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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6482
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.125 %1.481 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£350£350
Average daily rate£350£388
% change on same period last year-9.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£377
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
Hourly rates quoted28
Average minimum hourly rate£24.65£22.63
Average hourly rate£25.41£23.50
% change on same period last year+8.12 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.18£24.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.69£22.63
% change on same period last year-17.40 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads622878
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.999 %0.943 %
Daily rates quoted209370
Average minimum daily rate£338£346
Average daily rate£364£369
% change on same period last year-1.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted7291
Average minimum hourly rate£31.59£32.37
Average hourly rate£32.56£33.73
% change on same period last year-3.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.53£35.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Service Management East of EnglandService Management
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Hertfordshire Service Management Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire Service Management Daily Rate Histogram

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Hertfordshire Service Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Service Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordUp+223£350-
St AlbansUp+122--
StevenageDown-31--
Service Management East of EnglandService Management
East of England

Service Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Service Management 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 Management.

17 (30.43 %)SQL
17 (30.43 %)ITIL
26 (26.09 %)UNIX
26 (26.09 %)Windows
26 (26.09 %)Retail
35 (21.74 %)Windows Mobile
35 (21.74 %).NET Framework
35 (21.74 %)Change Management
35 (21.74 %)Telecoms
35 (21.74 %)C#
35 (21.74 %).NET
35 (21.74 %)Cisco
44 (17.39 %)Project Management
44 (17.39 %)Wireless
44 (17.39 %)Problem Management
53 (13.04 %)Incident Management
53 (13.04 %)SLA
53 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
62 (8.696 %)assyst
62 (8.696 %)SC Cleared
62 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (8.696 %)SQL Server
62 (8.696 %)SAP
62 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
62 (8.696 %)MS Excel
62 (8.696 %)Front Office
62 (8.696 %)Finance
71 (4.348 %)C7
71 (4.348 %)Billing
71 (4.348 %)Altiris

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Service Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (21.74 %).NET
15 (21.74 %).NET Framework
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.696 %)MS Excel
21 (4.348 %)MS Office
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (8.696 %)assyst
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (17.39 %)Wireless
21 (4.348 %)C7
21 (4.348 %)GPRS
21 (4.348 %)GSM
21 (4.348 %)LAN
21 (4.348 %)UMTS
21 (4.348 %)WLAN
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server
12 (8.696 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (4.348 %)Crystal Reports
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (26.09 %)Retail
25 (21.74 %)Telecoms
32 (8.696 %)Finance
32 (8.696 %)Front Office
41 (4.348 %)Electronics
41 (4.348 %)Education
41 (4.348 %)Billing
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (30.43 %)Analyst
25 (21.74 %)Solutions Designer
33 (13.04 %)Process Analyst
33 (13.04 %)Support Analyst
33 (13.04 %)Project Manager
42 (8.696 %)Management Consultant
42 (8.696 %)Consultant
42 (8.696 %)Applications Support Analyst
42 (8.696 %)Support Engineer
42 (8.696 %)Applications Support
42 (8.696 %)Technical Designer
51 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
51 (4.348 %)3rd Line Support Engineer
51 (4.348 %)3rd Line Support
51 (4.348 %)2nd Line Support
51 (4.348 %)Desktop Support Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Desktop Engineer
51 (4.348 %)Infrastructure Manager
51 (4.348 %)Technical Manager
51 (4.348 %)Implementation Manager
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)CMDB
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (26.09 %)UNIX
16 (26.09 %)Windows
25 (21.74 %)Windows Mobile
31 (4.348 %)Windows Vista
31 (4.348 %)Windows XP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (30.43 %)ITIL
25 (21.74 %)Change Management
34 (17.39 %)Problem Management
34 (17.39 %)Project Management
43 (13.04 %)Incident Management
43 (13.04 %)Security Cleared
52 (8.696 %)SC Cleared
52 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
61 (4.348 %)BPR
61 (4.348 %)Service Delivery
61 (4.348 %)Fault Management
61 (4.348 %)Validation
61 (4.348 %)Business Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (30.43 %)SQL
25 (21.74 %)C#
31 (4.348 %)Erlang
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.348 %)CCNA
11 (4.348 %)ISEB
11 (4.348 %)Cisco Certification
11 (4.348 %)ISEB Practitioner
11 (4.348 %)Degree
11 (4.348 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (13.04 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (21.74 %)Cisco
22 (8.696 %)SAP
31 (4.348 %)Oracle
31 (4.348 %)Remedy
31 (4.348 %)Altiris