ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 474 523 630
Rank change year-on-year +49 +107 +65
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 62 68 52
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.16% 0.093%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.65% 0.53% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 39 37
10th Percentile £220 £136 £172
25th Percentile £235 £263 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £605 £250
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% +142.00% -50.98%
75th Percentile £475 £608 £437
90th Percentile £537 - £606
UK excluding London median daily rate £235 £605 £188
% change year-on-year -61.16% +221.81% -44.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 18 1
10th Percentile - £13.66 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.32 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £25.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% +78.57% -28.81%
75th Percentile £19.60 - -
90th Percentile £24.20 £25.60 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.45 £25.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -30.22% +78.57% -28.81%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,535 12,865 14,982
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.95% 29.80% 26.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,884 7,943 9,926
10th Percentile £275 £313 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £650
90th Percentile £701 £738 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £530 £525
% change year-on-year -5.66% +0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 1,115 732
10th Percentile £17.87 £14.00 £15.25
25th Percentile £20.15 £20.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £40.94 £55.68
Median % change year-on-year -31.61% -26.47% +25.11%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.24 £80.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.28 £43.00 £54.11
% change year-on-year -38.88% -20.54% +53.73%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 July 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
England +47 50 £262 -56.68% 155
UK excluding London +29 42 £235 -61.16% 127
London +42 12 £275 -21.43% 47
South West +39 12 £235 - 17
Midlands +22 10 £368 +9.04% 18
Work from Home +16 9 £375 -38.02% 81
North of England +15 9 £235 +17.50% 32
West Midlands +14 9 £368 +9.04% 16
Yorkshire +4 6 £235 +17.50% 14
Scotland - 6 £165 - 7
South East +29 4 £494 -18.39% 32
North West +11 3 £500 - 18
Wales +4 1 £263 +118.75% 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 2

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 15 (24.19%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (4.84%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.61%) Confluence
Applications
1 19 (30.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.84%) Microsoft Excel
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%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 27 (43.55%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (9.68%) Azure
3 3 (4.84%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.61%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.61%) Google Workspace
4 1 (1.61%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (24.19%) VPN
2 3 (4.84%) DHCP
2 3 (4.84%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.23%) DNS
3 2 (3.23%) LAN
4 1 (1.61%) Firewall
4 1 (1.61%) Internet
4 1 (1.61%) Intranet
4 1 (1.61%) IP Telephony
4 1 (1.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (11.29%) JIRA
General
1 40 (64.52%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.81%) Finance
3 12 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (8.06%) Legal
4 5 (8.06%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.45%) Automotive
6 3 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
7 2 (3.23%) Military
8 1 (1.61%) Banking
8 1 (1.61%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.61%) International Banking
8 1 (1.61%) Law
8 1 (1.61%) Local Government
8 1 (1.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (33.87%) Support Engineer
2 14 (22.58%) Desktop Engineer
2 14 (22.58%) Desktop Support
2 14 (22.58%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 8 (12.90%) Analyst
4 6 (9.68%) 2nd Line Support
4 6 (9.68%) Senior
5 5 (8.06%) IT Support
6 4 (6.45%) Administrator
6 4 (6.45%) Developer
6 4 (6.45%) IT Engineer
6 4 (6.45%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (6.45%) Service Manager
6 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow Administrator
6 4 (6.45%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (4.84%) Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.84%) SCCM Engineer
7 3 (4.84%) Service Design Architect
7 3 (4.84%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.45%) Ajax
1 4 (6.45%) AngularJS
1 4 (6.45%) CSS
1 4 (6.45%) HTML
1 4 (6.45%) LDAP
1 4 (6.45%) Web Services
2 2 (3.23%) Software Packaging
2 2 (3.23%) XML
3 1 (1.61%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.06%) CMDB
2 4 (6.45%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 4 (6.45%) Replication
2 4 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (1.61%) Cyberattack
3 1 (1.61%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.61%) Hedge funds
3 1 (1.61%) iPad
3 1 (1.61%) iPhone
3 1 (1.61%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.61%) NHS
3 1 (1.61%) PKI
3 1 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (27.42%) Windows
2 6 (9.68%) Windows 10
3 5 (8.06%) Windows Server
4 3 (4.84%) Apple iOS
4 3 (4.84%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (3.23%) Linux
6 1 (1.61%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.61%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.61%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.61%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.61%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (100.00%) ITIL
2 28 (45.16%) ITSM
3 24 (38.71%) Service Delivery
4 21 (33.87%) Customer Service
5 19 (30.65%) Collaborative Working
6 15 (24.19%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (20.97%) Case Management
8 9 (14.52%) Problem Management
8 9 (14.52%) Service Management
9 7 (11.29%) Asset Management
9 7 (11.29%) Roadmaps
10 6 (9.68%) Agile
10 6 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (8.06%) Patch Management
11 5 (8.06%) Process Improvement
11 5 (8.06%) Project Management
11 5 (8.06%) Workflow
12 4 (6.45%) Continuous Improvement
12 4 (6.45%) Security Operations
12 4 (6.45%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.68%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.06%) SQL
3 4 (6.45%) PowerShell
4 3 (4.84%) VBScript
5 2 (3.23%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.61%) Bicep
6 1 (1.61%) C#
6 1 (1.61%) VB
Qualifications
1 23 (37.10%) Degree
2 11 (17.74%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.06%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.84%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.23%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.23%) DBS Check
6 2 (3.23%) MCSE
6 2 (3.23%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.61%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.61%) MCSA
7 1 (1.61%) MOS
7 1 (1.61%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (20.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (14.52%) SLA
3 2 (3.23%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.23%) GDPR
3 2 (3.23%) PMO
4 1 (1.61%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.61%) NIST
4 1 (1.61%) NIST 800
System Software
1 19 (30.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.61%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.61%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 21 (33.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (14.52%) SCCM
3 4 (6.45%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.61%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.61%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.61%) SCOM
4 1 (1.61%) WSUS
Vendors
1 35 (56.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (43.55%) ServiceNow
3 14 (22.58%) Citrix
4 6 (9.68%) Apple
5 3 (4.84%) Cisco
5 3 (4.84%) HP
5 3 (4.84%) Juniper
6 2 (3.23%) Oracle
6 2 (3.23%) Tenable
7 1 (1.61%) Ab Initio
7 1 (1.61%) Avaya
7 1 (1.61%) Dell
7 1 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 1 (1.61%) Google
7 1 (1.61%) McAfee
7 1 (1.61%) MobileIron
7 1 (1.61%) Polycom
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.61%) Wyse
173 ITIL Foundation Certificate jobs Nationwide