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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 294 288
Rank change year-on-year +72 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 114 91 151
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.88% 0.45% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.45% 1.23% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 58 112
10th Percentile £210 £213 £223
25th Percentile £311 £271 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £575 £567 £552
90th Percentile £601 £720 £649
UK median daily rate £470 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -6.00% +11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £21.89
25th Percentile - - £24.84
Median hourly rate £28.00 £70.39 £40.52
Median % change year-on-year -60.22% +73.72% +30.88%
75th Percentile - - £54.56
90th Percentile £31.45 - -
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £70.39 £26.48
% change year-on-year -60.22% +165.82% -16.68%

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 4,654 7,405 7,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.98% 36.48% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,830 4,313 5,028
10th Percentile £208 £270 £286
25th Percentile £380 £425 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £533 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.19% +1.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £631
90th Percentile £675 £725 £709
UK median daily rate £525 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -1.50% -3.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 412 921 598
10th Percentile £17.51 £13.50 £13.91
25th Percentile £21.00 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.07 £40.33 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% -19.35% +42.86%
75th Percentile £67.25 £63.75 £65.94
90th Percentile £79.87 £77.50 £78.00
UK median hourly rate £37.25 £40.00 £54.99
% change year-on-year -6.88% -27.26% +25.12%

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 19 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 19 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 +75 42 £475 +31.03% 11
North of England -2 24 £550 +4.76% 27
South East +38 21 £425 -19.05% 26
North West +3 20 £550 -6.38% 15
Scotland +5 13 £368 -20.43% 6
East of England +25 7 £220 -
Midlands +21 7 £475 +15.15% 13
West Midlands +8 7 £475 +15.15% 9
North East -7 4 £325 -54.86% 2
Channel Islands - 1 £425 -
Wales - 1 £413 -
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 (11.40%) SharePoint
2 11 (9.65%) Skype for Business
3 8 (7.02%) Mattermost
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.88%) Dynamics GP
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.54%) Azure
2 7 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.51%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.63%) GCP
5 2 (1.75%) AWS
5 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.75%) SaaS
6 1 (0.88%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.88%) IaaS
6 1 (0.88%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.65%) Skype
1 11 (9.65%) Softphone
1 11 (9.65%) VPN
2 8 (7.02%) Unified Communications
2 8 (7.02%) WebEx
3 7 (6.14%) Firewall
4 3 (2.63%) Remote Desktop
4 3 (2.63%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.75%) DHCP
5 2 (1.75%) DNS
5 2 (1.75%) SSL
5 2 (1.75%) VoIP
6 1 (0.88%) BGP
6 1 (0.88%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.88%) FTP
6 1 (0.88%) HTTP
6 1 (0.88%) LAN
6 1 (0.88%) OSPF
6 1 (0.88%) WAN
6 1 (0.88%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.75%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (2.63%) JIRA
2 1 (0.88%) GitLab
2 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
General
1 68 (59.65%) Social Skills
2 35 (30.70%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (16.67%) Public Sector
4 15 (13.16%) Finance
5 12 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (7.89%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (7.02%) Banking
8 6 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (5.26%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.51%) Military
10 3 (2.63%) Retail
11 2 (1.75%) Legal
12 1 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.88%) Law
Job Titles
1 30 (26.32%) Analyst
2 25 (21.93%) Service Manager
3 23 (20.18%) Support Engineer
4 18 (15.79%) Service Analyst
5 11 (9.65%) Capacity Manager
6 10 (8.77%) Availability Manager
6 10 (8.77%) Capacity and Availability Manager
6 10 (8.77%) Service Desk Analyst
7 9 (7.89%) Support Analyst
8 8 (7.02%) Desktop Support
8 8 (7.02%) Messaging Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Messaging Support
8 8 (7.02%) Messaging Support Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Operations Engineer
8 8 (7.02%) Operations Support Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Desktop Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 7 (6.14%) Messaging Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Operational Support Analyst
9 7 (6.14%) Operations Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.02%) XMPP
2 2 (1.75%) .NET
2 2 (1.75%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 20 (17.54%) Management Information System
2 14 (12.28%) Self-Motivation
3 11 (9.65%) iPad
3 11 (9.65%) iPhone
4 9 (7.89%) CMDB
5 6 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (3.51%) Smartphone
7 2 (1.75%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.88%) Operational Technology
8 1 (0.88%) PKI
8 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.88%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (20.18%) Windows
2 20 (17.54%) Windows 10
3 8 (7.02%) Linux
4 5 (4.39%) Mac OS
5 2 (1.75%) Android
5 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.88%) Windows 8
6 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 114 (100.00%) ITIL
2 67 (58.77%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (44.74%) Service Management
4 35 (30.70%) Problem Management
5 28 (24.56%) Customer Service
6 23 (20.18%) Time Management
7 22 (19.30%) Root Cause Analysis
8 19 (16.67%) Change Management
8 19 (16.67%) Quality Management
8 19 (16.67%) Statistics
9 18 (15.79%) Service Delivery
10 16 (14.04%) ITSM
11 15 (13.16%) Agile
11 15 (13.16%) Data Analysis
12 13 (11.40%) Mentoring
13 12 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (9.65%) Antivirus Management
14 11 (9.65%) Inventory Management
14 11 (9.65%) Planning and Forecasting
14 11 (9.65%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 9 (7.89%) SQL
2 8 (7.02%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 54 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 39 (34.21%) SC Cleared
3 11 (9.65%) Degree
4 7 (6.14%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
5 3 (2.63%) PMP
6 2 (1.75%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.75%) MCP
6 2 (1.75%) MCSE
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.88%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.88%) CCNA
7 1 (0.88%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.88%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.79%) SLA
2 3 (2.63%) Disclosure Scotland
2 3 (2.63%) ISO 22301
2 3 (2.63%) ISO 31000
2 3 (2.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.75%) COBIT
4 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 27 (23.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.88%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.88%) XenApp
4 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (7.02%) SCOM
3 4 (3.51%) SCCM
4 3 (2.63%) Kubernetes
5 2 (1.75%) Ansible
5 2 (1.75%) Terraform
6 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 28 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 20 (17.54%) ServiceNow
3 12 (10.53%) Cisco
4 11 (9.65%) McAfee
5 8 (7.02%) Red Hat
5 8 (7.02%) Splunk
6 5 (4.39%) BMC
6 5 (4.39%) Juniper
6 5 (4.39%) Remedy
7 4 (3.51%) Google
8 3 (2.63%) VMware
9 2 (1.75%) Citrix
10 1 (0.88%) Arista
10 1 (0.88%) Aruba
10 1 (0.88%) CyberArk
10 1 (0.88%) Snow
10 1 (0.88%) SolarWinds