ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 476 599 574
Rank change year-on-year +123 -25 +210
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 135 88 90
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.26% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.76% 0.49% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 93 54 82
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,687 £27,100
25th Percentile £31,250 £33,563 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,929 £42,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.93% -20.00% +31.25%
75th Percentile £56,250 £47,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £69,841 £57,850 £74,250
UK median annual salary £39,929 £42,000 £48,628
% change year-on-year -4.93% -13.63% +21.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 17,665 18,047 13,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 33.54% 35.97% 30.67%
Number of salaries quoted 7,097 7,304 9,621
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,954 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% +4.27% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in England over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate within the England region over the 6 months to 26 December 2025. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +61 55 £32,500 -27.78% 18
Yorkshire +14 37 £31,000 -31.11% 7
South East +34 22 £39,929 -11.27% 24
London +50 17 £47,500 +22.58% 14
South West +18 15 £47,500 +45.59% 14
Midlands +26 14 £57,000 +30.29% 15
West Midlands +37 12 £54,000 +20.00% 7
East of England +29 10 £32,500 -22.62% 11
North West +29 9 £35,854 -20.32% 9
North East - 9 £52,000 - 2
East Midlands -9 2 £80,000 +102.53% 7
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 10 (7.41%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.67%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.74%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (10.37%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.96%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.74%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 41 (30.37%) Azure
2 37 (27.41%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.07%) Entra ID
4 14 (10.37%) AWS
5 7 (5.19%) SaaS
6 3 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.48%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.74%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.74%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.74%) OCI
8 1 (0.74%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.15%) DHCP
1 11 (8.15%) DNS
2 10 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 9 (6.67%) Firewall
4 8 (5.93%) WAN
5 7 (5.19%) LAN
5 7 (5.19%) VPN
6 6 (4.44%) VLAN
6 6 (4.44%) WLAN
7 4 (2.96%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.96%) VoIP
8 3 (2.22%) Internet
8 3 (2.22%) Network Security
8 3 (2.22%) STUN
8 3 (2.22%) VoLTE
8 3 (2.22%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.48%) BGP
9 2 (1.48%) OSPF
10 1 (0.74%) SAN
10 1 (0.74%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.15%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.22%) MySQL
3 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.74%) DTS
3 1 (0.74%) Power BI
3 1 (0.74%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (19.26%) JIRA
General
1 101 (74.81%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.04%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (14.81%) Finance
4 16 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.63%) Police
6 10 (7.41%) Law
7 9 (6.67%) Legal
8 3 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (2.22%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.74%) Humanities
10 1 (0.74%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 39 (28.89%) Analyst
2 29 (21.48%) Support Analyst
3 24 (17.78%) IT Support
4 23 (17.04%) Developer
4 23 (17.04%) JIRA Developer
5 16 (11.85%) IT Analyst
6 15 (11.11%) Lead
7 14 (10.37%) IT Support Analyst
7 14 (10.37%) Systems Analyst
8 13 (9.63%) Development Analyst
8 13 (9.63%) Development Support Analyst
8 13 (9.63%) Systems Development Analyst
8 13 (9.63%) Systems Support
8 13 (9.63%) Systems Support Analyst
9 11 (8.15%) Support Engineer
10 9 (6.67%) IT Manager
10 9 (6.67%) Senior
11 8 (5.93%) 2nd Line Support
11 8 (5.93%) IT Engineer
11 8 (5.93%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (9.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.22%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.22%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (14.07%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.15%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (3.70%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (2.96%) CMDB
6 3 (2.22%) Culture of Ownership
6 3 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.48%) Cyber Security Posture
7 2 (1.48%) NHS
8 1 (0.74%) Cyber Defence
8 1 (0.74%) Fat Client
8 1 (0.74%) iPad
8 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.74%) Tandem
8 1 (0.74%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.74%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.74%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (25.93%) Windows
2 12 (8.89%) Apple iOS
3 9 (6.67%) Windows 10
4 8 (5.93%) Linux
5 7 (5.19%) Mac OS
5 7 (5.19%) Windows Server
6 4 (2.96%) Android
7 1 (0.74%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 135 (100.00%) ITIL
2 65 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
3 60 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 59 (43.70%) ITSM
5 56 (41.48%) Service Management
6 36 (26.67%) Change Management
7 34 (25.19%) Incident Management
8 32 (23.70%) Computer Science
9 31 (22.96%) Asset Management
10 26 (19.26%) Service Delivery
11 23 (17.04%) Customer Service
12 19 (14.07%) User Experience
13 14 (10.37%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (9.63%) Disaster Recovery
15 12 (8.89%) Change Control
15 12 (8.89%) Risk Management
16 11 (8.15%) Data Security
16 11 (8.15%) DevOps
16 11 (8.15%) Knowledge Management
17 10 (7.41%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 34 (25.19%) PowerShell
2 23 (17.04%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.96%) SQL
4 1 (0.74%) Python
Qualifications
1 52 (38.52%) Degree
2 18 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 17 (12.59%) Azure Certification
4 13 (9.63%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (6.67%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (5.93%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.93%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.70%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.70%) CCNA
7 5 (3.70%) CCNP
7 5 (3.70%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.70%) MCITP
7 5 (3.70%) MCP
7 5 (3.70%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.70%) PMP
8 4 (2.96%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.96%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.96%) HNC
8 4 (2.96%) HND
8 4 (2.96%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (9.63%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.70%) SLA
3 4 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.96%) PMO
3 4 (2.96%) QA
4 2 (1.48%) GDPR
4 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.74%) GRC
5 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 28 (20.74%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.44%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.96%) Firmware
4 2 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.74%) Docker
5 1 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.74%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (12.59%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.44%) SCCM
3 1 (0.74%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.74%) Autotask
3 1 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.74%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.74%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.74%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.74%) Terraform
3 1 (0.74%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 54 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.04%) Atlassian
3 13 (9.63%) Oracle
4 11 (8.15%) Cisco
5 10 (7.41%) ServiceNow
6 7 (5.19%) HP
6 7 (5.19%) Veeam
7 6 (4.44%) arcserve
7 6 (4.44%) Aruba
8 4 (2.96%) Apple
9 3 (2.22%) iManage
10 2 (1.48%) Citrix
10 2 (1.48%) Concur
10 2 (1.48%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.48%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.48%) SAP
10 2 (1.48%) VMware
11 1 (0.74%) Gemalto
11 1 (0.74%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.74%) SolarWinds