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 25 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 36 26
Rank change year-on-year -28 -10 +14
Contract jobs citing ITIL 98 80 97
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.43% 5.61% 6.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.04% 6.08% 7.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 41 65
10th Percentile £197 £220 £345
25th Percentile £308 £235 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +35.71% -26.32% +11.76%
75th Percentile £574 £450 £550
90th Percentile £650 £569 £589
England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile £26.03 £16.35 £15.39
25th Percentile £26.77 £16.50 £15.71
Median hourly rate £28.00 £18.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.56% +2.86% -10.87%
75th Percentile - £19.75 £19.75
90th Percentile - £19.77 £20.34
England median hourly rate £28.00 £26.00 £21.19
% change year-on-year +7.69% +22.73% +21.06%

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 2,428 1,315 1,343
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 85.10% 92.15% 83.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,478 821 824
10th Percentile £322 £263 £300
25th Percentile £413 £375 £403
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 £675 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 77 62 53
10th Percentile £15.15 £16.28 -
25th Percentile £17.01 £18.16 £12.15
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -32.50%
75th Percentile £35.00 £25.15 £22.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £30.14 £45.75
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.13% -6.98%

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 25 July 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 25 July 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 -13 56 £506 +48.90% 18
South Yorkshire -30 23 £500 +35.50% 7
North Yorkshire -6 8 £200 -46.31% 10
East Yorkshire -11 1 £275 - 2
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 13 (13.27%) SharePoint
2 10 (10.20%) Confluence
3 4 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.04%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (3.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 26 (26.53%) Azure
2 22 (22.45%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (15.31%) AWS
3 15 (15.31%) Entra ID
4 12 (12.24%) OneDrive
5 8 (8.16%) OpenShift
6 6 (6.12%) GCP
7 4 (4.08%) Power Platform
8 2 (2.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 2 (2.04%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (2.04%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (2.04%) Datadog
8 2 (2.04%) Google Workspace
8 2 (2.04%) SaaS
8 2 (2.04%) Serverless
9 1 (1.02%) Amazon ELB
9 1 (1.02%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.18%) SSL
2 7 (7.14%) Network Security
3 4 (4.08%) Firewall
3 4 (4.08%) VoIP
4 2 (2.04%) DHCP
4 2 (2.04%) DNS
4 2 (2.04%) SD-WAN
4 2 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.04%) VPN
4 2 (2.04%) WAN
4 2 (2.04%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (1.02%) Broadband
5 1 (1.02%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (1.02%) Kerberos
5 1 (1.02%) LAN
5 1 (1.02%) MPLS
5 1 (1.02%) SAN
5 1 (1.02%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.02%) VLAN
5 1 (1.02%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (3.06%) DTS
2 3 (3.06%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (3.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.02%) Db2
3 1 (1.02%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (12.24%) JIRA
2 3 (3.06%) Flyway
2 3 (3.06%) Git
2 3 (3.06%) GitLab
2 3 (3.06%) Jenkins
General
1 35 (35.71%) Finance
2 33 (33.67%) Social Skills
3 22 (22.45%) Banking
4 19 (19.39%) Legal
5 15 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (6.12%) Public Sector
8 5 (5.10%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.06%) Financial Institution
9 3 (3.06%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.06%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.04%) Military
10 2 (2.04%) Retail
11 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (14.29%) Analyst
2 12 (12.24%) 2nd Line Support
3 11 (11.22%) Service Analyst
4 10 (10.20%) Administrator
5 9 (9.18%) Senior
6 8 (8.16%) Support Engineer
7 7 (7.14%) Lead
8 6 (6.12%) IT Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Linux Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Senior Linux Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Service Desk Analyst
9 5 (5.10%) Service Desk Engineer
9 5 (5.10%) Service Manager
10 4 (4.08%) DBA
10 4 (4.08%) IT Support
10 4 (4.08%) IT Support Engineer
11 3 (3.06%) Consultant
11 3 (3.06%) Service Delivery Analyst
11 3 (3.06%) SQL DBA
11 3 (3.06%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (12.24%) Middleware
2 9 (9.18%) ISPF
3 3 (3.06%) AWS CDK
3 3 (3.06%) REST
4 2 (2.04%) OAuth
4 2 (2.04%) OpenID
4 2 (2.04%) SAML
5 1 (1.02%) FIDO
5 1 (1.02%) JSON
5 1 (1.02%) Kafka
5 1 (1.02%) LDAP
5 1 (1.02%) OAuth2
5 1 (1.02%) SOAP
5 1 (1.02%) Web Services
5 1 (1.02%) WebAuthn
5 1 (1.02%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.33%) Mainframe
2 9 (9.18%) Clustering
3 6 (6.12%) Data Centre
4 3 (3.06%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.04%) CMDB
5 2 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.04%) Smartphone
6 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.02%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.02%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (1.02%) IoT
6 1 (1.02%) iSeries
6 1 (1.02%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.02%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.02%) PKI
6 1 (1.02%) TM Forum
6 1 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (22.45%) Windows
2 13 (13.27%) Linux
3 10 (10.20%) zOS
4 8 (8.16%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 3 (3.06%) Unix
5 3 (3.06%) VMS
6 2 (2.04%) Android
6 2 (2.04%) Apple iOS
6 2 (2.04%) Mac OS
6 2 (2.04%) OpenVMS
7 1 (1.02%) CoreOS
7 1 (1.02%) MVS
7 1 (1.02%) Ubuntu
7 1 (1.02%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server
7 1 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (40.82%) Service Management
2 28 (28.57%) ITSM
3 26 (26.53%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (24.49%) Change Management
5 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (19.39%) Service Delivery
6 18 (18.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (17.35%) Incident Management
8 16 (16.33%) Agile
9 14 (14.29%) Problem Management
10 12 (12.24%) Performance Optimisation
11 10 (10.20%) Risk Management
12 9 (9.18%) Computer Science
12 9 (9.18%) Runbook
13 8 (8.16%) Data Protection
14 7 (7.14%) Collaborative Working
14 7 (7.14%) High Availability
14 7 (7.14%) Migration
14 7 (7.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 6 (6.12%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.20%) Python
2 8 (8.16%) PowerShell
3 6 (6.12%) Bash
4 4 (4.08%) SQL
5 3 (3.06%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.04%) DCL
6 2 (2.04%) Search Processing Language
7 1 (1.02%) CLIST
7 1 (1.02%) Go
7 1 (1.02%) Java
7 1 (1.02%) JCL
7 1 (1.02%) REXX
Qualifications
1 16 (16.33%) Security Cleared
2 13 (13.27%) Degree
3 12 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 7 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (4.08%) Master's Degree
6 4 (4.08%) PMI Certification
6 4 (4.08%) PMP
7 3 (3.06%) Microsoft Certified Professional
7 3 (3.06%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (1.02%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.02%) Azure Certification
9 1 (1.02%) CCNA
9 1 (1.02%) CCNP
9 1 (1.02%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.02%) CISSP
9 1 (1.02%) GIAC
9 1 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.02%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) SLA
2 3 (3.06%) GxP
2 3 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 2 (2.04%) QA
4 1 (1.02%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.02%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.02%) PMO
4 1 (1.02%) SOC 2
System Software
1 19 (19.39%) Active Directory
2 10 (10.20%) RACF
3 7 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (2.04%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.04%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.02%) ACF2
5 1 (1.02%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
5 1 (1.02%) Ceph
5 1 (1.02%) Firmware
5 1 (1.02%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (13.27%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (9.18%) OMEGAMON
3 6 (6.12%) Ansible
4 3 (3.06%) Foglight
4 3 (3.06%) Grafana
4 3 (3.06%) Terraform
5 2 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (1.02%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (1.02%) Argo
6 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
6 1 (1.02%) Prometheus
6 1 (1.02%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 21 (21.43%) ServiceNow
2 16 (16.33%) IBM
3 12 (12.24%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.08%) Cisco
5 3 (3.06%) Databricks
5 3 (3.06%) Remedy
5 3 (3.06%) VMware
6 2 (2.04%) BMC
6 2 (2.04%) Google
6 2 (2.04%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (2.04%) New Relic
6 2 (2.04%) SAP
6 2 (2.04%) Splunk
6 2 (2.04%) Veeam
7 1 (1.02%) Adobe
7 1 (1.02%) Broadcom
7 1 (1.02%) Commvault
7 1 (1.02%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.02%) Mitel
7 1 (1.02%) Red Hat