ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the North West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 179 194 198
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +97
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 7 11 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.11% 0.22% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.25% 0.55% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 5
10th Percentile £35,689 £37,000 £28,100
25th Percentile - £40,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,854 £45,000 £32,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.32% +40.63% -30.81%
75th Percentile £37,927 £52,250 -
90th Percentile £58,800 £56,600 £37,100
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
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 2,797 2,018 1,052
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 43.90% 39.93% 23.49%
Number of salaries quoted 693 875 701
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,625 £29,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,979 £50,055 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.15% -4.66% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,955 £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 Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the North West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the North West

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the North West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 Foundation Certificate within the North West 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
Cumbria - 4 £35,854 -
Manchester +16 3 £40,000 -11.11% 2
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
1 2 (28.57%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Stack
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) OneDrive
2 1 (14.29%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) DHCP
1 1 (14.29%) DNS
1 1 (14.29%) Firewall
1 1 (14.29%) Network Security
1 1 (14.29%) SD-WAN
1 1 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
1 1 (14.29%) VPN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Police
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (14.29%) Finance
4 1 (14.29%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
1 5 (71.43%) Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Development Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Development Support Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Development Analyst
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Support
2 4 (57.14%) Systems Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Fat Client
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (85.71%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (71.43%) Change Control
3 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) Data Security
4 4 (57.14%) Knowledge Management
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
6 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (14.29%) Containerisation
6 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
6 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Management
6 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
6 1 (14.29%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (14.29%) Network Virtualisation
6 1 (14.29%) Performance Metrics
6 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery Management
6 1 (14.29%) Service Management
6 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (28.57%) Azure Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCA
4 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (14.29%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Docker
2 1 (14.29%) Firmware
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) AirWatch
1 1 (14.29%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Fortinet
3 1 (14.29%) Ivanti
3 1 (14.29%) VMware