The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 21 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 Edinburgh 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 51 61 71
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +10
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 6 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.733% 0.365% 0.077%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.792% 4.396% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 1
Average daily rate £134 £310 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-56.69% -22.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+12.96% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £16.50
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -23.18%
All Qualifications
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
77 91 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 9.402% 8.295% 10.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 41 50
Average daily rate £306 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.76% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £275 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 6
Average hourly rate - £26.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +73.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ITIL Certification
Scotland

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) MCP
3 5 (55.56%) Windows
3 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
3 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Internet
4 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
5 3 (33.33%) Finance
5 3 (33.33%) Migration
5 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
6 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 2 (22.22%) Intranet
6 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
6 2 (22.22%) assyst
7 1 (11.11%) Change Control
7 1 (11.11%) Degree
7 1 (11.11%) QA
7 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
7 1 (11.11%) Change Management
7 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
7 1 (11.11%) SLA

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 Platforms
1 5 (55.56%) MS Exchange
2 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (44.44%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) MS Office
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
3 1 (11.11%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) Intranet
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Administrator
1 4 (44.44%) Desktop Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Desktop Support
2 3 (33.33%) IT Administrator
2 3 (33.33%) Desktop Support
3 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) IT Support
3 2 (22.22%) Desktop Support Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Programme Office Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Programme Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) PMO Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Programme Office Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Consultant
4 1 (11.11%) Process Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows XP
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Project Management
2 3 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Change Control
4 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) MCP
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) QA
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft