ITIL Foundation is a prerequisite for any ITIL 4 certification, except for the extension modules Acquiring and managing cloud services, and Sustainability in Digital and IT that do not have any prerequisite.

ITIL 4 Managing Professional is awarded when the Create, Deliver and Support, the Driver Stakeholder Value, the High-velocity IT, and the Direct, Plan and improve certifications and achieved.

ITIL 4 Strategic Leader is awarded when the Digital and IT Strategy and the Direct, Plan and improve certifications and achieved.

ITIL 4 Practice Manager is awarded when the Create, Deliver and Support certification, and (a) and FIVE individual practice-based certifications are achieved, or (b) when the Create, Deliver and Support certification, and any ONE certification from the pre-bundled courses is achieved. Monitor, Support and Fulfil, Plan, Implement and Control or Collaborate, Assure and Improve.

ITIL 4 Master is the highest designation, awarded when the ITIL Practice Manager, Managing Professional and Strategic Leader designations are all achieved.