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 25 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 587 480 509
Rank change year-on-year -107 +29 +141
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 40 47 73
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.086% 0.16% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.26% 0.52% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 33 40
10th Percentile £346 £231 £263
25th Percentile £367 £235 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £350 £585
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -40.17% +95.00%
75th Percentile £630 £500 £608
90th Percentile £694 £622 £608
UK excluding London median daily rate £600 £277 £605
% change year-on-year +116.54% -54.20% +145.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 20
10th Percentile - - £13.89
25th Percentile - - £15.61
Median hourly rate - £20.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year - -20.00% +61.29%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £39.34
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +61.29%

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 15,175 9,063 13,412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.55% 30.71% 30.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,112 5,729 8,277
10th Percentile £350 £290 £300
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -1.43% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £620 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £709 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £504 £530
% change year-on-year -0.79% -4.91% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,097 515 1,063
10th Percentile £16.44 £18.20 £13.85
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.27 £17.80
Median hourly rate £47.50 £41.91 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.34% +4.78% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.25 £79.48 £75.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.00 £45.00 £40.25
% change year-on-year +4.44% +11.80% -19.50%

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 25 April 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 25 April 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 -104 35 £520 +48.57% 14
UK excluding London -101 21 £600 +116.54% 12
London -54 17 £425 +54.55% 4
Work from Home -22 12 £500 - 13
South East -68 7 £630 +27.59% 3
East of England -38 5 £310 +53.09% 2
Scotland +9 3 £375 +127.27% 1
Midlands - 3 £520 - 1
North West -40 2 £700 +185.71% 3
North of England -75 2 £700 +191.67% 3
West Midlands - 2 £520 - 1
South West -49 1 £700 +197.87% 2
East Midlands - 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 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (7.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.50%) CMS
3 1 (2.50%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (17.50%) SuccessFactors
3 6 (15.00%) Google Workspace
4 4 (10.00%) Azure
4 4 (10.00%) Entra ID
5 2 (5.00%) SaaS
5 2 (5.00%) Slack
6 1 (2.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.50%) Firewall
1 7 (17.50%) VPN
2 4 (10.00%) DMZ
2 4 (10.00%) DNS
2 4 (10.00%) NetScaler
2 4 (10.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (5.00%) DHCP
3 2 (5.00%) iSCSI
3 2 (5.00%) LAN
3 2 (5.00%) NAS
3 2 (5.00%) SAN
3 2 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (2.50%) Network Security
4 1 (2.50%) VLAN
4 1 (2.50%) WAN
4 1 (2.50%) Wireless
4 1 (2.50%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (5.00%) MSI
General
1 30 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 10 (25.00%) Banking
2 10 (25.00%) Finance
3 7 (17.50%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (10.00%) Front Office
4 4 (10.00%) Investment Banking
5 2 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
5 2 (5.00%) Public Sector
5 2 (5.00%) Spanish Language
6 1 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.50%) Law
Job Titles
1 11 (27.50%) Analyst
2 9 (22.50%) Senior
3 8 (20.00%) Consultant
4 7 (17.50%) SAP Consultant
5 6 (15.00%) IT Analyst
6 5 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
6 5 (12.50%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 4 (10.00%) Architect
7 4 (10.00%) Help Desk Analyst
7 4 (10.00%) Service Analyst
7 4 (10.00%) Service Manager
8 3 (7.50%) Administrator
9 2 (5.00%) IT Project Manager
9 2 (5.00%) ITIL Manager
9 2 (5.00%) ITIL Service Manager
9 2 (5.00%) NHS Project Manager
9 2 (5.00%) Operations Analyst
9 2 (5.00%) Service Design Manager
9 2 (5.00%) Service Desk Analyst
9 2 (5.00%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.50%) .NET
1 1 (2.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 7 (17.50%) Replication
3 3 (7.50%) Client/Server
4 2 (5.00%) NHS
5 1 (2.50%) CMDB
5 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.50%) PKI
5 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (37.50%) Windows
2 4 (10.00%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) ITIL
2 12 (30.00%) Service Delivery
3 11 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (22.50%) Change Management
4 9 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (22.50%) ITSM
4 9 (22.50%) Service Management
4 9 (22.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.50%) Agile
5 7 (17.50%) Project Delivery
6 6 (15.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (15.00%) Problem Management
6 6 (15.00%) Project Management
7 5 (12.50%) Incident Management
7 5 (12.50%) Process Improvement
7 5 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (12.50%) Workflow
8 4 (10.00%) Customer Service
8 4 (10.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (2.50%) SQL
2 1 (2.50%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (27.50%) Degree
3 10 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 7 (17.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (10.00%) MCSA
6 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (5.00%) DV Cleared
6 2 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 2 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (2.50%) Azure Certification
7 1 (2.50%) CBAP
7 1 (2.50%) CCNA
7 1 (2.50%) CCSE
7 1 (2.50%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (2.50%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (2.50%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.50%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) SLA
2 4 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (7.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (7.50%) GDPR
4 2 (5.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (2.50%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.50%) QA
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (10.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.50%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) SCCM
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (7.50%) WSUS
4 2 (5.00%) Ansible
4 2 (5.00%) vCenter Server
5 1 (2.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (52.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (22.50%) Citrix
2 9 (22.50%) ServiceNow
3 7 (17.50%) SAP
4 4 (10.00%) Bloomberg
4 4 (10.00%) ION Trading
4 4 (10.00%) Reuters
5 2 (5.00%) Google
5 2 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.00%) VMware
6 1 (2.50%) BMC
6 1 (2.50%) CheckPoint
6 1 (2.50%) Cisco
6 1 (2.50%) Extreme Networks
6 1 (2.50%) Juniper
6 1 (2.50%) Mitel
6 1 (2.50%) Remedy
6 1 (2.50%) SolarWinds