The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Cambridge 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 11 37 38
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 23 8 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 7.165% 1.814% 0.683%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.30% 3.653% 1.117%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 1
Average daily rate £425 £413 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% +32.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £313
% change year-on-year
- +4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -6.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
187 219 179
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 58.26% 49.66% 61.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 110 106
Average daily rate £350 £385 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.09% +2.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £272 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+2.06% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 37 21
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £27.95 £23.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £56.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.50 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+22.00% -13.79%
ITIL
Cambridgeshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 20 (40.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 18 (36.73%) Oracle
3 16 (32.65%) Windows
3 16 (32.65%) Linux
3 16 (32.65%) MS Exchange
3 16 (32.65%) Red Hat
3 16 (32.65%) Exchange Server 2010
4 14 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 14 (28.57%) DHCP
4 14 (28.57%) DNS
4 14 (28.57%) PKI
5 13 (26.53%) VMware
5 13 (26.53%) SQL
6 12 (24.49%) PRINCE2
6 12 (24.49%) VMware ESX
7 11 (22.45%) EMC NetWorker
7 11 (22.45%) SCOM
7 11 (22.45%) Blackberry
7 11 (22.45%) EMC
8 10 (20.41%) Cisco
8 10 (20.41%) SQL Server
8 10 (20.41%) Degree
9 9 (18.37%) WSUS
9 9 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
9 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2008
10 8 (16.33%) QA
10 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 8 (16.33%) SAP
10 8 (16.33%) Citrix

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 3 (6.122%) Middleware
2 2 (4.082%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 16 (32.65%) MS Exchange
1 16 (32.65%) Exchange Server 2010
2 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (10.20%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (10.20%) Apache
4 4 (8.163%) Lync
5 3 (6.122%) SharePoint
5 3 (6.122%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (4.082%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) MS Office
2 2 (4.082%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (8.163%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (6.122%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.041%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 14 (28.57%) DHCP
1 14 (28.57%) DNS
2 6 (12.24%) NetScaler
3 5 (10.20%) Firewall
4 4 (8.163%) Wireless
5 3 (6.122%) TCP/IP
6 2 (4.082%) VLAN
6 2 (4.082%) VPN
6 2 (4.082%) LAN
6 2 (4.082%) VoIP
6 2 (4.082%) WAN
6 2 (4.082%) Intranet
6 2 (4.082%) Internet
6 2 (4.082%) DMZ
6 2 (4.082%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (4.082%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.082%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (2.041%) BusinessObjects
General
1 2 (4.082%) Finance
1 2 (4.082%) Legal
1 2 (4.082%) Manufacturing
2 1 (2.041%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 27 (55.10%) Administrator
2 18 (36.73%) Systems Administrator
3 8 (16.33%) Project Manager
4 3 (6.122%) Software Test Manager
4 3 (6.122%) Software Manager
4 3 (6.122%) Test Manager
4 3 (6.122%) Storage Administrator
5 2 (4.082%) SAP Project Manager
5 2 (4.082%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
5 2 (4.082%) Linux Administrator
5 2 (4.082%) SAP Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Citrix Architect
6 1 (2.041%) Architect
6 1 (2.041%) Business Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Analyst
6 1 (2.041%) Technical Architect
6 1 (2.041%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (2.041%) Release Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (2.041%) Implementation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 14 (28.57%) PKI
2 11 (22.45%) Blackberry
3 6 (12.24%) Replication
4 5 (10.20%) Clustering
5 2 (4.082%) Management Information System
6 1 (2.041%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (32.65%) Windows
1 16 (32.65%) Linux
2 14 (28.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 9 (18.37%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (10.20%) Windows 7
5 5 (10.20%) HPUX
6 1 (2.041%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) PRINCE2
2 8 (16.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (14.29%) Migration
4 6 (12.24%) Service Management
4 6 (12.24%) Infrastructure Management
5 5 (10.20%) Project Management
5 5 (10.20%) ERP
6 4 (8.163%) ITSM
6 4 (8.163%) Performance Management
7 3 (6.122%) Test Automation
7 3 (6.122%) Test Strategy
7 3 (6.122%) E-Commerce
7 3 (6.122%) Security Testing
7 3 (6.122%) Matrix Management
7 3 (6.122%) Resource Management
7 3 (6.122%) Software Testing
7 3 (6.122%) Data Analysis
7 3 (6.122%) Automated Testing
8 2 (4.082%) Service Delivery
8 2 (4.082%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (26.53%) SQL
2 5 (10.20%) Perl
3 3 (6.122%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.041%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.041%) VBScript
4 1 (2.041%) VB
4 1 (2.041%) C
4 1 (2.041%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Degree
2 4 (8.163%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 3 (6.122%) RHCE
3 3 (6.122%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (6.122%) OCP
3 3 (6.122%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (6.122%) ISEB
3 3 (6.122%) ISTQB
4 2 (4.082%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (4.082%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (4.082%) NCIE
5 1 (2.041%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (2.041%) CCNA
5 1 (2.041%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (16.33%) QA
2 5 (10.20%) COBIT
3 3 (6.122%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.082%) GAMP
5 1 (2.041%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (36.73%) Active Directory
2 12 (24.49%) VMware ESX
3 9 (18.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (14.29%) Oracle RMAN
5 6 (12.24%) XenApp
6 5 (10.20%) vSphere
7 3 (6.122%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (4.082%) Hyper-V
9 1 (2.041%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (2.041%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (22.45%) EMC NetWorker
1 11 (22.45%) SCOM
2 9 (18.37%) WSUS
3 6 (12.24%) Backup Exec
3 6 (12.24%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 5 (10.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (6.122%) BMC PATROL
5 3 (6.122%) SCCM
6 1 (2.041%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 20 (40.82%) Microsoft
2 18 (36.73%) Oracle
3 16 (32.65%) Red Hat
4 13 (26.53%) VMware
5 11 (22.45%) EMC
6 10 (20.41%) Cisco
7 8 (16.33%) SAP
7 8 (16.33%) Citrix
8 6 (12.24%) Brocade
8 6 (12.24%) Symantec
8 6 (12.24%) NetApp
9 5 (10.20%) Remedy
10 4 (8.163%) BMC
11 2 (4.082%) BT
11 2 (4.082%) Altiris
11 2 (4.082%) HP
11 2 (4.082%) Exinda
11 2 (4.082%) Riverbed
12 1 (2.041%) Salesforce.com
12 1 (2.041%) Business Objects