The first table below looks at the demand for Service Management 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 Service Management over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Management
Rank 22 20 24
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing Service Management 3 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.143% 3.590% 2.174%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.125% 5.303% 3.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 3
Average daily rate - £118 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -71.21%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+13.84% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.33 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-6.71% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
96 132 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 68.57% 67.69% 71.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 63 54
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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Management
Scotland

Service Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Service Management Jobs Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Service Management 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 Service Management.

1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) Nortel
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Avaya
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (60.00%) Mitel
1 3 (60.00%) Blue Coat
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Riverbed
1 3 (60.00%) Aruba
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) SMS

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Service Management 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 Service Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SMS
General
1 3 (60.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Development Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Development Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) CCNP
1 3 (60.00%) CCNA
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco Certification
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Cisco
1 3 (60.00%) Nortel
1 3 (60.00%) Avaya
1 3 (60.00%) Juniper
1 3 (60.00%) CheckPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Mitel
1 3 (60.00%) Blue Coat
1 3 (60.00%) Riverbed
1 3 (60.00%) Aruba