ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in 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 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 413 413
Rank change year-on-year +56 0 +228
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 17 20 39
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.12% 0.13% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.43% 0.40% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 10 12 26
10th Percentile £43,939 £29,124 £36,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £30,344 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £38,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.29% -44.64% +94.44%
75th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £76,563
90th Percentile - - £101,875
England median annual salary £45,000 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -16.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,972 4,969 4,944
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 28.57% 32.19% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,089 2,002 3,566
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,000 £39,085
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.94%
75th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £110,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in London over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate within the London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Central London +37 8 £65,000 +30.00%
South London - 4 - - 1
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.88%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (5.88%) DHCP
2 1 (5.88%) DNS
2 1 (5.88%) Firewall
2 1 (5.88%) NAS
2 1 (5.88%) SAN
2 1 (5.88%) SSH
2 1 (5.88%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.88%) VLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) JIRA
General
1 11 (64.71%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Law
2 5 (29.41%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Service Manager
2 5 (29.41%) IT Manager
2 5 (29.41%) IT Services Manager
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support
2 5 (29.41%) IT Support Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Service Desk Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Service Desk Support
2 5 (29.41%) Service Desk Team Leader
2 5 (29.41%) Service Support Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Support Team Leader
2 5 (29.41%) Team Leader
3 4 (23.53%) Data Centre Engineer
4 3 (17.65%) Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Cabling Engineer
5 2 (11.76%) IT Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Service Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
6 1 (5.88%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Incident Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Culture of Ownership
2 4 (23.53%) Data Centre
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) Android
2 1 (5.88%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.88%) Mac OS
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
2 1 (5.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) ITSM
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
2 5 (29.41%) Ticket Management
3 4 (23.53%) Data Centre Operations
4 3 (17.65%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) IT Audit
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.88%) Customer Service
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) Incident Response
6 1 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (5.88%) Major Incident Management
6 1 (5.88%) Prototyping
6 1 (5.88%) Server Management
6 1 (5.88%) Service Design
6 1 (5.88%) Storage Management
6 1 (5.88%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.88%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (29.41%) Network+ Certification
2 4 (23.53%) CCNA
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.88%) Azure Certification
4 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (5.88%) HNC
4 1 (5.88%) HND
4 1 (5.88%) MCSA
4 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (5.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.88%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
1 1 (5.88%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft
2 6 (35.29%) ServiceNow
3 5 (29.41%) iManage
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco
5 1 (5.88%) Commvault
5 1 (5.88%) Gemalto
5 1 (5.88%) IBM
5 1 (5.88%) Thales
5 1 (5.88%) Veeam
5 1 (5.88%) VMware