ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the North of England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 324 296 363
Rank change year-on-year -28 +67 -10
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 21 18 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.10% 0.19% 0.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.62% 0.47% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 20
10th Percentile - - £27,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £30,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,250 £35,232 £31,750
Median % change year-on-year -25.49% +10.97% -7.97%
75th Percentile £36,250 £38,750 £38,750
90th Percentile £46,200 £40,475 £41,050
England median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £40,144
% change year-on-year +6.25% -0.36% -5.54%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,362 3,849 3,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 16.14% 40.86% 20.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,694 1,238 2,462
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,588 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,835 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.67% - -8.12%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £76,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -9.51%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the North of England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the North of England over the 6 months to 16 July 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the North of England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 16 July 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
Yorkshire -21 19 £26,250 -12.50% 2
North East -55 2 - -
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 16 (76.19%) WAN
2 12 (57.14%) LAN
3 8 (38.10%) DHCP
3 8 (38.10%) DNS
4 4 (19.05%) ADSL
4 4 (19.05%) BGP
4 4 (19.05%) Firewall
4 4 (19.05%) MPLS
4 4 (19.05%) SD-WAN
4 4 (19.05%) VoIP
4 4 (19.05%) VPN
4 4 (19.05%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Public Sector
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (38.10%) IT Support
1 8 (38.10%) IT Support Technician
1 8 (38.10%) IT Technician
1 8 (38.10%) Support Technician
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) 2nd Line Support
3 4 (19.05%) Junior
3 4 (19.05%) Junior Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Junior Network Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Junior Network Support
3 4 (19.05%) Junior Support Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Network Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Network Support
3 4 (19.05%) Network Support Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Support Analyst
4 2 (9.52%) Change Manager
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL Change Manager
4 2 (9.52%) ITIL Problem Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Delivery Manager
4 2 (9.52%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 12 (57.14%) Driving Licence
2 6 (28.57%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
1 12 (57.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) ITIL
2 13 (61.90%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (57.14%) Customer Service
4 11 (52.38%) Service Delivery
5 9 (42.86%) ITSM
6 8 (38.10%) Cybersecurity
6 8 (38.10%) Knowledge Transfer
7 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
8 4 (19.05%) Preventative Maintenance
8 4 (19.05%) Problem Management
8 4 (19.05%) Virtual Environments
9 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
10 2 (9.52%) Commercial Awareness
10 2 (9.52%) Trend Analysis
11 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity
11 1 (4.76%) Major Incident Management
11 1 (4.76%) Performance Management
11 1 (4.76%) Service Management
11 1 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Network+ Certification
2 8 (38.10%) A+ Certification
3 4 (19.05%) CCNA
3 4 (19.05%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (19.05%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 12 (57.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Cisco
2 4 (19.05%) Fortinet
2 4 (19.05%) Huawei
2 4 (19.05%) Meraki
2 4 (19.05%) Polycom