The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Coventry 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 27 23 14
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -9
Contract jobs citing ITIL 5 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 2.488% 3.089% 6.111%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.247% 4.348% 8.397%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 4
Average daily rate £100 £208 £364
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-51.80% -43.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £91 £114 £283
10% offered a daily rate of more than £424 £302 £541
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Coventry
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
154 184 131
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Coventry 76.62% 71.04% 72.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 79 55
Average daily rate £375 £340 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £281
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £555
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 18 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £30.00 £33.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+26.00% -9.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
ITIL
West Midlands

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Coventry ITIL Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 7 (41.18%) Matrix Management
1 7 (41.18%) Cloud Computing
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL V3
2 6 (35.29%) Windows
3 5 (29.41%) Oracle
3 5 (29.41%) Incident Management
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
4 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) Service Management
5 3 (17.65%) Finance
5 3 (17.65%) SAP
5 3 (17.65%) Linux
5 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
6 2 (11.76%) PgMP
6 2 (11.76%) APMP
6 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
6 2 (11.76%) MS Project
6 2 (11.76%) MS Office
6 2 (11.76%) SLA
6 2 (11.76%) Primavera
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
6 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (11.76%) PMI
6 2 (11.76%) PMP

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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 Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
1 2 (11.76%) MS Project
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) CA Clarity
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) Network Security
1 1 (5.882%) Firewall
1 1 (5.882%) MPLS
1 1 (5.882%) DHCP
1 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.882%) UniData
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.882%) JasperReports
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (5.882%) OLAP
3 1 (5.882%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Transition Manager
1 8 (47.06%) Service Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Applications Support
2 3 (17.65%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) IT Support
3 2 (11.76%) Technical Support
3 2 (11.76%) 1st Line Support
3 2 (11.76%) Applications Support Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (5.882%) Report Writer
4 1 (5.882%) Programme Planner
4 1 (5.882%) Server Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (11.76%) PMI
3 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.882%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Linux
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.882%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) Matrix Management
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL V3
2 5 (29.41%) Incident Management
3 4 (23.53%) Service Management
4 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Change Control
5 2 (11.76%) Risk Management
5 2 (11.76%) PRINCE2
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) Document Management
5 2 (11.76%) Programme Management
6 1 (5.882%) Release Management
6 1 (5.882%) Logistics
6 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
6 1 (5.882%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) PgMP
1 2 (11.76%) APMP
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (11.76%) PMP
1 2 (11.76%) PMI Certification
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (5.882%) MCP
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Oracle
2 4 (23.53%) Microsoft
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) Primavera
4 2 (11.76%) CA
5 1 (5.882%) VMware
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco
5 1 (5.882%) RedPrairie