The first table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedford 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 Bedford 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 - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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
Bedford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
17 14 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedford 80.95% 66.67% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 14
Average daily rate £325 £575 £193
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-43.47% +198.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £130 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £575 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £19.39 £190.00 £10.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-89.79% +1667.44%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Management
Bedfordshire

Service Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedford 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.

General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Demand Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISEB
1 2 (100.00%) Degree