The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL V3 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 Cheshire 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
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 61 - 70
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 6 0 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.828% - 0.322%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.079% - 0.470%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £301 £400
% change year-on-year
+33.11% -24.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £59.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-78.15% +376.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
556 496 638
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 76.69% 60.86% 68.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 255 349
Average daily rate £370 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £275 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 12 26
Average hourly rate £40.00 £22.41 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+78.49% -18.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.95 £12.70
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £31.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
ITIL V3
North West

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire ITIL V3 Daily Rate Histogram

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 Cheshire 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chester - 1 - -
Runcorn - - - -
Warrington - - - -
ITIL V3
North West

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management
2 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) MS Project
3 3 (37.50%) MS Office
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
3 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
3 3 (37.50%) Banking
3 3 (37.50%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) SLA
4 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Citrix
5 1 (12.50%) AppSense
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Process Management
5 1 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) Billing
5 1 (12.50%) Information Management
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Project
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
1 3 (37.50%) MS Visio
General
1 3 (37.50%) Banking
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Billing
2 1 (12.50%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Service Manager
2 4 (50.00%) Transition Manager
3 3 (37.50%) SAP Manager
3 3 (37.50%) Service Transition Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (12.50%) Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management Analyst
5 1 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (12.50%) IT Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE
3 3 (37.50%) Service Delivery
3 3 (37.50%) PRINCE2
4 2 (25.00%) Change Control
4 2 (25.00%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
5 1 (12.50%) ITSM
5 1 (12.50%) Migration
5 1 (12.50%) Process Management
5 1 (12.50%) Asset Management
5 1 (12.50%) Information Management
5 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
5 1 (12.50%) Problem Management
5 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (12.50%) Network Management
5 1 (12.50%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
1 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) AppSense