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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Milton Keynes region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5843
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads723
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.023 %
As % of the category below1.264 %4.822 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£277£338
Average daily rate£335£375
% change on same period last year-10.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£393£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£343
% change on same period last year+5.18 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.83£25.83
% change on same period last year-23.24 %
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Matching contract IT job ads554477
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.787 %0.482 %
Daily rates quoted214157
Average minimum daily rate£302£343
Average daily rate£326£362
% change on same period last year-10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted6246
Average minimum hourly rate£21.22£24.79
Average hourly rate£22.33£25.44
% change on same period last year-12.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.44£26.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
Service Management BuckinghamshireService Management
Buckinghamshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Milton Keynes Service Management Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Management across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Service Management 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 Service Management.

112 (100.00 %)ITIL
26 (50.00 %)ITIL Certification
26 (50.00 %)ITSM
34 (33.33 %)OVSD
34 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
34 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
34 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
43 (25.00 %)SAP
43 (25.00 %)OpenView
43 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
43 (25.00 %)Problem Management
52 (16.67 %)CMDB
52 (16.67 %)BMC Performance Manager
52 (16.67 %)BMC
52 (16.67 %)UNIX
52 (16.67 %)Windows
52 (16.67 %)SLA
52 (16.67 %)Finance
61 (8.333 %)Automotive
61 (8.333 %)Government
61 (8.333 %)Incident Management

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes region citing Service Management 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 Service Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (16.67 %)Finance
21 (8.333 %)Automotive
21 (8.333 %)Government
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (41.67 %)ITIL Manager
24 (33.33 %)Configuration Manager
33 (25.00 %)Services Delivery Manager
33 (25.00 %)Service Manager
33 (25.00 %)Analyst
33 (25.00 %)Delivery Manager
42 (16.67 %)Systems Analyst
42 (16.67 %)Problem Manager
42 (16.67 %)ITIL Service Manager
51 (8.333 %)Problem Analyst
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (16.67 %)CMDB
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)UNIX
12 (16.67 %)Windows
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (100.00 %)ITIL
26 (50.00 %)ITSM
34 (33.33 %)Configuration Management
34 (33.33 %)Service Delivery
34 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
43 (25.00 %)Problem Management
43 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
51 (8.333 %)Incident Management
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (50.00 %)ITIL Certification
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (16.67 %)SLA
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (33.33 %)OVSD
23 (25.00 %)OpenView
32 (16.67 %)BMC Performance Manager
Milton Keynes IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)SAP
22 (16.67 %)BMC