The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 17 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 Midlands 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 14 22 29
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Contract jobs citing ITIL 10 10 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 5.882% 3.636% 2.017%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.929% 7.299% 3.139%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 2
Average daily rate £400 £200 £361
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+100.00% -44.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £32.00 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 137 223
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.88% 49.82% 64.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 61 57
Average daily rate £475 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £550 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 57
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -12.50%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL
England

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) HP
3 8 (36.36%) Degree
4 7 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2007
4 7 (31.82%) SCOM
4 7 (31.82%) IBM
4 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
4 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
4 7 (31.82%) MS Exchange
4 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
4 7 (31.82%) NetApp
4 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
4 7 (31.82%) VMware
4 7 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (27.27%) Change Management
6 5 (22.73%) Service Management
7 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (18.18%) Project Management
7 4 (18.18%) CRM
8 3 (13.64%) ITSM
8 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (9.091%) Load Balancing
9 2 (9.091%) SolarWinds
9 2 (9.091%) Network Management
9 2 (9.091%) F5
9 2 (9.091%) ITIL V3
9 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (9.091%) Supplier Management
9 2 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
9 2 (9.091%) BIG-IP

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (9.091%) CSS
2 1 (4.545%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) SharePoint
1 7 (31.82%) MS Exchange
1 7 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2003
1 7 (31.82%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Project
1 1 (4.545%) MS Office
1 1 (4.545%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.091%) OSPF
1 2 (9.091%) BGP
1 2 (9.091%) Firewall
1 2 (9.091%) BIG-IP
1 2 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
1 1 (4.545%) Retail
1 1 (4.545%) Local Government
1 1 (4.545%) French Language
1 1 (4.545%) German Language
1 1 (4.545%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Architect
1 6 (27.27%) Project Manager
1 6 (27.27%) Technical Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Service Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Lead Technical Architect
2 3 (13.64%) Lead Architect
3 2 (9.091%) Network Specialist
3 2 (9.091%) Change Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Project Manager
3 2 (9.091%) Senior Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Network Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Analyst
4 1 (4.545%) Network Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (4.545%) Senior Network Specialist
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.545%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) PRINCE2
1 7 (31.82%) Service Delivery
2 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 5 (22.73%) Service Management
4 4 (18.18%) Project Management
4 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (18.18%) CRM
5 3 (13.64%) ITSM
6 2 (9.091%) Programme Management
6 2 (9.091%) Load Balancing
6 2 (9.091%) Network Management
6 2 (9.091%) ITIL V3
6 2 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (9.091%) Supplier Management
6 2 (9.091%) Migration
7 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (4.545%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.545%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.545%) CCNA
3 1 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.545%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
1 1 (4.545%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (31.82%) SCOM
2 2 (9.091%) OpenView
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Cisco
2 9 (40.91%) HP
3 7 (31.82%) IBM
3 7 (31.82%) NetApp
3 7 (31.82%) VMware
4 2 (9.091%) Fortinet
4 2 (9.091%) SolarWinds
4 2 (9.091%) F5
4 2 (9.091%) Nokia
4 2 (9.091%) CheckPoint
4 2 (9.091%) OPNET
4 2 (9.091%) Juniper
4 2 (9.091%) BMC
5 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.545%) SAP