The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Hertfordshire 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
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 42 38 25
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -13
Contract jobs citing ITIL 21 32 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.266% 3.306% 5.415%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.555% 4.984% 8.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 6
Average daily rate £375 £381 £238
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.63% +60.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £215 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £568 £288
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 21
Average hourly rate £37.50 £11.84 £16.20
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+216.65% -26.89%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
461 642 540
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 71.70% 66.32% 62.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 297 229
Average daily rate £410 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £250 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £575
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 54 80
Average hourly rate £21.50 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-33.84% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.05 £11.88 £16.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.60 £49.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
St Albans - 8 - -
Hemel Hempstead - 5 - -
Watford 0 1 - -
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 20 (33.33%) Service Management
1 20 (33.33%) Finance
2 18 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 14 (23.33%) MS Excel
3 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
4 13 (21.67%) Windows
5 12 (20.00%) Change Management
6 11 (18.33%) Risk Management
7 10 (16.67%) Project Management
7 10 (16.67%) Remedy
8 9 (15.00%) Migration
8 9 (15.00%) MS Office
8 9 (15.00%) ISEB
9 8 (13.33%) Linux
9 8 (13.33%) SAN
9 8 (13.33%) Retail
9 8 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 7 (11.67%) Windows 7
10 7 (11.67%) Degree
10 7 (11.67%) Business Development
10 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
10 7 (11.67%) Java
10 7 (11.67%) .NET
10 7 (11.67%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (11.67%) VPN
11 6 (10.00%) Windows XP
11 6 (10.00%) SQL
11 6 (10.00%) Firewall
11 6 (10.00%) Time Management
12 5 (8.333%) ITIL V3

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 7 (11.67%) .NET
2 4 (6.667%) CSS
3 3 (5.000%) ASP
3 3 (5.000%) XML
3 3 (5.000%) HTML
4 2 (3.333%) WCF
4 2 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (3.333%) Memcached
4 2 (3.333%) Gearman
4 2 (3.333%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 2 (3.333%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.667%) Web Services
5 1 (1.667%) Middleware
5 1 (1.667%) Ajax
5 1 (1.667%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (8.333%) Apache
2 2 (3.333%) IIS
3 1 (1.667%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (1.667%) Tomcat
3 1 (1.667%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 14 (23.33%) MS Excel
2 9 (15.00%) MS Office
3 2 (3.333%) MS Project
3 2 (3.333%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.667%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (13.33%) SAN
2 7 (11.67%) VPN
3 6 (10.00%) Firewall
4 5 (8.333%) VoIP
5 3 (5.000%) DNS
5 3 (5.000%) TCP/IP
6 2 (3.333%) Radio Access Network
6 2 (3.333%) DHCP
6 2 (3.333%) Network Security
7 1 (1.667%) iSCSI
7 1 (1.667%) Cisco ASA
7 1 (1.667%) NAS
7 1 (1.667%) WAAS
7 1 (1.667%) FWSM
7 1 (1.667%) IPsec
7 1 (1.667%) MPLS
7 1 (1.667%) FTP
7 1 (1.667%) HTTP
7 1 (1.667%) SNMP
7 1 (1.667%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.333%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.667%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.667%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.667%) OLTP
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.667%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 1 (1.667%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.667%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.333%) Subversion
2 1 (1.667%) LoadRunner
General
1 20 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (13.33%) Retail
3 7 (11.67%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.333%) Spanish Language
5 1 (1.667%) German Language
5 1 (1.667%) Portuguese Language
5 1 (1.667%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 6 (10.00%) Analyst
3 5 (8.333%) Head of IT
4 4 (6.667%) Service Analyst
4 4 (6.667%) 2nd Line Support
4 4 (6.667%) Support Engineer
5 3 (5.000%) Release Manager
5 3 (5.000%) Administrator
5 3 (5.000%) IT Manager
5 3 (5.000%) Desktop Support
5 3 (5.000%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (5.000%) Desktop Engineer
5 3 (5.000%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 3 (5.000%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (3.333%) Implementation Manager
6 2 (3.333%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.333%) Help Desk Support
6 2 (3.333%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.333%) Applications Support Engineer
6 2 (3.333%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.333%) Clustering
1 5 (8.333%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (3.333%) Fat Client
2 2 (3.333%) RIA
2 2 (3.333%) PMI
2 2 (3.333%) Thin Client
3 1 (1.667%) Replication
3 1 (1.667%) EPoS
3 1 (1.667%) NHS
3 1 (1.667%) PACS
3 1 (1.667%) Mathematics
3 1 (1.667%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.667%) Symmetrix DMX
Operating Systems
1 13 (21.67%) Windows
2 8 (13.33%) Linux
3 7 (11.67%) Windows 7
4 6 (10.00%) Windows XP
5 5 (8.333%) UNIX
6 2 (3.333%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (3.333%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.667%) Debian
7 1 (1.667%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (33.33%) Service Management
2 18 (30.00%) PRINCE2
3 12 (20.00%) Change Management
4 11 (18.33%) Risk Management
5 10 (16.67%) Project Management
6 9 (15.00%) Migration
7 7 (11.67%) Business Development
8 6 (10.00%) Time Management
9 5 (8.333%) Problem Management
9 5 (8.333%) ITIL V3
10 4 (6.667%) Infrastructure Management
10 4 (6.667%) Capacity Planning
10 4 (6.667%) Customer Engagement
10 4 (6.667%) TOGAF
10 4 (6.667%) Stakeholder Management
10 4 (6.667%) Configuration Management
10 4 (6.667%) CMMI
10 4 (6.667%) Service Delivery
10 4 (6.667%) PRINCE
11 3 (5.000%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.67%) Java
2 6 (10.00%) SQL
3 4 (6.667%) Perl
3 4 (6.667%) Shell Script
4 3 (5.000%) VB
4 3 (5.000%) C#
5 2 (3.333%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.667%) VBScript
6 1 (1.667%) PHP
6 1 (1.667%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.667%) C++
6 1 (1.667%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.667%) VBA
6 1 (1.667%) C
6 1 (1.667%) LotusScript
6 1 (1.667%) Korn
6 1 (1.667%) F#
6 1 (1.667%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) ISEB
2 8 (13.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 7 (11.67%) Degree
3 7 (11.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (3.333%) PMI Certification
4 2 (3.333%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (3.333%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.333%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.667%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.667%) CCSA
5 1 (1.667%) CCSE
5 1 (1.667%) JNCIA
5 1 (1.667%) MCDST
5 1 (1.667%) MCITP
5 1 (1.667%) MCP
5 1 (1.667%) MCSE
5 1 (1.667%) CCSP
5 1 (1.667%) CCNP
5 1 (1.667%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.667%) SLA
1 4 (6.667%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (3.333%) NFS
1 2 (3.333%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.333%) Postfix
1 2 (3.333%) Varnish
2 1 (1.667%) Veritas Cluster Server
2 1 (1.667%) Samba
2 1 (1.667%) ProxySG
2 1 (1.667%) Snort
Systems Management
1 2 (3.333%) Nagios
1 2 (3.333%) Puppet
2 1 (1.667%) OpenView
2 1 (1.667%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 1 (1.667%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.667%) OVSD
2 1 (1.667%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (1.667%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (23.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (16.67%) Remedy
3 5 (8.333%) Oracle
4 4 (6.667%) Veritas
4 4 (6.667%) Red Hat
5 3 (5.000%) VMware
5 3 (5.000%) HP
6 2 (3.333%) EMC
6 2 (3.333%) Cisco
6 2 (3.333%) NetApp
7 1 (1.667%) IBM
7 1 (1.667%) SAP
7 1 (1.667%) Citrix
7 1 (1.667%) Juniper
7 1 (1.667%) Blue Coat
7 1 (1.667%) Sourcefire
7 1 (1.667%) Brocade
7 1 (1.667%) Crossbeam
7 1 (1.667%) F5
7 1 (1.667%) Apple
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