The first table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Management
Rank 30 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 1 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.508% 1.908% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.680% 2.415% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £525 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.52% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £341 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.02% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.75 £16.74 £14.91
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +12.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
147 207 198
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 74.62% 79.01% 79.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 114 94
Average daily rate £361 £375 £305
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.66% +22.95%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £220 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 9
Average hourly rate £35.50 £40.00 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.25% -15.78%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Service Management
East of England

Service Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Luton -5 1 £525 +7.69%
Bedford - - - -
Dunstable - - - -
Service Management
East of England

Service Management
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (33.33%) SAP CO

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI
1 1 (33.33%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (33.33%) SAP CO
General
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SAP Support
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
2 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Systems Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analysis
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) ISEB
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) SAP