The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 23 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 Manchester 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 22 26 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +4
Contract jobs citing ITIL 72 72 45
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 7.701% 5.564% 4.245%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.84% 8.770% 6.531%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 11 13
Average daily rate £240 £350 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.42% +27.27%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £155 £118
10% offered a daily rate of more than £418 £400 £397
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 11 10
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £12.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +37.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.80 £12.01 £10.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.19 £25.00 £17.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
664 821 689
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 71.02% 63.45% 65.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 345 413 316
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £230 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 37 38
Average hourly rate £17.50 £17.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -2.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.01 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £77.50 £37.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ITIL
North West

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester ITIL Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Manchester ITIL Hourly Rate Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wigan +4 2 - -
Bolton +2 1 - -
Salford -1 1 £400 -
Bury - 1 £150 -
Oldham - 1 £150 -
Rochdale - 1 £150 -
ITIL
North West

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 50 (38.46%) Windows
2 38 (29.23%) Active Directory
3 35 (26.92%) PRINCE2
4 30 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
5 29 (22.31%) Microsoft
6 27 (20.77%) Firewall
7 25 (19.23%) Project Management
7 25 (19.23%) MS Exchange
8 21 (16.15%) Finance
8 21 (16.15%) VMware
9 20 (15.38%) Service Management
9 20 (15.38%) Service Delivery
10 18 (13.85%) Cisco
11 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
12 15 (11.54%) SQL
12 15 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
13 14 (10.77%) MS Office
13 14 (10.77%) Windows XP
13 14 (10.77%) UNIX
13 14 (10.77%) SLA
13 14 (10.77%) ITIL Certification
14 13 (10.00%) MS Excel
15 12 (9.231%) Linux
16 11 (8.462%) CheckPoint
16 11 (8.462%) VPN
16 11 (8.462%) Banking
16 11 (8.462%) Local Government
16 11 (8.462%) Stakeholder Management
16 11 (8.462%) Windows 7
16 11 (8.462%) vSphere

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 (5.385%) CSS
1 7 (5.385%) XML
2 6 (4.615%) SOAP
2 6 (4.615%) Web Services
2 6 (4.615%) Ajax
3 5 (3.846%) REST
3 5 (3.846%) WebSphere
3 5 (3.846%) JSON
3 5 (3.846%) .NET
4 4 (3.077%) JSP
4 4 (3.077%) Servlets
4 4 (3.077%) Spring
4 4 (3.077%) Hibernate
4 4 (3.077%) jQuery
4 4 (3.077%) JSR 168
4 4 (3.077%) Spring Web Flow
4 4 (3.077%) JSTL
4 4 (3.077%) CSS3
4 4 (3.077%) JPA
4 4 (3.077%) JSR 286
Application Platforms
1 25 (19.23%) MS Exchange
2 15 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (6.154%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (5.385%) Exchange Server 2003
4 7 (5.385%) SharePoint
5 4 (3.077%) WebLogic
5 4 (3.077%) CICS
6 2 (1.538%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (1.538%) Apache
6 2 (1.538%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.769%) ESB
7 1 (0.769%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.769%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.769%) IIS
Applications
1 14 (10.77%) MS Office
2 13 (10.00%) MS Excel
3 4 (3.077%) MS Project
4 1 (0.769%) Mingle
4 1 (0.769%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.769%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.769%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.769%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.538%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.769%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.769%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.769%) Google Analytics
2 1 (0.769%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 27 (20.77%) Firewall
2 11 (8.462%) VPN
3 10 (7.692%) DNS
3 10 (7.692%) TCP/IP
3 10 (7.692%) SAN
3 10 (7.692%) LAN
4 9 (6.923%) DHCP
4 9 (6.923%) WAN
4 9 (6.923%) SSL
5 7 (5.385%) Internet
6 5 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
7 3 (2.308%) SNA
7 3 (2.308%) VoIP
8 2 (1.538%) MPLS
8 2 (1.538%) Wireless
9 1 (0.769%) NAS
9 1 (0.769%) Cisco Nexus
9 1 (0.769%) VLAN
9 1 (0.769%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (0.769%) Nortel Meridian
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.923%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.308%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (2.308%) DB2
3 2 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.538%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.538%) RavenDB
4 1 (0.769%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.769%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.769%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.769%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.769%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.769%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (3.077%) Visual Studio
1 4 (3.077%) Eclipse
1 4 (3.077%) Subversion
1 4 (3.077%) NetBeans
1 4 (3.077%) JIRA
2 2 (1.538%) Git (software)
3 1 (0.769%) NUnit
3 1 (0.769%) TestDirector
General
1 21 (16.15%) Finance
2 11 (8.462%) Banking
2 11 (8.462%) Local Government
3 7 (5.385%) Retail
4 3 (2.308%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.308%) Investment Banking
5 2 (1.538%) Law
5 2 (1.538%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.769%) Legal
6 1 (0.769%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.769%) Advertising
6 1 (0.769%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (30.00%) Analyst
2 13 (10.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 12 (9.231%) Technical Analyst
3 12 (9.231%) Project Manager
4 11 (8.462%) Service Analyst
5 9 (6.923%) Developer
6 8 (6.154%) Support Analyst
7 7 (5.385%) Service Manager
7 7 (5.385%) 3rd Line Support
8 5 (3.846%) Network Engineer
8 5 (3.846%) Project Engineer
9 4 (3.077%) Architect
9 4 (3.077%) Desktop Support
9 4 (3.077%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (3.077%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 4 (3.077%) Help Desk Analyst
9 4 (3.077%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.077%) ICT Project Manager
9 4 (3.077%) Head of Service Delivery
10 3 (2.308%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.154%) Mainframe
2 6 (4.615%) NHS
3 5 (3.846%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.308%) iPad
4 3 (2.308%) Mobile Banking
4 3 (2.308%) PKI
4 3 (2.308%) Online Banking
4 3 (2.308%) IBM Mainframe
4 3 (2.308%) VSAM
5 2 (1.538%) PMI
5 2 (1.538%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.538%) CLARiiON
5 2 (1.538%) PDA
5 2 (1.538%) Statistics
5 2 (1.538%) CMDB
5 2 (1.538%) Computer Science
5 2 (1.538%) Open Source
6 1 (0.769%) Visualisation
6 1 (0.769%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.769%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 50 (38.46%) Windows
2 30 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (13.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 14 (10.77%) Windows XP
4 14 (10.77%) UNIX
5 12 (9.231%) Linux
6 11 (8.462%) Windows 7
7 4 (3.077%) AIX
8 2 (1.538%) Windows 2000
8 2 (1.538%) Windows NT
9 1 (0.769%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.769%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.769%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.769%) NetWare
9 1 (0.769%) HPUX
9 1 (0.769%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.92%) PRINCE2
2 25 (19.23%) Project Management
3 20 (15.38%) Service Management
3 20 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 11 (8.462%) Stakeholder Management
5 10 (7.692%) Change Management
6 8 (6.154%) Incident Management
7 7 (5.385%) PRINCE
8 6 (4.615%) Data Management
8 6 (4.615%) Knowledge Management
8 6 (4.615%) ITSM
8 6 (4.615%) Business Continuity
9 5 (3.846%) Problem Management
9 5 (3.846%) Release Management
9 5 (3.846%) Risk Management
9 5 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
10 4 (3.077%) MVC
10 4 (3.077%) Web Design
10 4 (3.077%) Time Management
10 4 (3.077%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (11.54%) SQL
2 6 (4.615%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.846%) C#
4 4 (3.077%) Java
4 4 (3.077%) T-SQL
5 3 (2.308%) JCL
5 3 (2.308%) C
6 2 (1.538%) VBScript
6 2 (1.538%) VB
6 2 (1.538%) VB.NET
6 2 (1.538%) Ruby
6 2 (1.538%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.769%) XPath
7 1 (0.769%) VB6
7 1 (0.769%) XQuery
7 1 (0.769%) VBA
7 1 (0.769%) C++
7 1 (0.769%) Perl
Qualifications
1 14 (10.77%) ITIL Certification
2 11 (8.462%) Degree
3 10 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 10 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 10 (7.692%) CCNA
4 8 (6.154%) CCNP
5 6 (4.615%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (3.846%) PMI Certification
7 3 (2.308%) PMP
7 3 (2.308%) MCP
7 3 (2.308%) MCSE
8 2 (1.538%) MCSA
8 2 (1.538%) ISEB
8 2 (1.538%) MCITP
9 1 (0.769%) APMP
9 1 (0.769%) VCP5
9 1 (0.769%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.769%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.769%) MCTS
9 1 (0.769%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (10.77%) SLA
2 5 (3.846%) QA
3 4 (3.077%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.538%) COBIT
5 1 (0.769%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.769%) TickIT
5 1 (0.769%) ISO/IEC 17799
5 1 (0.769%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 38 (29.23%) Active Directory
2 11 (8.462%) vSphere
3 6 (4.615%) Hyper-V
4 5 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.308%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
6 2 (1.538%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.538%) XenApp
7 1 (0.769%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.769%) Samba
7 1 (0.769%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.154%) SCCM
1 8 (6.154%) SCOM
2 3 (2.308%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.538%) CiscoWorks
4 1 (0.769%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.769%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.769%) DameWare
Vendors
1 29 (22.31%) Microsoft
2 21 (16.15%) VMware
3 18 (13.85%) Cisco
4 11 (8.462%) CheckPoint
5 8 (6.154%) Clearswift
5 8 (6.154%) Citrix
5 8 (6.154%) HP
5 8 (6.154%) SurfControl
5 8 (6.154%) Kaspersky
6 7 (5.385%) NetApp
7 6 (4.615%) Oracle
8 5 (3.846%) Brocade
9 4 (3.077%) SAP
9 4 (3.077%) IBM
9 4 (3.077%) Remedy
10 3 (2.308%) Twitter
10 3 (2.308%) CA
10 3 (2.308%) EMC
11 2 (1.538%) BMC
11 2 (1.538%) Avaya
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