ITIL Certification Job Trends in the North West

ITIL Certification
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 184 171
Rank change year-on-year +16 -13 +64
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Certification 10 19 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.37% 0.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.36% 0.96% 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,375 £26,350
25th Percentile £36,500 £43,184 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £44,023
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +20.39% -7.32%
75th Percentile £58,825 £56,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,806 £57,500 £62,500
England median annual salary £51,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.90% +5.00% +5.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,807 1,984 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 44.50% 38.87% 23.86%
Number of salaries quoted 684 855 670
10th Percentile £27,325 £32,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £28,938 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,136 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.83% -4.66% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in the North West

ITIL Certification
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ITIL Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in the North West over the 6 months to 8 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Certification in the North West

ITIL Certification
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the North West region over the 6 months to 8 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
Lancashire +15 6 £35,000 -33.65% 2
Manchester +12 4 £51,250 -6.82% 1
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (10.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Azure
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (10.00%) Boomi
2 1 (10.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (10.00%) IaaS
2 1 (10.00%) iPaaS
2 1 (10.00%) PaaS
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
1 4 (40.00%) Support Team Leader
1 4 (40.00%) Team Leader
2 2 (20.00%) System Design Authority
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support
3 1 (10.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Deskside Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Integration Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Mentoring
3 5 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
4 4 (40.00%) Budgeting
4 4 (40.00%) Data Security
4 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (20.00%) Business Transformation
5 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) Data Architecture
5 2 (20.00%) Project Management
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
6 1 (10.00%) CI/CD
6 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (10.00%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Azure Certification
1 4 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Mitel
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle
4 1 (10.00%) Google
4 1 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 1 (10.00%) Software AG
4 1 (10.00%) VMware
4 1 (10.00%) webMethods