ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 21 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 338 366
Rank change year-on-year +23 +28 +59
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 62 33 45
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.19% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.07% 0.57% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 24 32
10th Percentile £195 £120 £180
25th Percentile £235 £134 £238
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £274 £545 £348
Median % change year-on-year -49.82% +56.74% +23.63%
75th Percentile £434 £608 £615
90th Percentile £500 - -
UK median daily rate £306 £529 £388
% change year-on-year -42.27% +36.57% +9.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.05
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.63 £17.62
Median hourly rate £19.00 £18.64 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year +1.96% -3.08% -2.22%
75th Percentile £19.23 £18.64 £20.19
90th Percentile £19.50 - £20.38
UK median hourly rate £19.12 £22.82 £19.23
% change year-on-year -16.23% +18.67% -2.22%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,811 5,762 7,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 35.88% 33.87% 34.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,502 3,359 4,613
10th Percentile £213 £250 £270
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £515 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.19% +2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £624 £643
90th Percentile £688 £700 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 774 450 617
10th Percentile £16.61 £18.46 £15.72
25th Percentile £18.87 £25.28 £24.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £50.00 £51.89
Median % change year-on-year -49.70% -3.64% +15.31%
75th Percentile £35.50 £68.61 £68.75
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £53.58
% change year-on-year -47.05% -11.35% +19.07%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 October 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 October 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
North of England -18 14 £325 +140.74% 13
Midlands - 13 £275 - 2
Scotland - 13 £581 - 5
South East +7 12 £274 -54.79% 10
West Midlands - 12 £275 - 1
North West -10 10 £330 - 6
South West +10 6 £235 -56.48% 5
Yorkshire -27 4 £235 +74.07% 2
Wales -6 3 £195 +62.50% 4
East of England -1 1 £450 -25.00% 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (16.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (11.29%) SharePoint
3 6 (9.68%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle iProcurement
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (3.23%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (1.61%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 17 (27.42%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.45%) Entra ID
3 2 (3.23%) Azure
3 2 (3.23%) OneDrive
3 2 (3.23%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.61%) GitHub
4 1 (1.61%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (1.61%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.61%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.97%) VPN
2 5 (8.06%) SSH
3 4 (6.45%) LAN
3 4 (6.45%) VoIP
4 2 (3.23%) DNS
4 2 (3.23%) Firewall
4 2 (3.23%) Wireless
5 1 (1.61%) DHCP
5 1 (1.61%) Network Security
5 1 (1.61%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (1.61%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 11 (17.74%) JIRA
2 1 (1.61%) AdminStudio
2 1 (1.61%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.61%) MSI
General
1 40 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
2 10 (16.13%) Finance
3 6 (9.68%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (9.68%) Military
4 4 (6.45%) Automotive
4 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
4 4 (6.45%) Public Sector
5 3 (4.84%) Legal
5 3 (4.84%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.23%) Banking
6 2 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 21 (33.87%) Analyst
2 12 (19.35%) Support Engineer
3 11 (17.74%) Desktop Support
4 9 (14.52%) Service Analyst
5 8 (12.90%) Desktop Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 8 (12.90%) IT Support
5 8 (12.90%) Service Desk Analyst
6 7 (11.29%) Senior
6 7 (11.29%) Support Technician
7 5 (8.06%) 2nd Line Support
7 5 (8.06%) Applications Support
7 5 (8.06%) Applications Support Technician
7 5 (8.06%) IT Support Specialist
7 5 (8.06%) Senior Applications Support
7 5 (8.06%) Senior Support Technician
7 5 (8.06%) Senior Technician
7 5 (8.06%) Support Specialist
8 4 (6.45%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.84%) Desktop Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.23%) Software Packaging
1 2 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.29%) Video Conferencing
2 5 (8.06%) Tandem
3 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
4 3 (4.84%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.84%) NHS
4 3 (4.84%) Onboarding
4 3 (4.84%) Virtual Team
5 2 (3.23%) Replication
5 2 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.61%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
6 1 (1.61%) PKI
6 1 (1.61%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 26 (41.94%) Windows
2 10 (16.13%) Unix
3 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
4 5 (8.06%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) ITIL
2 30 (48.39%) Customer Service
3 26 (41.94%) ITSM
4 18 (29.03%) Service Delivery
5 14 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (19.35%) Collaborative Working
7 10 (16.13%) Asset Management
8 9 (14.52%) Problem Management
8 9 (14.52%) Service Management
9 8 (12.90%) Case Management
9 8 (12.90%) Change Management
10 7 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.68%) Computer Science
11 6 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
11 6 (9.68%) Roadmaps
12 5 (8.06%) Line Management
12 5 (8.06%) Preventative Maintenance
12 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
12 5 (8.06%) Release Management
12 5 (8.06%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 11 (17.74%) SQL
2 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
2 4 (6.45%) Python
3 3 (4.84%) VBScript
4 2 (3.23%) JavaScript
4 2 (3.23%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (33.87%) Degree
2 15 (24.19%) Security Cleared
3 9 (14.52%) DV Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (8.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (6.45%) SC Cleared
6 2 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.61%) CCIE
7 1 (1.61%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.61%) CISM
7 1 (1.61%) CISSP
7 1 (1.61%) MCSA
7 1 (1.61%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.13%) SLA
2 8 (12.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (4.84%) Data Quality
3 3 (4.84%) GDPR
3 3 (4.84%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (32.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.61%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 12 (19.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (11.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (53.23%) Microsoft
2 16 (25.81%) ServiceNow
3 8 (12.90%) Citrix
4 5 (8.06%) IBM
5 4 (6.45%) Cisco
5 4 (6.45%) Gemalto
5 4 (6.45%) Thales
6 3 (4.84%) Apple
6 3 (4.84%) McAfee
7 2 (3.23%) Oracle
8 1 (1.61%) Ab Initio
8 1 (1.61%) Dell
8 1 (1.61%) HP
8 1 (1.61%) MobileIron
8 1 (1.61%) Salesforce