ITIL Job Trends in Northern Ireland

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring ITIL skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 24 45
Rank change year-on-year +4 +21 +1
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 140 11 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 10.41% 3.61% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.57% 4.07% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 10
10th Percentile £35,800 £42,800 £27,475
25th Percentile £49,625 £44,375 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £47,000 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +35.64% +63.48% -42.50%
75th Percentile £77,188 £52,250 £36,259
90th Percentile £90,250 £55,400 £55,720
UK median annual salary £52,500 £47,000 £49,990
% change year-on-year +11.70% -5.98% -0.02%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

ITIL falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 961 270 423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 71.45% 88.52% 78.33%
Number of salaries quoted 248 112 268
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £32,851 £39,473
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £89,125 £90,000 £81,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing ITIL relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

ITIL job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

ITIL
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing ITIL

ITIL
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 16 August 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL in Northern Ireland

ITIL
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 16 August 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
County Antrim +3 76 £63,750 +35.64% 8
County Down - 38 - - 2
County Armagh - 22 - - 1
County Tyrone - 4 - -
Newry - 1 - -
ITIL
UK

ITIL
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 3 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (2.86%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.57%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 108 (77.14%) Azure
2 58 (41.43%) Entra ID
3 52 (37.14%) AWS
4 47 (33.57%) SaaS
5 7 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (2.86%) Smartsheet
7 2 (1.43%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.14%) DHCP
1 3 (2.14%) DNS
2 2 (1.43%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (0.71%) Firewall
3 1 (0.71%) VPN
Development Applications
1 9 (6.43%) JIRA
General
1 80 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (43.57%) Law
3 58 (41.43%) Legal
4 19 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (9.29%) Finance
6 5 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.14%) French Language
9 2 (1.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 65 (46.43%) Senior
2 61 (43.57%) Senior Manager
3 47 (33.57%) IT Manager
3 47 (33.57%) IT Services Manager
3 47 (33.57%) Resilience Manager
3 47 (33.57%) Service Manager
4 17 (12.14%) Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) ITSM Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) Process Analyst
5 13 (9.29%) Support Analyst
6 6 (4.29%) Lead
7 5 (3.57%) Consultant
7 5 (3.57%) Lead Consultant
7 5 (3.57%) Support Consultant
8 4 (2.86%) Coordinator
8 4 (2.86%) Project Coordinator
8 4 (2.86%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (2.86%) Senior Support Analyst
8 4 (2.86%) Service Analyst
8 4 (2.86%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (33.57%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 47 (33.57%) Cyber Threat
2 5 (3.57%) FMCG
3 4 (2.86%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.43%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
5 2 (1.43%) Public Cloud
6 1 (0.71%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.86%) Windows
2 3 (2.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (85.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 105 (75.00%) Information Security
3 76 (54.29%) Collaborative Working
3 76 (54.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 62 (44.29%) PRINCE2
5 60 (42.86%) AI
5 60 (42.86%) Mentoring
6 58 (41.43%) Cybersecurity
6 58 (41.43%) Identity Access Management
6 58 (41.43%) Performance Management
6 58 (41.43%) Privileged Access Management
6 58 (41.43%) Programme Management
6 58 (41.43%) RBAC
6 58 (41.43%) Strategic Planning
6 58 (41.43%) TOGAF
7 51 (36.43%) Agile
8 50 (35.71%) Business Continuity
9 49 (35.00%) Disaster Recovery
10 47 (33.57%) DevOps
10 47 (33.57%) Enterprise Architecture
Qualifications
1 105 (75.00%) CISM
1 105 (75.00%) CISSP
2 58 (41.43%) A+ Certification
2 58 (41.43%) Network+ Certification
3 47 (33.57%) ITIL Certification
4 19 (13.57%) Degree
5 4 (2.86%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.86%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.14%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.14%) MCSE
6 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (33.57%) ISO 22301
1 47 (33.57%) NIST
2 5 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 5 (3.57%) SLA
3 4 (2.86%) PMO
4 3 (2.14%) QA
5 1 (0.71%) GDPR
5 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 62 (44.29%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.43%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 58 (41.43%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 65 (46.43%) Microsoft
2 58 (41.43%) CyberArk
3 5 (3.57%) ServiceNow
3 5 (3.57%) Workday
4 4 (2.86%) SAP
5 2 (1.43%) Dell
5 2 (1.43%) Dell Compellent
5 2 (1.43%) HP
5 2 (1.43%) Nimble Storage
5 2 (1.43%) VMware
6 1 (0.71%) Cisco