ITIL Certification Job Trends in London

ITIL Certification
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 369 331
Rank change year-on-year +51 -38 +200
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Certification 55 77 128
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.45% 0.44% 0.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.52% 1.59% 2.53%
Number of salaries quoted 36 56 112
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £37,050
25th Percentile £40,938 £49,902 £49,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,250 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.91% -14.81% +17.39%
75th Percentile £88,125 £65,625 £74,063
90th Percentile £132,500 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £50,027 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +0.05% +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
London

ITIL Certification 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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,607 4,839 5,053
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 29.27% 27.94% 25.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,049 2,143 3,695
10th Percentile £33,650 £38,800 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,397 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,384 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% - +3.70%
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £107,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +4.55%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in London

ITIL Certification
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Salary histogram for ITIL Certification in London

ITIL Certification
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the London region over the 6 months to 8 November 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
Central London +42 17 £130,000 +126.09% 24
East London - 6 £85,000 -
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 18 (32.73%) WebSphere
2 16 (29.09%) Tomcat
2 16 (29.09%) WebSphere Application Server
3 7 (12.73%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (5.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Adaptiv
Cloud Services
1 21 (38.18%) AWS
2 16 (29.09%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (21.82%) Azure
4 7 (12.73%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (12.73%) Power Platform
5 6 (10.91%) Amazon EC2
5 6 (10.91%) Amazon ECR
5 6 (10.91%) Amazon EKS
5 6 (10.91%) Amazon S3
5 6 (10.91%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (10.91%) AWS Lambda
5 6 (10.91%) Route 53
5 6 (10.91%) Serverless
5 6 (10.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 5 (9.09%) PowerApps
7 4 (7.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 18 (32.73%) SSL
2 10 (18.18%) LAN
3 7 (12.73%) VPN
3 7 (12.73%) WAN
4 4 (7.27%) Firewall
4 4 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (5.45%) Wireless
6 1 (1.82%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (32.73%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (29.09%) DB2
3 7 (12.73%) SQL Server
4 6 (10.91%) Amazon RDS
General
1 31 (56.36%) Banking
2 27 (49.09%) Finance
3 24 (43.64%) Social Skills
4 10 (18.18%) Investment Banking
5 3 (5.45%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (3.64%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.64%) Law
7 1 (1.82%) Games
7 1 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (32.73%) Applications Support
2 15 (27.27%) Linux Support
3 14 (25.45%) Infrastructure Support
4 12 (21.82%) Analyst
5 10 (18.18%) Support Analyst
5 10 (18.18%) Unix Support
6 9 (16.36%) Head of IT
7 8 (14.55%) IT Support
7 8 (14.55%) Support Engineer
8 7 (12.73%) Service Manager
9 6 (10.91%) Applications Engineer
9 6 (10.91%) Applications Support Engineer
10 5 (9.09%) IT Analyst
10 5 (9.09%) IT Support Analyst
10 5 (9.09%) Linux Engineer
10 5 (9.09%) Linux Support Engineer
11 3 (5.45%) Senior
11 3 (5.45%) Senior IT Support
11 3 (5.45%) Senior IT Support Analyst
11 3 (5.45%) Senior Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (29.09%) LAPP Stack
1 16 (29.09%) LDAP
1 16 (29.09%) WebSphere MQ
2 3 (5.45%) .NET
3 2 (3.64%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 16 (29.09%) Linux Command Line
2 13 (23.64%) Management Information System
3 6 (10.91%) Credit Risk
4 3 (5.45%) e-Learning
4 3 (5.45%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (5.45%) Market Risk
4 3 (5.45%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.64%) BYOD
5 2 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.82%) CCTV
6 1 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 29 (52.73%) Windows
2 18 (32.73%) Linux
2 18 (32.73%) Unix
3 16 (29.09%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (18.18%) Mac OS
5 8 (14.55%) Windows 10
6 7 (12.73%) Apple iOS
7 3 (5.45%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.82%) Windows Server
8 1 (1.82%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (100.00%) ITIL
2 20 (36.36%) Change Management
3 19 (34.55%) Service Management
4 17 (30.91%) Release Management
5 16 (29.09%) User Acceptance Testing
6 14 (25.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (20.00%) ITSM
7 11 (20.00%) Resource Allocation
7 11 (20.00%) Risk Management
8 10 (18.18%) Project Management
9 9 (16.36%) Analytics
9 9 (16.36%) Cybersecurity
9 9 (16.36%) Data Management
9 9 (16.36%) IT Strategy
9 9 (16.36%) Machine Learning
9 9 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (16.36%) Regulatory Change
9 9 (16.36%) Strategic Planning
9 9 (16.36%) Technology Strategy
10 8 (14.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (32.73%) Python
2 9 (16.36%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (60.00%) Degree
2 16 (29.09%) AWS Certification
3 10 (18.18%) PMI Certification
3 10 (18.18%) PMP
4 9 (16.36%) CFA
5 5 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (7.27%) Master's Degree
7 3 (5.45%) Azure Certification
7 3 (5.45%) MCP
8 2 (3.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (1.82%) CCNA
9 1 (1.82%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (1.82%) MBA
9 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
9 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (1.82%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (34.55%) SLA
2 1 (1.82%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.64%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 11 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (12.73%) Jamf Pro
3 4 (7.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (32.73%) IBM
1 18 (32.73%) Red Hat
2 17 (30.91%) Microsoft
3 14 (25.45%) ServiceNow
4 9 (16.36%) Murex
5 7 (12.73%) Apple
6 6 (10.91%) FIS
7 5 (9.09%) Logitech
8 2 (3.64%) StreamSets
9 1 (1.82%) Cisco
9 1 (1.82%) SAP