ITIL Certification Contracts in the UK excluding London

ITIL Certification
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 307 291
Rank change year-on-year +77 -16 +8
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 110 92 156
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.86% 0.44% 0.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 1.20% 1.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 60 118
10th Percentile £210 £213 £222
25th Percentile £361 £256 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £469 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.33% +4.17% +5.88%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £547
90th Percentile £601 £720 £625
UK median daily rate £466 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.75% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile - - £19.94
25th Percentile - - £19.98
Median hourly rate £28.00 £70.39 £23.56
Median % change year-on-year -60.22% +198.77% -23.90%
75th Percentile £29.44 - £33.50
90th Percentile £32.03 - £46.14
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £70.39 £20.64
% change year-on-year -60.22% +241.04% -35.05%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,542 7,681 7,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.51% 37.01% 33.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,777 4,413 5,341
10th Percentile £212 £269 £275
25th Percentile £394 £425 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £535 £530
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +0.94% +6.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £688 £725 £703
UK median daily rate £525 £536 £550
% change year-on-year -2.05% -2.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 408 935 669
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.58 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.46 £16.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £40.94 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.81% -18.12% +54.46%
75th Percentile £67.50 £63.29 £65.75
90th Percentile £80.25 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £40.25 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year +0.63% -25.93% +29.16%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ITIL Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London

ITIL Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London

ITIL Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Certification in the UK excluding London

ITIL Certification
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
South West +77 41 £505 +68.33% 6
North of England +1 22 £550 +12.82% 22
South East +44 20 £425 -19.05% 24
North West 0 18 £550 +4.76% 13
Scotland +15 13 £368 -20.43% 4
East of England +32 7 £220 -
Midlands +21 7 £475 +79.25% 7
West Midlands +17 7 £475 +79.25% 3
North East -4 4 £325 -54.86%
Wales - 1 £413 -
Channel Islands - 1 £425 -
ITIL Certification
UK

ITIL Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (11.82%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.18%) Skype for Business
3 5 (4.55%) Mattermost
4 1 (0.91%) Confluence
4 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.91%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 20 (18.18%) Azure
2 5 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.64%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.73%) GCP
5 2 (1.82%) AWS
5 2 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.82%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.82%) SaaS
6 1 (0.91%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.91%) IaaS
6 1 (0.91%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.00%) VPN
2 9 (8.18%) Skype
3 8 (7.27%) Softphone
4 6 (5.45%) Firewall
5 5 (4.55%) Unified Communications
5 5 (4.55%) WebEx
6 3 (2.73%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (2.73%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.82%) DHCP
7 2 (1.82%) DNS
7 2 (1.82%) SSL
7 2 (1.82%) VoIP
8 1 (0.91%) BGP
8 1 (0.91%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.91%) HTTP
8 1 (0.91%) LAN
8 1 (0.91%) OSPF
8 1 (0.91%) VXLAN
8 1 (0.91%) WAN
8 1 (0.91%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.82%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.82%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (3.64%) JIRA
2 1 (0.91%) GitLab
2 1 (0.91%) Jenkins
General
1 66 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (33.64%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.27%) Public Sector
4 15 (13.64%) Finance
5 12 (10.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (8.18%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (7.27%) Banking
8 6 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.45%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.64%) Military
10 3 (2.73%) Retail
11 2 (1.82%) Legal
12 1 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 27 (24.55%) Analyst
2 25 (22.73%) Service Manager
3 19 (17.27%) Service Analyst
4 18 (16.36%) Support Engineer
5 11 (10.00%) Capacity Manager
5 11 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
6 10 (9.09%) Availability Manager
6 10 (9.09%) Capacity and Availability Manager
7 7 (6.36%) Desktop Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Desktop Support
7 7 (6.36%) Desktop Support Engineer
7 7 (6.36%) Report Analyst
8 6 (5.45%) IT Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Architect
9 5 (4.55%) Configuration Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Messaging Support
9 5 (4.55%) Messaging Support Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Operations Engineer
9 5 (4.55%) Service Delivery Manager
9 5 (4.55%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.55%) XMPP
2 2 (1.82%) .NET
2 2 (1.82%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.36%) Management Information System
2 13 (11.82%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (10.00%) iPad
3 11 (10.00%) iPhone
4 9 (8.18%) CMDB
5 7 (6.36%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.64%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.82%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.91%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.91%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.91%) PKI
8 1 (0.91%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.91%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (19.09%) Windows
2 18 (16.36%) Windows 10
3 5 (4.55%) Linux
3 5 (4.55%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.82%) Android
4 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (100.00%) ITIL
2 65 (59.09%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (46.36%) Service Management
4 33 (30.00%) Problem Management
5 25 (22.73%) Customer Service
6 23 (20.91%) Time Management
7 22 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (17.27%) Change Management
8 19 (17.27%) Quality Management
8 19 (17.27%) Statistics
9 18 (16.36%) ITSM
10 17 (15.45%) Service Delivery
11 16 (14.55%) Agile
12 15 (13.64%) Data Analysis
13 13 (11.82%) Mentoring
13 13 (11.82%) Process Improvement
14 12 (10.91%) Collaborative Working
15 11 (10.00%) Antivirus Management
15 11 (10.00%) Planning and Forecasting
15 11 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) SQL
2 5 (4.55%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 55 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 41 (37.27%) SC Cleared
3 13 (11.82%) Degree
4 7 (6.36%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.73%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.73%) PMP
6 2 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.82%) MCSE
6 2 (1.82%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.91%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.91%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.91%) CCNA
7 1 (0.91%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.91%) MCP
7 1 (0.91%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (17.27%) SLA
2 3 (2.73%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.73%) ISO 22301
2 3 (2.73%) ISO 31000
2 3 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.82%) COBIT
4 1 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.91%) QA
System Software
1 23 (20.91%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.82%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 15 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (4.55%) SCOM
3 4 (3.64%) SCCM
4 3 (2.73%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.82%) Ansible
5 2 (1.82%) Terraform
6 1 (0.91%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 23 (20.91%) Microsoft
2 20 (18.18%) ServiceNow
3 11 (10.00%) McAfee
4 8 (7.27%) Cisco
5 6 (5.45%) BMC
5 6 (5.45%) Remedy
6 5 (4.55%) Red Hat
6 5 (4.55%) Splunk
7 4 (3.64%) Google
7 4 (3.64%) Juniper
8 3 (2.73%) VMware
9 1 (0.91%) Arista
9 1 (0.91%) Aruba
9 1 (0.91%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.91%) Citrix
9 1 (0.91%) CyberArk
9 1 (0.91%) Snow