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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 462 523 640
Rank change year-on-year +61 +117 +66
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 60 56 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.13% 0.094%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.66% 0.44% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 29 39
10th Percentile £221 £250 £156
25th Percentile £235 £319 £180
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 £605 £250
Median % change year-on-year -54.55% +142.00% -51.22%
75th Percentile £425 £608 £444
90th Percentile £576 - £506
UK excluding London median daily rate £235 £605 £216
% change year-on-year -61.16% +180.09% -36.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 17 1
10th Percentile - £13.54 -
25th Percentile £16.84 £15.17 -
Median hourly rate £17.45 £25.00 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year -30.22% +78.57% +7.69%
75th Percentile £19.03 - -
90th Percentile £19.61 - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.45 £25.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -30.22% +78.57% +7.69%

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 9,054 12,775 15,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.05% 30.03% 27.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,672 7,956 10,400
10th Percentile £281 £308 £330
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £530 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% +4.76%
75th Percentile £619 £646 £650
90th Percentile £700 £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 516 1,057 771
10th Percentile £18.13 £13.69 £15.21
25th Percentile £21.63 £17.80 £21.24
Median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -27.27% +25.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £61.60 £68.25
90th Percentile £78.55 £76.25 £79.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £40.94 £50.00
% change year-on-year -20.62% -18.12% +42.86%

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 21 May 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
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 21 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
England +38 51 £262 -56.68% 61
UK excluding London +57 44 £235 -61.16% 54
South West +41 12 £235 - 3
North of England +27 11 £235 +17.50% 16
Work from Home +23 10 £375 -38.02% 31
South East +28 9 £436 -27.89% 12
London +33 8 £375 +16.19% 16
Yorkshire +19 8 £235 +17.50% 5
Midlands +19 5 £220 -34.81% 15
West Midlands +13 5 £220 -34.81% 11
East of England +27 3 £203 - 9
North West +10 3 £245 - 12
Scotland - 3 £165 - 1
Wales - 1 £263 -

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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 17 (28.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Assets
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.67%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 24 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (10.00%) Azure
3 3 (5.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.67%) Azure Storage
4 1 (1.67%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 15 (25.00%) VPN
2 3 (5.00%) Firewall
3 2 (3.33%) DHCP
3 2 (3.33%) DNS
3 2 (3.33%) VoIP
4 1 (1.67%) LAN
4 1 (1.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (3.33%) Electronic Patient Records
2 2 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 39 (65.00%) Social Skills
2 13 (21.67%) Finance
3 6 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.00%) Public Sector
4 5 (8.33%) Legal
5 3 (5.00%) Automotive
5 3 (5.00%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.33%) Military
7 1 (1.67%) Banking
7 1 (1.67%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.67%) International Banking
7 1 (1.67%) Law
7 1 (1.67%) Local Government
7 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (35.00%) Support Engineer
2 15 (25.00%) Desktop Support
3 14 (23.33%) Desktop Engineer
3 14 (23.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 7 (11.67%) Service Manager
5 5 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
6 4 (6.67%) Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) Analyst
6 4 (6.67%) Developer
6 4 (6.67%) IT Support
6 4 (6.67%) Senior
6 4 (6.67%) ServiceNow Administrator
6 4 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
7 3 (5.00%) Architect
7 3 (5.00%) Consultant
7 3 (5.00%) IT Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) SCCM Engineer
7 3 (5.00%) Service Continuity Manager
7 3 (5.00%) Service Design Architect
8 2 (3.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (6.67%) Ajax
1 4 (6.67%) AngularJS
1 4 (6.67%) CSS
1 4 (6.67%) HTML
1 4 (6.67%) LDAP
1 4 (6.67%) Web Services
2 2 (3.33%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.67%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) CMDB
2 4 (6.67%) Onboarding
2 4 (6.67%) Replication
3 3 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.00%) NHS
4 2 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.67%) Cyberattack
5 1 (1.67%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.67%) iPad
5 1 (1.67%) iPhone
5 1 (1.67%) PKI
5 1 (1.67%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.33%) Windows
2 5 (8.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (5.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (3.33%) Linux
5 1 (1.67%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.67%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.67%) Ubuntu
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) ITIL
2 33 (55.00%) ITSM
3 24 (40.00%) Service Delivery
4 20 (33.33%) Customer Service
5 17 (28.33%) Collaborative Working
5 17 (28.33%) Service Management
6 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (21.67%) Case Management
8 8 (13.33%) Problem Management
8 8 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (10.00%) Asset Management
9 6 (10.00%) Incident Management
9 6 (10.00%) SIAM
10 5 (8.33%) Agile
10 5 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (8.33%) Patch Management
10 5 (8.33%) Roadmaps
10 5 (8.33%) Workflow
11 4 (6.67%) Business Continuity
11 4 (6.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.67%) JavaScript
1 4 (6.67%) PowerShell
1 4 (6.67%) SQL
2 3 (5.00%) VBScript
3 1 (1.67%) Bicep
3 1 (1.67%) C#
3 1 (1.67%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.67%) VB
Qualifications
1 17 (28.33%) Degree
2 12 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (11.67%) SC Cleared
4 5 (8.33%) DV Cleared
5 3 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (3.33%) A+ Certification
6 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.67%) MCSE
7 1 (1.67%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.67%) PMP
7 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (21.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (13.33%) SLA
3 1 (1.67%) COBIT
3 1 (1.67%) GDPR
3 1 (1.67%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.67%) NIST
3 1 (1.67%) NIST 800
System Software
1 18 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.67%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 19 (31.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (13.33%) SCCM
3 4 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.67%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.67%) Kubernetes
4 1 (1.67%) SCOM
4 1 (1.67%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (46.67%) Microsoft
1 28 (46.67%) ServiceNow
2 13 (21.67%) Citrix
3 3 (5.00%) Cisco
3 3 (5.00%) HP
3 3 (5.00%) Juniper
4 2 (3.33%) Tenable
5 1 (1.67%) Ab Initio
5 1 (1.67%) Apple
5 1 (1.67%) BMC
5 1 (1.67%) Dell
5 1 (1.67%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.67%) Google
5 1 (1.67%) McAfee
5 1 (1.67%) MEDITECH
5 1 (1.67%) Okta
5 1 (1.67%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.67%) Zscaler