ITIL Contracts in the South East

ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 6 months to 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 32 28 18
Rank change year-on-year -4 -10 +11
Contract jobs citing ITIL 316 401 660
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 5.54% 7.08% 8.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.69% 7.96% 9.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 298 435
10th Percentile £205 £200 £185
25th Percentile £263 £320 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% +7.27%
75th Percentile £575 £560 £581
90th Percentile £608 £675 £675
England median daily rate £475 £475 £475
% change year-on-year - - +7.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 27
10th Percentile - £15.50 £12.70
25th Percentile £17.69 £16.63 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £48.40 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -53.51% +184.71% -19.24%
75th Percentile £29.00 £53.53 £17.50
90th Percentile £32.00 £54.56 £24.25
England median hourly rate £17.69 £17.28 £15.50
% change year-on-year +2.36% +11.50% -17.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

ITIL is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,721 5,038 6,949
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 82.75% 88.98% 89.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,720 3,465 4,731
10th Percentile £255 £248 £238
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £501 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.80% +0.10% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £619 £600
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £548
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.46% +9.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 465 219 274
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.96 £12.25
25th Percentile £18.32 £22.44 £15.13
Median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +144.19% -15.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £76.94 £75.00 £61.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +44.00% +11.11%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing ITIL as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the South East.

Daily rate trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing ITIL in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing ITIL in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South East

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing ITIL in the South East over the 6 months to 7 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for ITIL in the South East

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 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
Thames Valley +1 211 £465 -1.07% 55
Berkshire +20 153 £575 +21.05% 33
Buckinghamshire -8 43 £465 -2.11% 14
Hampshire -30 42 £563 +97.72% 27
West Sussex +12 27 £475 -3.06% 7
Surrey +7 23 £500 +42.86% 21
Oxfordshire +8 15 £275 -37.14% 9
Kent +7 7 £481 +16.67% 8
Middlesex -1 3 £375 -31.82% 1
M4 Corridor - 1 £598 -
ITIL
England

ITIL
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 30 (9.49%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (1.27%) Confluence
3 3 (0.95%) SAS
4 2 (0.63%) CMS
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle Spatial
5 1 (0.32%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.32%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 27 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.95%) SPSS
5 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle AGIS
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Assets
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Cash Management
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
2 1 (0.32%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.32%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 43 (13.61%) Azure
2 34 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (7.91%) Entra ID
4 22 (6.96%) Azure Monitor
5 20 (6.33%) Azure Storage
6 14 (4.43%) OCI
7 6 (1.90%) AWS
8 4 (1.27%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.63%) GCP
10 1 (0.32%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.32%) PaaS
10 1 (0.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 51 (16.14%) DNS
2 50 (15.82%) DHCP
3 45 (14.24%) Firewall
4 34 (10.76%) SAN
5 17 (5.38%) LAN
6 13 (4.11%) TCP/IP
7 12 (3.80%) Network Security
8 9 (2.85%) WAN
9 6 (1.90%) Wireless
10 5 (1.58%) HTTP
11 4 (1.27%) MPLS
11 4 (1.27%) VSAN
12 3 (0.95%) BGP
12 3 (0.95%) Fibre Channel
12 3 (0.95%) IPsec
12 3 (0.95%) OSPF
12 3 (0.95%) SDH
13 2 (0.63%) DMVPN
13 2 (0.63%) Radio Access Network
13 2 (0.63%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
1 3 (0.95%) Tableau
2 1 (0.32%) GIS
2 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.32%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 11 (3.48%) JIRA
2 8 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (1.27%) GitLab
4 1 (0.32%) MSI
General
1 117 (37.03%) Social Skills
2 36 (11.39%) Finance
3 24 (7.59%) Organisational Skills
4 23 (7.28%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (5.70%) Public Sector
5 18 (5.70%) Telecoms
6 16 (5.06%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.75%) Retail
8 13 (4.11%) Legal
9 8 (2.53%) Documentation Skills
9 8 (2.53%) Marketing
10 7 (2.22%) Automotive
11 6 (1.90%) German Language
11 6 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.95%) Banking
14 3 (0.95%) Front Office
14 3 (0.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 45 (14.24%) Analyst
2 32 (10.13%) Senior
3 29 (9.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (8.86%) Architect
5 27 (8.54%) Support Engineer
6 21 (6.65%) Active Directory Support
7 18 (5.70%) 1st Line Support
8 17 (5.38%) Build Engineer
8 17 (5.38%) Hardware Engineer
8 17 (5.38%) Service Analyst
9 16 (5.06%) Service Architect
9 16 (5.06%) Windows Build Engineer
9 16 (5.06%) Windows Engineer
10 15 (4.75%) Service Manager
11 14 (4.43%) Active Directory Specialist
11 14 (4.43%) Azure Specialist
11 14 (4.43%) Desktop Engineer
11 14 (4.43%) Desktop Support
11 14 (4.43%) Support Specialist
11 14 (4.43%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (6.33%) ARM Templates
2 4 (1.27%) BAPI
2 4 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
2 4 (1.27%) Kafka
2 4 (1.27%) Middleware
2 4 (1.27%) REST
2 4 (1.27%) SAP ALE
3 3 (0.95%) .NET
3 3 (0.95%) D3.js
4 1 (0.32%) CSS
4 1 (0.32%) HTML
4 1 (0.32%) OpenLayers
4 1 (0.32%) Regular Expression
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.32%) Web Services
4 1 (0.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 34 (10.76%) Data Centre
2 29 (9.18%) PKI
3 26 (8.23%) Driving Licence
4 23 (7.28%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (6.01%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.22%) CMDB
7 6 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (0.63%) CSOC
9 2 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
9 2 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.63%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.63%) Tandem
10 1 (0.32%) Blackberry
10 1 (0.32%) CCTV
10 1 (0.32%) Data Protection Act
10 1 (0.32%) iPhone
10 1 (0.32%) Life Science
10 1 (0.32%) Replication
10 1 (0.32%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 120 (37.97%) Windows
2 64 (20.25%) Linux
3 63 (19.94%) Windows 10
4 58 (18.35%) Windows Server 2016
5 55 (17.41%) Windows Server
6 53 (16.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 33 (10.44%) Windows Server 2012
8 27 (8.54%) Windows 7
9 24 (7.59%) Unix
10 16 (5.06%) Windows NT
11 14 (4.43%) Windows XP
12 12 (3.80%) Ubuntu
13 9 (2.85%) Debian
14 4 (1.27%) Mac OS
14 4 (1.27%) Solaris
15 2 (0.63%) Apple iOS
15 2 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2003
16 1 (0.32%) Android
16 1 (0.32%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (28.48%) Service Management
2 78 (24.68%) Agile
3 71 (22.47%) Customer Service
4 70 (22.15%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (18.67%) Release Management
6 41 (12.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 36 (11.39%) Project Management
8 35 (11.08%) ITSM
8 35 (11.08%) Service Delivery
9 34 (10.76%) Incident Management
10 32 (10.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
11 31 (9.81%) Configuration Management
12 28 (8.86%) Customer Requirements
12 28 (8.86%) DevOps
13 26 (8.23%) CI/CD
13 26 (8.23%) Continuous Improvement
14 25 (7.91%) Disaster Recovery
14 25 (7.91%) Project Delivery
15 24 (7.59%) Roadmaps
16 23 (7.28%) RBAC
Programming Languages
1 50 (15.82%) PowerShell
2 22 (6.96%) Bicep
2 22 (6.96%) VBScript
3 20 (6.33%) C#
3 20 (6.33%) VB
4 17 (5.38%) Python
5 9 (2.85%) SQL
6 5 (1.58%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.27%) ABAP
7 4 (1.27%) Go
8 3 (0.95%) R
8 3 (0.95%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.63%) AWK
9 2 (0.63%) Bourne shell
9 2 (0.63%) C++
9 2 (0.63%) Korn
9 2 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (0.63%) Perl
10 1 (0.32%) Groovy
10 1 (0.32%) Java
Qualifications
1 157 (49.68%) Security Cleared
2 109 (34.49%) DV Cleared
3 83 (26.27%) Degree
4 76 (24.05%) SC Cleared
5 26 (8.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 23 (7.28%) ITIL Certification
7 18 (5.70%) CCNA
7 18 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
8 16 (5.06%) CCNP
9 7 (2.22%) ISACA
9 7 (2.22%) Master's Degree
10 6 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (1.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.27%) VCAP
13 3 (0.95%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 2 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
14 2 (0.63%) CompTIA Security+
14 2 (0.63%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (7.59%) QA
1 24 (7.59%) SLA
2 17 (5.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 11 (3.48%) COBIT
4 9 (2.85%) GDPR
4 9 (2.85%) NIST
5 8 (2.53%) PCI DSS
6 6 (1.90%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.63%) PMO
9 1 (0.32%) ITGC
System Software
1 85 (26.90%) Active Directory
2 28 (8.86%) Firmware
2 28 (8.86%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (7.91%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (6.96%) Virtual Desktop
5 20 (6.33%) Hyper-V
6 17 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
7 9 (2.85%) vSphere
8 4 (1.27%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.95%) XenApp
10 1 (0.32%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 84 (26.58%) SCCM
2 54 (17.09%) WSUS
3 36 (11.39%) SCOM
4 26 (8.23%) Kubernetes
4 26 (8.23%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (6.33%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 17 (5.38%) NetBackup
7 16 (5.06%) Sysprep
8 15 (4.75%) vCenter Server
9 14 (4.43%) EMC NetWorker
10 10 (3.16%) Ansible
11 6 (1.90%) Rancher
11 6 (1.90%) Terraform
12 5 (1.58%) AirWatch
13 4 (1.27%) Red Hat Satellite
14 2 (0.63%) Oracle ZFS
14 2 (0.63%) Tivoli Identity Manager
14 2 (0.63%) yum
15 1 (0.32%) Cisco Prime
15 1 (0.32%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 124 (39.24%) Microsoft
2 51 (16.14%) HP
3 45 (14.24%) ServiceNow
4 41 (12.97%) VMware
5 26 (8.23%) Cisco
6 22 (6.96%) Dell
7 20 (6.33%) Juniper
8 18 (5.70%) EMC
8 18 (5.70%) Palo Alto
9 16 (5.06%) Oracle
9 16 (5.06%) Symantec
10 15 (4.75%) 3PAR
11 14 (4.43%) Extreme Networks
11 14 (4.43%) Red Hat
11 14 (4.43%) Veeam
12 7 (2.22%) F5
12 7 (2.22%) IBM
12 7 (2.22%) SAP
13 6 (1.90%) Citrix
13 6 (1.90%) SolarWinds