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The table below looks at the demand for IT Service Management (ITSM) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ITSM over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIT Service Management (ITSM)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank198188
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.091 %0.251 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£417£343
Average daily rate£417£361
% change on same period last year+15.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£372
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.75£28.17
% change on same period last year-33.45 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads43773584
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.220 %3.620 %
Daily rates quoted25391510
Average minimum daily rate£418£440
Average daily rate£457£471
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£497£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted8693
Average minimum hourly rate£24.26£23.43
Average hourly rate£25.89£25.53
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.52£27.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
ITSM LondonITSM
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.

ITSM
Demand Trend

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

City of London ITSM Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITSM across the City of London region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

City of London ITSM Daily Rate Histogram

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

City of London ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

ITSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ITSM 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 ITSM.

112 (75.00 %)ITIL
210 (62.50 %)Service Management
37 (43.75 %)Finance
46 (37.50 %)Project Management
55 (31.25 %)Service Delivery
64 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
73 (18.75 %)Windows
73 (18.75 %)Solaris
73 (18.75 %)Windows XP
73 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
73 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (18.75 %)Banking
73 (18.75 %)Insurance
82 (12.50 %)Migration
82 (12.50 %)TIBCO
82 (12.50 %)TIBCO Hawk
82 (12.50 %)Tivoli
82 (12.50 %)Tivoli Monitoring
82 (12.50 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
82 (12.50 %)Netcool
82 (12.50 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
82 (12.50 %)MCSA
82 (12.50 %)VPN
82 (12.50 %)Sun
91 (6.250 %)Active Directory
91 (6.250 %)HP
91 (6.250 %)TOAD
91 (6.250 %)RUP
91 (6.250 %)Client/Server
91 (6.250 %)Data Modelling

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing ITSM 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 ITSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.250 %)HTML
11 (6.250 %)J2EE
11 (6.250 %)Servlets
11 (6.250 %)Struts
11 (6.250 %)WebServices
11 (6.250 %)XML
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)WebLogic
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.250 %)MS Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.250 %)MAXIMO
11 (6.250 %)assyst
11 (6.250 %)Remedy ITSM
11 (6.250 %)Cerner Millennium
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (12.50 %)VPN
21 (6.250 %)Firewall
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.250 %)TOAD
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (43.75 %)Finance
23 (18.75 %)Banking
23 (18.75 %)Insurance
31 (6.250 %)Health
31 (6.250 %)Financial Institution
31 (6.250 %)Criminal Justice
31 (6.250 %)Police
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (25.00 %)Project Manager
23 (18.75 %)Analyst
23 (18.75 %)Consultant
23 (18.75 %)Support Analyst
23 (18.75 %)Senior Analyst
23 (18.75 %)Senior Support Analyst
32 (12.50 %)Tivoli Consultant
32 (12.50 %)Service Manager
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Analyst
41 (6.250 %)Administrator
41 (6.250 %)Management Consultant
41 (6.250 %)Developer
41 (6.250 %)Java Developer
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Support
41 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
41 (6.250 %)Service Desk Manager
41 (6.250 %)ITIL Manager
41 (6.250 %)UNIX Administrator
41 (6.250 %)Service Management Consultant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)Client/Server
11 (6.250 %)NHS
11 (6.250 %)CMDB
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (18.75 %)Windows
13 (18.75 %)Solaris
13 (18.75 %)Windows XP
13 (18.75 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (6.250 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (75.00 %)ITIL
210 (62.50 %)Service Management
36 (37.50 %)Project Management
45 (31.25 %)Service Delivery
54 (25.00 %)PRINCE2
62 (12.50 %)Migration
71 (6.250 %)RUP
71 (6.250 %)Data Modelling
71 (6.250 %)UML
71 (6.250 %)OOP
71 (6.250 %)OO
71 (6.250 %)Workflow
71 (6.250 %)Unified Process
71 (6.250 %)Asset Management
71 (6.250 %)Supplier Management
71 (6.250 %)Incident Management
71 (6.250 %)Operations Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (6.250 %)Shell Script
11 (6.250 %)Java
11 (6.250 %)Perl
11 (6.250 %)Korn
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (18.75 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (12.50 %)MCSA
31 (6.250 %)A+ Certification
31 (6.250 %)Sun Certification
31 (6.250 %)ITIL Certification
31 (6.250 %)MCP
31 (6.250 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.250 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (12.50 %)TIBCO Hawk
12 (12.50 %)Tivoli
12 (12.50 %)Tivoli Monitoring
12 (12.50 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
12 (12.50 %)Netcool
12 (12.50 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
21 (6.250 %)ServiceCenter
21 (6.250 %)AssetCenter
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (12.50 %)TIBCO
12 (12.50 %)Sun
21 (6.250 %)HP
21 (6.250 %)Cerner
21 (6.250 %)Peregrine
21 (6.250 %)Oracle
21 (6.250 %)Remedy