ITIL Job Trends in Bristol

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring ITIL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 29 63
Rank change year-on-year -40 +34 +8
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 24 93 69
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 1.20% 6.45% 4.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.84% 7.36% 4.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17 47 65
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,200 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £42,500 £47,557
Median % change year-on-year - -10.63% +18.89%
75th Percentile £57,500 £59,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £66,900 £71,250 £79,750
South West median annual salary £37,000 £42,923 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.80% -9.64% +5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,303 1,263 1,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 65.25% 87.65% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 968 690 1,274
10th Percentile £28,925 £30,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,300 £87,500 £90,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +1.85% +6.32%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Bristol

ITIL
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ITIL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing ITIL

ITIL
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL in Bristol

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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 5 (20.83%) IIS
2 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (12.50%) SharePoint
4 2 (8.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (37.50%) Azure
3 3 (12.50%) AWS
4 2 (8.33%) SaaS
5 1 (4.17%) Entra ID
5 1 (4.17%) Google Workspace
5 1 (4.17%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) DNS
1 6 (25.00%) Firewall
2 5 (20.83%) Cisco IOS
2 5 (20.83%) DHCP
2 5 (20.83%) IPsec
2 5 (20.83%) VLAN
2 5 (20.83%) VoIP
2 5 (20.83%) VPN
2 5 (20.83%) Wireless
3 1 (4.17%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (20.83%) Amazon RDS
3 3 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 18 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (37.50%) Finance
3 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
4 4 (16.67%) Electronics
4 4 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 4 (16.67%) Marketing
4 4 (16.67%) Telecoms
5 3 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (12.50%) Back Office
6 1 (4.17%) Aerospace
6 1 (4.17%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 8 (33.33%) Support Engineer
2 7 (29.17%) 2nd Line Support
2 7 (29.17%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) IT Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) IT Support
3 5 (20.83%) IT Support Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Senior
3 5 (20.83%) Senior IT Engineer
3 5 (20.83%) Senior IT Support
3 5 (20.83%) Senior Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
4 4 (16.67%) 2nd/3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support
4 4 (16.67%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Desktop Support Engineer
5 3 (12.50%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (20.83%) Clustering
2 2 (8.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.17%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.17%) Driving Licence
3 1 (4.17%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.17%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.17%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Linux
2 8 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 6 (25.00%) Windows Server
4 3 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (45.83%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (45.83%) Service Delivery
3 8 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 7 (29.17%) ITSM
4 7 (29.17%) Service Management
5 6 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (25.00%) Project Delivery
6 5 (20.83%) Coaching
6 5 (20.83%) Containerisation
6 5 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
6 5 (20.83%) Incident Management
6 5 (20.83%) IT Strategy
6 5 (20.83%) Migration
6 5 (20.83%) Remote Monitoring and Management
6 5 (20.83%) Server Building
6 5 (20.83%) Server Management
7 4 (16.67%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (37.50%) PowerShell
2 4 (16.67%) SQL
3 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.17%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
2 6 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 6 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) ACMT
3 5 (20.83%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (16.67%) SC Cleared
5 3 (12.50%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (8.33%) CCNA
6 2 (8.33%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (4.17%) CISA
7 1 (4.17%) CISM
7 1 (4.17%) CISMP
7 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) Cyber Essentials
2 3 (12.50%) SLA
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) GRC
3 1 (4.17%) ISO 9001
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) NCSC
3 1 (4.17%) QA
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (20.83%) Docker
2 5 (20.83%) Hyper-V
2 5 (20.83%) VMware ESXi
3 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (25.00%) Kubernetes
1 6 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (20.83%) Autotask
2 5 (20.83%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Cisco
2 11 (45.83%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) Apple
3 8 (33.33%) Veeam
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle
4 6 (25.00%) VMware
5 5 (20.83%) Datto
5 5 (20.83%) Sophos
6 4 (16.67%) SAP
7 3 (12.50%) arcserve
8 2 (8.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (4.17%) BMC
9 1 (4.17%) Google
9 1 (4.17%) Remedy