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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 34 34
Rank change year-on-year -26 0 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 102 94 78
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.56% 6.16% 5.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 6.74% 6.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 55 49
10th Percentile £198 £185 £372
25th Percentile £263 £235 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £340 £500
Median % change year-on-year +39.71% -32.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £565 £400 £550
90th Percentile £650 £500 £582
England median daily rate £500 £450 £488
% change year-on-year +11.11% -7.69% +1.44%
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% -11.99%
75th Percentile £28.00 £19.76 £19.75
90th Percentile - £19.77 £20.34
England median hourly rate £25.92 £26.45 £21.37
% change year-on-year -2.00% +23.77% +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 2,398 1,395 1,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.79% 91.48% 83.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,444 883 770
10th Percentile £325 £263 £320
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 £668 £625 £676
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 84 62 52
10th Percentile £14.55 £16.58 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.39 £12.45
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +59.63% -30.65%
75th Percentile £29.94 £25.15 £22.75
90th Percentile £43.96 £78.38 £38.75
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% +3.61%

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 21 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 21 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 -19 55 £525 +54.41% 11
South Yorkshire -26 27 £500 +40.85% 3
North Yorkshire -8 9 £200 +66.67% 5
East Yorkshire -9 1 £275 - 4
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%) Confluence
1 12 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.90%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 31 (30.39%) Azure
2 25 (24.51%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (18.63%) Entra ID
4 14 (13.73%) 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%) Google Data Studio
9 2 (1.96%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.98%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.98%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.82%) Firewall
1 9 (8.82%) SSL
2 7 (6.86%) Network Security
3 4 (3.92%) DHCP
3 4 (3.92%) DNS
3 4 (3.92%) VoIP
4 3 (2.94%) SAN
4 3 (2.94%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.94%) VLAN
4 3 (2.94%) VPN
5 2 (1.96%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (1.96%) iSCSI
5 2 (1.96%) NAS
5 2 (1.96%) WAN
5 2 (1.96%) Wireless
6 1 (0.98%) Broadband
6 1 (0.98%) Kerberos
6 1 (0.98%) LAN
6 1 (0.98%) SNMP
6 1 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.94%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.96%) DTS
2 2 (1.96%) Power Query
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.98%) Db2
3 1 (0.98%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (13.73%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Flyway
2 2 (1.96%) Git
2 2 (1.96%) GitLab
2 2 (1.96%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.96%) Tricentis qTest
2 2 (1.96%) Zephyr
General
1 37 (36.27%) Social Skills
2 35 (34.31%) Finance
3 22 (21.57%) Banking
4 18 (17.65%) Legal
5 14 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.84%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.88%) Public Sector
8 4 (3.92%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.94%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (2.94%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.94%) Law
9 3 (2.94%) Manufacturing
9 3 (2.94%) Retail
10 2 (1.96%) Military
11 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 17 (16.67%) Analyst
2 13 (12.75%) Service Analyst
3 12 (11.76%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (10.78%) Administrator
4 11 (10.78%) 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
9 4 (3.92%) IT Support
9 4 (3.92%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.92%) Service Manager
10 3 (2.94%) Consultant
10 3 (2.94%) DBA
10 3 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Technical Engineer
10 3 (2.94%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.76%) Middleware
2 9 (8.82%) ISPF
3 3 (2.94%) Terraform
4 2 (1.96%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.96%) OAuth
4 2 (1.96%) OpenID
4 2 (1.96%) SAML
5 1 (0.98%) FIDO
5 1 (0.98%) Kafka
5 1 (0.98%) LDAP
5 1 (0.98%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.98%) REST
5 1 (0.98%) SOAP
5 1 (0.98%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.69%) Mainframe
2 9 (8.82%) Clustering
2 9 (8.82%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.94%) CMDB
3 3 (2.94%) Distributed Computing
3 3 (2.94%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.94%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.96%) NHS
4 2 (1.96%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.98%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.98%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.98%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.98%) IoT
5 1 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.98%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.98%) Operational Technology
5 1 (0.98%) PKI
5 1 (0.98%) TM Forum
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 28 (27.45%) Windows
2 15 (14.71%) Linux
3 10 (9.80%) zOS
4 7 (6.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 7 (6.86%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.94%) VMS
6 2 (1.96%) Android
6 2 (1.96%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.96%) OpenVMS
6 2 (1.96%) Unix
7 1 (0.98%) CoreOS
7 1 (0.98%) MVS
7 1 (0.98%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.98%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (42.16%) Service Management
2 28 (27.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 27 (26.47%) ITSM
4 24 (23.53%) Service Delivery
5 23 (22.55%) Change Management
6 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (18.63%) Stakeholder Management
7 16 (15.69%) Incident Management
8 14 (13.73%) Agile
8 14 (13.73%) Problem Management
9 12 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
9 12 (11.76%) Risk Management
10 11 (10.78%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (9.80%) Migration
12 9 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
12 9 (8.82%) High Availability
12 9 (8.82%) Runbook
12 9 (8.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (8.82%) Vulnerability Remediation
13 8 (7.84%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.80%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.84%) Python
3 6 (5.88%) Bash
4 3 (2.94%) SQL
5 2 (1.96%) DCL
5 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.98%) CLIST
6 1 (0.98%) Go
6 1 (0.98%) Java
6 1 (0.98%) JCL
6 1 (0.98%) REXX
Qualifications
1 14 (13.73%) Security Cleared
2 13 (12.75%) Degree
3 12 (11.76%) SC Cleared
4 7 (6.86%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (4.90%) 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%) IIBA
8 2 (1.96%) MCSE
8 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.98%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.88%) SLA
2 4 (3.92%) QA
3 3 (2.94%) GxP
3 3 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.96%) GRC
5 1 (0.98%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.98%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.98%) PMO
5 1 (0.98%) SOC 2
System Software
1 23 (22.55%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.80%) RACF
3 7 (6.86%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.86%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.94%) Firmware
5 3 (2.94%) vSphere
6 2 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (1.96%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.98%) ACF2
7 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.98%) Ceph
7 1 (0.98%) NDS
7 1 (0.98%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.82%) OMEGAMON
3 8 (7.84%) Ansible
4 2 (1.96%) Foglight
4 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.96%) vCenter Server
4 2 (1.96%) vMotion
5 1 (0.98%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.98%) Argo
5 1 (0.98%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.98%) Grafana
5 1 (0.98%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.98%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 22 (21.57%) ServiceNow
2 17 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 16 (15.69%) IBM
4 9 (8.82%) Cisco
5 7 (6.86%) VMware
6 4 (3.92%) Google
6 4 (3.92%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.94%) BMC
7 3 (2.94%) Remedy
7 3 (2.94%) Veeam
8 2 (1.96%) Databricks
8 2 (1.96%) Dell
8 2 (1.96%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.96%) Okta
9 1 (0.98%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.98%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.98%) Meraki
9 1 (0.98%) Mitel
9 1 (0.98%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.98%) Samsung