ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the Midlands

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 208 234 227
Rank change year-on-year +26 -7 +91
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 16 12 3
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.20% 0.19% 0.053%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.59% 0.50% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 3
10th Percentile £45,000 £44,000 -
25th Percentile £46,875 £45,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +20.00% +45.99%
75th Percentile £60,750 - -
90th Percentile £72,500 - -
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
Midlands

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 Midlands.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,716 2,410 1,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 34.72% 37.77% 25.67%
Number of salaries quoted 743 718 1,132
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £34,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £61,299
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £72,500
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 the Midlands

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the Midlands

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the Midlands

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands +23 14 £54,000 -10.00% 1
East Midlands - 2 £80,000 - 5
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (12.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (37.50%) Azure
3 2 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) Firewall
1 1 (6.25%) ISDN
1 1 (6.25%) LAN
1 1 (6.25%) PSTN
1 1 (6.25%) RTP
1 1 (6.25%) Structured Cabling
1 1 (6.25%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.25%) VoIP
1 1 (6.25%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (6.25%) JIRA
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 9 (56.25%) Finance
3 6 (37.50%) Law
3 6 (37.50%) Legal
4 4 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (43.75%) Lead
2 6 (37.50%) IT Engineer
2 6 (37.50%) IT Support
2 6 (37.50%) Support Engineer
3 5 (31.25%) IT Support Engineer
4 3 (18.75%) Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Senior
5 2 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) ICT Manager
5 2 (12.50%) ICT Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) IT Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Service Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Service Design Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Service Manager
5 2 (12.50%) Service Transition Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) Transition Analyst
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Change Manager
6 1 (6.25%) Senior Support Engineer
6 1 (6.25%) Site Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Centre
1 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 8 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) ITIL
2 9 (56.25%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (31.25%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) Data Governance
4 3 (18.75%) Service Delivery
4 3 (18.75%) Service Design
4 3 (18.75%) Service Management
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (12.50%) Business Continuity
5 2 (12.50%) Data Analysis
5 2 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (12.50%) IT Governance
5 2 (12.50%) Operations Management
5 2 (12.50%) Risk Management
6 1 (6.25%) Change Management
6 1 (6.25%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) CCNA
2 1 (6.25%) CCNP
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) Autotask
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.25%) Aruba
2 1 (6.25%) Cisco
2 1 (6.25%) Fortinet
2 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.25%) SolarWinds