The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 13 4 15
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +11
Contract jobs citing ITIL 13 36 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 9.220% 19.15% 7.937%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.40% 28.57% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 15 6
Average daily rate £413 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+83.33% -35.71%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.00 £32.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.07% +132.14%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
97 126 135
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 68.79% 67.02% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 61 55
Average daily rate £397 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.28% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £525 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 10
Average hourly rate £26.25 £14.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -53.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.15 £14.00 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £64.50 £35.20 £40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ITIL
Scotland

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Aberdeen ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing ITIL also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ITIL.

1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 12 (41.38%) Cisco
2 12 (41.38%) Problem Management
3 11 (37.93%) Finance
4 10 (34.48%) HP
4 10 (34.48%) Linux
4 10 (34.48%) Oracle
5 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (27.59%) Juniper
6 8 (27.59%) Project Management
6 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
7 7 (24.14%) Fat Client
7 7 (24.14%) Firewall
7 7 (24.14%) Thin Client
8 6 (20.69%) Telecoms
9 5 (17.24%) CMDB
9 5 (17.24%) Degree
9 5 (17.24%) Release Management
9 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
9 5 (17.24%) LAN
9 5 (17.24%) WAN
9 5 (17.24%) VPN
10 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
10 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
10 4 (13.79%) CISSP
10 4 (13.79%) Nortel
10 4 (13.79%) CCSP
10 4 (13.79%) CCNP
10 4 (13.79%) CCNA
10 4 (13.79%) NetScreen

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing ITIL also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited ITIL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.448%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Project
1 1 (3.448%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SAP CCM
1 1 (3.448%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (3.448%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (24.14%) Firewall
2 5 (17.24%) LAN
2 5 (17.24%) WAN
2 5 (17.24%) VPN
3 4 (13.79%) TCP/IP
3 4 (13.79%) NetScreen
4 2 (6.897%) BGP
4 2 (6.897%) Wireless
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (3.448%) Unified Communications
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco Nexus
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.448%) VSAT
5 1 (3.448%) VLAN
5 1 (3.448%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (3.448%) IP Telephony
5 1 (3.448%) H.323
5 1 (3.448%) EIGRP
5 1 (3.448%) MGCP
5 1 (3.448%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MSI
General
1 11 (37.93%) Finance
2 6 (20.69%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) French Language
3 1 (3.448%) Norwegian Language
3 1 (3.448%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Analyst
1 6 (20.69%) Technical Leader
2 5 (17.24%) Network Engineer
3 4 (13.79%) Security Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Support
5 2 (6.897%) Support Engineer
5 2 (6.897%) Technical Specialist
5 2 (6.897%) PMO Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Software Support Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Project Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Change Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Support Specialist
6 1 (3.448%) Network Support
6 1 (3.448%) Project Support Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Configuration Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (3.448%) Network Support Engineer
6 1 (3.448%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (24.14%) Fat Client
1 7 (24.14%) Thin Client
2 5 (17.24%) CMDB
3 1 (3.448%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) Windows
2 10 (34.48%) Linux
3 3 (10.34%) Windows 7
4 2 (6.897%) Windows XP
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.448%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Problem Management
2 8 (27.59%) Project Management
2 8 (27.59%) Incident Management
3 5 (17.24%) Release Management
3 5 (17.24%) Configuration Management
4 4 (13.79%) Service Management
5 3 (10.34%) PRINCE2
6 2 (6.897%) Data Management
7 1 (3.448%) Change Control
7 1 (3.448%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.448%) Time Management
7 1 (3.448%) Network Design
7 1 (3.448%) Workflow
7 1 (3.448%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (31.03%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (17.24%) Degree
3 4 (13.79%) CISSP
3 4 (13.79%) CCSP
3 4 (13.79%) CCNP
3 4 (13.79%) CCNA
4 3 (10.34%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (3.448%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (3.448%) CCIE
5 1 (3.448%) MCP
5 1 (3.448%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.448%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
Vendors
1 12 (41.38%) Cisco
2 10 (34.48%) HP
2 10 (34.48%) Oracle
3 8 (27.59%) Juniper
4 4 (13.79%) CheckPoint
4 4 (13.79%) Nortel
4 4 (13.79%) Avaya
4 4 (13.79%) Aruba
4 4 (13.79%) Mitel
4 4 (13.79%) Riverbed
5 3 (10.34%) Blue Coat
6 2 (6.897%) Citrix
7 1 (3.448%) VMware
7 1 (3.448%) Primavera
7 1 (3.448%) Remedy
7 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
7 1 (3.448%) SAP
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