ITIL Foundation Certificate Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 314 461
Rank change year-on-year +22 +147 +103
Contract jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 12 31 16
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.12% 0.20% 0.062%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 0.73% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 20 15
10th Percentile £316 £503 £344
25th Percentile £334 £603 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £605 £488
Median % change year-on-year -27.69% +24.10% -9.72%
75th Percentile £581 £608 £506
90th Percentile £616 £608 £681
UK median daily rate £331 £605 £300
% change year-on-year -45.25% +101.67% -36.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £30.53 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - +118.04% +16.67%
UK median hourly rate £20.00 £25.00 £14.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% +78.57% +7.69%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,762 4,242 6,586
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 27.64% 25.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 2,651 4,417
10th Percentile £350 £325 £381
25th Percentile £425 £440 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £650
90th Percentile £700 £730 £745
UK median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 269 292
10th Percentile £19.10 £15.85 £20.00
25th Percentile £26.25 £25.00 £42.50
Median hourly rate £54.51 £43.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.76% -33.85% +33.22%
75th Percentile £67.75 £65.00 £73.75
90th Percentile £85.78 £83.84 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £54.00
% change year-on-year - -25.93% +29.16%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing ITIL Foundation Certificate as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

ITIL Foundation Certificate trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

ITIL Foundation Certificate daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing ITIL Foundation Certificate over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

ITIL Foundation Certificate daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

ITIL Foundation Certificate hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Monitor
1 1 (8.33%) Azure Storage
1 1 (8.33%) Entra ID
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DHCP
1 1 (8.33%) DNS
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 7 (58.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (25.00%) Legal
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Consultant
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) ServiceNow Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) ITSM Consultant
3 2 (16.67%) Lead
3 2 (16.67%) Management Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Support
4 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Support Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) ITSM Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
4 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow Administrator
4 1 (8.33%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Ajax
1 1 (8.33%) AngularJS
1 1 (8.33%) ARM Templates
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
1 1 (8.33%) LDAP
1 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (50.00%) CMDB
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (8.33%) PKI
3 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) ITIL
2 11 (91.67%) ITSM
3 8 (66.67%) Service Management
4 4 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 3 (25.00%) Security Operations
5 3 (25.00%) Workflow
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
6 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 2 (16.67%) Data Management
6 2 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 2 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) SIAM
6 2 (16.67%) User Experience
7 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
7 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (8.33%) Privileged Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) Bicep
1 1 (8.33%) C#
1 1 (8.33%) JavaScript
1 1 (8.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (8.33%) VB
1 1 (8.33%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (8.33%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (8.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (8.33%) Kubernetes
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (8.33%) SCCM
1 1 (8.33%) SCOM
1 1 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (8.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 2 (16.67%) MEDITECH
3 1 (8.33%) BMC
3 1 (8.33%) Dynatrace
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft