ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 396 511 477
Rank change year-on-year +115 -34 +146
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 119 67 71
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.28% 0.18% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.84% 0.48% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 80 38 66
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,163 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,750 £42,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +1.82% +3.13%
75th Percentile £55,500 £45,938 £56,525
90th Percentile £69,283 £59,650 £74,250
UK median annual salary £39,929 £42,000 £48,628
% change year-on-year -4.93% -13.63% +21.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 14,215 13,884 9,774
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.76% 37.13% 31.67%
Number of salaries quoted 5,150 5,424 6,535
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,290
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,159 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £81,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing ITIL Foundation Certificate

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK excluding London

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
North of England +39 55 £32,500 -27.78% 10
Yorkshire +24 37 £31,000 -31.11% 3
South East +43 22 £39,929 -11.27% 15
South West +21 15 £47,500 +45.59% 12
Midlands +24 14 £57,000 +26.67% 12
West Midlands +25 12 £54,000 +20.00% 6
East of England +37 10 £32,500 -22.62% 5
North West +22 9 £35,854 -20.32% 6
North East - 9 £52,000 - 1
Wales +3 2 £26,161 -
East Midlands -8 2 £80,000 +100.00% 5
Scotland - 2 - - 1
ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 9 (7.56%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.72%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.36%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 39 (32.77%) Azure
2 34 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (15.97%) Entra ID
4 13 (10.92%) AWS
5 5 (4.20%) SaaS
6 3 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.68%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.84%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.84%) OCI
8 1 (0.84%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.84%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.40%) WAN
2 9 (7.56%) DHCP
2 9 (7.56%) DNS
2 9 (7.56%) LAN
3 8 (6.72%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.88%) Firewall
4 7 (5.88%) VPN
5 6 (5.04%) WLAN
6 5 (4.20%) Network Security
7 4 (3.36%) VLAN
7 4 (3.36%) VoIP
8 3 (2.52%) Internet
8 3 (2.52%) STUN
8 3 (2.52%) VoLTE
8 3 (2.52%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.84%) Cisco ISE
9 1 (0.84%) EIGRP
9 1 (0.84%) OSPF
9 1 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
9 1 (0.84%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.24%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.52%) MySQL
3 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.84%) DTS
3 1 (0.84%) Power BI
3 1 (0.84%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (21.01%) JIRA
General
1 92 (77.31%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.49%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (16.81%) Finance
4 15 (12.61%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (10.92%) Police
6 6 (5.04%) Law
6 6 (5.04%) Legal
7 4 (3.36%) Public Sector
8 3 (2.52%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.84%) Humanities
10 1 (0.84%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 36 (30.25%) Analyst
2 29 (24.37%) Support Analyst
3 23 (19.33%) Developer
3 23 (19.33%) JIRA Developer
4 20 (16.81%) IT Support
5 14 (11.76%) IT Analyst
5 14 (11.76%) IT Support Analyst
5 14 (11.76%) Systems Analyst
6 13 (10.92%) Development Analyst
6 13 (10.92%) Development Support Analyst
6 13 (10.92%) Systems Development Analyst
6 13 (10.92%) Systems Support
6 13 (10.92%) Systems Support Analyst
7 12 (10.08%) Lead
8 8 (6.72%) 2nd Line Support
8 8 (6.72%) IT Engineer
8 8 (6.72%) Support Technician
9 7 (5.88%) Support Engineer
10 6 (5.04%) IT Manager
10 6 (5.04%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.92%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.52%) FreeSWITCH
2 3 (2.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Management Information System
2 10 (8.40%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.04%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.36%) CMDB
4 4 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.68%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.84%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.84%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.84%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.84%) iPad
7 1 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.84%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.84%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.84%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.84%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (25.21%) Windows
2 9 (7.56%) Apple iOS
2 9 (7.56%) Windows 10
3 8 (6.72%) Linux
4 5 (4.20%) Windows Server
5 4 (3.36%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.84%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (100.00%) ITIL
2 64 (53.78%) Problem-Solving
3 59 (49.58%) Continuous Improvement
4 55 (46.22%) ITSM
5 53 (44.54%) Service Management
6 32 (26.89%) Incident Management
7 31 (26.05%) Change Management
7 31 (26.05%) Computer Science
8 28 (23.53%) Asset Management
9 22 (18.49%) Customer Service
10 21 (17.65%) Service Delivery
11 19 (15.97%) User Experience
12 12 (10.08%) Change Control
12 12 (10.08%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (10.08%) Risk Management
12 12 (10.08%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (9.24%) Data Security
13 11 (9.24%) DevOps
13 11 (9.24%) Knowledge Management
13 11 (9.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 33 (27.73%) PowerShell
2 23 (19.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (3.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (41.18%) Degree
2 17 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (11.76%) Azure Certification
4 11 (9.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (5.88%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (4.20%) A+ Certification
6 5 (4.20%) CCNP
6 5 (4.20%) CompTIA Security+
6 5 (4.20%) MCITP
6 5 (4.20%) MCP
6 5 (4.20%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (4.20%) PMI Certification
6 5 (4.20%) PMP
7 4 (3.36%) AWS Certification
7 4 (3.36%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.36%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (1.68%) CCIE
9 2 (1.68%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (10.92%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (3.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 4 (3.36%) PMO
2 4 (3.36%) QA
3 2 (1.68%) GDPR
4 1 (0.84%) GRC
4 1 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.84%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (20.17%) Active Directory
2 6 (5.04%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (3.36%) Firmware
4 1 (0.84%) Docker
4 1 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 14 (11.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.52%) SCCM
3 1 (0.84%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.84%) Autotask
3 1 (0.84%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (37.82%) Microsoft
2 23 (19.33%) Atlassian
3 13 (10.92%) Oracle
4 10 (8.40%) Cisco
5 7 (5.88%) HP
6 6 (5.04%) arcserve
6 6 (5.04%) Aruba
6 6 (5.04%) Veeam
7 4 (3.36%) Apple
7 4 (3.36%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.68%) Citrix
8 2 (1.68%) Concur
8 2 (1.68%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.68%) SAP
9 1 (0.84%) Dell
9 1 (0.84%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.84%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.84%) Remedy
9 1 (0.84%) SolarWinds