ITIL Job Trends in Cardiff

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring ITIL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 46 38
Rank change year-on-year +19 -8 -4
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 9 3 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 2.51% 0.82% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.47% 1.01% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 10
10th Percentile £38,250 £47,809 £32,933
25th Percentile £43,125 £51,066 £34,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £59,430 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +25.12% +22.60%
75th Percentile £54,375 £63,058 £67,200
90th Percentile £54,750 £63,473 £72,433
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £44,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% +12.82% -2.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 259 297 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.35% 80.71% 90.83%
Number of salaries quoted 177 189 293
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,800 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,375 £67,375
90th Percentile £78,503 £77,920 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% +1.12%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Cardiff

ITIL
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ITIL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing ITIL

ITIL
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Cardiff over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL in Cardiff

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Firewall
1 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) SD-WAN
2 1 (11.11%) VoIP
2 1 (11.11%) VPN
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Police
3 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Analyst
1 3 (33.33%) Lead
2 2 (22.22%) Junior
2 2 (22.22%) Junior Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Head of Technology
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
3 1 (11.11%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 3 (33.33%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Driving Licence
2 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Mentoring
2 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Roadmaps
2 4 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
3 3 (33.33%) Cloud Security
3 3 (33.33%) Coaching
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Information Security
3 3 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 3 (33.33%) SABSA
3 3 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 3 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
3 3 (33.33%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (33.33%) Threat Intelligence
3 3 (33.33%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (22.22%) ISMS
4 2 (22.22%) Logistics
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CISMP
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
1 2 (22.22%) GSEC
2 1 (11.11%) CCNP
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) DBS Check
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (33.33%) NIST
2 2 (22.22%) GDPR
3 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) SolarWinds
2 1 (11.11%) Veeam
2 1 (11.11%) Zscaler