The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 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 ITIL V3 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
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 313 319 400
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +81
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 74 99 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.336% 0.362% 0.108%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.451% 0.504% 0.151%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 39 20
Average daily rate £400 £420 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.76% -11.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £160 £316
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £530 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+13.33% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Average hourly rate £28.00 £22.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.44% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.00%
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%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

London ITIL V3 Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL V3 across the London region.

London ITIL V3 Daily Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL V3 across the London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

London ITIL V3 Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL V3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the London region.

London ITIL V3 Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL V3 within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London -7 16 £418 -1.18%
Uxbridge - 4 £450 -
Docklands, London +3 3 £400 +81.81%
Hammersmith - 1 £325 -
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ITIL V3 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 V3.

1 144 (100.00%) ITIL
2 51 (35.42%) Service Management
3 41 (28.47%) Windows
4 40 (27.78%) Finance
5 34 (23.61%) Project Management
6 32 (22.22%) PRINCE2
6 32 (22.22%) VMware
7 31 (21.53%) Service Delivery
8 28 (19.44%) Microsoft
9 25 (17.36%) Banking
10 20 (13.89%) Windows Server 2008
10 20 (13.89%) Citrix
11 17 (11.81%) VBScript
11 17 (11.81%) PowerShell
11 17 (11.81%) XenDesktop
11 17 (11.81%) NetScaler
12 16 (11.11%) Release Management
12 16 (11.11%) Security Cleared
13 15 (10.42%) MS Excel
13 15 (10.42%) ITSM
14 14 (9.722%) Change Management
14 14 (9.722%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 14 (9.722%) VMware Infrastructure
14 14 (9.722%) Business Analysis
15 13 (9.028%) VMware ESX
15 13 (9.028%) AppSense
15 13 (9.028%) MS Office
15 13 (9.028%) Management Information System
15 13 (9.028%) Six Sigma
16 12 (8.333%) Incident Management

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ITIL V3 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 V3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (3.472%) .NET
2 2 (1.389%) COM
2 2 (1.389%) CSS
2 2 (1.389%) HTML
2 2 (1.389%) Web Services
2 2 (1.389%) XML
2 2 (1.389%) Ajax
2 2 (1.389%) SAP Basis
3 1 (0.694%) WebSphere
3 1 (0.694%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.389%) MS Exchange
1 2 (1.389%) Apache
1 2 (1.389%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (0.694%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (0.694%) Lync
2 1 (0.694%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.694%) CMS
2 1 (0.694%) NetWeaver
2 1 (0.694%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 15 (10.42%) MS Excel
2 13 (9.028%) MS Office
3 6 (4.167%) MS Project
3 6 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (2.778%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.389%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.694%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (0.694%) SAP SM
Communications & Networking
1 17 (11.81%) NetScaler
2 6 (4.167%) VoIP
3 4 (2.778%) SAN
3 4 (2.778%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.778%) Firewall
4 3 (2.083%) Internet
4 3 (2.083%) VPN
5 2 (1.389%) HTTP
5 2 (1.389%) NAS
6 1 (0.694%) POP3
6 1 (0.694%) SMTP
6 1 (0.694%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.778%) SQL Server
1 4 (2.778%) MS Access
2 3 (2.083%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (2.083%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.389%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (1.389%) Crystal Reports
3 2 (1.389%) DTS
3 2 (1.389%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.389%) SQL Server 7
3 2 (1.389%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (1.389%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.694%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 3 (2.083%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.694%) JIRA
General
1 40 (27.78%) Finance
2 25 (17.36%) Banking
3 7 (4.861%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.389%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.389%) Back Office
4 2 (1.389%) Advertising
4 2 (1.389%) Publishing
4 2 (1.389%) Marketing
5 1 (0.694%) Retail
5 1 (0.694%) Law
Job Titles
1 32 (22.22%) Analyst
2 21 (14.58%) Service Manager
3 12 (8.333%) Business Analyst
4 11 (7.639%) Project Leader
5 10 (6.944%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.944%) Technical Project Leader
6 9 (6.250%) Services Delivery Manager
6 9 (6.250%) Delivery Manager
7 8 (5.556%) Configuration Manager
7 8 (5.556%) Infrastructure Manager
8 7 (4.861%) Release Manager
9 6 (4.167%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.167%) Infrastructure Project Leader
10 5 (3.472%) Security Analyst
10 5 (3.472%) Senior Security Analyst
10 5 (3.472%) Process Analyst
11 4 (2.778%) Service Analyst
11 4 (2.778%) Consultant
11 4 (2.778%) IT Services Manager
11 4 (2.778%) Citrix Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.028%) Management Information System
2 6 (4.167%) Clustering
2 6 (4.167%) Data Protection Act
3 5 (3.472%) Freedom of Information Act
3 5 (3.472%) Freedom of Information
4 4 (2.778%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.389%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.389%) Open Source
5 2 (1.389%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (0.694%) CMDB
6 1 (0.694%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.694%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.694%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.47%) Windows
2 20 (13.89%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (4.861%) UNIX
4 6 (4.167%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.389%) Windows XP
5 2 (1.389%) AIX
5 2 (1.389%) Windows 2000
5 2 (1.389%) Mac OS X
5 2 (1.389%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (1.389%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (100.00%) ITIL
2 51 (35.42%) Service Management
3 34 (23.61%) Project Management
4 32 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 31 (21.53%) Service Delivery
6 16 (11.11%) Release Management
7 15 (10.42%) ITSM
8 14 (9.722%) Change Management
8 14 (9.722%) Business Analysis
9 13 (9.028%) Six Sigma
10 12 (8.333%) Incident Management
11 11 (7.639%) Continuous Improvement
11 11 (7.639%) Configuration Management
12 10 (6.944%) PRINCE
12 10 (6.944%) Migration
13 7 (4.861%) Performance Management
14 6 (4.167%) Disaster Recovery
14 6 (4.167%) Validation
14 6 (4.167%) Business Continuity
14 6 (4.167%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (11.81%) VBScript
1 17 (11.81%) PowerShell
2 8 (5.556%) SQL
3 6 (4.167%) VB
4 3 (2.083%) Java
5 2 (1.389%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.389%) PL/SQL
5 2 (1.389%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (11.11%) Security Cleared
2 14 (9.722%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 10 (6.944%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.556%) MCSE
5 8 (5.556%) Degree
6 5 (3.472%) CISSP
7 4 (2.778%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.778%) CCNA
7 4 (2.778%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (2.083%) CTC Cleared
8 3 (2.083%) CCAA
8 3 (2.083%) CNA
8 3 (2.083%) CNE
8 3 (2.083%) Novell Certification
8 3 (2.083%) CCA
8 3 (2.083%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (1.389%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.389%) VCP5
9 2 (1.389%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.472%) QA
1 5 (3.472%) PCI DSS
1 5 (3.472%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.083%) SLA
3 2 (1.389%) COBIT
System Software
1 17 (11.81%) XenDesktop
2 14 (9.722%) VMware Infrastructure
3 13 (9.028%) VMware ESX
4 5 (3.472%) XenApp
5 4 (2.778%) Active Directory
6 2 (1.389%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.694%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (1.389%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (0.694%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 32 (22.22%) VMware
2 28 (19.44%) Microsoft
3 20 (13.89%) Citrix
4 13 (9.028%) AppSense
5 10 (6.944%) Oracle
6 9 (6.250%) Remedy
7 7 (4.861%) Cisco
8 5 (3.472%) Symantec
8 5 (3.472%) Novell
8 5 (3.472%) SAP
9 4 (2.778%) IBM
9 4 (2.778%) Altiris
10 2 (1.389%) Avaya
10 2 (1.389%) Lotus
10 2 (1.389%) Apple
10 2 (1.389%) Reuters
10 2 (1.389%) Bloomberg
10 2 (1.389%) Qualys
11 1 (0.694%) Crossbeam
11 1 (0.694%) LANDesk
London
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