The first table below looks at the demand for ITSM skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITSM 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 Gloucestershire 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
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Rank 36 66 45
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -21
Contract jobs citing ITSM 2 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.738% 0.155% 0.459%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.117% 0.210% 0.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £390 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £393 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+12.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £13.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year
+14.81% -25.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gloucestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
179 477 274
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 66.05% 74.07% 62.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 288 110
Average daily rate £375 £425 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% +17.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £320 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £520 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 20 37
Average hourly rate £29.00 £25.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.00% -28.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.90 £25.00 £20.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
ITSM
South West

ITSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire ITSM Jobs Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucestershire ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham - 1 £380 -
ITSM
South West

ITSM
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing ITSM 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 ITSM.

1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Oracle
2 7 (77.78%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
3 5 (55.56%) Cloud Computing
3 5 (55.56%) Web Services
4 3 (33.33%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
5 2 (22.22%) UNIX
5 2 (22.22%) Solaris
5 2 (22.22%) HTTP
5 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) Data Security
5 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
5 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) Change Control
6 1 (11.11%) Release Management
6 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire region citing ITSM 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 ITSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (55.56%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle Application Server
1 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Solutions Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) UNIX Systems Administrator
3 2 (22.22%) UNIX Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Solaris Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Systems Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Linux Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Solaris Administrator
4 1 (11.11%) Network Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (22.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) UNIX
1 2 (22.22%) Solaris
2 1 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (77.78%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Configuration Management
4 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
4 2 (22.22%) Data Security
4 2 (22.22%) Business Continuity
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) Change Control
5 1 (11.11%) Release Management
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Oracle