The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification 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 Qualifications for the Bedfordshire 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
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank - 30 -
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 0 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire - 0.735% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 3.571% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £195 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £15.25
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -16.88%
All Qualifications
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
24 56 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 12.63% 20.59% 15.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 33 18
Average daily rate £400 £335 £235
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.40% +42.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 2
Average hourly rate £17.50 £35.50 £21.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.70% +63.21%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ITIL Certification
East of England

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Bedfordshire ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (66.67%) Cisco
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Wireless
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) VoIP
3 1 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) Citrix
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (33.33%) NHS
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) ECDL
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) LAN
1 3 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) Wireless
2 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
2 1 (33.33%) VoIP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) 2nd Line Network Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) HND
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) ECDL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix