ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 513 637 711
Rank change year-on-year +124 +74 -75
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 66 63 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.15% 0.11% 0.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.49% 0.38% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 42 110
10th Percentile £266 £158 £237
25th Percentile £400 £182 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £605 £300 £488
Median % change year-on-year +101.67% -38.46% +52.34%
75th Percentile £608 £447 £540
90th Percentile - £506 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £605 £246 £330
% change year-on-year +145.93% -25.45% +5.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 2 7
10th Percentile £13.89 £14.20 £9.75
25th Percentile £15.61 £14.50 £10.13
Median hourly rate £25.00 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% +19.23% -23.53%
75th Percentile - £17.00 £19.44
90th Percentile £39.34 £17.60 £20.51
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.00 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +61.29% +19.23% -17.46%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 13,357 16,381 19,057
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 30.67% 27.32% 21.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,219 10,918 12,540
10th Percentile £300 £325 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £738 £743 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £530 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,073 866 779
10th Percentile £13.87 £15.25 £13.48
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.00 £19.30
Median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +30.12% +7.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £68.56 £56.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £79.88 £66.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.63 £49.94 £32.43
% change year-on-year -18.65% +53.97% -7.34%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Top 12 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 26 April 2024. 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 66 £605 +89.06% 11
UK excluding London +90 53 £605 +145.93% 7
Work from Home +135 32 £605 +24.10% 3
South East +40 22 £605 +89.06% 2
South West - 14 £558 - 1
London +102 13 £350 +43.59% 5
West Midlands +38 8 £425 - 2
Midlands +35 8 £425 - 3
North of England +26 5 £200 -58.97% 1
East of England +11 4 - -
Yorkshire +21 3 £200 -11.11%
North West +18 2 - - 1

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 16 (24.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.03%) IBM Notes
2 2 (3.03%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (21.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.52%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 22 (33.33%) Azure
1 22 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (24.24%) Azure Monitor
2 16 (24.24%) Azure Storage
2 16 (24.24%) Entra ID
3 3 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (24.24%) DHCP
1 16 (24.24%) DNS
1 16 (24.24%) Firewall
2 3 (4.55%) LAN
2 3 (4.55%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (4.55%) WAN
2 3 (4.55%) Wireless
3 2 (3.03%) Cisco IOS
3 2 (3.03%) Skype
3 2 (3.03%) Telepresence
4 1 (1.52%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (4.55%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) Axure RP
General
1 43 (65.15%) Social Skills
2 14 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 8 (12.12%) Finance
4 7 (10.61%) Telecoms
5 6 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.58%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (6.06%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (3.03%) Banking
8 2 (3.03%) Electronics
8 2 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.03%) Marketing
9 1 (1.52%) Advertising
9 1 (1.52%) Back Office
9 1 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.52%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (1.52%) Front Office
9 1 (1.52%) Police
Job Titles
1 23 (34.85%) Support Specialist
2 15 (22.73%) Active Directory Support
2 15 (22.73%) Azure Specialist
3 14 (21.21%) Active Directory Specialist
4 12 (18.18%) IT Support
5 9 (13.64%) Analyst
5 9 (13.64%) IT Support Specialist
6 8 (12.12%) Service Analyst
7 7 (10.61%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Problem Manager
9 3 (4.55%) Change Manager
9 3 (4.55%) IT Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) IT Manager
10 2 (3.03%) IT Support Engineer
10 2 (3.03%) ITIL Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Management Consultant
10 2 (3.03%) Service Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Test Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (22.73%) ARM Templates
2 3 (4.55%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (24.24%) PKI
1 16 (24.24%) Self-Motivation
2 5 (7.58%) Management Information System
2 5 (7.58%) NHS
3 2 (3.03%) CMDB
3 2 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.03%) Smartphone
3 2 (3.03%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (1.52%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Storage
4 1 (1.52%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 31 (46.97%) Windows
2 19 (28.79%) Windows Server
3 15 (22.73%) Linux
3 15 (22.73%) Windows Server 2016
3 15 (22.73%) Windows Server 2019
4 5 (7.58%) Windows 10
5 3 (4.55%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.52%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (100.00%) ITIL
2 35 (53.03%) Service Management
3 25 (37.88%) Analytics
4 21 (31.82%) Agile
5 20 (30.30%) DevOps
6 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (25.76%) Identity Management
8 16 (24.24%) Incident Management
8 16 (24.24%) Log Analytics
8 16 (24.24%) Multi-Factor Authentication
8 16 (24.24%) Privileged Identity Management
8 16 (24.24%) RBAC
8 16 (24.24%) Release Management
9 15 (22.73%) CI/CD
9 15 (22.73%) Data Analysis
9 15 (22.73%) Infrastructure as Code
9 15 (22.73%) Problem Management
10 14 (21.21%) Customer Service
11 13 (19.70%) Continuous Improvement
12 12 (18.18%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 19 (28.79%) PowerShell
2 16 (24.24%) C#
2 16 (24.24%) VB
2 16 (24.24%) VBScript
3 15 (22.73%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 25 (37.88%) Degree
2 22 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 21 (31.82%) SC Cleared
4 16 (24.24%) DV Cleared
5 8 (12.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (6.06%) A+ Certification
6 4 (6.06%) Network+ Certification
7 3 (4.55%) ECDL
7 3 (4.55%) ISTQB
7 3 (4.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 3 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (3.03%) Azure Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CCNA
8 2 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.03%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (3.03%) ISEB
8 2 (3.03%) ISEB Practitioner
8 2 (3.03%) MCITP
8 2 (3.03%) MCSE
9 1 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.03%) COBIT
1 2 (3.03%) ISO 9000
1 2 (3.03%) QA
2 1 (1.52%) Government Security Classifications
2 1 (1.52%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 17 (25.76%) Virtual Desktop
3 16 (24.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 21 (31.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 20 (30.30%) SCCM
3 18 (27.27%) WSUS
4 16 (24.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 16 (24.24%) Kubernetes
4 16 (24.24%) SCOM
5 3 (4.55%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 34 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 4 (6.06%) BT
4 3 (4.55%) HP
5 2 (3.03%) Apple
5 2 (3.03%) Cisco
5 2 (3.03%) Citrix
5 2 (3.03%) Lotus
5 2 (3.03%) Polycom
5 2 (3.03%) SAP
6 1 (1.52%) BMC
6 1 (1.52%) Remedy
6 1 (1.52%) Salesforce