The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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 19 32
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +13
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 19 27 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 4.726% 6.506% 4.847%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.597% 10.76% 7.950%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 2
Average daily rate £330 £145 £150
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+127.58% -3.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 3
Average hourly rate - £17.00 £17.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
288 251 239
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 71.64% 60.48% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 119 108
Average daily rate £325 £350 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £125 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 37 38
Average hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.37% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £17.00 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £46.00 £38.98 £39.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Service Delivery across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Delivery across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex Service Delivery Daily Rate Histogram

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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex 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
Chelmsford -9 4 £290 +132.00%
Basildon -1 1 - -
Colchester -10 1 £350 +105.88%
Harlow - 1 £700 -
Brentwood - 1 - -
Service Delivery
East of England

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 7 (30.43%) .NET
2 7 (30.43%) Finance
3 6 (26.09%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) MS Office
4 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
4 5 (21.74%) SLA
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
4 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (17.39%) Network Load Balancing
5 4 (17.39%) WCF
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
5 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
5 4 (17.39%) ASP.NET
5 4 (17.39%) HTTP
5 4 (17.39%) IIS
6 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
6 3 (13.04%) Java
6 3 (13.04%) Documentum
6 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
6 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
6 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
6 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
6 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
6 3 (13.04%) Publishing
6 3 (13.04%) Content Management

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (30.43%) .NET
2 4 (17.39%) WCF
2 4 (17.39%) ASP.NET
3 1 (4.348%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) SharePoint
1 4 (17.39%) IIS
2 3 (13.04%) Documentum
3 1 (4.348%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (21.74%) MS Office
2 4 (17.39%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (21.74%) TCP/IP
2 4 (17.39%) HTTP
3 1 (4.348%) LAN
3 1 (4.348%) WAN
3 1 (4.348%) DHCP
3 1 (4.348%) VPN
3 1 (4.348%) DNS
3 1 (4.348%) Firewall
3 1 (4.348%) Wireless
3 1 (4.348%) SAN
3 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (4.348%) MySQL
2 1 (4.348%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (4.348%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (4.348%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (30.43%) Finance
2 3 (13.04%) Publishing
3 2 (8.696%) Billing
3 2 (8.696%) Local Government
3 2 (8.696%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Applications Support
2 5 (21.74%) Support Analyst
2 5 (21.74%) Support Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Web Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Web Support Engineer
3 3 (13.04%) Services Delivery Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Service Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (13.04%) Server Support
4 2 (8.696%) Support Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Product Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Server Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Web Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Support Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Server Support Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Applications Support Analyst
4 2 (8.696%) Desktop Support Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Blackberry
1 3 (13.04%) Computer Science
2 2 (8.696%) Open Source
2 2 (8.696%) NHS
3 1 (4.348%) SaaS
3 1 (4.348%) Mobile Computing
3 1 (4.348%) Clustering
3 1 (4.348%) Replication
3 1 (4.348%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 9 (39.13%) Windows
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2003
2 5 (21.74%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
4 2 (8.696%) Windows XP
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Vista
5 1 (4.348%) Android
5 1 (4.348%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (26.09%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Network Load Balancing
3 3 (13.04%) Configuration Management
3 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (13.04%) Capacity Management
3 3 (13.04%) Content Management
3 3 (13.04%) Document Management
4 2 (8.696%) Information Management
4 2 (8.696%) Software Engineering
4 2 (8.696%) Change Control
4 2 (8.696%) Project Planning
4 2 (8.696%) Business Development
4 2 (8.696%) Project Management
4 2 (8.696%) Change Management
4 2 (8.696%) Problem Management
5 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2
5 1 (4.348%) Quality Management
5 1 (4.348%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (4.348%) Performance Management
5 1 (4.348%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.04%) Java
2 2 (8.696%) SQL
3 1 (4.348%) T-SQL
3 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (8.696%) MCSE
2 2 (8.696%) MCSA
3 1 (4.348%) MCDBA
3 1 (4.348%) MCP
3 1 (4.348%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.348%) Degree
3 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.348%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (21.74%) SLA
2 2 (8.696%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) BMC PATROL
1 1 (4.348%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 5 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) VMware
2 2 (8.696%) HP
3 1 (4.348%) Oracle
3 1 (4.348%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.348%) Dell
3 1 (4.348%) Citrix
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) Juniper
3 1 (4.348%) BMC
3 1 (4.348%) Apple
3 1 (4.348%) McAfee
3 1 (4.348%) LANDesk