The first table below looks at the demand for eTOM skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited eTOM over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enhanced Telecom Operations Map (eTOM)
Rank 383 417 425
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +8
Contract jobs citing eTOM 4 1 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.018% 0.004% 0.026%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.005% 0.037%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 6
Average daily rate £425 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 £335 £375
% change year-on-year
-5.97% -10.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Processes & Methodologies
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16410 19631 21812
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 74.61% 71.81% 71.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 11259 12893 14383
Average daily rate £450 £450 £485
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.21%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 338 344
Average hourly rate £32.00 £27.50 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.36% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £15.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
eTOM
England

eTOM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London eTOM Jobs Demand Trend

eTOM
Daily Rate Trend

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

London eTOM Daily Rate Trend

eTOM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing eTOM 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 eTOM.

1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
3 3 (33.33%) Back Office
3 3 (33.33%) Finance
4 2 (22.22%) CTC Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
4 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
5 1 (11.11%) C
5 1 (11.11%) Java
5 1 (11.11%) SQL
5 1 (11.11%) Oracle
5 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
5 1 (11.11%) EJB
5 1 (11.11%) XSD
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) Electronics
5 1 (11.11%) E-business
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) TickIT
5 1 (11.11%) Process Management
5 1 (11.11%) CMMI
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) CORBA
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Rational Rose

eTOM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing eTOM 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 eTOM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) EJB
1 1 (11.11%) XSD
1 1 (11.11%) CORBA
1 1 (11.11%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Rational Rose
General
1 3 (33.33%) Back Office
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Electronics
3 1 (11.11%) Local Government
3 1 (11.11%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) Business Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Process Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) E-Business Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) ITSM Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Business Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Business Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) CMDB
1 1 (11.11%) Digital Media
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Service Management
3 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
5 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
5 1 (11.11%) E-business
5 1 (11.11%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) Process Management
5 1 (11.11%) CMMI
5 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) Data Modelling
5 1 (11.11%) Six Sigma
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Content Management
5 1 (11.11%) Information Management
5 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (11.11%) Statistical Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
1 1 (11.11%) Java
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) CTC Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) ISEB Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (11.11%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) TickIT
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (11.11%) XenServer
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle
1 1 (11.11%) IBM
1 1 (11.11%) Citrix
1 1 (11.11%) BMC
1 1 (11.11%) Remedy
1 1 (11.11%) Casewise
1 1 (11.11%) Huawei
1 1 (11.11%) VMware