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This section looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4653
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads1114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.014 %
As % of the category below2.500 %2.041 %
Daily rates quoted43
Average minimum daily rate£388£318
Average daily rate£419£335
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£366
% change on same period last year+0.91 %
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£24.13£26.89
% change on same period last year-10.29 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads440686
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.586 %0.694 %
Daily rates quoted131162
Average minimum daily rate£281£334
Average daily rate£303£348
% change on same period last year-12.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1112
Average minimum hourly rate£18.87£28.31
Average hourly rate£20.90£29.95
% change on same period last year-30.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.93£31.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Service Management ScotlandService Management
Scotland

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.

Service Management
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Service Management Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Management across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Edinburgh Service Management Daily Rate Histogram

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Service Management 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 Management.

111 (47.83 %)Finance
111 (47.83 %)ITIL
27 (30.43 %)Windows
27 (30.43 %)Microsoft
35 (21.74 %)Banking
44 (17.39 %)SLA
53 (13.04 %)ITIL Certification
53 (13.04 %)SQL
53 (13.04 %)Oracle
53 (13.04 %)MS Office
53 (13.04 %)Pensions
62 (8.696 %)WebSphere
62 (8.696 %)Load Balancing
62 (8.696 %)Retail
62 (8.696 %)CruiseControl
62 (8.696 %)Service Delivery
62 (8.696 %)ITSM
62 (8.696 %)IIS
62 (8.696 %)HP
62 (8.696 %)IBM HTTP Server
62 (8.696 %)DB2
62 (8.696 %).NET
62 (8.696 %)J2EE
62 (8.696 %)Solaris
62 (8.696 %)Apache
62 (8.696 %)ClearCase
62 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (8.696 %)Internet
62 (8.696 %)Cisco
62 (8.696 %)IBM

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing Service Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (8.696 %).NET
12 (8.696 %)J2EE
12 (8.696 %)WebSphere
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.696 %)IIS
12 (8.696 %)Apache
12 (8.696 %)Oracle HTTP Server
12 (8.696 %)IBM HTTP Server
21 (4.348 %)Lotus Notes
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (13.04 %)MS Office
21 (4.348 %)MS Excel
21 (4.348 %)MS Visio
21 (4.348 %)MS PowerPoint
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.348 %)SAP APO
11 (4.348 %)SAP PP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.696 %)HTTP
12 (8.696 %)Internet
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)DB2
21 (4.348 %)Crystal Reports
21 (4.348 %)BusinessObjects
21 (4.348 %)SQL Server
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.696 %)ClearCase
12 (8.696 %)CruiseControl
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (47.83 %)Finance
25 (21.74 %)Banking
33 (13.04 %)Pensions
42 (8.696 %)Retail
51 (4.348 %)Government
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (56.52 %)Analyst
28 (34.78 %)Service Analyst
34 (17.39 %)Service Management Analyst
42 (8.696 %)Business Analyst
42 (8.696 %)Consultant
51 (4.348 %)Management Consultant
51 (4.348 %)Architect
51 (4.348 %)Project Manager
51 (4.348 %)ITIL Consultant
51 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Designer
51 (4.348 %)Test Manager
51 (4.348 %)Network Analyst
51 (4.348 %)Release Analyst
51 (4.348 %)Service Desk Analyst
51 (4.348 %)SAP Consultant
51 (4.348 %)SAP PP Consultant
51 (4.348 %)SAP APO Consultant
51 (4.348 %)Contracts Manager
51 (4.348 %)Service Management Consultant
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)Mainframe
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (30.43 %)Windows
22 (8.696 %)Solaris
22 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (4.348 %)Windows XP
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (47.83 %)ITIL
22 (8.696 %)Load Balancing
22 (8.696 %)Service Delivery
22 (8.696 %)ITSM
31 (4.348 %)Migration
31 (4.348 %)Asset Management
31 (4.348 %)Release Management
31 (4.348 %)Business Intelligence
31 (4.348 %)Project Management
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (13.04 %)SQL
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (13.04 %)ITIL Certification
21 (4.348 %)HNC
21 (4.348 %)HND
21 (4.348 %)ISEB
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (17.39 %)SLA
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.348 %)OpenView
11 (4.348 %)ServiceCenter
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (30.43 %)Microsoft
23 (13.04 %)Oracle
32 (8.696 %)Cisco
32 (8.696 %)IBM
32 (8.696 %)Sun
32 (8.696 %)HP
41 (4.348 %)Peregrine
41 (4.348 %)Lotus
41 (4.348 %)Business Objects
41 (4.348 %)SAP
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