ITIL Foundation Certificate Contract Job Trends

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 20 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 591 469 528
Rank change year-on-year -122 +59 +115
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 34 60 56
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.071% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.22% 0.66% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 45 29
10th Percentile £320 £221 £250
25th Percentile £372 £235 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £275 £605
Median % change year-on-year +89.09% -54.55% +142.00%
75th Percentile £637 £425 £608
90th Percentile £694 £576 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £235 £605
% change year-on-year +155.32% -61.16% +180.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 17
10th Percentile - - £13.54
25th Percentile - £16.84 £15.17
Median hourly rate - £17.45 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -30.22% +78.57%
75th Percentile - £19.03 -
90th Percentile - £19.61 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £17.45 £25.00
% change year-on-year - -30.22% +78.57%

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 15,227 9,041 12,797
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.63% 31.00% 30.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,134 5,692 7,977
10th Percentile £350 £281 £306
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £532
Median % change year-on-year - -1.32% -3.27%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £646
90th Percentile £725 £700 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £530
% change year-on-year - -5.66% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,070 515 1,058
10th Percentile £16.35 £18.07 £13.69
25th Percentile £21.33 £21.57 £17.73
Median hourly rate £47.80 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.45% -6.25% -27.25%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £85.03 £80.00 £76.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.50 £36.65 £40.30
% change year-on-year +29.62% -9.07% -19.40%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate over the 6 months to 20 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Top 13 Contract Job 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 20 May 2026. 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 -134 30 £600 +128.93% 18
UK excluding London -111 21 £600 +155.32% 14
London -53 12 £400 +6.67% 4
Work from Home -41 11 £510 +36.00% 8
South East -66 7 £630 +44.41% 6
East of England -27 5 £310 +53.09% 2
Scotland -9 3 £375 +127.27%
Midlands -67 3 £520 +136.36% 4
North West -41 2 £700 +185.71% 2
West Midlands -55 2 £520 +136.36% 3
North of England -73 2 £700 +197.87% 2
South West -48 1 £700 +197.87% 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 1

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 3 (8.82%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (2.94%) CMS
3 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 10 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (20.59%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (17.65%) Google Workspace
4 2 (5.88%) Azure
4 2 (5.88%) Entra ID
4 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 2 (5.88%) Slack
5 1 (2.94%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 5 (14.71%) Firewall
1 5 (14.71%) VPN
2 4 (11.76%) DMZ
2 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.88%) DNS
3 2 (5.88%) iSCSI
3 2 (5.88%) LAN
3 2 (5.88%) NAS
3 2 (5.88%) NetScaler
3 2 (5.88%) SAN
3 2 (5.88%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.94%) Network Security
4 1 (2.94%) VLAN
4 1 (2.94%) WAN
4 1 (2.94%) Wireless
4 1 (2.94%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Tableau
2 1 (2.94%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) JIRA
2 2 (5.88%) MSI
General
1 26 (76.47%) Social Skills
2 9 (26.47%) Finance
3 8 (23.53%) Banking
4 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (11.76%) Front Office
5 4 (11.76%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (5.88%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.88%) Spanish Language
7 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (2.94%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Analyst
2 8 (23.53%) Consultant
3 7 (20.59%) SAP Consultant
4 6 (17.65%) IT Analyst
4 6 (17.65%) Senior
5 5 (14.71%) Senior Consultant
5 5 (14.71%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 4 (11.76%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (11.76%) Service Analyst
7 3 (8.82%) Administrator
7 3 (8.82%) Architect
7 3 (8.82%) Service Manager
8 2 (5.88%) Operations Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
8 2 (5.88%) Systems Administrator
9 1 (2.94%) Applications Packager
9 1 (2.94%) Delivery Project Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Network Engineer
9 1 (2.94%) Project Manager
9 1 (2.94%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) .NET
1 1 (2.94%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.94%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 7 (20.59%) Onboarding
1 7 (20.59%) Replication
2 3 (8.82%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.94%) CMDB
3 1 (2.94%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.94%) PKI
3 1 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Windows
2 2 (5.88%) Windows 10
2 2 (5.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.94%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) ITIL
2 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 10 (29.41%) Service Delivery
4 9 (26.47%) Service Management
5 7 (20.59%) ITSM
5 7 (20.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (14.71%) Agile
6 5 (14.71%) Change Management
6 5 (14.71%) Incident Management
6 5 (14.71%) Project Delivery
6 5 (14.71%) Project Management
7 4 (11.76%) Problem Management
7 4 (11.76%) Release Management
7 4 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (8.82%) Process Improvement
8 3 (8.82%) Root Cause Analysis
8 3 (8.82%) Software Deployment
8 3 (8.82%) Validation
8 3 (8.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (17.65%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.94%) SQL
2 1 (2.94%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (35.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
3 9 (26.47%) Degree
4 7 (20.59%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (11.76%) MCSA
6 2 (5.88%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.94%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (2.94%) CBAP
7 1 (2.94%) CCNA
7 1 (2.94%) CCSE
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.94%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.94%) MBA
7 1 (2.94%) PMI Certification
7 1 (2.94%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.65%) SLA
2 2 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.94%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.94%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.94%) GDPR
3 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 4 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.88%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.94%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (17.65%) SCCM
2 3 (8.82%) WSUS
3 2 (5.88%) Ansible
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (5.88%) vCenter Server
4 1 (2.94%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 8 (23.53%) ServiceNow
3 7 (20.59%) Citrix
3 7 (20.59%) SAP
4 4 (11.76%) Bloomberg
4 4 (11.76%) ION Trading
4 4 (11.76%) Reuters
5 2 (5.88%) Google
5 2 (5.88%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.88%) VMware
6 1 (2.94%) BMC
6 1 (2.94%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.94%) Cisco
6 1 (2.94%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.94%) Juniper
6 1 (2.94%) Mitel
6 1 (2.94%) Murex
6 1 (2.94%) Oracle
6 1 (2.94%) Remedy
6 1 (2.94%) SolarWinds