ITIL Foundation Certificate Job Trends

ITIL Foundation Certificate
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for ITIL Foundation Certificate qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 507 634 603
Rank change year-on-year +127 -31 +196
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate 134 85 116
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.16% 0.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.70% 0.44% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 88 49 98
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,999 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £42,000 £45,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -7.18% +13.13%
75th Percentile £57,500 £50,000 £60,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £63,750 £74,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,929 £42,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -4.93% +7.69% -2.50%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 19,122 19,420 16,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.10% 36.19% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7,752 7,666 10,948
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,625 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,499 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.56% +3.48% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,829 £92,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +6.80% +3.00%

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Job Vacancy Trend

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate job vacancy trend in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Trend

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

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

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing ITIL Foundation Certificate over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for ITIL Foundation Certificate in the UK

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 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
England +124 129 £41,500 -1.19% 52
UK excluding London +101 110 £39,929 -4.93% 56
Work from Home +119 61 £35,854 -48.04% 5
North of England +46 53 £32,500 -27.78% 12
Yorkshire +12 37 £31,000 -31.11% 6
London +47 20 £52,500 +35.48% 5
South East +34 16 £52,500 +16.67% 17
Midlands +31 15 £54,000 +2.86% 8
South West +11 15 £47,500 +41.79% 6
West Midlands +26 13 £54,000 +2.86% 2
East of England +19 9 £32,500 -22.62% 7
North East - 9 £52,000 - 1
North West +20 7 £35,854 -20.32% 5
East Midlands - 2 £80,000 - 6
Scotland - 2 - - 2
Wales +3 1 - - 2

ITIL Foundation Certificate
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 11 (8.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (10.45%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.99%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (3.73%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 38 (28.36%) Azure
2 37 (27.61%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (14.18%) Entra ID
4 11 (8.21%) AWS
5 7 (5.22%) SaaS
6 3 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.49%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.75%) Azure AI
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.46%) WAN
2 9 (6.72%) LAN
3 8 (5.97%) DHCP
3 8 (5.97%) DNS
4 7 (5.22%) TCP/IP
4 7 (5.22%) VPN
5 6 (4.48%) WLAN
6 5 (3.73%) Firewall
6 5 (3.73%) Structured Cabling
7 4 (2.99%) Network Security
8 3 (2.24%) VLAN
9 2 (1.49%) BGP
9 2 (1.49%) OSPF
10 1 (0.75%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.75%) EIGRP
10 1 (0.75%) IPsec
10 1 (0.75%) NAS
10 1 (0.75%) RTP
10 1 (0.75%) SSH
10 1 (0.75%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.97%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (2.24%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.75%) Power BI
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 28 (20.90%) JIRA
General
1 98 (73.13%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.16%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (14.93%) Finance
4 13 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (8.96%) Law
6 11 (8.21%) Legal
7 9 (6.72%) Police
8 6 (4.48%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 35 (26.12%) Analyst
2 25 (18.66%) IT Support
2 25 (18.66%) Support Analyst
3 23 (17.16%) Developer
3 23 (17.16%) JIRA Developer
4 17 (12.69%) Lead
5 16 (11.94%) IT Analyst
6 14 (10.45%) IT Support Analyst
7 11 (8.21%) IT Manager
8 10 (7.46%) Support Team Leader
8 10 (7.46%) Systems Analyst
8 10 (7.46%) Team Leader
9 9 (6.72%) Development Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) Development Support Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) Service Manager
9 9 (6.72%) Support Engineer
9 9 (6.72%) Systems Development Analyst
9 9 (6.72%) Systems Support
9 9 (6.72%) Systems Support Analyst
10 8 (5.97%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.72%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.70%) Management Information System
2 11 (8.21%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.48%) Analytical Mindset
3 6 (4.48%) Data Centre
4 5 (3.73%) Culture of Ownership
5 4 (2.99%) CMDB
6 2 (1.49%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.75%) Fat Client
7 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.75%) NHS
7 1 (0.75%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.75%) Tandem
7 1 (0.75%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.75%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.64%) Windows
2 10 (7.46%) Apple iOS
3 8 (5.97%) Windows 10
4 7 (5.22%) Windows Server
5 5 (3.73%) Mac OS
6 4 (2.99%) Linux
7 2 (1.49%) Android
8 1 (0.75%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 134 (100.00%) ITIL
2 62 (46.27%) ITSM
3 60 (44.78%) Problem-Solving
4 59 (44.03%) Service Management
5 55 (41.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 34 (25.37%) Change Management
6 34 (25.37%) Incident Management
7 29 (21.64%) Asset Management
7 29 (21.64%) Computer Science
8 25 (18.66%) Service Delivery
9 23 (17.16%) Customer Service
10 19 (14.18%) User Experience
11 14 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 13 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 12 (8.96%) Risk Management
14 11 (8.21%) DevOps
14 11 (8.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (6.72%) Change Control
15 9 (6.72%) Roadmaps
16 8 (5.97%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 33 (24.63%) PowerShell
2 23 (17.16%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.99%) SQL
4 1 (0.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 48 (35.82%) Degree
2 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Certification
3 13 (9.70%) Azure Certification
4 10 (7.46%) BPSS Clearance
4 10 (7.46%) Network+ Certification
5 8 (5.97%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (4.48%) CCNA
7 5 (3.73%) A+ Certification
7 5 (3.73%) CompTIA Security+
7 5 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (3.73%) MCITP
7 5 (3.73%) MCP
7 5 (3.73%) PMI Certification
7 5 (3.73%) PMP
8 4 (2.99%) AWS Certification
8 4 (2.99%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (2.99%) Master's Degree
9 3 (2.24%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (2.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.24%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 5 (3.73%) SLA
3 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials
3 4 (2.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.99%) PMO
3 4 (2.99%) QA
4 2 (1.49%) GDPR
4 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 30 (22.39%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.48%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.75%) Docker
4 1 (0.75%) Firmware
4 1 (0.75%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.75%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (11.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.99%) SCCM
3 1 (0.75%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.75%) Autotask
3 1 (0.75%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.75%) Terraform
3 1 (0.75%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 51 (38.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.16%) Atlassian
3 14 (10.45%) Cisco
4 13 (9.70%) ServiceNow
5 9 (6.72%) Oracle
6 7 (5.22%) HP
6 7 (5.22%) Veeam
7 6 (4.48%) arcserve
7 6 (4.48%) Aruba
8 5 (3.73%) iManage
9 3 (2.24%) Apple
10 2 (1.49%) Citrix
10 2 (1.49%) Concur
10 2 (1.49%) Fortinet
10 2 (1.49%) Salesforce
10 2 (1.49%) SAP
10 2 (1.49%) VMware
11 1 (0.75%) Ivanti
11 1 (0.75%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.75%) Thales