ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in Scotland

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 145 152
Rank change year-on-year -1 +7 +75
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 2 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.074% 0.092% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.35% 0.40% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 5
10th Percentile - £37,306 £26,040
25th Percentile - £37,360 £26,043
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £39,345 £39,232
Median % change year-on-year - +0.29% -1.92%
75th Percentile - £41,264 £50,734
90th Percentile - £41,278 -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £40,000 £46,369
% change year-on-year -6.25% -13.73% +15.92%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 579 742 556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 21.37% 22.85% 23.72%
Number of salaries quoted 218 285 383
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,227
25th Percentile £28,250 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.19% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £62,875 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,250 £82,000 £77,172
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +3.60%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in Scotland

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 November 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
Glasgow - 2 - - 2
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) Network Security
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) IT Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Principal Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Line Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCIE
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco