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

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 32 37
Rank change year-on-year -32 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing ITIL 103 100 72
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 3.59% 6.48% 4.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.30% 7.11% 5.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 61 41
10th Percentile £200 £153 £319
25th Percentile £263 £235 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £340 £490
Median % change year-on-year +42.65% -30.61% -4.20%
75th Percentile £565 £400 £538
90th Percentile £650 £525 £554
England median daily rate £500 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -1.04%
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 £25.84 £26.51 £21.37
% change year-on-year -2.53% +24.05% +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 2,397 1,406 1,275
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 83.61% 91.06% 83.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,455 899 765
10th Percentile £336 £262 £315
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 £625 £660
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 86 58 50
10th Percentile £13.77 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.62 £18.10 £12.55
Median hourly rate £22.15 £22.14 £15.09
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% +46.77% -24.58%
75th Percentile £28.00 £25.15 £26.50
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £39.75
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 30 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 30 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 -17 54 £525 +50.00% 18
South Yorkshire -32 29 £500 +41.84% 7
North Yorkshire -13 9 £200 +66.67% 8
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 13 (12.62%) Confluence
2 12 (11.65%) SharePoint
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.94%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.94%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.91%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 32 (31.07%) Azure
2 26 (25.24%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (18.45%) Entra ID
4 15 (14.56%) AWS
5 12 (11.65%) OneDrive
6 8 (7.77%) OpenShift
7 6 (5.83%) GCP
8 3 (2.91%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.94%) Google Data Studio
9 2 (1.94%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.97%) Rubrik
10 1 (0.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.68%) Firewall
2 9 (8.74%) SSL
3 8 (7.77%) Network Security
4 5 (4.85%) DHCP
4 5 (4.85%) DNS
5 4 (3.88%) SAN
5 4 (3.88%) VLAN
5 4 (3.88%) VoIP
5 4 (3.88%) VPN
6 3 (2.91%) Fibre Channel
6 3 (2.91%) iSCSI
6 3 (2.91%) NAS
6 3 (2.91%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.94%) WAN
7 2 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.94%) Wireless
8 1 (0.97%) Broadband
8 1 (0.97%) Kerberos
8 1 (0.97%) LAN
8 1 (0.97%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.91%) Amazon RDS
2 2 (1.94%) DTS
2 2 (1.94%) Power Query
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (1.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.97%) Db2
3 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (14.56%) JIRA
2 2 (1.94%) Flyway
2 2 (1.94%) Git
2 2 (1.94%) GitLab
2 2 (1.94%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.94%) Tricentis qTest
2 2 (1.94%) Zephyr
3 1 (0.97%) MSI
General
1 37 (35.92%) Finance
2 36 (34.95%) Social Skills
3 21 (20.39%) Banking
4 18 (17.48%) Legal
5 12 (11.65%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (7.77%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.83%) Public Sector
8 5 (4.85%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (3.88%) Retail
9 4 (3.88%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
10 3 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.91%) Law
10 3 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.94%) Military
12 1 (0.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 14 (13.59%) Lead
2 13 (12.62%) Analyst
3 12 (11.65%) 2nd Line Support
4 11 (10.68%) Administrator
5 9 (8.74%) Senior
5 9 (8.74%) Service Analyst
6 8 (7.77%) Support Engineer
7 7 (6.80%) IT Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Senior Linux Engineer
8 5 (4.85%) Service Desk Analyst
8 5 (4.85%) Service Desk Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) IT Support
9 4 (3.88%) IT Support Engineer
9 4 (3.88%) Service Manager
10 3 (2.91%) Consultant
10 3 (2.91%) DBA
10 3 (2.91%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 3 (2.91%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.91%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.65%) Middleware
2 9 (8.74%) ISPF
3 4 (3.88%) Terraform
4 2 (1.94%) AWS CDK
4 2 (1.94%) OAuth
4 2 (1.94%) OpenID
4 2 (1.94%) SAML
5 1 (0.97%) FIDO
5 1 (0.97%) Kafka
5 1 (0.97%) LDAP
5 1 (0.97%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.97%) REST
5 1 (0.97%) SOAP
5 1 (0.97%) WebAuthn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.53%) Mainframe
2 10 (9.71%) Data Centre
3 9 (8.74%) Clustering
4 3 (2.91%) CMDB
4 3 (2.91%) Distributed Computing
4 3 (2.91%) Hybrid Cloud
4 3 (2.91%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.94%) NHS
5 2 (1.94%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.97%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.97%) Enterprise Storage
6 1 (0.97%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.97%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.97%) IoT
6 1 (0.97%) iSeries
6 1 (0.97%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.97%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.97%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 30 (29.13%) Windows
2 16 (15.53%) Linux
3 10 (9.71%) zOS
4 8 (7.77%) Windows Server
5 7 (6.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (2.91%) VMS
7 2 (1.94%) Android
7 2 (1.94%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.94%) Mac OS
7 2 (1.94%) OpenVMS
7 2 (1.94%) Unix
7 2 (1.94%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.97%) CoreOS
8 1 (0.97%) MVS
8 1 (0.97%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (40.78%) Service Management
2 27 (26.21%) ITSM
3 26 (25.24%) Continuous Improvement
4 24 (23.30%) Change Management
5 21 (20.39%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (19.42%) Service Delivery
7 17 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (15.53%) Incident Management
9 15 (14.56%) Agile
10 14 (13.59%) Problem Management
11 13 (12.62%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (11.65%) Risk Management
13 11 (10.68%) Migration
13 11 (10.68%) Performance Optimisation
13 11 (10.68%) Runbook
14 10 (9.71%) High Availability
14 10 (9.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (9.71%) Vulnerability Remediation
15 9 (8.74%) Cybersecurity
16 8 (7.77%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.65%) PowerShell
2 8 (7.77%) Python
3 6 (5.83%) Bash
4 3 (2.91%) SQL
5 2 (1.94%) DCL
5 2 (1.94%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.97%) CLIST
6 1 (0.97%) Go
6 1 (0.97%) Java
6 1 (0.97%) JCL
6 1 (0.97%) REXX
Qualifications
1 13 (12.62%) Degree
2 10 (9.71%) ITIL Certification
2 10 (9.71%) SC Cleared
2 10 (9.71%) Security Cleared
3 6 (5.83%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.83%) PMP
4 5 (4.85%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.88%) Master's Degree
5 4 (3.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
6 3 (2.91%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.94%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (1.94%) CCNA
7 2 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (1.94%) IIBA
7 2 (1.94%) MCSE
7 2 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.97%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.83%) SLA
2 4 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.88%) QA
3 3 (2.91%) GxP
4 2 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 2 (1.94%) GRC
5 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.97%) NIST
5 1 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.97%) PMO
5 1 (0.97%) SOC 2
System Software
1 24 (23.30%) Active Directory
2 10 (9.71%) RACF
3 7 (6.80%) Hyper-V
3 7 (6.80%) Virtual Machines
3 7 (6.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.88%) Firmware
4 4 (3.88%) vSphere
5 3 (2.91%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.94%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.97%) ACF2
7 1 (0.97%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.97%) Ceph
7 1 (0.97%) NDS
7 1 (0.97%) NetIQ eDirectory
Systems Management
1 15 (14.56%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (8.74%) Ansible
2 9 (8.74%) OMEGAMON
3 3 (2.91%) vCenter Server
3 3 (2.91%) vMotion
4 2 (1.94%) Foglight
4 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.97%) Argo
5 1 (0.97%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.97%) Grafana
5 1 (0.97%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.97%) SCCM
5 1 (0.97%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 22 (21.36%) ServiceNow
2 19 (18.45%) Microsoft
3 16 (15.53%) IBM
4 10 (9.71%) Cisco
5 8 (7.77%) VMware
6 4 (3.88%) Google
6 4 (3.88%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.91%) BMC
7 3 (2.91%) Dell
7 3 (2.91%) Remedy
7 3 (2.91%) Veeam
8 2 (1.94%) Databricks
8 2 (1.94%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.94%) Okta
9 1 (0.97%) Broadcom
9 1 (0.97%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.97%) Meraki
9 1 (0.97%) Mitel
9 1 (0.97%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.97%) Samsung