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The table below looks at the demand for Services Delivery skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Delivery
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1538
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads44
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
As % of the category below5.128 %2.116 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£485-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£520-
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£355
% change on same period last year+7.09 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.83£23.47
% change on same period last year-11.24 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads78189
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.105 %0.186 %
Daily rates quoted2122
Average minimum daily rate£388£292
Average daily rate£410£308
% change on same period last year+33.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted324
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£32.19
Average hourly rate£23.17£32.56
% change on same period last year-28.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.33£32.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Service Delivery East of EnglandService Delivery
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Delivery
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Delivery across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Service Delivery Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Delivery across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Delivery across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DunstableNew entry-1£485-
Service Delivery East of EnglandService Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery.

13 (33.33 %)MS Visio
13 (33.33 %)Cisco
22 (22.22 %)ITIL
22 (22.22 %)Change Management
22 (22.22 %)Problem Management
31 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (11.11 %)Fat Client
31 (11.11 %)MS Office
31 (11.11 %)Retail
31 (11.11 %)QA
31 (11.11 %)Service Management
31 (11.11 %)Quality Management
31 (11.11 %)Migration
31 (11.11 %)SLA
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
31 (11.11 %)Windows
31 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
31 (11.11 %)CRM
31 (11.11 %)Windows XP
31 (11.11 %)Citrix
31 (11.11 %)Thin Client

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (33.33 %)MS Visio
21 (11.11 %)MS Office
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Retail
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (44.44 %)Infrastructure Manager
14 (44.44 %)Analyst
22 (22.22 %)Service Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Change Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Business Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Support Manager
31 (11.11 %)Service Control Analyst
31 (11.11 %)QA Analyst
31 (11.11 %)CRM Business Analyst
31 (11.11 %)Quality Analyst
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (11.11 %)Thin Client
11 (11.11 %)Fat Client
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
11 (11.11 %)Windows 2000
11 (11.11 %)Windows XP
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)ITIL
12 (22.22 %)Change Management
12 (22.22 %)Problem Management
21 (11.11 %)Migration
21 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
21 (11.11 %)CRM
21 (11.11 %)Service Management
21 (11.11 %)Quality Management
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (11.11 %)SLA
11 (11.11 %)QA
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (11.11 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (33.33 %)Cisco
21 (11.11 %)Citrix