ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 165 158
Rank change year-on-year +37 -7 +100
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 5 4 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.24% 0.15% 0.39%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.03% 0.47% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 5
10th Percentile - - £39,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £30,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £31,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +106.35% -46.15% +23.16%
75th Percentile £67,500 £32,250 £60,250
90th Percentile - - £75,100
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £50,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +30.00% -14.53% +23.16%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 485 847 651
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.16% 31.19% 23.06%
Number of salaries quoted 358 481 555
10th Percentile £37,850 £46,250 £37,200
25th Percentile £54,063 £56,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -10.34%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £122,500 £115,750
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - +7.69% -7.14%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITIL Foundation Certificate relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the City of London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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 1 (20.00%) Confluence
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Elite 3E
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SSH
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Law
1 4 (80.00%) Legal
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) IT Manager
1 4 (80.00%) IT Services Manager
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support
1 4 (80.00%) IT Support Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Lead
1 4 (80.00%) Service Desk Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Service Desk Support
1 4 (80.00%) Service Desk Team Leader
1 4 (80.00%) Service Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Service Support Manager
1 4 (80.00%) Support Team Leader
1 4 (80.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Culture of Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Unix
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (80.00%) ITSM
2 4 (80.00%) Service Management
2 4 (80.00%) Ticket Management
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (20.00%) Cryptography
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
3 1 (20.00%) Information Security
3 1 (20.00%) Release Management
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) iManage
1 4 (80.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) Gemalto
2 1 (20.00%) IBM
2 1 (20.00%) Thales