The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery 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 Dorset 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
Services Delivery
Rank 28 30 37
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 5 4 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 2.358% 1.471% 1.875%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.030% 2.139% 2.609%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
Average daily rate £375 £375 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.06% -37.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.66 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
165 187 230
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 77.83% 68.75% 71.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 113 118
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £204 £300 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £500 £485
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 9
Average hourly rate £32.00 £34.50 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.24% -14.81%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.75 £27.25 £22.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £48.00 £165.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
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 Dorset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 24 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
Bournemouth +2 3 £375 +0.06%
Wimborne - 1 - -
Service Delivery
South West

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) QA
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Local Government
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) B2B
3 2 (25.00%) ISEB
3 2 (25.00%) BPR
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 1 (12.50%) Internet
4 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle
4 1 (12.50%) MS Office
4 1 (12.50%) SLA
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Windows
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Migration

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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.

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (50.00%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (12.50%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) ITIL
1 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (37.50%) Change Management
2 3 (37.50%) Problem Management
3 2 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (25.00%) B2B
3 2 (25.00%) BPR
3 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Configuration Management
4 1 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITSM
4 1 (12.50%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Validation
4 1 (12.50%) Migration
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Mitel