Cheshire ITIL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Andover Ascot Avon Bacup Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bexleyheath Bicester Billingham Birmingham Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Colchester Conwy Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dudley Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Farnborough Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Grimsby Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hull Huntingdon Ilford Ipswich Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Melrose Melton Mowbray Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Penrith Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Prescot Reading Reigate Rhyl Ryde Salisbury Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport St Asaph Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Teddington Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wolverhampton Worcester Worcestershire York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	16	16
Rank change on same period last year	0
Matching contract IT job ads	74	49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.099 %	0.050 %
As % of the category below	12.98 %	12.41 %
Daily rates quoted	14	19
Average minimum daily rate	£363	£205
Average daily rate	£378	£209
% change on same period last year	+81.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£394	£213
UK excluding London average daily rate	£333	£345
% change on same period last year	-3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.55	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£21.86	£22.50
% change on same period last year	-2.82 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.18	£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.20	£22.41
% change on same period last year	-9.85 %
Processes & Methodologies Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	570	395
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.760 %	0.400 %
Daily rates quoted	183	124
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£313
Average daily rate	£352	£328
% change on same period last year	+7.37 %
Average maximum daily rate	£364	£343
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	57	18
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.87	£20.99
Average hourly rate	£26.69	£22.40
% change on same period last year	+19.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.51	£23.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
ITIL North West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ITIL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ITIL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	+10	23	£343	-
Warrington	-11	12	-	-
Wilmslow	-1	3	£375	-
Crewe	-	1	-	-
Knutsford	-	1	-	-

ITIL North West

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 26 (21.49 %) Service Delivery 1 26 (21.49 %) PRINCE2 2 23 (19.01 %) Finance 3 22 (18.18 %) Service Management 4 20 (16.53 %) ITIL Certification 5 16 (13.22 %) Change Management 6 15 (12.40 %) Project Management 7 12 (9.917 %) SLA 7 12 (9.917 %) MS Office 8 10 (8.264 %) Windows 9 9 (7.438 %) Remedy 10 8 (6.612 %) Banking 10 8 (6.612 %) Asset Management 10 8 (6.612 %) Government 10 8 (6.612 %) MS Excel

10 8 (6.612 %) SQL 11 6 (4.959 %) Release Management 11 6 (4.959 %) LAN 11 6 (4.959 %) WAN 11 6 (4.959 %) Configuration Management 12 5 (4.132 %) Pharmaceutical 12 5 (4.132 %) Quality Management 12 5 (4.132 %) ISO9000 12 5 (4.132 %) Microsoft 12 5 (4.132 %) Active Directory 12 5 (4.132 %) UNIX 13 4 (3.306 %) XML 13 4 (3.306 %) SSADM 13 4 (3.306 %) SAP 13 4 (3.306 %) SQL Server

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 4 (3.306 %) XML 2 2 (1.653 %) .NET 3 1 (0.826 %) ASP 3 1 (0.826 %) ASP.NET 3 1 (0.826 %) HTML 3 1 (0.826 %) Middleware 3 1 (0.826 %) SAP XI 3 1 (0.826 %) SAP Basis	Application Platforms 1 3 (2.479 %) SharePoint 2 2 (1.653 %) IIS 2 2 (1.653 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (0.826 %) SAS 3 1 (0.826 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 12 (9.917 %) MS Office 2 8 (6.612 %) MS Excel 3 3 (2.479 %) MS Visio 4 2 (1.653 %) CA Clarity 4 2 (1.653 %) Spreadsheet 5 1 (0.826 %) MS Project	Business Applications 1 3 (2.479 %) e-Work
Communications & Networking 1 6 (4.959 %) LAN 1 6 (4.959 %) WAN 2 4 (3.306 %) IP Telephony 3 3 (2.479 %) Firewall 3 3 (2.479 %) SAN 4 2 (1.653 %) Intranet 4 2 (1.653 %) EIGRP 4 2 (1.653 %) VLAN 4 2 (1.653 %) Broadband 5 1 (0.826 %) Network Security 5 1 (0.826 %) TETRA 5 1 (0.826 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.306 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.479 %) SQL Server 2000 3 2 (1.653 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 2 (1.653 %) SQL Server 2005 3 2 (1.653 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 2 (1.653 %) Crystal Reports 3 2 (1.653 %) DTS 3 2 (1.653 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (0.826 %) ETL
General 1 23 (19.01 %) Finance 2 8 (6.612 %) Banking 2 8 (6.612 %) Government 3 5 (4.132 %) Pharmaceutical 4 3 (2.479 %) Retail 4 3 (2.479 %) Manufacturing 5 2 (1.653 %) FMCG 5 2 (1.653 %) Local Government 6 1 (0.826 %) Auditing 6 1 (0.826 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (0.826 %) Education 6 1 (0.826 %) Health 6 1 (0.826 %) Legal	Job Titles 1 37 (30.58 %) Analyst 2 22 (18.18 %) Service Manager 3 17 (14.05 %) Service Analyst 4 12 (9.917 %) Project Manager 5 9 (7.438 %) Services Delivery Analyst 6 7 (5.785 %) Change Analyst 7 5 (4.132 %) Coordinator 7 5 (4.132 %) Consultant 8 4 (3.306 %) Services Delivery Manager 8 4 (3.306 %) Release Manager 8 4 (3.306 %) Delivery Manager 8 4 (3.306 %) Incident Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) Infrastructure Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) Support Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) Team Leader 9 3 (2.479 %) Project Coordinator 9 3 (2.479 %) Senior Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) IT Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) Infrastructure Project Manager 9 3 (2.479 %) Test Manager
Miscellaneous 1 3 (2.479 %) CMDB 2 2 (1.653 %) Replication 2 2 (1.653 %) Clustering 2 2 (1.653 %) PMI 3 1 (0.826 %) EPoS 3 1 (0.826 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.826 %) Management Information System	Operating Systems 1 10 (8.264 %) Windows 2 5 (4.132 %) UNIX 3 2 (1.653 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (0.826 %) AIX 4 1 (0.826 %) Linux 4 1 (0.826 %) Windows NT 4 1 (0.826 %) NetWare
Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (21.49 %) PRINCE2 1 26 (21.49 %) Service Delivery 2 22 (18.18 %) Service Management 3 16 (13.22 %) Change Management 4 15 (12.40 %) Project Management 5 8 (6.612 %) Asset Management 6 6 (4.959 %) Release Management 6 6 (4.959 %) Configuration Management 7 5 (4.132 %) Quality Management 8 4 (3.306 %) SSADM 8 4 (3.306 %) Risk Management 8 4 (3.306 %) Software Testing 8 4 (3.306 %) Incident Management 9 3 (2.479 %) Operations Management 9 3 (2.479 %) Problem Management 9 3 (2.479 %) ITSM 10 2 (1.653 %) E-Commerce 10 2 (1.653 %) Requirements Analysis 10 2 (1.653 %) Business Analysis 10 2 (1.653 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 8 (6.612 %) SQL 2 2 (1.653 %) Java 3 1 (0.826 %) C 3 1 (0.826 %) DHTML 3 1 (0.826 %) VB 3 1 (0.826 %) ABAP 3 1 (0.826 %) VBA
Qualifications 1 20 (16.53 %) ITIL Certification 2 4 (3.306 %) ISEB 2 4 (3.306 %) Cisco Certification 3 3 (2.479 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (2.479 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 3 (2.479 %) Degree 4 2 (1.653 %) MCDBA 5 1 (0.826 %) CCNP 5 1 (0.826 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.826 %) Oracle Certification 5 1 (0.826 %) ISEB Practitioner	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (9.917 %) SLA 2 5 (4.132 %) ISO9000 3 4 (3.306 %) TickIT 3 4 (3.306 %) QA 4 3 (2.479 %) BS15000 5 2 (1.653 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 1 (0.826 %) BS7799 6 1 (0.826 %) ISO27001
System Software 1 5 (4.132 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.826 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 4 (3.306 %) OpenView 2 2 (1.653 %) ServiceCenter 3 1 (0.826 %) AssetCenter 3 1 (0.826 %) Tivoli 3 1 (0.826 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 1 (0.826 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 9 (7.438 %) Remedy 2 5 (4.132 %) Microsoft 3 4 (3.306 %) HP 3 4 (3.306 %) Cisco 3 4 (3.306 %) SAP 4 3 (2.479 %) Oracle 4 3 (2.479 %) Avaya 5 2 (1.653 %) Lotus 5 2 (1.653 %) Business Objects 5 2 (1.653 %) IBM 5 2 (1.653 %) Citrix 6 1 (0.826 %) Cognos 6 1 (0.826 %) Symantec 6 1 (0.826 %) Peregrine 6 1 (0.826 %) VERITAS 6 1 (0.826 %) BT 6 1 (0.826 %) Cramer 6 1 (0.826 %) Altiris 6 1 (0.826 %) Brocade