The first table below looks at the demand for ServiceCenter skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ServiceCenter 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 Systems Management category 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView ServiceCenter (formerly Peregrine ServiceCenter)
Rank - - 54
Contract jobs citing ServiceCenter 0 0 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh - - 1.120%
As % of the Systems Management category - - 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £344 £240
% change year-on-year
- +43.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £14.11 - £41.60
All Systems Management
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
55 78 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 6.790% 7.052% 8.066%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 44 28
Average daily rate £375 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £185 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £16.00 £20.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -21.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
ServiceCenter
Scotland

ServiceCenter
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh ServiceCenter Jobs Demand Trend

ServiceCenter
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ServiceCenter Daily Rate Trend

ServiceCenter
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh ServiceCenter Hourly Rate Trend

ServiceCenter
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing ServiceCenter 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 ServiceCenter.

1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix

ServiceCenter
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MS Access
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Support
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Support Analyst
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Perl
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) XenServer
2 1 (50.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Tivoli
1 2 (100.00%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
1 2 (100.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix