The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 17 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 Devon 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 29 30 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 2 2 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 1.124% 1.105% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.538% 1.770% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £16.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
130 113 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 73.03% 62.43% 45.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 57 32
Average daily rate £313 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.71% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 16 10
Average hourly rate £19.39 £15.00 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+29.26% -49.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Service Delivery
South West

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Devon Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Devon Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Devon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Plymouth +8 1 - -
Exeter - 1 £388 -
Service Delivery
South West

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Service Delivery 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 Service Delivery.

1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) TOAD
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (40.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) TickIT
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
3 2 (40.00%) Data Mart
3 2 (40.00%) Oracle BI EE
3 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) HPUX
4 1 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) Apache
4 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
4 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
4 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon region citing Service Delivery 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 Service Delivery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Spring
1 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (20.00%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) TOAD
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 10g
1 3 (60.00%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (40.00%) Data Mart
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) NetBeans
1 1 (20.00%) Subversion
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
1 1 (20.00%) Jenkins
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL Developer
3 1 (20.00%) OBIEE Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) NHS
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) HPUX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Data Modelling
2 3 (60.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Test Scripting
3 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (40.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
4 1 (20.00%) Data Management
4 1 (20.00%) Information Management
4 1 (20.00%) IDEF
4 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (20.00%) UML
4 1 (20.00%) QMS
4 1 (20.00%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) PL/SQL
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) TickIT
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Oracle
2 1 (20.00%) IBM