ITIL Certification Job Trends in the South East

ITIL Certification
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 239 336
Rank change year-on-year -39 +97 -54
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Certification 13 32 45
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.090% 0.41% 0.27%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.39% 0.84% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 32
10th Percentile £31,250 £43,000 £31,375
25th Percentile £32,188 £50,000 £37,656
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +18.28% +3.33%
75th Percentile £49,000 £60,000 £56,275
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,298 3,815 5,563
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 22.86% 48.92% 33.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,644 1,567 3,629
10th Percentile £31,000 £31,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,109 £53,000 £51,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.53% +2.91% +1.98%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,077 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

ITIL Certification job vacancy trend in the South East

ITIL Certification
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Certification.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing ITIL Certification

ITIL Certification
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Certification in the South East

ITIL Certification
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Hampshire -25 6 £46,000 -8.00% 3
Surrey -28 4 £32,500 -45.83% 1
Thames Valley +7 2 £36,875 -18.06% 2
Berkshire +5 1 £33,750 -25.00%
West Sussex - 1 £60,000 - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £40,000 -
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (7.69%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) MySQL
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) GitLab
General
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Support
1 5 (38.46%) Applications Support Engineer
1 5 (38.46%) Senior
1 5 (38.46%) Support Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IT Engineer
2 3 (23.08%) IT Support
2 3 (23.08%) Senior IT Support
3 1 (7.69%) Lead
3 1 (7.69%) Senior IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) .NET
1 5 (38.46%) CSS
1 5 (38.46%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (46.15%) Computer Science
3 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (30.77%) Change Control
4 4 (30.77%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (30.77%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (30.77%) Identity Management
4 4 (30.77%) Incident Response
4 4 (30.77%) IT Strategy
4 4 (30.77%) Penetration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) PRINCE2
4 4 (30.77%) Project Management
4 4 (30.77%) Systems Engineering
4 4 (30.77%) Vulnerability Management
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) Process Improvement
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (15.38%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (7.69%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) C#
1 5 (38.46%) JavaScript
1 5 (38.46%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) Bash
2 1 (7.69%) Perl
2 1 (7.69%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) MCSA
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (7.69%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) SLA
2 4 (30.77%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
1 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) WSUS
2 1 (7.69%) Ansible
2 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 1 (7.69%) Puppet
2 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.69%) Oracle