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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 43 43
Rank change year-on-year +37 0 +29
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 74 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 14.29% 1.64% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.32% 2.00% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 27 2 2
10th Percentile £30,750 £46,150 £27,750
25th Percentile £31,875 £47,874 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £54,715 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.46% +56.33% +11.11%
75th Percentile £45,250 £60,524 £40,000
90th Percentile £46,700 £61,629 £42,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%

All Process and 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 404 350 281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 77.99% 81.78% 92.43%
Number of salaries quoted 186 125 206
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,112 £29,994
25th Percentile £35,313 £45,000 £34,219
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +26.32% -5.00%
75th Percentile £76,875 £80,000 £68,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 27 December 2025.

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 27 December 2025. 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 +39 55 £37,500 -31.46% 15
County Down - 3 - -
County Armagh - 2 - -
Newry - 1 - -
County Tyrone - 1 £40,500 -
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:

Applications
1 28 (37.84%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (9.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 39 (52.70%) AWS
2 28 (37.84%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (16.22%) Azure
4 7 (9.46%) Asana
4 7 (9.46%) Nutanix
5 2 (2.70%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.35%) Boomi
6 1 (1.35%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (17.57%) Remote Desktop
2 8 (10.81%) Firewall
3 7 (9.46%) DHCP
3 7 (9.46%) DNS
4 6 (8.11%) ADSL
4 6 (8.11%) Ethernet
4 6 (8.11%) LAN
4 6 (8.11%) WAN
5 1 (1.35%) VLAN
5 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Power BI
2 1 (1.35%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) JIRA
General
1 42 (56.76%) Social Skills
2 28 (37.84%) French Language
3 26 (35.14%) Swedish Language
4 13 (17.57%) Law
5 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.41%) Police
7 1 (1.35%) Finance
Job Titles
1 31 (41.89%) Analyst
2 28 (37.84%) Service Analyst
2 28 (37.84%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (14.86%) Incident Manager
3 11 (14.86%) Major Incident Manager
4 10 (13.51%) NOC Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Cloud Engineer
5 7 (9.46%) Coordinator
5 7 (9.46%) Project Coordinator
6 6 (8.11%) Senior
6 6 (8.11%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (8.11%) Senior Service Desk Analyst
7 4 (5.41%) Architect
7 4 (5.41%) Service Architect
8 2 (2.70%) IT Analyst
8 2 (2.70%) IT Support
8 2 (2.70%) IT Support Analyst
8 2 (2.70%) Network Engineer
8 2 (2.70%) Support Analyst
9 1 (1.35%) Network Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.46%) Analytical Mindset
1 7 (9.46%) Hybrid Cloud
1 7 (9.46%) Management Information System
1 7 (9.46%) Public Cloud
2 4 (5.41%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 21 (28.38%) Windows
2 7 (9.46%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (50.00%) ITSM
2 28 (37.84%) Customer Service
3 22 (29.73%) Performance Metrics
4 21 (28.38%) Service Delivery
5 13 (17.57%) Business Continuity
5 13 (17.57%) High Availability
5 13 (17.57%) Mentoring
6 11 (14.86%) Incident Management
7 9 (12.16%) Computer Science
7 9 (12.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (12.16%) Major Incident Management
8 8 (10.81%) Change Management
8 8 (10.81%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 8 (10.81%) Process Improvement
9 7 (9.46%) Coaching
9 7 (9.46%) Disaster Recovery
9 7 (9.46%) Logistics
9 7 (9.46%) PRINCE2
9 7 (9.46%) Programme Management
9 7 (9.46%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.70%) SQL
2 1 (1.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 36 (48.65%) Degree
2 28 (37.84%) AWS Certification
2 28 (37.84%) MCSE
2 28 (37.84%) Microsoft Certification
3 16 (21.62%) Security Cleared
4 11 (14.86%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (9.46%) PMI Certification
5 7 (9.46%) PMP
6 6 (8.11%) A+ Certification
6 6 (8.11%) CCNA
6 6 (8.11%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (2.70%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (29.73%) QA
2 13 (17.57%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (17.57%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.46%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 40 (54.05%) Microsoft
2 28 (37.84%) ServiceNow
3 16 (21.62%) Remedy
4 14 (18.92%) Cisco
4 14 (18.92%) Juniper
5 13 (17.57%) VMware
6 7 (9.46%) Dell
6 7 (9.46%) Dell Compellent
6 7 (9.46%) HP
6 7 (9.46%) Nimble Storage
7 6 (8.11%) SolarWinds
8 4 (5.41%) CrowdStrike
8 4 (5.41%) Fortinet
8 4 (5.41%) Palo Alto
9 1 (1.35%) BMC
9 1 (1.35%) Capita
9 1 (1.35%) Databricks
9 1 (1.35%) MuleSoft