The first table below looks at the demand for Incident Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Incident Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Incident Management
Rank 60 45 47
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +2
Contract jobs citing Incident Management 7 28 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.863% 2.837% 2.668%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.228% 4.294% 4.455%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 2
Average daily rate £294 £217 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.21% -27.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £191 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £309 £242 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £289 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.15% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 13
Average hourly rate £18.00 £14.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.13% -3.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.88 £16.47 £15.00
% change year-on-year
-15.73% +9.76%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
570 652 651
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 70.28% 66.06% 59.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 346 306 273
Average daily rate £340 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £200 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 29 47
Average hourly rate £17.75 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.33% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £13.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Incident Management
South East

Incident Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Incident Management Jobs Demand Trend

Incident Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Incident Management across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Incident Management Daily Rate Trend

Incident Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Incident Management across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire Incident Management Daily Rate Histogram

Incident Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Incident Management across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Incident Management Hourly Rate Trend

Incident Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Management within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Milton Keynes -15 6 £294 +35.21%
Incident Management
South East

Incident Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Incident 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 Incident Management.

1 18 (48.65%) ITIL
2 16 (43.24%) Radio Access Network
3 15 (40.54%) Telecoms
4 12 (32.43%) Service Management
5 10 (27.03%) Windows
5 10 (27.03%) SLA
6 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
7 8 (21.62%) Change Management
8 7 (18.92%) HOOD
8 7 (18.92%) Project Management
8 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
8 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (16.22%) VMware
9 6 (16.22%) MS Exchange
10 5 (13.51%) OpenView
10 5 (13.51%) Remedy
10 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
10 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
10 5 (13.51%) Hyper-V
11 4 (10.81%) Backup Exec
11 4 (10.81%) OVSD
11 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2003
11 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (10.81%) HP
11 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
11 4 (10.81%) UNIX
11 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
12 3 (8.108%) SQL
12 3 (8.108%) Active Directory
12 3 (8.108%) Cisco

Incident Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing Incident 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 Incident Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.703%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (16.22%) MS Exchange
2 4 (10.81%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (5.405%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.703%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.703%) Lync
4 1 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (10.81%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.405%) MS Office
3 1 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 16 (43.24%) Radio Access Network
2 2 (5.405%) Internet
2 2 (5.405%) LAN
2 2 (5.405%) WAN
3 1 (2.703%) SNMP
3 1 (2.703%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.703%) VPN
3 1 (2.703%) VoIP
3 1 (2.703%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.405%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.405%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (40.54%) Telecoms
2 3 (8.108%) Finance
3 1 (2.703%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.703%) Banking
3 1 (2.703%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (29.73%) Analyst
2 5 (13.51%) 3rd Line Support
3 4 (10.81%) Operations Manager
3 4 (10.81%) Coordinator
3 4 (10.81%) Support Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Graduate
4 3 (8.108%) Help Desk Analyst
4 3 (8.108%) Trainee
4 3 (8.108%) Help Desk Trainee
4 3 (8.108%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
5 2 (5.405%) Transition Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Service Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) 1st Line Support
6 1 (2.703%) Technical Support
6 1 (2.703%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Test Analyst
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Senior Incident Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Incident Manager
6 1 (2.703%) Network Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.703%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.703%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.703%) PDA
2 1 (2.703%) Clustering
2 1 (2.703%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Windows
2 7 (18.92%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (10.81%) UNIX
4 3 (8.108%) Windows 8
5 2 (5.405%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.405%) Windows XP
5 2 (5.405%) Linux
6 1 (2.703%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.703%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) ITIL
2 12 (32.43%) Service Management
3 9 (24.32%) PRINCE2
4 8 (21.62%) Change Management
5 7 (18.92%) HOOD
5 7 (18.92%) Project Management
6 3 (8.108%) ITIL V3
7 1 (2.703%) CRM
7 1 (2.703%) Risk Management
7 1 (2.703%) ITSM
7 1 (2.703%) Manual Testing
7 1 (2.703%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.703%) Logistics
7 1 (2.703%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.703%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (2.703%) Migration
7 1 (2.703%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.703%) Network Management
7 1 (2.703%) Infrastructure Management
7 1 (2.703%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.108%) SQL
2 2 (5.405%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.108%) DV Cleared
4 2 (5.405%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (5.405%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (5.405%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (5.405%) CCNA
4 2 (5.405%) MCP
4 2 (5.405%) MCSE
5 1 (2.703%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.03%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (13.51%) Hyper-V
2 3 (8.108%) Active Directory
3 1 (2.703%) VMware ESX
3 1 (2.703%) vSphere
3 1 (2.703%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 5 (13.51%) OpenView
2 4 (10.81%) Backup Exec
2 4 (10.81%) OVSD
3 1 (2.703%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (2.703%) Unicenter
3 1 (2.703%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (2.703%) NetBackup
3 1 (2.703%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) VMware
2 5 (13.51%) Remedy
3 4 (10.81%) HP
3 4 (10.81%) Microsoft
4 3 (8.108%) Cisco
4 3 (8.108%) Citrix
4 3 (8.108%) LANDesk
5 2 (5.405%) Oracle
6 1 (2.703%) EMC
6 1 (2.703%) Nortel
6 1 (2.703%) Symantec
6 1 (2.703%) Sophos
6 1 (2.703%) Juniper
6 1 (2.703%) CA
6 1 (2.703%) Lotus
6 1 (2.703%) F5