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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the North Wales 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank88
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below12.00 %12.50 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£320£400
Average daily rate£325£413
% change on same period last year-21.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£425
UK excluding London average daily rate£397£377
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
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£18.69£22.63
% change on same period last year-17.40 %
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North Wales
Matching contract IT job ads2516
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.017 %
Daily rates quoted83
Average minimum daily rate£341£338
Average daily rate£395£356
% change on same period last year+11.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£372
% change on same period last year+2.31 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£35.71-
Average hourly rate£39.64-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£43.57-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.24£29.63
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Service Management WalesService Management
Wales

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 North Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North Wales 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 North Wales region.

North Wales Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the North Wales region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WrexhamNew entry-1--
Service Management WalesService Management
Wales

Service Management
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

13 (60.00 %)ITIL
22 (40.00 %)ServiceCenter
31 (20.00 %)Test Management
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)JavaScript
31 (20.00 %)IIS
31 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
31 (20.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Finance
31 (20.00 %)Content Management
31 (20.00 %)Incident Management
31 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
31 (20.00 %)Linux
31 (20.00 %)RAD
31 (20.00 %)Apache
31 (20.00 %)Tomcat
31 (20.00 %)SLA
31 (20.00 %)HP
31 (20.00 %)NHS
31 (20.00 %)Internet
31 (20.00 %)WebTrends
31 (20.00 %)Project Management

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North Wales 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.

North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)HTML
11 (20.00 %)CSS
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)IIS
11 (20.00 %)Apache
11 (20.00 %)Tomcat
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)WebTrends
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)Internet
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Finance
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Technical Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Configuration Manager
21 (20.00 %)Deployment Manager
21 (20.00 %)IT Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Technical Manager
21 (20.00 %)Service Management Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Services Delivery Consultant
21 (20.00 %)Project Manager
21 (20.00 %)Management Consultant
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)NHS
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Linux
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)ITIL
21 (20.00 %)PRINCE2
21 (20.00 %)RAD
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (20.00 %)Change Management
21 (20.00 %)Content Management
21 (20.00 %)Incident Management
21 (20.00 %)Test Management
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)JavaScript
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)SLA
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (40.00 %)ServiceCenter
North Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)HP