The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 161 177 195
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +18
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 38 42 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.598% 0.534% 0.501%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.060% 3.922% 4.082%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 21 32
Average daily rate £350 £320 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -11.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £187 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 £463 £511
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £313 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.65% -3.84%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 5
Average hourly rate £23.29 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+33.08% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.86 £14.10 £18.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.72 £18.08 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £15.25
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -16.88%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
936 1071 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.61% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 644 780
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 48 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.87 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.13% -14.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ITIL Certification
London

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

City of London ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

This 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 23 May 2013.

City of London ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 30 (39.47%) Finance
3 23 (30.26%) Windows
3 23 (30.26%) Banking
4 18 (23.68%) PRINCE2
4 18 (23.68%) MS Office
5 16 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 13 (17.11%) Blackberry
7 11 (14.47%) Project Management
7 11 (14.47%) SQL
8 10 (13.16%) Oracle
8 10 (13.16%) Service Delivery
8 10 (13.16%) Legal
9 9 (11.84%) Service Management
10 8 (10.53%) UNIX
10 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
10 8 (10.53%) Windows XP
10 8 (10.53%) Windows 7
11 7 (9.211%) Investment Banking
12 6 (7.895%) Change Management
12 6 (7.895%) SAN
12 6 (7.895%) Oracle 10g
12 6 (7.895%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (7.895%) Solaris
12 6 (7.895%) PL/SQL
12 6 (7.895%) SC Cleared
12 6 (7.895%) Security Cleared
13 5 (6.579%) MS Project
13 5 (6.579%) Linux
13 5 (6.579%) .NET

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 5 (6.579%) .NET
2 3 (3.947%) XML
3 1 (1.316%) ISPF
3 1 (1.316%) WF
3 1 (1.316%) J2EE
3 1 (1.316%) ASP.NET
3 1 (1.316%) COM
3 1 (1.316%) SOAP
3 1 (1.316%) Web Services
3 1 (1.316%) UDDI
3 1 (1.316%) WSDL
3 1 (1.316%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.947%) Lync
3 2 (2.632%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (2.632%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (2.632%) MS Exchange
3 2 (2.632%) MTS
4 1 (1.316%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.316%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (23.68%) MS Office
2 5 (6.579%) MS Project
2 5 (6.579%) MS Excel
3 4 (5.263%) MS Visio
3 4 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (2.632%) Endur
1 2 (2.632%) Aligne
1 2 (2.632%) ZaiNet
2 1 (1.316%) FLEXCUBE
2 1 (1.316%) RMDS
2 1 (1.316%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.316%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.895%) SAN
2 3 (3.947%) HTTP
2 3 (3.947%) VPN
2 3 (3.947%) Firewall
3 2 (2.632%) LAN
3 2 (2.632%) WAN
3 2 (2.632%) SSL
3 2 (2.632%) iSCSI
3 2 (2.632%) Network Security
4 1 (1.316%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.895%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (6.579%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (5.263%) SQLPlus
3 4 (5.263%) SQL Server
3 4 (5.263%) Oracle 9i
3 4 (5.263%) QlikView
4 3 (3.947%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.316%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.316%) Xcelsius
5 1 (1.316%) Sybase ASE
5 1 (1.316%) Sybase IQ
5 1 (1.316%) CorVu
5 1 (1.316%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.316%) DB2
5 1 (1.316%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.316%) MS Access
5 1 (1.316%) TOAD
5 1 (1.316%) SAP BW
5 1 (1.316%) InterBase
Development Applications
1 3 (3.947%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.632%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.316%) WiX
3 1 (1.316%) MSBuild
3 1 (1.316%) NUnit
3 1 (1.316%) CruiseControl
3 1 (1.316%) MSI
3 1 (1.316%) TestDirector
3 1 (1.316%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (1.316%) LoadRunner
3 1 (1.316%) JMeter
General
1 30 (39.47%) Finance
2 23 (30.26%) Banking
3 10 (13.16%) Legal
4 7 (9.211%) Investment Banking
5 3 (3.947%) Law
6 2 (2.632%) French Language
7 1 (1.316%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.316%) Advertising
7 1 (1.316%) Front Office
7 1 (1.316%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 26 (34.21%) Analyst
2 13 (17.11%) Project Manager
3 9 (11.84%) Service Analyst
4 7 (9.211%) Service Manager
4 7 (9.211%) Support Analyst
5 6 (7.895%) Service Desk Analyst
5 6 (7.895%) IT Support
6 5 (6.579%) IT Support Analyst
6 5 (6.579%) Programme Manager
7 4 (5.263%) Business Project Manager
7 4 (5.263%) Business Manager
7 4 (5.263%) Business Intelligence Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Service Continuity Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Infrastructure Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Services Delivery Manager
8 3 (3.947%) Trainer
8 3 (3.947%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.947%) Consultant
8 3 (3.947%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 13 (17.11%) Blackberry
2 3 (3.947%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.632%) PMI
3 2 (2.632%) Handset
3 2 (2.632%) Mobile Banking
4 1 (1.316%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (1.316%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.316%) Life Science
4 1 (1.316%) PDA
4 1 (1.316%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.316%) Visualisation
4 1 (1.316%) IVR
4 1 (1.316%) Replication
4 1 (1.316%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.316%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (30.26%) Windows
2 8 (10.53%) UNIX
2 8 (10.53%) Windows XP
2 8 (10.53%) Windows 7
3 6 (7.895%) Solaris
4 5 (6.579%) Linux
5 3 (3.947%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.316%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (100.00%) ITIL
2 18 (23.68%) PRINCE2
3 11 (14.47%) Project Management
4 10 (13.16%) Service Delivery
5 9 (11.84%) Service Management
6 6 (7.895%) Change Management
7 4 (5.263%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (3.947%) Release Management
8 3 (3.947%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (3.947%) Business Continuity
8 3 (3.947%) TOGAF
8 3 (3.947%) Migration
8 3 (3.947%) Scrum
8 3 (3.947%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.632%) ITSM
9 2 (2.632%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.632%) Disaster Recovery
9 2 (2.632%) Six Sigma
9 2 (2.632%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (2.632%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (14.47%) SQL
2 6 (7.895%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.263%) Java
4 3 (3.947%) C#
5 2 (2.632%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.632%) VB
6 1 (1.316%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (1.316%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.316%) Ruby
6 1 (1.316%) Python
6 1 (1.316%) ActionScript
6 1 (1.316%) VBA
6 1 (1.316%) JCL
6 1 (1.316%) REXX
Qualifications
1 6 (7.895%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (7.895%) SC Cleared
1 6 (7.895%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.263%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.947%) MCSE
3 3 (3.947%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.947%) CCNA
3 3 (3.947%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (2.632%) PMP
4 2 (2.632%) ISEB
4 2 (2.632%) CISSP
4 2 (2.632%) MCP
4 2 (2.632%) MCITP
4 2 (2.632%) Degree
5 1 (1.316%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.316%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 1 (1.316%) HP ASE
5 1 (1.316%) MCSA
5 1 (1.316%) CNA
5 1 (1.316%) Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.579%) SLA
2 2 (2.632%) QA
2 2 (2.632%) COBIT
3 1 (1.316%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.316%) GxP
System Software
1 4 (5.263%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.632%) ProxySG
2 2 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.316%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.316%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 4 (5.263%) SCCM
2 1 (1.316%) SCOM
2 1 (1.316%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.316%) Zenoss
2 1 (1.316%) Nagios
Vendors
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 10 (13.16%) Oracle
3 4 (5.263%) HP
3 4 (5.263%) Citrix
4 3 (3.947%) Apple
4 3 (3.947%) Remedy
4 3 (3.947%) Juniper
5 2 (2.632%) CheckPoint
5 2 (2.632%) Cisco
5 2 (2.632%) Blue Coat
5 2 (2.632%) VMware
5 2 (2.632%) Finjan
6 1 (1.316%) Mitel
6 1 (1.316%) Hummingbird
6 1 (1.316%) SAP
6 1 (1.316%) Sybase
6 1 (1.316%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.316%) Dell
6 1 (1.316%) IBM
6 1 (1.316%) Progress
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