The first table below looks at the demand for ITSM 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 ITSM 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 Service Management (ITSM)
Rank 61 65 60
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -5
Contract jobs citing ITSM 4 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.508% 0.984% 1.415%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.727% 1.479% 2.308%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 7
Average daily rate £315 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.54% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £311 £99 £186
10% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £322 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £375 £350
% change year-on-year
+4.66% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.25 £13.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
+12.96% -20.58%
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%
ITSM
South East

ITSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITSM Jobs Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

ITSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM 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 +10 2 £310 +3.33%
ITSM
South East

ITSM
Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) OVSD
4 1 (16.67%) MS Project
4 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
4 1 (16.67%) SLA
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) OpenView
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (16.67%) Internet
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
2 1 (16.67%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Transition Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Product Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
4 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) OpenView
1 1 (16.67%) OVSD
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (16.67%) HP