ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the South West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South 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 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 163 184 216
Rank change year-on-year +21 +32 +55
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 15 9 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.30% 0.21% 0.11%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.89% 0.55% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 15 7 5
10th Percentile £28,750 £29,325 £26,163
25th Percentile £41,000 £30,875 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £33,500 £28,000
Median % change year-on-year +41.79% +19.64% +7.69%
75th Percentile £56,875 £34,250 £34,250
90th Percentile £57,500 £35,000 £45,200
England median annual salary £39,929 £42,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.93% -16.00% +25.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 1,689 1,627 1,809
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 33.59% 37.85% 40.98%
Number of salaries quoted 884 836 1,255
10th Percentile £28,250 £24,000 £29,440
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,600 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% +5.20% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £78,750
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 South West

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the South West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the South West

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South West over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the South West

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 2 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
Bristol +15 6 £42,250 - 1
Devon - 5 £47,500 -
Somerset - 2 £52,500 - 1
Dorset - 1 £36,500 -
Avon - 1 £52,500 -
ITIL Foundation Certificate
England

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (26.67%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 8 (53.33%) Azure
2 6 (40.00%) AWS
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (13.33%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.67%) Azure Key Vault
5 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) MySQL
2 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (40.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Administrator
2 4 (26.67%) IT Administrator
3 3 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Service Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (26.67%) CMDB
2 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (6.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (26.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (6.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) ITIL
2 10 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 7 (46.67%) Customer Service
4 6 (40.00%) DevOps
4 6 (40.00%) Project Delivery
4 6 (40.00%) User Experience
5 4 (26.67%) Asset Management
5 4 (26.67%) Budgeting
5 4 (26.67%) Configuration Management
5 4 (26.67%) Disaster Recovery
5 4 (26.67%) Invoice Processing
5 4 (26.67%) ITSM
5 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
5 4 (26.67%) Mobile Device Management
5 4 (26.67%) Process Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (20.00%) Incident Management
6 3 (20.00%) Service Management
7 1 (6.67%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 7 (46.67%) PowerShell
2 3 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.67%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (6.67%) SCCM
1 1 (6.67%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (6.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (40.00%) arcserve
2 6 (40.00%) Cisco
2 6 (40.00%) Veeam
3 3 (20.00%) Apple
4 1 (6.67%) HP
4 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow