City of London ITIL Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Location Avon Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Docklands, London Durham East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Kidlington Leeds Letchworth Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Prescot Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	178	163
Rank change on same period last year	-15
Matching contract IT job ads	45	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.060 %	0.037 %
As % of the category below	5.351 %	5.217 %
Daily rates quoted	21	15
Average minimum daily rate	£306	£402
Average daily rate	£326	£433
% change on same period last year	-24.66 %
Average maximum daily rate	£346	£464
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£356
% change on same period last year	-4.84 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.40	-
Average hourly rate	£17.60	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.80	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£19.74	£20.14
% change on same period last year	-1.98 %
Qualifications City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	841	690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.117 %	0.708 %
Daily rates quoted	390	322
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£389
Average daily rate	£393	£417
% change on same period last year	-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£420	£445
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	63	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.06	£18.14
Average hourly rate	£24.77	£19.06
% change on same period last year	+29.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.47	£19.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.90	£25.48
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
ITIL Certification London

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 Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification.

1 76 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 28 (36.84 %) PRINCE2 3 23 (30.26 %) Change Management 3 23 (30.26 %) Finance 4 20 (26.32 %) MS Office 5 19 (25.00 %) Windows 6 18 (23.68 %) Microsoft 7 16 (21.05 %) Banking 8 13 (17.11 %) Degree 9 12 (15.79 %) Investment Banking 10 11 (14.47 %) PRINCE2 Certification 11 9 (11.84 %) Project Management 11 9 (11.84 %) Remedy 12 8 (10.53 %) HP 12 8 (10.53 %) Service Management

12 8 (10.53 %) WAN 12 8 (10.53 %) UNIX 12 8 (10.53 %) MS Excel 13 7 (9.211 %) Windows XP 13 7 (9.211 %) MS Exchange 13 7 (9.211 %) Cisco 13 7 (9.211 %) Migration 13 7 (9.211 %) OpenView 13 7 (9.211 %) Asset Management 13 7 (9.211 %) Service Delivery 14 6 (7.895 %) HP Data Protector 14 6 (7.895 %) Active Directory 15 5 (6.579 %) LAN 15 5 (6.579 %) Windows 2000 15 5 (6.579 %) Configuration Management

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (1.316 %) Application Packaging	Application Platforms 1 7 (9.211 %) MS Exchange 2 3 (3.947 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 1 (1.316 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (1.316 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 20 (26.32 %) MS Office 2 8 (10.53 %) MS Excel 3 3 (3.947 %) MS Project 4 1 (1.316 %) MS Visio 4 1 (1.316 %) DeltaView	Communications & Networking 1 8 (10.53 %) WAN 2 5 (6.579 %) LAN 3 3 (3.947 %) Network Security 4 2 (2.632 %) SAN 4 2 (2.632 %) Internet 5 1 (1.316 %) Firewall 5 1 (1.316 %) VLAN 5 1 (1.316 %) Intranet 5 1 (1.316 %) DHCP 5 1 (1.316 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (1.316 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.947 %) EDRMS 2 1 (1.316 %) MS Access	General 1 23 (30.26 %) Finance 2 16 (21.05 %) Banking 3 12 (15.79 %) Investment Banking 4 4 (5.263 %) Financial Institution 4 4 (5.263 %) Law 5 3 (3.947 %) Education 6 2 (2.632 %) Government 6 2 (2.632 %) Legal 6 2 (2.632 %) Telecoms 6 2 (2.632 %) Insurance 7 1 (1.316 %) Multimedia 7 1 (1.316 %) Construction 7 1 (1.316 %) Publishing
Job Titles 1 16 (21.05 %) Analyst 2 15 (19.74 %) Project Manager 3 6 (7.895 %) Technical Manager 4 5 (6.579 %) Coordinator 4 5 (6.579 %) Consultant 4 5 (6.579 %) Technical Project Manager 4 5 (6.579 %) Operations Analyst 5 4 (5.263 %) Process Consultant 5 4 (5.263 %) Programme Manager 5 4 (5.263 %) Service Analyst 5 4 (5.263 %) Change Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Senior Project Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Service Desk Analyst 6 3 (3.947 %) Project Planner 6 3 (3.947 %) Senior Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Senior Programme Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) Delivery Manager 6 3 (3.947 %) IT Operations Analyst 6 3 (3.947 %) ITIL Consultant 6 3 (3.947 %) Senior Technical Manager	Miscellaneous 1 7 (9.211 %) Asset Management 2 1 (1.316 %) Derivative 2 1 (1.316 %) French Language 2 1 (1.316 %) Fund Management 2 1 (1.316 %) Fat Client 2 1 (1.316 %) RMADS 2 1 (1.316 %) Thin Client 2 1 (1.316 %) Management Information System 2 1 (1.316 %) Fixed Income 2 1 (1.316 %) Clustering
Operating Systems 1 19 (25.00 %) Windows 2 8 (10.53 %) UNIX 3 7 (9.211 %) Windows XP 4 5 (6.579 %) Windows 2000 5 2 (2.632 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (1.316 %) VMS 6 1 (1.316 %) NetWare 6 1 (1.316 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 76 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 28 (36.84 %) PRINCE2 3 23 (30.26 %) Change Management 4 9 (11.84 %) Project Management 5 8 (10.53 %) Service Management 6 7 (9.211 %) Service Delivery 6 7 (9.211 %) Migration 7 5 (6.579 %) Stakeholder Management 7 5 (6.579 %) Configuration Management 7 5 (6.579 %) Incident Management 8 4 (5.263 %) Problem Management 8 4 (5.263 %) Business Continuity 9 3 (3.947 %) Investment Management 9 3 (3.947 %) SC Cleared 9 3 (3.947 %) Security Cleared 10 2 (2.632 %) Release Management 10 2 (2.632 %) Operations Management 10 2 (2.632 %) ITSM 10 2 (2.632 %) Risk Management 10 2 (2.632 %) Process Management
Programming Languages 1 3 (3.947 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 13 (17.11 %) Degree 2 11 (14.47 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 4 (5.263 %) CCNA 3 4 (5.263 %) Cisco Certification 4 3 (3.947 %) Microsoft Certification 4 3 (3.947 %) MCSA 5 1 (1.316 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.316 %) SLA 1 1 (1.316 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 6 (7.895 %) Active Directory 2 2 (2.632 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 7 (9.211 %) OpenView 2 6 (7.895 %) HP Data Protector 3 2 (2.632 %) SCCM 4 1 (1.316 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (1.316 %) BMC PATROL 4 1 (1.316 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 18 (23.68 %) Microsoft 2 9 (11.84 %) Remedy 3 8 (10.53 %) HP 4 7 (9.211 %) Cisco 5 2 (2.632 %) Altiris 5 2 (2.632 %) Meridio 5 2 (2.632 %) Interwoven 6 1 (1.316 %) BMC 6 1 (1.316 %) VERITAS 6 1 (1.316 %) Lotus 6 1 (1.316 %) Brocade 6 1 (1.316 %) LANDesk 6 1 (1.316 %) Citrix