ITIL Jobs in the UK excluding London

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring ITIL skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited ITIL over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 51 52
Rank change year-on-year -17 +1 -9
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 1,470 3,287 3,440
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.77% 4.64% 5.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.06% 5.52% 5.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,016 2,538 2,496
10th Percentile £27,625 £26,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £31,369
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,000 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% +1.15% -2.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £68,525 £67,500 £68,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £49,625 £47,500
% change year-on-year +0.76% +4.47% -1.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,168 59,553 57,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.86% 83.98% 95.64%
Number of salaries quoted 18,219 41,216 29,549
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,938 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the UK excluding London

ITIL
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for ITIL in the UK excluding London

ITIL
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for ITIL in the UK excluding London

ITIL
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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 -41 458 £42,500 - 260
South East -32 330 £50,000 - 338
North West -45 294 £48,306 +11.05% 159
Midlands -18 276 £47,500 +11.76% 159
South West -4 191 £47,500 -5.00% 123
West Midlands -26 178 £51,850 +9.62% 103
East of England -26 136 £37,000 -1.33% 117
Yorkshire -15 135 £33,000 -21.00% 74
East Midlands 0 98 £35,000 +7.69% 49
Scotland +53 54 £45,000 - 99
North East -15 29 £34,000 -2.86% 30
Wales +11 27 £38,094 -19.80% 28
Northern Ireland +26 5 - - 11
Isle of Man +5 3 £29,000 -42.00% 2
ITIL
UK

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 110 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 80 (5.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 75 (5.10%) Oracle Application Server
4 48 (3.27%) IIS
5 39 (2.65%) Confluence
6 10 (0.68%) Apache
7 6 (0.41%) IBM Domino
7 6 (0.41%) nginx
7 6 (0.41%) OpenStack
8 5 (0.34%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.068%) BizTalk Server
9 1 (0.068%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.068%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.068%) Office Communications Server
9 1 (0.068%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.068%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.068%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 117 (7.96%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.02%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (0.95%) Trello
5 11 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 11 (0.75%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 23 (1.56%) SAP ERP
2 20 (1.36%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.88%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.68%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.20%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.20%) SAP SCM
9 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
9 2 (0.14%) Maximo
9 2 (0.14%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.14%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 2 (0.14%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.068%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.068%) iTrent
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.068%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.068%) SAP FSCM
10 1 (0.068%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 422 (28.71%) Azure
2 398 (27.07%) Microsoft 365
3 160 (10.88%) Entra ID
4 122 (8.30%) AWS
5 97 (6.60%) SaaS
6 56 (3.81%) Power Platform
7 41 (2.79%) PaaS
8 38 (2.59%) IaaS
9 34 (2.31%) Power Automate
10 33 (2.24%) OneDrive
11 23 (1.56%) Azure ExpressRoute
12 20 (1.36%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
14 17 (1.16%) Mimecast
15 16 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (1.09%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.95%) Azure AI
16 14 (0.95%) Azure Key Vault
16 14 (0.95%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 160 (10.88%) Firewall
2 113 (7.69%) WAN
3 104 (7.07%) DNS
4 95 (6.46%) VPN
5 81 (5.51%) LAN
6 63 (4.29%) DHCP
7 59 (4.01%) Network Security
8 54 (3.67%) VLAN
9 49 (3.33%) Internet
10 39 (2.65%) TCP/IP
10 39 (2.65%) VoIP
11 38 (2.59%) Wi-Fi
11 38 (2.59%) WLAN
12 37 (2.52%) SD-WAN
13 34 (2.31%) Wireless
14 33 (2.24%) Remote Desktop
15 22 (1.50%) SAN
16 18 (1.22%) Cisco IOS
17 16 (1.09%) Intrusion Detection
18 15 (1.02%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (6.80%) SQL Server
2 81 (5.51%) Oracle Reports
3 75 (5.10%) Data Warehouse
3 75 (5.10%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
4 50 (3.40%) Power BI
5 21 (1.43%) Amazon RDS
6 16 (1.09%) MySQL
7 15 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.88%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
10 7 (0.48%) Data Mining
10 7 (0.48%) Oracle Database
11 6 (0.41%) MariaDB
12 3 (0.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.14%) Big Data
13 2 (0.14%) SAP HANA
14 1 (0.068%) BusinessObjects
14 1 (0.068%) Metadata
14 1 (0.068%) SAP Data Services
14 1 (0.068%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (4.97%) JIRA
2 17 (1.16%) Git
3 7 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.20%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.14%) GitLab
6 1 (0.068%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.068%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.068%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.068%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.068%) Visual Studio
General
1 591 (40.20%) Social Skills
2 287 (19.52%) Finance
3 225 (15.31%) Analytical Skills
4 100 (6.80%) Organisational Skills
5 79 (5.37%) Military
6 64 (4.35%) Retail
7 61 (4.15%) Manufacturing
8 58 (3.95%) Law
9 56 (3.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 49 (3.33%) Legal
11 48 (3.27%) Public Sector
12 39 (2.65%) Local Government
13 30 (2.04%) Banking
14 21 (1.43%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.29%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.09%) Police
17 15 (1.02%) Back Office
18 13 (0.88%) Aerospace
19 12 (0.82%) Welsh Language
20 10 (0.68%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 237 (16.12%) Analyst
2 185 (12.59%) IT Support
3 122 (8.30%) Senior
4 119 (8.10%) Support Engineer
5 116 (7.89%) Lead
6 97 (6.60%) IT Manager
7 93 (6.33%) Support Analyst
8 92 (6.26%) Service Manager
9 88 (5.99%) IT Analyst
10 82 (5.58%) IT Engineer
11 77 (5.24%) Service Analyst
12 71 (4.83%) 2nd Line Support
13 64 (4.35%) Service Desk Analyst
14 62 (4.22%) Applications Support
15 56 (3.81%) Desktop Support
16 54 (3.67%) IT Support Engineer
17 53 (3.61%) Team Leader
18 51 (3.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
19 50 (3.40%) Service Desk Manager
20 49 (3.33%) IT Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (1.22%) SAP Fiori
2 16 (1.09%) .NET
2 16 (1.09%) Web Services
3 14 (0.95%) REST
4 13 (0.88%) SOAP
5 6 (0.41%) Middleware
6 5 (0.34%) EDI
6 5 (0.34%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.27%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.27%) CSS
7 4 (0.27%) HTML
8 3 (0.20%) ARM Templates
8 3 (0.20%) HTML5 Canvas
8 3 (0.20%) SAML
9 2 (0.14%) ADO
9 2 (0.14%) EDIFACT
9 2 (0.14%) JSON
9 2 (0.14%) SAP Basis
9 2 (0.14%) Software Packaging
9 2 (0.14%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 136 (9.25%) Management Information System
2 77 (5.24%) Driving Licence
3 65 (4.42%) NHS
4 57 (3.88%) Data Centre
5 52 (3.54%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.45%) Private Cloud
8 32 (2.18%) CMDB
9 28 (1.90%) Client/Server
10 26 (1.77%) Product Ownership
10 26 (1.77%) Virtual Team
11 24 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.50%) PMI
13 21 (1.43%) Social Media
14 19 (1.29%) FMCG
15 14 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
15 14 (0.95%) IoT
16 12 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
17 11 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
17 11 (0.75%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 442 (30.07%) Windows
2 168 (11.43%) Windows Server
3 139 (9.46%) Linux
4 83 (5.65%) Windows 10
5 46 (3.13%) Android
6 41 (2.79%) Mac OS
7 32 (2.18%) Apple iOS
8 21 (1.43%) Windows Server 2016
9 12 (0.82%) Windows Server 2019
10 8 (0.54%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.41%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.41%) zOS
12 5 (0.34%) VMS
13 4 (0.27%) SUSE
13 4 (0.27%) Unix
14 3 (0.20%) CentOS
14 3 (0.20%) Solaris
15 2 (0.14%) AIX
15 2 (0.14%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (28.37%) Problem-Solving
2 372 (25.31%) Service Management
3 320 (21.77%) Agile
4 285 (19.39%) Customer Service
5 280 (19.05%) ITSM
6 260 (17.69%) Service Delivery
7 216 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 195 (13.27%) DevOps
9 173 (11.77%) Change Management
10 166 (11.29%) Project Management
11 138 (9.39%) Cybersecurity
12 136 (9.25%) Customer Experience
13 133 (9.05%) Analytics
14 132 (8.98%) Roadmaps
15 131 (8.91%) Mentoring
16 125 (8.50%) Business Analysis
17 123 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
18 121 (8.23%) Incident Management
19 110 (7.48%) Problem Management
20 99 (6.73%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (8.71%) PowerShell
2 126 (8.57%) SQL
3 61 (4.15%) Python
4 43 (2.93%) C#
5 37 (2.52%) Java
6 23 (1.56%) ABAP
7 21 (1.43%) Bash
7 21 (1.43%) JavaScript
8 15 (1.02%) Bicep
9 9 (0.61%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.34%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.20%) Go
12 2 (0.14%) Perl
13 1 (0.068%) C++
13 1 (0.068%) VBA
Qualifications
1 341 (23.20%) Degree
2 183 (12.45%) DBS Check
3 147 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 98 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
5 86 (5.85%) Security Cleared
6 69 (4.69%) Cisco Certification
7 66 (4.49%) SC Cleared
8 63 (4.29%) Azure Certification
9 61 (4.15%) CCNA
10 54 (3.67%) MCSE
10 54 (3.67%) PMI Certification
11 52 (3.54%) CCNP
11 52 (3.54%) PMP
12 51 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 50 (3.40%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 42 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
15 41 (2.79%) MCP
16 40 (2.72%) A+ Certification
17 37 (2.52%) CISM
18 36 (2.45%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (10.20%) SLA
2 63 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 55 (3.74%) Cyber Essentials
4 36 (2.45%) GDPR
5 33 (2.24%) COBIT
6 29 (1.97%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 25 (1.70%) NIST
8 23 (1.56%) QA
9 19 (1.29%) GRC
10 15 (1.02%) NCSC
10 15 (1.02%) PCI DSS
11 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.54%) JSP 440
12 7 (0.48%) PMO
13 6 (0.41%) ISO 22301
14 5 (0.34%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.27%) Accessibility
16 2 (0.14%) ISO 9001
16 2 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 19770
17 1 (0.068%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 304 (20.68%) Active Directory
2 79 (5.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 48 (3.27%) Hyper-V
4 32 (2.18%) Virtual Desktop
5 26 (1.77%) Virtual Machines
6 16 (1.09%) vSphere
7 13 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
8 7 (0.48%) Firmware
9 6 (0.41%) Terminal Services
10 5 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.34%) VMware NSX
11 4 (0.27%) Docker
12 2 (0.14%) DFS Replication
12 2 (0.14%) pfSense
12 2 (0.14%) XenApp
12 2 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.068%) EMC RecoverPoint
13 1 (0.068%) ISA Server
13 1 (0.068%) vCloud
13 1 (0.068%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 119 (8.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (2.59%) SCCM
3 23 (1.56%) Ansible
4 20 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 19 (1.29%) Terraform
6 14 (0.95%) FortiGate
7 11 (0.75%) Nessus
8 10 (0.68%) Puppet
9 9 (0.61%) AirWatch
9 9 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
10 8 (0.54%) SCOM
10 8 (0.54%) SmoothWall
10 8 (0.54%) ZABBIX
11 7 (0.48%) Kubernetes
12 6 (0.41%) Backup Exec
12 6 (0.41%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.41%) Proxmox
13 5 (0.34%) Autotask
13 5 (0.34%) NetBackup
14 4 (0.27%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 567 (38.57%) Microsoft
2 157 (10.68%) Cisco
3 153 (10.41%) Oracle
4 142 (9.66%) ServiceNow
5 117 (7.96%) VMware
6 63 (4.29%) SAP
7 55 (3.74%) Apple
8 33 (2.24%) Meraki
9 27 (1.84%) Citrix
10 25 (1.70%) SolarWinds
11 21 (1.43%) Databricks
12 20 (1.36%) Palo Alto
12 20 (1.36%) Veeam
13 18 (1.22%) Atlassian
14 16 (1.09%) Dell
14 16 (1.09%) Fortinet
14 16 (1.09%) IBM
14 16 (1.09%) Salesforce
15 15 (1.02%) HP
16 12 (0.82%) Splunk