The first table below looks at the demand for the Services Director role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Services Director in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Director
Rank 388 - 428
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Services Director 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% - 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.005% - 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £750
UK excluding London average daily rate £850 £550 -
% change year-on-year
+54.54% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Services Director
England

Services Director
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Services Director across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Services Director Jobs Demand Trend

Services Director
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Services Director Daily Rate Trend

Services Director
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Services Director within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 - 1 - -
Services Director
England

Services Director
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Services Director in their job title 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 with Services Director in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (40.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 2 (40.00%) SLA
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Marketing
3 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared

Services Director
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Services Director in their job title 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 with Services Director in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (60.00%) Matrix Management
2 2 (40.00%) Supplier Management
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) SLA