The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 19 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 Cambridgeshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 52 58 57
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 2 6 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.350% 0.828% 0.319%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.612% 1.519% 0.463%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
Average daily rate £400 £565 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.20% +25.55%
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £338 £342
% change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.75 £17.50
% change year-on-year
-15.49% +1.42%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
327 395 432
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 57.17% 54.48% 68.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 190 211
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £266
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £510 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 51 55
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +19.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £13.02 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £58.60 £44.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Service Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Vacancies
Cambridge +8 1 £375 -33.62% 1
Huntingdon - - - -
Peterborough - - - -
Service Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Service Delivery 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 Service Delivery.

1 7 (50.00%) Windows
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Citrix
2 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (42.86%) Remedy
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) SLA
4 4 (28.57%) MCSE
4 4 (28.57%) ITIL
4 4 (28.57%) VBScript
4 4 (28.57%) VB
4 4 (28.57%) MSI
4 4 (28.57%) InstallShield
4 4 (28.57%) AdminStudio
4 4 (28.57%) Terminal Services
4 4 (28.57%) Validation
4 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 4 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
4 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (21.43%) SCCM
6 2 (14.29%) BPMN
6 2 (14.29%) Workflow
6 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (14.29%) Service Management
6 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
6 2 (14.29%) Lotus
6 2 (14.29%) Project Management
6 2 (14.29%) McAfee
6 2 (14.29%) Middleware

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing Service Delivery 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 Service Delivery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Spreadsheet
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
1 2 (14.29%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MSI
1 4 (28.57%) InstallShield
1 4 (28.57%) AdminStudio
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) General Ledger
2 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Applications Packager
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
2 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Help Desk Assistant
3 2 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) IT Assistant
3 2 (14.29%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Bid Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Implementation Project Manager
4 1 (7.143%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Operating Systems
1 7 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) ITIL
1 4 (28.57%) Validation
2 2 (14.29%) BPMN
2 2 (14.29%) Workflow
2 2 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (14.29%) Service Management
2 2 (14.29%) Incident Management
2 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (7.143%) PRINCE2
3 1 (7.143%) Project Planning
3 1 (7.143%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) VBScript
1 4 (28.57%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) MCSE
3 2 (14.29%) MCP
4 1 (7.143%) PMP
4 1 (7.143%) PMI Certification
4 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Terminal Services
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft App-V
1 4 (28.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (21.43%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 7 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Citrix
2 6 (42.86%) Remedy
3 4 (28.57%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Lotus
4 2 (14.29%) McAfee
4 2 (14.29%) Symantec
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco
4 2 (14.29%) Adobe
4 2 (14.29%) Dell
5 1 (7.143%) SAP
5 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
5 1 (7.143%) CODA
5 1 (7.143%) BMC
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Candidates absolutely must have:-- successful project delivery / project implementation experience- Both infrastructure focused and software / applications focused project experience- CODA general ledger systems especially helpful- Be able to...
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