The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL 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 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
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 7 11 15
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Contract jobs citing ITIL 93 106 89
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 11.80% 10.43% 8.396%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.91% 15.68% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 33 34
Average daily rate £305 £301 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.32% -7.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £154 £148 £149
10% offered a daily rate of more than £491 £398 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 12 13
Average hourly rate £16.45 £16.75 £13.33
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.82% +25.65%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £10.58 £9.46
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.90 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
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
South East

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Buckinghamshire ITIL Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL 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 +2 72 £294 +6.81%
Beaconsfield -1 2 £275 -
High Wycombe -3 1 £135 -61.42%
Marlow - 1 - -
Newport Pagnell - 1 - -
ITIL
South East

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 78 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 61 (27.85%) Windows
3 51 (23.29%) PRINCE2
4 50 (22.83%) DV Cleared
5 44 (20.09%) Service Management
6 42 (19.18%) Project Management
6 42 (19.18%) SC Cleared
7 40 (18.26%) ITIL V3
8 39 (17.81%) Microsoft
9 37 (16.89%) Citrix
10 34 (15.53%) Cisco
11 33 (15.07%) Telecoms
12 32 (14.61%) Service Delivery
13 31 (14.16%) ITIL Certification
14 29 (13.24%) Finance
14 29 (13.24%) Windows Server 2008
15 28 (12.79%) SQL
16 27 (12.33%) 3G
16 27 (12.33%) VMware
16 27 (12.33%) Change Management
17 25 (11.42%) MS Office
17 25 (11.42%) SAP
18 23 (10.50%) Active Directory
19 22 (10.05%) MS Exchange
19 22 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
19 22 (10.05%) Windows 7
20 21 (9.589%) HP
21 20 (9.132%) TCP/IP
22 19 (8.676%) SLA
22 19 (8.676%) PRINCE

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 8 (3.653%) WSDL
2 6 (2.740%) BPEL4WS
3 5 (2.283%) Web Services
4 4 (1.826%) XML
5 3 (1.370%) WebSphere
5 3 (1.370%) XML Schema
5 3 (1.370%) Middleware
5 3 (1.370%) SOAP
6 1 (0.457%) Application Packaging
6 1 (0.457%) Software Packaging
6 1 (0.457%) HTML
6 1 (0.457%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 22 (10.05%) MS Exchange
2 17 (7.763%) Exchange Server 2003
3 10 (4.566%) Lotus Notes
4 7 (3.196%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (2.740%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (2.740%) SharePoint
6 4 (1.826%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 4 (1.826%) Lync
7 2 (0.913%) Oracle Workflow
8 1 (0.457%) ESB
8 1 (0.457%) Oracle BPEL
8 1 (0.457%) CICS
Applications
1 25 (11.42%) MS Office
2 17 (7.763%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.283%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (1.826%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.826%) MS Project
5 3 (1.370%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.457%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 27 (12.33%) 3G
2 20 (9.132%) TCP/IP
3 17 (7.763%) 2G
3 17 (7.763%) 4G
4 13 (5.936%) Radio Access Network
4 13 (5.936%) VPN
4 13 (5.936%) WAN
5 12 (5.479%) LAN
6 10 (4.566%) Broadband
6 10 (4.566%) SAN
6 10 (4.566%) Wi-Fi
7 8 (3.653%) DHCP
8 7 (3.196%) DNS
9 5 (2.283%) Firewall
10 3 (1.370%) IPsec
11 2 (0.913%) VoIP
11 2 (0.913%) Internet
12 1 (0.457%) DDNS
12 1 (0.457%) Cisco IOS
12 1 (0.457%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.370%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.913%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (0.913%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (0.913%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (0.913%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (0.913%) BODI
2 2 (0.913%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (0.457%) DB2
3 1 (0.457%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (0.913%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.457%) MSI
2 1 (0.457%) Visual Studio Team System
2 1 (0.457%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (15.07%) Telecoms
2 29 (13.24%) Finance
3 12 (5.479%) Retail
4 8 (3.653%) Banking
5 6 (2.740%) Marketing
6 3 (1.370%) Financial Institution
6 3 (1.370%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.457%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.457%) Billing
Job Titles
1 64 (29.22%) Analyst
2 36 (16.44%) Service Manager
3 32 (14.61%) Support Analyst
4 28 (12.79%) Transition Manager
5 22 (10.05%) 3rd Line Support
6 17 (7.763%) Performance Manager
6 17 (7.763%) Service Performance Manager
7 16 (7.306%) Service Analyst
8 14 (6.393%) Support Engineer
9 13 (5.936%) Service Desk Analyst
10 12 (5.479%) 2nd Line Support
10 12 (5.479%) Architect
11 11 (5.023%) Administrator
11 11 (5.023%) Applications Support
12 9 (4.110%) Applications Support Analyst
13 7 (3.196%) Business Analyst
14 6 (2.740%) Project Manager
14 6 (2.740%) Operations Manager
14 6 (2.740%) Team Leader
14 6 (2.740%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.566%) PDA
2 8 (3.653%) EPoS
3 6 (2.740%) Blackberry
3 6 (2.740%) Management Information System
4 5 (2.283%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (1.370%) Clustering
5 3 (1.370%) Mathematics
5 3 (1.370%) Mainframe
6 2 (0.913%) NHS
6 2 (0.913%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.457%) AS400
7 1 (0.457%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 61 (27.85%) Windows
2 29 (13.24%) Windows Server 2008
3 22 (10.05%) Windows 7
4 18 (8.219%) UNIX
5 16 (7.306%) Windows XP
6 15 (6.849%) Windows Vista
7 12 (5.479%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (4.566%) Linux
9 4 (1.826%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.370%) HPUX
10 3 (1.370%) Solaris
10 3 (1.370%) MVS
11 1 (0.457%) OS/390
11 1 (0.457%) Windows NT
11 1 (0.457%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (23.29%) PRINCE2
2 44 (20.09%) Service Management
3 42 (19.18%) Project Management
4 40 (18.26%) ITIL V3
5 32 (14.61%) Service Delivery
6 27 (12.33%) Change Management
7 19 (8.676%) PRINCE
8 18 (8.219%) Incident Management
9 17 (7.763%) GAP Analysis
10 13 (5.936%) Process Architecture
11 12 (5.479%) Performance Management
11 12 (5.479%) HOOD
12 11 (5.023%) CRM
13 9 (4.110%) Stakeholder Management
14 8 (3.653%) Network Performance Management
15 7 (3.196%) CMMI
16 6 (2.740%) Asset Management
16 6 (2.740%) UML
16 6 (2.740%) Configuration Management
17 5 (2.283%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 28 (12.79%) SQL
2 6 (2.740%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.913%) JCL
3 2 (0.913%) Java
3 2 (0.913%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.913%) Perl
4 1 (0.457%) PHP
4 1 (0.457%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 78 (35.62%) Security Cleared
2 50 (22.83%) DV Cleared
3 42 (19.18%) SC Cleared
4 31 (14.16%) ITIL Certification
5 18 (8.219%) Microsoft Certification
6 14 (6.393%) ISEB
7 13 (5.936%) MCP
7 13 (5.936%) MCSE
8 6 (2.740%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.283%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 4 (1.826%) ISEB Practitioner
11 3 (1.370%) ISTQB
11 3 (1.370%) CCNP
11 3 (1.370%) CCNA
12 2 (0.913%) MCSA
12 2 (0.913%) MCITP
13 1 (0.457%) MCDST
13 1 (0.457%) RHCE
13 1 (0.457%) CCVP
13 1 (0.457%) SCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.676%) SLA
2 5 (2.283%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.826%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 3 (1.370%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 23 (10.50%) Active Directory
2 22 (10.05%) VMware Infrastructure
3 14 (6.393%) Hyper-V
4 5 (2.283%) vSphere
5 4 (1.826%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.913%) XenApp
7 1 (0.457%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.457%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 13 (5.936%) Backup Exec
2 8 (3.653%) OVSD
2 8 (3.653%) SCOM
3 6 (2.740%) Opalis
4 5 (2.283%) OpenView
4 5 (2.283%) SCCM
5 3 (1.370%) Control-M
5 3 (1.370%) WSUS
6 2 (0.913%) NetBackup
7 1 (0.457%) EMC NetWorker
7 1 (0.457%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.457%) MOM
7 1 (0.457%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 1 (0.457%) OpenView Configuration Management
7 1 (0.457%) BMC PATROL
7 1 (0.457%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 39 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 37 (16.89%) Citrix
3 34 (15.53%) Cisco
4 27 (12.33%) VMware
5 25 (11.42%) SAP
6 21 (9.589%) HP
7 12 (5.479%) Remedy
8 10 (4.566%) Lotus
8 10 (4.566%) Oracle
9 8 (3.653%) IBM
10 7 (3.196%) Compaq
11 3 (1.370%) Lumension
12 2 (0.913%) Business Objects
12 2 (0.913%) Juniper
12 2 (0.913%) BT
12 2 (0.913%) F5
13 1 (0.457%) TIBCO
13 1 (0.457%) EMC
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Management and improvements of ITIL services and security management... Good knowledge of industry best practice for ITIL, PRINCE2, ISO20000 & 27001. Strong knowledge of IT Market and technology, Windows,...
Roc Search
Posted: 17 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
The role will involve change administration, procedural updates as required and implementation planning, KPI and weekly metric reporting, SOX and Audit compliance, management of weekly committees and coordination...
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Posted: 14 May 2013