The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 58 65 73
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +8
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 67 77 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.731% 2.400% 1.982%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.141% 3.788% 3.164%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 29 17
Average daily rate £413 £280 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+47.32% -27.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £116 £242
10% offered a daily rate of more than £523 £388 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.43% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £15.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1618 2033 1833
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 65.96% 63.37% 62.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 771 731
Average daily rate £388 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.72% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £250 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 61 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £20.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -36.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £11.40 £13.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Delivery across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Histogram

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 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
Reading -6 27 £475 +72.72%
Newbury -4 6 £350 +250.00%
Bracknell -11 4 - -
Slough - 4 £133 -
Windsor +4 3 - -
Maidenhead - 2 - -
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 39 (29.10%) Telecoms
2 29 (21.64%) ITIL
3 23 (17.16%) Service Management
4 18 (13.43%) SLA
5 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
6 15 (11.19%) Web Services
7 13 (9.701%) Windows
7 13 (9.701%) Finance
8 12 (8.955%) Project Management
8 12 (8.955%) Oracle
8 12 (8.955%) Technical Architecture
8 12 (8.955%) Marketing
9 11 (8.209%) BSS
10 10 (7.463%) TOGAF
10 10 (7.463%) Information Security
10 10 (7.463%) CRM
10 10 (7.463%) Cisco
10 10 (7.463%) Management Information System
11 9 (6.716%) MS Excel
11 9 (6.716%) VMware
11 9 (6.716%) Degree
11 9 (6.716%) SC Cleared
11 9 (6.716%) VMware Infrastructure
12 8 (5.970%) PCI DSS
12 8 (5.970%) Use Case
12 8 (5.970%) Agile Software Development
12 8 (5.970%) ITIL Certification
12 8 (5.970%) Tivoli
13 7 (5.224%) SAN
13 7 (5.224%) Microsoft

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 15 (11.19%) Web Services
2 4 (2.985%) J2EE
3 2 (1.493%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.493%) Flash
3 2 (1.493%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.731%) Drupal
2 4 (2.985%) IIS
3 3 (2.239%) Apache
3 3 (2.239%) WebLogic
4 2 (1.493%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (1.493%) Tomcat
4 2 (1.493%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (1.493%) Documentum
4 2 (1.493%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (0.746%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.746%) CMS
5 1 (0.746%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (0.746%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.746%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.746%) Resin
5 1 (0.746%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (6.716%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.985%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (2.239%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.493%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.493%) MS Office
5 1 (0.746%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (1.493%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.209%) BSS
2 7 (5.224%) SAN
3 6 (4.478%) Network Security
3 6 (4.478%) Firewall
4 5 (3.731%) HTTP
4 5 (3.731%) Intrusion Detection
4 5 (3.731%) Radio Access Network
5 4 (2.985%) GSM
5 4 (2.985%) LAN
5 4 (2.985%) UMTS
6 3 (2.239%) Internet
6 3 (2.239%) CDMA
6 3 (2.239%) GPRS
6 3 (2.239%) TCP/IP
7 2 (1.493%) LLU
8 1 (0.746%) SS7
8 1 (0.746%) VPN
8 1 (0.746%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.478%) GIS
2 3 (2.239%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.746%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.746%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (2.985%) Subversion
2 1 (0.746%) MSI
2 1 (0.746%) InstallShield
General
1 39 (29.10%) Telecoms
2 13 (9.701%) Finance
3 12 (8.955%) Marketing
4 7 (5.224%) Billing
5 4 (2.985%) Back Office
6 2 (1.493%) Retail
6 2 (1.493%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.746%) Front Office
7 1 (0.746%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 29 (21.64%) Architect
2 28 (20.90%) Service Manager
3 22 (16.42%) Delivery Manager
4 20 (14.93%) Services Delivery Manager
5 16 (11.94%) Analyst
6 13 (9.701%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (5.224%) Coordinator
8 6 (4.478%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.478%) Consultant
9 4 (2.985%) Service Implementation Manager
9 4 (2.985%) Senior Architect
9 4 (2.985%) OSS Architect
9 4 (2.985%) Senior Solutions Architect
9 4 (2.985%) Implementation Manager
9 4 (2.985%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 4 (2.985%) Service Analyst
10 3 (2.239%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.239%) Security Analyst
10 3 (2.239%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (2.239%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (7.463%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.478%) CESG
3 4 (2.985%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.239%) Replication
4 3 (2.239%) Clustering
4 3 (2.239%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (2.239%) RMADS
5 2 (1.493%) IBM Mainframe
5 2 (1.493%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.493%) Symmetrix
5 2 (1.493%) EMC Centera
5 2 (1.493%) Client/Server
5 2 (1.493%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.746%) Informatics
6 1 (0.746%) CMDB
6 1 (0.746%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.746%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.746%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.746%) FMCG
6 1 (0.746%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.701%) Windows
2 7 (5.224%) UNIX
2 7 (5.224%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (3.731%) Windows 7
4 4 (2.985%) Linux
5 3 (2.239%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.746%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.746%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (21.64%) ITIL
2 23 (17.16%) Service Management
3 12 (8.955%) Project Management
3 12 (8.955%) Technical Architecture
4 10 (7.463%) TOGAF
4 10 (7.463%) Information Security
4 10 (7.463%) CRM
5 8 (5.970%) Use Case
5 8 (5.970%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (5.224%) PRINCE2
6 7 (5.224%) Incident Management
7 6 (4.478%) Digital Marketing
7 6 (4.478%) Ethical Hacking
7 6 (4.478%) ITSM
8 5 (3.731%) HOOD
8 5 (3.731%) Change Management
8 5 (3.731%) Migration
8 5 (3.731%) Configuration Management
8 5 (3.731%) Data Analysis
8 5 (3.731%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (5.224%) SQL
2 2 (1.493%) Shell Script
3 1 (0.746%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.746%) VBScript
3 1 (0.746%) VB
3 1 (0.746%) C
3 1 (0.746%) Java
3 1 (0.746%) Perl
3 1 (0.746%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.69%) Security Cleared
2 9 (6.716%) Degree
2 9 (6.716%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.970%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (2.239%) CISA
4 3 (2.239%) CISM
4 3 (2.239%) CISSP
5 2 (1.493%) PMP
5 2 (1.493%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.746%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.746%) ISEB
6 1 (0.746%) MCSE
6 1 (0.746%) HNC
6 1 (0.746%) HND
6 1 (0.746%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.746%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (13.43%) SLA
2 8 (5.970%) PCI DSS
3 6 (4.478%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.746%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.746%) QA
System Software
1 9 (6.716%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.239%) XenApp
2 3 (2.239%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.493%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (1.493%) SRDF
3 2 (1.493%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.746%) NDS
Systems Management
1 8 (5.970%) Tivoli
2 3 (2.239%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (1.493%) HP SIM
3 2 (1.493%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (1.493%) Foglight
4 1 (0.746%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (0.746%) Netcool
4 1 (0.746%) SCOM
Vendors
1 12 (8.955%) Oracle
2 10 (7.463%) Cisco
3 9 (6.716%) VMware
4 7 (5.224%) Microsoft
5 6 (4.478%) EMC
5 6 (4.478%) CA
5 6 (4.478%) Ericsson
6 5 (3.731%) Remedy
6 5 (3.731%) SAP
7 4 (2.985%) Citrix
7 4 (2.985%) IBM
8 3 (2.239%) JBoss
9 2 (1.493%) Qualys
9 2 (1.493%) HP
10 1 (0.746%) ESRI
10 1 (0.746%) OPNET
10 1 (0.746%) Cramer
10 1 (0.746%) Apple
10 1 (0.746%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.746%) TIBCO
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