The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 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 ITIL V3 over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 47 69 60
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -9
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 18 6 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 2.284% 0.591% 1.415%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.273% 0.888% 2.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 6
Average daily rate £299 - £500
90% offered a daily rate of more than £236 - £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 - £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £391 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+15.92% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-25.71% +40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
550 676 650
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.80% 66.54% 61.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 340 316 268
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £200 £196
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 34 51
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL V3
South East

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire ITIL V3 Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL V3 across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ITIL V3 Daily Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL V3 across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire ITIL V3 Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL V3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire ITIL V3 Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL V3 within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 17 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 +21 16 £313 -
ITIL V3
South East

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing ITIL V3 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 V3.

1 40 (100.00%) ITIL
2 32 (80.00%) Security Cleared
3 24 (60.00%) Cisco
4 23 (57.50%) Citrix
5 22 (55.00%) DV Cleared
6 18 (45.00%) Windows
7 13 (32.50%) Process Architecture
8 12 (30.00%) Change Management
9 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
10 6 (15.00%) SLA
10 6 (15.00%) Service Management
10 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
10 6 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
12 4 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
12 4 (10.00%) MS Exchange
13 3 (7.500%) SAP
13 3 (7.500%) Linux
13 3 (7.500%) MCSE
13 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
13 3 (7.500%) MCP
13 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
13 3 (7.500%) Microsoft
13 3 (7.500%) Incident Management
13 3 (7.500%) VMware
13 3 (7.500%) VMware Infrastructure
13 3 (7.500%) Hyper-V
13 3 (7.500%) Backup Exec
13 3 (7.500%) SCOM
13 3 (7.500%) Opalis

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing ITIL V3 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 V3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (2.500%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 4 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.000%) Lync
3 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.500%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Dynamics CRM
General
1 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.500%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (32.50%) 3rd Line Support
2 8 (20.00%) Analyst
3 5 (12.50%) Service Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Transition Manager
4 4 (10.00%) Support Engineer
5 3 (7.500%) 2nd Line Support
5 3 (7.500%) Deployment Analyst
5 3 (7.500%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 2 (5.000%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Support Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.000%) Architect
7 1 (2.500%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.500%) Consultant
7 1 (2.500%) Senior Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Services Delivery Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Incident Manager
7 1 (2.500%) IT Services Manager
7 1 (2.500%) Team Leader
7 1 (2.500%) Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.000%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (2.500%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 18 (45.00%) Windows
2 6 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (7.500%) Linux
4 2 (5.000%) Windows 7
4 2 (5.000%) Windows 8
4 2 (5.000%) UNIX
5 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.500%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) ITIL
2 13 (32.50%) Process Architecture
3 12 (30.00%) Change Management
4 6 (15.00%) Service Management
4 6 (15.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (7.500%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.000%) CRM
6 2 (5.000%) Capacity Management
6 2 (5.000%) Project Management
7 1 (2.500%) ERP
7 1 (2.500%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (2.500%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.000%) SQL
1 2 (5.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (80.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (55.00%) DV Cleared
3 11 (27.50%) SC Cleared
4 3 (7.500%) MCP
4 3 (7.500%) MCSE
4 3 (7.500%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.500%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (7.500%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (7.500%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.500%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (7.500%) Backup Exec
1 3 (7.500%) Opalis
1 3 (7.500%) WSUS
1 3 (7.500%) SCOM
2 1 (2.500%) OpenView
2 1 (2.500%) SCCM
2 1 (2.500%) OVSD
Vendors
1 24 (60.00%) Cisco
2 23 (57.50%) Citrix
3 3 (7.500%) VMware
3 3 (7.500%) Lumension
3 3 (7.500%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.500%) SAP
4 1 (2.500%) HP