Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the Berkshire region.

 Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank88100100
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12No change0
Matching contract IT job ads16830
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire0.704 %0.333 %0.841 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.150 %1.735 %4.566 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average daily rate£413£375£373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00 %+0.600 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£375£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£440£375£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£360£325
% change year-on-year
-13.76 %+10.61 %
Hourly rates quoted013
Average hourly rate-£10.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
--75.00 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£15.50£19.00
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %-18.42 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
508461657
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire22.35 %19.21 %18.42 %
Daily rates quoted170121202
Average daily rate£360£400£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+10.34 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£235£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£450£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted472449
Average hourly rate£20.50£25.00£27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.00 %-9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£14.50£12.00£15.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£50.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
ITIL Certification South EastITIL Certification
South East

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.

ITIL Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Berkshire ITIL Certification Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
SloughUp+41--
NewburyDown-71--
BracknellNew entry-1--
ITIL Certification South EastITIL Certification
South East

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

123 (100.00 %)ITIL
27 (30.43 %)Telecoms
36 (26.09 %)PRINCE2
36 (26.09 %)PRINCE2 Certification
36 (26.09 %)Matrix Management
45 (21.74 %)Release Management
45 (21.74 %)Project Management
45 (21.74 %)Finance
54 (17.39 %)Government
54 (17.39 %)Service Management
54 (17.39 %)Change Management
54 (17.39 %)Datawarehouse
54 (17.39 %)Security Cleared
63 (13.04 %)Problem Management
63 (13.04 %)Microsoft
63 (13.04 %)3G
72 (8.696 %)MS Office
72 (8.696 %)Fault Management
72 (8.696 %)Incident Management
81 (4.348 %)eTOM
81 (4.348 %)Remedy ITSM
81 (4.348 %)Retail
81 (4.348 %)GAP Analysis
81 (4.348 %)ITSM
81 (4.348 %)C
81 (4.348 %)CCNA
81 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
81 (4.348 %)MS Visio
81 (4.348 %)GPRS
81 (4.348 %)MPLS

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (8.696 %)MS Office
21 (4.348 %)MS Visio
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (4.348 %)Remedy ITSM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (13.04 %)3G
21 (4.348 %)GPRS
21 (4.348 %)MPLS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (17.39 %)Datawarehouse
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (30.43 %)Telecoms
25 (21.74 %)Finance
34 (17.39 %)Government
41 (4.348 %)Retail
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
16 (26.09 %)Project Manager
25 (21.74 %)Analyst
34 (17.39 %)Change Analyst
34 (17.39 %)Security Manager
43 (13.04 %)Change Management Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Operations Manager
52 (8.696 %)Consultant
52 (8.696 %)Problem Manager
52 (8.696 %)Network Manager
52 (8.696 %)Network Operations Manager
52 (8.696 %)Incident Manager
52 (8.696 %)ITIL Consultant
61 (4.348 %)Process Designer
61 (4.348 %)Applications Manager
61 (4.348 %)PRINCE2 Project Manager
61 (4.348 %)Designer
61 (4.348 %)Applications Support Manager
61 (4.348 %)Technical Manager
61 (4.348 %)Support Manager
61 (4.348 %)Technical Project Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (100.00 %)ITIL
26 (26.09 %)PRINCE2
26 (26.09 %)Matrix Management
35 (21.74 %)Release Management
35 (21.74 %)Project Management
44 (17.39 %)Service Management
44 (17.39 %)Change Management
53 (13.04 %)Problem Management
62 (8.696 %)Fault Management
62 (8.696 %)Incident Management
71 (4.348 %)eTOM
71 (4.348 %)GAP Analysis
71 (4.348 %)ITSM
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (4.348 %)C
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
16 (26.09 %)PRINCE2 Certification
24 (17.39 %)Security Cleared
31 (4.348 %)CCNA
31 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (13.04 %)Microsoft
21 (4.348 %)Remedy
21 (4.348 %)BMC