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The table below looks at the demand for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) skills within the Blackburn region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInformation Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank62
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.005 %
As % of the category below8.333 %40.00 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£350£300
Average daily rate£375£338
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£341£359
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
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£18.12£21.63
% change on same period last year-16.20 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads1210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£350£294
Average daily rate£375£331
% change on same period last year+13.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.73£28.90
% change on same period last year-4.04 %
ITIL LancashireITIL
Lancashire

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.

ITIL
Demand Trend

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

Blackburn ITIL Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Blackburn ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Blackburn ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn region citing ITIL 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.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
12 (100.00 %)Government
21 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
21 (50.00 %)Local Government
21 (50.00 %)Degree
21 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)MS Office
21 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (50.00 %)MS Excel
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (50.00 %)Oracle Certification
21 (50.00 %)NetApp
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Reuters
21 (50.00 %)Bloomberg
21 (50.00 %)SQLPlus
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Service Management

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn region citing ITIL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (50.00 %)MS Office
11 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (50.00 %)SQLPlus
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Government
21 (50.00 %)Local Government
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)DBA
11 (50.00 %)Service Analyst
11 (50.00 %)2nd Line Support
11 (50.00 %)Administrator
11 (50.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (50.00 %)Windows XP
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)PRINCE2
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
11 (50.00 %)Service Management
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
11 (50.00 %)SQL
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (50.00 %)Oracle Certification
11 (50.00 %)Degree
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (50.00 %)Active Directory
11 (50.00 %)Oracle RMAN
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)NetApp
11 (50.00 %)Reuters
11 (50.00 %)Bloomberg