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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the England region.

 Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank265253289
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+36
Matching contract IT job ads233190354
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England0.520 %0.520 %0.461 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.582 %2.881 %3.184 %
Daily rates quoted13085158
Average daily rate£328£372£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.96 %+14.46 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£185£212
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£525£523
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£350£325
% change year-on-year
-11.42 %+7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted121221
Average hourly rate£20.00£14.75£23.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+35.59 %-35.86 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.30£9.10£12.20
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£26.31£20.95£39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.00£15.50£19.00
% change year-on-year
-3.220 %-18.42 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
6505659511119
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England14.51 %18.04 %14.49 %
Daily rates quoted287422513416
Average daily rate£350£375£370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.350 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£220£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£525£522
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted5306461208
Average hourly rate£21.18£25.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.30 %-
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.50£13.00£13.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£21.00£25.00£25.00
% change year-on-year
-16.00 %-
ITIL Certification UKITIL Certification
UK

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.

ITIL Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

England ITIL Certification Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL Certification across the England region.

England ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the England region.

England ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
LondonDown-25104£384+9.64 %
South EastUp+3066£310-11.42 %
North WestUp+622£238-26.92 %
East of EnglandUp+414£325-18.75 %
South WestDown-2610£325-3.70 %
YorkshireDown-47£463+32.14 %
West MidlandsUp+106£375-
East MidlandsNew entry-3£381-
ITIL Certification UKITIL Certification
UK

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1424 (100.00 %)ITIL
2100 (23.58 %)Service Management
391 (21.46 %)PRINCE2
478 (18.40 %)Windows
577 (18.16 %)Finance
668 (16.04 %)Project Management
764 (15.09 %)Service Delivery
860 (14.15 %)Change Management
959 (13.92 %)Security Cleared
1046 (10.85 %)Incident Management
1141 (9.670 %)Banking
1141 (9.670 %)UNIX
1240 (9.434 %)MS Office
1339 (9.198 %)Government
1339 (9.198 %)Problem Management
1339 (9.198 %)SC Cleared
1438 (8.962 %)Microsoft
1534 (8.019 %)SLA
1632 (7.547 %)Remedy
1728 (6.604 %)HP
1728 (6.604 %)Release Management
1826 (6.132 %)Active Directory
1826 (6.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1924 (5.660 %)Windows Server 2003
1924 (5.660 %)Linux
2023 (5.425 %)SAP
2023 (5.425 %)SQL
2023 (5.425 %)Oracle
2122 (5.189 %)MS Exchange
2122 (5.189 %)Investment Banking

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
16 (1.415 %)XML
24 (0.943 %).NET
24 (0.943 %)Windows SharePoint Services
33 (0.708 %)Middleware
42 (0.472 %)Web Services
42 (0.472 %)J2EE
42 (0.472 %)HTML
42 (0.472 %)Application Packaging
51 (0.236 %)WebSphere
51 (0.236 %)XHTML
51 (0.236 %)XSL
51 (0.236 %)ASP
51 (0.236 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.236 %)CSS
51 (0.236 %)SAP XI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (5.189 %)MS Exchange
212 (2.830 %)SharePoint
37 (1.651 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
46 (1.415 %)Exchange Server 2003
55 (1.179 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (0.943 %)Lotus Notes
73 (0.708 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.236 %)Documentum
81 (0.236 %)Apache
81 (0.236 %)IIS
81 (0.236 %)CMS
81 (0.236 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (9.434 %)MS Office
221 (4.953 %)MS Excel
314 (3.302 %)MS Visio
47 (1.651 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.472 %)MS Project
52 (0.472 %)Spreadsheet
61 (0.236 %)Acrobat
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (1.415 %)Remedy ITSM
24 (0.943 %)Remedy AR System
32 (0.472 %)assyst
32 (0.472 %)Summit
41 (0.236 %)Cerner Millennium
41 (0.236 %)Oracle EBS R12
41 (0.236 %)Microsoft CRM
41 (0.236 %)Oracle Financials
41 (0.236 %)Oracle Applications
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
119 (4.481 %)SAN
213 (3.066 %)LAN
312 (2.830 %)WAN
312 (2.830 %)Internet
49 (2.123 %)TCP/IP
49 (2.123 %)LDAP
57 (1.651 %)VPN
65 (1.179 %)Firewall
65 (1.179 %)3G
74 (0.943 %)MPLS
74 (0.943 %)DNS
83 (0.708 %)Network Security
83 (0.708 %)Intranet
92 (0.472 %)2G
92 (0.472 %)VoIP
92 (0.472 %)DHCP
92 (0.472 %)SNMP
92 (0.472 %)NAS
101 (0.236 %)xDSL
101 (0.236 %)iSCSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (1.887 %)SQL Server
27 (1.651 %)BusinessObjects
36 (1.415 %)Crystal Reports
36 (1.415 %)Datawarehouse
45 (1.179 %)MySQL
53 (0.708 %)BusinessObjects XI
62 (0.472 %)MS Access
71 (0.236 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (0.236 %)SQL Server 7
71 (0.236 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.236 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.236 %)DB2
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (0.708 %)StarTeam
13 (0.708 %)TestDirector
13 (0.708 %)Oracle Forms
22 (0.472 %)RequisitePro
31 (0.236 %)JIRA
31 (0.236 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.236 %)InstallShield
England IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
177 (18.16 %)Finance
241 (9.670 %)Banking
339 (9.198 %)Government
422 (5.189 %)Investment Banking
519 (4.481 %)Telecoms
611 (2.594 %)Pharmaceutical
710 (2.358 %)Retail
88 (1.887 %)Health
96 (1.415 %)Financial Institution
96 (1.415 %)Education
96 (1.415 %)Law
104 (0.943 %)Retail Banking
113 (0.708 %)Back Office
113 (0.708 %)Legal
122 (0.472 %)Criminal Justice
122 (0.472 %)Electric
122 (0.472 %)Automotive
131 (0.236 %)Billing
131 (0.236 %)Insurance
131 (0.236 %)Local Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1108 (25.47 %)Analyst
270 (16.51 %)Service Manager
341 (9.670 %)Project Manager
427 (6.368 %)Service Analyst
519 (4.481 %)Change Analyst
618 (4.245 %)Transition Manager
618 (4.245 %)Consultant
716 (3.774 %)Change Manager
815 (3.538 %)Release Manager
815 (3.538 %)Business Analyst
815 (3.538 %)Architect
914 (3.302 %)Administrator
1012 (2.830 %)Service Desk Manager
1111 (2.594 %)Incident Manager
1111 (2.594 %)Service Desk Analyst
1111 (2.594 %)Support Analyst
1210 (2.358 %)Infrastructure Analyst
1210 (2.358 %)IT Services Manager
139 (2.123 %)Problem Analyst
139 (2.123 %)Delivery Manager
England IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (3.538 %)Blackberry
210 (2.358 %)NHS
36 (1.415 %)Mainframe
36 (1.415 %)Management Information System
36 (1.415 %)Clustering
36 (1.415 %)CMDB
45 (1.179 %)German Language
45 (1.179 %)Tandem
53 (0.708 %)PMI
53 (0.708 %)Firmware
62 (0.472 %)EPoS
62 (0.472 %)Statistics
62 (0.472 %)Computer Science
71 (0.236 %)LPAR
71 (0.236 %)Open Source
71 (0.236 %)Video Conferencing
71 (0.236 %)iSeries
71 (0.236 %)Mathematics
71 (0.236 %)Fat Client
71 (0.236 %)e-Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
178 (18.40 %)Windows
241 (9.670 %)UNIX
324 (5.660 %)Windows Server 2003
324 (5.660 %)Linux
416 (3.774 %)Windows XP
514 (3.302 %)Windows Server 2008
611 (2.594 %)Solaris
78 (1.887 %)AIX
78 (1.887 %)Red Hat Linux
87 (1.651 %)Windows Vista
96 (1.415 %)Windows 2000
103 (0.708 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (0.472 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.236 %)Windows 7
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1424 (100.00 %)ITIL
2100 (23.58 %)Service Management
391 (21.46 %)PRINCE2
468 (16.04 %)Project Management
564 (15.09 %)Service Delivery
660 (14.15 %)Change Management
746 (10.85 %)Incident Management
839 (9.198 %)Problem Management
928 (6.604 %)Release Management
1020 (4.717 %)Migration
1117 (4.009 %)Configuration Management
1216 (3.774 %)Asset Management
1315 (3.538 %)ITSM
1412 (2.830 %)Matrix Management
1511 (2.594 %)Process Management
1511 (2.594 %)Validation
1610 (2.358 %)PRINCE
179 (2.123 %)Workflow
179 (2.123 %)Stakeholder Management
188 (1.887 %)GAP Analysis
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
123 (5.425 %)SQL
218 (4.245 %)C
39 (2.123 %)Perl
47 (1.651 %)Shell Script
56 (1.415 %)Java
62 (0.472 %)JavaScript
62 (0.472 %)VBScript
62 (0.472 %)VB
71 (0.236 %)C#
England IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
159 (13.92 %)Security Cleared
239 (9.198 %)SC Cleared
326 (6.132 %)PRINCE2 Certification
419 (4.481 %)Microsoft Certification
516 (3.774 %)MCSE
613 (3.066 %)Degree
710 (2.358 %)DV Cleared
86 (1.415 %)Sun Certification
86 (1.415 %)PMI Certification
94 (0.943 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.708 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
103 (0.708 %)MOS
103 (0.708 %)PMP
103 (0.708 %)ISEB
103 (0.708 %)CCNA
103 (0.708 %)MCP
112 (0.472 %)MCSA
112 (0.472 %)CCNP
112 (0.472 %)MCDST
112 (0.472 %)MCITP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (8.019 %)SLA
26 (1.415 %)COBIT
35 (1.179 %)QA
42 (0.472 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
42 (0.472 %)ISO27001
51 (0.236 %)ISO/IEC 20000
51 (0.236 %)ISO9001
England IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
126 (6.132 %)Active Directory
214 (3.302 %)VMware Infrastructure
38 (1.887 %)VMware ESX
44 (0.943 %)Terminal Services
44 (0.943 %)XenApp
52 (0.472 %)Veritas Cluster Server
61 (0.236 %)SRDF
61 (0.236 %)Veritas Volume Manager
61 (0.236 %)Terminal Server
61 (0.236 %)MetaFrame
61 (0.236 %)ISA Server
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
114 (3.302 %)OpenView
27 (1.651 %)ServiceCenter
35 (1.179 %)SCCM
35 (1.179 %)SCOM
35 (1.179 %)Unicenter
44 (0.943 %)OpenView Configuration Management
53 (0.708 %)Tivoli
62 (0.472 %)AppManager
71 (0.236 %)HP Data Protector
71 (0.236 %)NetBackup
71 (0.236 %)MIMEsweeper
71 (0.236 %)Norton AntiVirus
71 (0.236 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
England IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
138 (8.962 %)Microsoft
232 (7.547 %)Remedy
328 (6.604 %)HP
423 (5.425 %)SAP
423 (5.425 %)Oracle
520 (4.717 %)VMware
617 (4.009 %)Citrix
79 (2.123 %)BMC
79 (2.123 %)IBM
79 (2.123 %)Symantec
88 (1.887 %)Cisco
88 (1.887 %)Red Hat
97 (1.651 %)Veritas
97 (1.651 %)Business Objects
105 (1.179 %)Peregrine
105 (1.179 %)EMC
114 (0.943 %)Lotus
114 (0.943 %)CA
123 (0.708 %)SolarWinds
123 (0.708 %)Kaseya