The first table below looks at the demand for ITSM 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 ITSM over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Service Management (ITSM)
Rank 24 - 33
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ITSM 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.549% - 0.627%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.917% - 0.957%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+19.23% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £29.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £13.50 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+40.74% -53.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
109 138 209
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 59.89% 53.70% 65.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 54 48
Average daily rate £425 £375 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.33% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £235 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £560 £570
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 9 62
Average hourly rate £103.50 £32.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+218.46% +22.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £20.65 £23.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £42.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
ITSM
England

ITSM
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands ITSM Jobs Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

ITSM
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing ITSM 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 ITSM.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL V3

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing ITSM 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 ITSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) CRM
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (100.00%) Supplier Management
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL V3
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