ITIL Certification Contracts

ITIL Certification
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for ITIL Certification qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 416 431 435
Rank change year-on-year +15 +4 +34
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 159 270 489
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.48% 0.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.24% 1.77% 2.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 203 343
10th Percentile £213 £223 £257
25th Percentile £400 £324 £387
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% +14.99%
75th Percentile £563 £550 £584
90th Percentile £629 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +2.78% - +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile - £21.89 £20.14
25th Percentile £26.25 £24.84 £20.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £40.52 £30.96
Median % change year-on-year -32.13% +30.88% +47.08%
75th Percentile £49.57 £54.56 £32.60
90th Percentile £62.06 - £34.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £40.52 £30.96
% change year-on-year -32.13% +30.88% +47.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
UK

ITIL Certification is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 12,872 15,254 19,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 29.89% 27.21% 21.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,011 10,183 12,699
10th Percentile £310 £338 £345
25th Percentile £425 £450 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £645 £650 £630
90th Percentile £738 £738 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £535 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +1.90% +5.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,100 745 759
10th Percentile £13.87 £14.67 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £19.52
Median hourly rate £40.00 £55.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +23.60% +28.21%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.75 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.32 £79.19 £67.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £41.25 £52.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% +50.00% +16.67%

ITIL Certification
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing ITIL Certification as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL Certification in the UK

ITIL Certification
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification.

Daily rate trend for ITIL Certification in the UK

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL Certification over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL Certification in the UK

ITIL Certification
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL Certification.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL Certification in the UK

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL Certification over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL Certification in the UK

ITIL Certification
Top 14 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the UK over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +14 142 £500 +7.82% 90
UK excluding London -33 80 £463 +2.78% 61
London +80 74 £525 +10.53% 26
Work from Home +75 60 £500 +11.11% 34
North of England +31 26 £273 -50.45% 17
South East -19 20 £525 +14.75% 13
North West +24 17 £225 -59.09% 8
Scotland +28 14 £463 -2.17% 1
Midlands +17 11 £575 +64.29% 18
West Midlands +17 10 £588 +11.90% 11
Yorkshire +22 9 £450 +28.57% 8
South West -8 6 £253 -46.84% 8
East of England -12 3 £210 -23.64% 7
East Midlands +3 1 £500 +124.22% 7

ITIL Certification
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (12.58%) SharePoint
2 12 (7.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.63%) Confluence
3 1 (0.63%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (8.18%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.40%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.77%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (2.52%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.26%) ION MarketView
2 2 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.63%) OPENHousing
3 1 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
2 30 (18.87%) Azure
3 17 (10.69%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.66%) OneDrive
5 8 (5.03%) Microsoft Purview
6 7 (4.40%) IaaS
7 5 (3.14%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.52%) AWS
8 4 (2.52%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.89%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.26%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (1.26%) IBM Blueworks
10 2 (1.26%) Lucidchart
11 1 (0.63%) Mimecast
11 1 (0.63%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.63%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.40%) DHCP
1 7 (4.40%) Firewall
2 5 (3.14%) DNS
2 5 (3.14%) LAN
2 5 (3.14%) SSL
2 5 (3.14%) WAN
3 3 (1.89%) SAN
3 3 (1.89%) SMS
3 3 (1.89%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.89%) VPN
4 2 (1.26%) FTP
4 2 (1.26%) Internet
4 2 (1.26%) Intranet
5 1 (0.63%) BGP
5 1 (0.63%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (0.63%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.63%) Fibre Channel
5 1 (0.63%) OSPF
5 1 (0.63%) Wireless
5 1 (0.63%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.77%) Power BI
2 2 (1.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.63%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (4.40%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.52%) JIRA
3 3 (1.89%) Visual Studio
General
1 70 (44.03%) Social Skills
2 35 (22.01%) Analytical Skills
3 33 (20.75%) Finance
4 24 (15.09%) Public Sector
5 14 (8.81%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (8.18%) Legal
7 11 (6.92%) Banking
8 8 (5.03%) Marketing
9 6 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
9 6 (3.77%) Front Office
10 3 (1.89%) Billing
11 2 (1.26%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Law
11 2 (1.26%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.26%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.63%) Aviation
12 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.63%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 26 (16.35%) Analyst
2 23 (14.47%) Senior
3 16 (10.06%) Service Manager
4 11 (6.92%) Service Analyst
5 10 (6.29%) Consultant
5 10 (6.29%) Developer
5 10 (6.29%) Incident Manager
5 10 (6.29%) Support Engineer
6 9 (5.66%) Lead
7 8 (5.03%) Architect
8 7 (4.40%) Change Manager
8 7 (4.40%) IT Manager
8 7 (4.40%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 7 (4.40%) Service Transition Manager
8 7 (4.40%) Systems Engineer
8 7 (4.40%) Transition Manager
9 6 (3.77%) Desktop Support
9 6 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.77%) Project Manager
9 6 (3.77%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.40%) .NET
2 6 (3.77%) CSS
3 3 (1.89%) .NET Framework
3 3 (1.89%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.89%) HTML
3 3 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
3 3 (1.89%) jQuery
3 3 (1.89%) LDAP
3 3 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
4 2 (1.26%) OAuth
4 2 (1.26%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 13 (8.18%) CMDB
2 10 (6.29%) Management Information System
3 8 (5.03%) Cyber Threat
3 8 (5.03%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (3.77%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.14%) iPad
5 5 (3.14%) iPhone
6 4 (2.52%) PKI
7 3 (1.89%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (1.26%) Replication
9 1 (0.63%) CCTV
9 1 (0.63%) HP Storage
9 1 (0.63%) Mainframe
9 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.63%) NHS
9 1 (0.63%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.63%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.53%) Windows
2 14 (8.81%) Windows 10
3 12 (7.55%) Unix
4 9 (5.66%) Windows Server
5 7 (4.40%) Linux
6 3 (1.89%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.63%) Android
7 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.63%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (100.00%) ITIL
2 38 (23.90%) Agile
2 38 (23.90%) ITSM
3 36 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (22.64%) Service Management
4 35 (22.01%) Stakeholder Management
5 26 (16.35%) Change Management
6 25 (15.72%) Incident Management
7 24 (15.09%) Computer Science
8 22 (13.84%) Project Management
9 20 (12.58%) PRINCE2
10 17 (10.69%) Configuration Management
10 17 (10.69%) Migration
11 16 (10.06%) Problem Management
12 14 (8.81%) Continuous Improvement
13 13 (8.18%) Risk Management
14 12 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
14 12 (7.55%) Cybersecurity
14 12 (7.55%) Security Operations
14 12 (7.55%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.32%) PowerShell
2 9 (5.66%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.77%) VB.NET
4 5 (3.14%) VBA
5 4 (2.52%) Python
6 3 (1.89%) C#
6 3 (1.89%) MATLAB
7 2 (1.26%) C++
7 2 (1.26%) Java
7 2 (1.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (32.08%) Degree
2 23 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Certification
4 15 (9.43%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (8.81%) SC Cleared
6 11 (6.92%) MCSE
7 8 (5.03%) Master's Degree
8 7 (4.40%) DV Cleared
9 5 (3.14%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (1.26%) CISSP
11 2 (1.26%) PMI Certification
11 2 (1.26%) PMP
12 1 (0.63%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.63%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.63%) MBA
12 1 (0.63%) MCP
12 1 (0.63%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
12 1 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (13.84%) SLA
2 8 (5.03%) PCI DSS
3 5 (3.14%) ISO 9001
3 5 (3.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 5 (3.14%) QA
4 3 (1.89%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.89%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 2 (1.26%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.26%) GDPR
6 1 (0.63%) GRC
6 1 (0.63%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (22.01%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (5.03%) Hyper-V
4 4 (2.52%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (1.89%) vSphere
6 1 (0.63%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 18 (11.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (6.29%) SCCM
3 8 (5.03%) PingFederate
4 3 (1.89%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (1.89%) WSUS
5 2 (1.26%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.63%) Backup Exec
6 1 (0.63%) SCOM
Vendors
1 52 (32.70%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.43%) ServiceNow
2 15 (9.43%) VMware
3 8 (5.03%) Citrix
4 5 (3.14%) McAfee
4 5 (3.14%) SAP
5 3 (1.89%) Cisco
5 3 (1.89%) CyberArk
5 3 (1.89%) Proofpoint
5 3 (1.89%) Remedy
5 3 (1.89%) Symantec
6 2 (1.26%) Bloomberg
6 2 (1.26%) Oracle
6 2 (1.26%) Reuters
6 2 (1.26%) Workday
7 1 (0.63%) Apple
7 1 (0.63%) BMC
7 1 (0.63%) HP
7 1 (0.63%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.63%) Veritas