09%) Wireless
5 3 (3.09%) xDSL
6 2 (2.06%) Broadband
6 2 (2.06%) Converged Networks
6 2 (2.06%) Firewall
6 2 (2.06%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.03%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Git
General
1 25 (25.77%) Social Skills
2 20 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (18.56%) Telecoms
4 13 (13.40%) Finance
5 8 (8.25%) Automotive
6 6 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.12%) Retail
8 3 (3.09%) German Language
8 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.06%) Billing
9 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.03%) Back Office
10 1 (1.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.03%) Police
Job Titles
1 16 (16.49%) Senior
2 15 (15.46%) Analyst
2 15 (15.46%) Architect
3 13 (13.40%) Lead
4 9 (9.28%) Service Manager
5 7 (7.22%) IT Support
6 6 (6.19%) Developer
6 6 (6.19%) Project Manager
7 5 (5.15%) Applications Support
7 5 (5.15%) Consultant
7 5 (5.15%) ServiceNow Architect
8 4 (4.12%) IT Analyst
8 4 (4.12%) Python Developer
8 4 (4.12%) QA Consultant
8 4 (4.12%) Senior Consultant
8 4 (4.12%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.09%) Incident Manager
9 3 (3.09%) Relationships Manager
9 3 (3.09%) Senior Python Developer
9 3 (3.09%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.28%) Web Services
2 6 (6.19%) SOAP
3 4 (4.12%) Ajax
3 4 (4.12%) CSS
3 4 (4.12%) HTML
3 4 (4.12%) REST
3 4 (4.12%) XML
4 2 (2.06%) Apache Axis
5 1 (1.03%) .NET
5 1 (1.03%) ARM Templates
5 1 (1.03%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.19%) Data Centre
2 5 (5.15%) CMDB
2 5 (5.15%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.12%) Cloud Native
3 4 (4.12%) Driving Licence
3 4 (4.12%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (3.09%) TM Forum
5 2 (2.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.06%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.06%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.03%) EPoS
6 1 (1.03%) iPad
6 1 (1.03%) iPhone
6 1 (1.03%) Life Science
6 1 (1.03%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.03%) PKI
6 1 (1.03%) PMI
6 1 (1.03%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (21.65%) Windows
2 13 (13.40%) Windows Server
3 11 (11.34%) Linux
4 8 (8.25%) Windows Server 2016
5 6 (6.19%) Windows Server 2019
6 5 (5.15%) Mac OS
7 4 (4.12%) Debian
7 4 (4.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (4.12%) Ubuntu
7 4 (4.12%) Windows 10
8 1 (1.03%) Android
8 1 (1.03%) Apple iOS
8 1 (1.03%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.90%) Service Management
2 28 (28.87%) Agile
3 22 (22.68%) Service Delivery
4 21 (21.65%) ITSM
5 17 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
6 13 (13.40%) Customer Service
6 13 (13.40%) Roadmaps
7 12 (12.37%) Incident Management
8 11 (11.34%) Change Management
8 11 (11.34%) Problem Management
8 11 (11.34%) Project Management
8 11 (11.34%) Scrum
9 10 (10.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (9.28%) IT Asset Management
10 9 (9.28%) Migration
10 9 (9.28%) PRINCE2
10 9 (9.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 9 (9.28%) Technical Leadership
11 8 (8.25%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (8.25%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.22%) Python
2 6 (6.19%) SQL
3 4 (4.12%) PowerShell
4 3 (3.09%) C#
4 3 (3.09%) Java
5 2 (2.06%) Ruby
6 1 (1.03%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.03%) Bicep
6 1 (1.03%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.03%) Magik
6 1 (1.03%) VB
6 1 (1.03%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (24.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (23.71%) SC Cleared
3 11 (11.34%) Degree
4 6 (6.19%) DV Cleared
4 6 (6.19%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (5.15%) PMP
6 4 (4.12%) A+ Certification
6 4 (4.12%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
7 3 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 3 (3.09%) MCSA
8 2 (2.06%) CISSP
8 2 (2.06%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.06%) TOGAF Certification
9 1 (1.03%) CCNA
9 1 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.03%) ISEB
9 1 (1.03%) MCP
9 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) QA
2 6 (6.19%) SLA
3 4 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.06%) OASIS TOSCA
5 1 (1.03%) COBIT
5 1 (1.03%) GDPR
5 1 (1.03%) ISO 9001
5 1 (1.03%) NIST
5 1 (1.03%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.03%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (10.31%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.03%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.03%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.03%) vSphere
3 1 (1.03%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (7.22%) SCCM
2 4 (4.12%) Amdocs OSS
2 4 (4.12%) HP ALM
2 4 (4.12%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.12%) NetBackup
2 4 (4.12%) SCOM
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (2.06%) Ansible
4 2 (2.06%) BMC PATROL
4 2 (2.06%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (1.03%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (1.03%) WSUS
Vendors
1 34 (35.05%) ServiceNow
2 20 (20.62%) Microsoft
3 10 (10.31%) HP
3 10 (10.31%) VMware
4 8 (8.25%) Red Hat
4 8 (8.25%) SAP
5 7 (7.22%) Remedy
6 6 (6.19%) BMC
7 5 (5.15%) Atlassian
7 5 (5.15%) Salesforce
8 4 (4.12%) 3PAR
8 4 (4.12%) Citrix
8 4 (4.12%) Dell
8 4 (4.12%) Snow
8 4 (4.12%) Veritas
9 3 (3.09%) BT
9 3 (3.09%) Cisco
9 3 (3.09%) SolarWinds
10 2 (2.06%) F5
10 2 (2.06%) Infoblox