ITIL Job Trends in Kent

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring ITIL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 45 32
Rank change year-on-year +4 -13 -1
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 52 17 90
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 3.55% 2.52% 5.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.16% 3.26% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 28 12 55
10th Percentile £29,775 - £27,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £36,250 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.06% +42.42% -22.35%
75th Percentile £88,750 £57,500 £46,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £66,275 £55,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £47,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.82% -5.50% +9.65%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,007 521 1,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 68.74% 77.30% 79.32%
Number of salaries quoted 612 274 907
10th Percentile £26,901 £25,250 £25,800
25th Percentile £31,000 £29,813 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,500 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.92% -9.20% -8.42%
75th Percentile £56,250 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

ITIL job vacancy trend in Kent

ITIL
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing ITIL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing ITIL

ITIL
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Kent over the 6 months to 5 June 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL in Kent

ITIL
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Kent region over the 6 months to 5 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ramsgate - 7 £31,500 -
West Malling -10 2 £28,000 -49.09%
Canterbury -17 2 £110,000 -
Rochester - 1 £80,000 -
Snodland - 1 £29,000 -
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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 (19.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (17.31%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 31 (59.62%) Microsoft 365
2 29 (55.77%) Azure
3 19 (36.54%) AWS
4 13 (25.00%) Entra ID
5 11 (21.15%) Nutanix
6 3 (5.77%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.92%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 20 (38.46%) DHCP
1 20 (38.46%) DNS
2 19 (36.54%) VPN
3 11 (21.15%) VLAN
4 8 (15.38%) Remote Desktop
5 7 (13.46%) LAN
5 7 (13.46%) WAN
6 6 (11.54%) BGP
6 6 (11.54%) Firewall
6 6 (11.54%) TCP/IP
6 6 (11.54%) Wireless
7 4 (7.69%) IPsec
8 2 (3.85%) Network Security
8 2 (3.85%) OSPF
8 2 (3.85%) Wireless Backhaul
9 1 (1.92%) NetScaler
9 1 (1.92%) SAN
9 1 (1.92%) VSAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 28 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 11 (21.15%) French Language
3 6 (11.54%) Documentation Skills
4 5 (9.62%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (5.77%) Finance
7 2 (3.85%) Swedish Language
8 1 (1.92%) Legal
Job Titles
1 17 (32.69%) IT Support
2 12 (23.08%) Analyst
3 11 (21.15%) Service Analyst
3 11 (21.15%) Service Desk Analyst
4 9 (17.31%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 9 (17.31%) 3rd Line Support
4 9 (17.31%) Infrastructure Support
5 8 (15.38%) Cloud Engineer
6 7 (13.46%) Head of IT
6 7 (13.46%) IT Engineer
6 7 (13.46%) IT Support Engineer
6 7 (13.46%) Support Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) 3rd Line Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) IT Support Specialist
7 4 (7.69%) Senior
7 4 (7.69%) Support Specialist
8 3 (5.77%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (15.38%) Hybrid Cloud
1 8 (15.38%) Public Cloud
2 7 (13.46%) Data Centre
2 7 (13.46%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (13.46%) Management Information System
3 4 (7.69%) Replication
4 1 (1.92%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 18 (34.62%) Windows
1 18 (34.62%) Windows Server
2 4 (7.69%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (40.38%) Disaster Recovery
2 20 (38.46%) ITSM
3 17 (32.69%) Business Continuity
4 15 (28.85%) Business Strategy
4 15 (28.85%) Change Management
4 15 (28.85%) Mentoring
5 12 (23.08%) Customer Service
5 12 (23.08%) Cybersecurity
5 12 (23.08%) Service Delivery
5 12 (23.08%) Vulnerability Remediation
6 11 (21.15%) Performance Metrics
7 10 (19.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (17.31%) Service Management
8 9 (17.31%) Storage Management
9 8 (15.38%) Coaching
9 8 (15.38%) High Availability
9 8 (15.38%) Information Security
9 8 (15.38%) IT Governance
9 8 (15.38%) Knowledge Transfer
9 8 (15.38%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.92%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) AWS Certification
1 11 (21.15%) Degree
1 11 (21.15%) MCSE
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.85%) CCNA
2 2 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (3.85%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (1.92%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.92%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (21.15%) QA
2 8 (15.38%) SLA
3 1 (1.92%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.92%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (42.31%) Active Directory
2 20 (38.46%) Hyper-V
3 11 (21.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (1.92%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (17.31%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.92%) Dell DRAC
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.92%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.92%) VxRail
Vendors
1 32 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 12 (23.08%) VMware
3 11 (21.15%) ServiceNow
4 10 (19.23%) Veeam
5 9 (17.31%) Dell
6 8 (15.38%) Dell Compellent
6 8 (15.38%) HP
6 8 (15.38%) Nimble Storage
7 4 (7.69%) Cisco
7 4 (7.69%) Meraki
8 1 (1.92%) Citrix
8 1 (1.92%) Google
8 1 (1.92%) NetApp