ITIL Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Yorkshire requiring ITIL skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 33 29
Rank change year-on-year -29 -4 +9
Contract jobs citing ITIL 102 89 88
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.58% 5.99% 5.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.23% 6.50% 6.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 50 59
10th Percentile £197 £217 £372
25th Percentile £308 £240 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £344 £500
Median % change year-on-year +37.98% -31.15% +14.29%
75th Percentile £574 £400 £550
90th Percentile £650 £524 £592
England median daily rate £500 £459 £485
% change year-on-year +8.95% -5.37% +0.92%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £25.63 £16.73 £15.39
25th Percentile £25.77 £17.06 £15.71
Median hourly rate £26.92 £18.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +47.51% +4.29% -10.87%
75th Percentile £28.00 £19.76 £19.75
90th Percentile - £19.77 £20.34
England median hourly rate £27.75 £26.00 £21.37
% change year-on-year +6.73% +21.67% +22.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Yorkshire

ITIL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,410 1,370 1,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 84.50% 92.13% 83.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,463 855 778
10th Percentile £325 £263 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £550 £580
90th Percentile £669 £618 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 79 62 49
10th Percentile £15.00 £16.58 -
25th Percentile £16.82 £18.39 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -32.50%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £43.96 £34.04 £36.75
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Yorkshire

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing ITIL.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 3 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in Yorkshire

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing ITIL.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Yorkshire citing ITIL

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
West Yorkshire -14 56 £500 +47.06% 23
South Yorkshire -31 27 £500 +42.86% 4
North Yorkshire -7 8 £200 +66.67% 9
East Yorkshire -10 1 £275 - 5
ITIL
England

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 10 (9.80%) Confluence
3 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (28.43%) Azure
2 24 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (17.65%) Entra ID
4 15 (14.71%) AWS
5 12 (11.76%) OneDrive
6 8 (7.84%) OpenShift
7 6 (5.88%) GCP
8 3 (2.94%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.96%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (1.96%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (1.96%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.96%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (1.96%) Datadog
9 2 (1.96%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.96%) SaaS
9 2 (1.96%) Serverless
10 1 (0.98%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.98%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.98%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) SSL
2 7 (6.86%) Firewall
2 7 (6.86%) Network Security
3 4 (3.92%) VoIP
4 3 (2.94%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.96%) DHCP
5 2 (1.96%) DNS
5 2 (1.96%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.96%) VPN
5 2 (1.96%) WAN
5 2 (1.96%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.98%) Broadband
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.98%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.98%) LAN
6 1 (0.98%) MPLS
6 1 (0.98%) SAN
6 1 (0.98%) SNMP
6 1 (0.98%) VLAN
6 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.92%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (2.94%) DTS
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (2.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.98%) Db2
3 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (11.76%) JIRA
2 3 (2.94%) Flyway
2 3 (2.94%) Git
2 3 (2.94%) GitLab
2 3 (2.94%) Jenkins
General
1 37 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (34.31%) Finance
3 22 (21.57%) Banking
4 19 (18.63%) Legal
5 15 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.90%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.94%) Law
10 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.96%) Military
11 2 (1.96%) Retail
12 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 13 (12.75%) Analyst
2 12 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (10.78%) Service Analyst
4 10 (9.80%) Administrator
4 10 (9.80%) Lead
5 9 (8.82%) Senior
6 8 (7.84%) Support Engineer
7 6 (5.88%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (4.90%) Service Desk Engineer
8 5 (4.90%) Service Manager
9 4 (3.92%) DBA
9 4 (3.92%) IT Support
9 4 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Architect
10 3 (2.94%) Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) SQL DBA
10 3 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) Middleware
2 9 (8.82%) ISPF
3 3 (2.94%) AWS CDK
3 3 (2.94%) REST
4 2 (1.96%) OAuth
4 2 (1.96%) OpenID
4 2 (1.96%) SAML
5 1 (0.98%) FIDO
5 1 (0.98%) JSON
5 1 (0.98%) Kafka
5 1 (0.98%) LDAP
5 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.98%) SOAP
5 1 (0.98%) Web Services
5 1 (0.98%) WebAuthn
5 1 (0.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.69%) Mainframe
2 9 (8.82%) Clustering
3 6 (5.88%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.94%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.96%) CMDB
5 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.96%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.98%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.98%) IoT
6 1 (0.98%) iSeries
6 1 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.98%) PKI
6 1 (0.98%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 25 (24.51%) Windows
2 14 (13.73%) Linux
3 10 (9.80%) zOS
4 8 (7.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (3.92%) Windows Server
6 3 (2.94%) Unix
6 3 (2.94%) VMS
7 2 (1.96%) Android
7 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.96%) OpenVMS
8 1 (0.98%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.98%) MVS
8 1 (0.98%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (41.18%) Service Management
2 27 (26.47%) ITSM
3 26 (25.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (24.51%) Change Management
5 22 (21.57%) Service Delivery
6 20 (19.61%) Problem-Solving
7 18 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
8 17 (16.67%) Incident Management
9 15 (14.71%) Agile
9 15 (14.71%) Problem Management
10 12 (11.76%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (9.80%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (9.80%) Risk Management
12 9 (8.82%) Computer Science
12 9 (8.82%) Runbook
12 9 (8.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 8 (7.84%) Data Protection
13 8 (7.84%) High Availability
13 8 (7.84%) Migration
14 7 (6.86%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.80%) Python
2 8 (7.84%) PowerShell
3 6 (5.88%) Bash
4 4 (3.92%) SQL
5 3 (2.94%) TypeScript
6 2 (1.96%) DCL
6 2 (1.96%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (0.98%) CLIST
7 1 (0.98%) Go
7 1 (0.98%) Java
7 1 (0.98%) JCL
7 1 (0.98%) REXX
Qualifications
1 16 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 14 (13.73%) Degree
3 12 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.86%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.92%) Master's Degree
6 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 4 (3.92%) PMI Certification
6 4 (3.92%) PMP
7 3 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (1.96%) A+ Certification
8 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (1.96%) CCNA
8 2 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.96%) MCSE
8 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.98%) CCNP
9 1 (0.98%) CISSP
9 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.86%) SLA
2 3 (2.94%) GxP
2 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (1.96%) QA
4 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.98%) PMO
4 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 20 (19.61%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.80%) RACF
3 7 (6.86%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.88%) Hyper-V
5 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.98%) ACF2
7 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.98%) Ceph
7 1 (0.98%) Firmware
7 1 (0.98%) NDS
7 1 (0.98%) NetIQ eDirectory
7 1 (0.98%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (12.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.82%) OMEGAMON
3 6 (5.88%) Ansible
4 3 (2.94%) Foglight
4 3 (2.94%) Grafana
4 3 (2.94%) Terraform
5 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.98%) Argo
6 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (20.59%) ServiceNow
2 16 (15.69%) IBM
2 16 (15.69%) Microsoft
3 7 (6.86%) Cisco
4 4 (3.92%) Palo Alto
4 4 (3.92%) VMware
5 3 (2.94%) Databricks
5 3 (2.94%) Remedy
5 3 (2.94%) Veeam
6 2 (1.96%) BMC
6 2 (1.96%) Google
6 2 (1.96%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (1.96%) New Relic
6 2 (1.96%) SAP
6 2 (1.96%) Splunk
7 1 (0.98%) Extreme Networks
7 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.98%) Okta
7 1 (0.98%) Samsung
7 1 (0.98%) Zscaler