The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification 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 Qualifications for the North West 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) Certification
Rank 88 116 110
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -6
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 29 16 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 1.263% 0.505% 0.715%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.546% 2.319% 4.499%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 5
Average daily rate £356 £338 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.43% +27.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £302 £220 £171
10% offered a daily rate of more than £438 £350 £298
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £325 £325
% change year-on-year
+10.51% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £16.50
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -23.18%
All Qualifications
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
443 690 489
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 19.29% 21.79% 15.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 342 213
Average daily rate £350 £375 £265
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +41.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 26 45
Average hourly rate £23.75 £20.00 £22.73
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.75% -12.01%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.33 £14.00 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £30.25 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

North West ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL Certification across the North West region.

North West ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire +14 12 £320 -
Manchester +8 7 £355 +34.91%
Cumbria - 6 £438 -
Lancashire +15 2 - -
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification.

1 61 (100.00%) ITIL
2 16 (26.23%) SQL Server
3 15 (24.59%) Service Management
4 14 (22.95%) Microsoft
5 13 (21.31%) Finance
6 12 (19.67%) Service Delivery
7 11 (18.03%) Windows
8 10 (16.39%) PRINCE2
8 10 (16.39%) Change Management
9 9 (14.75%) Project Management
9 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (14.75%) MS Excel
9 9 (14.75%) SQL
9 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
10 8 (13.11%) WebSphere
10 8 (13.11%) .NET
10 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
10 8 (13.11%) Oracle
11 7 (11.48%) UNIX
11 7 (11.48%) Information Security
12 6 (9.836%) Windchill
12 6 (9.836%) Teamcenter
12 6 (9.836%) Apache
12 6 (9.836%) Tomcat
12 6 (9.836%) VB.NET
12 6 (9.836%) C++
12 6 (9.836%) Java
12 6 (9.836%) SAP
12 6 (9.836%) IIS
12 6 (9.836%) Remedy

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (13.11%) .NET
1 8 (13.11%) WebSphere
2 2 (3.279%) Application Packaging
2 2 (3.279%) COM
Application Platforms
1 8 (13.11%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.836%) IIS
2 6 (9.836%) Apache
2 6 (9.836%) Tomcat
3 4 (6.557%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.279%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (3.279%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (3.279%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (3.279%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.639%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.639%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.639%) iPlanet
Applications
1 9 (14.75%) MS Excel
2 6 (9.836%) Windchill
3 3 (4.918%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (4.918%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (9.836%) Teamcenter
1 6 (9.836%) ENOVIA
2 2 (3.279%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.279%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.918%) LAN
1 3 (4.918%) WAN
2 2 (3.279%) HTTP
3 1 (1.639%) SNMP
3 1 (1.639%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.639%) VPN
3 1 (1.639%) DNS
3 1 (1.639%) SAN
3 1 (1.639%) Intranet
3 1 (1.639%) Firewall
3 1 (1.639%) NAS
3 1 (1.639%) Unified Communications
3 1 (1.639%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (26.23%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.279%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (3.279%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.639%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.918%) Visual Studio
1 3 (4.918%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (4.918%) ClearQuest
1 3 (4.918%) InstallShield
1 3 (4.918%) FinalBuilder
2 2 (3.279%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 13 (21.31%) Finance
2 4 (6.557%) Telecoms
3 3 (4.918%) Manufacturing
3 3 (4.918%) Banking
3 3 (4.918%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 23 (37.70%) Analyst
2 10 (16.39%) Consultant
3 7 (11.48%) Service Manager
4 5 (8.197%) Support Analyst
4 5 (8.197%) Service Analyst
4 5 (8.197%) Configuration Analyst
5 4 (6.557%) Risk Consultant
5 4 (6.557%) Security Consultant
5 4 (6.557%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.557%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Senior Support Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Services Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.918%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (4.918%) Information Security Consultant
6 3 (4.918%) Services Delivery Analyst
6 3 (4.918%) Configuration Management Analyst
7 2 (3.279%) Business Transformation Consultant
7 2 (3.279%) Service Desk Manager
7 2 (3.279%) WebSphere Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.197%) CMDB
2 3 (4.918%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.918%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.279%) NHS
4 1 (1.639%) FMCG
4 1 (1.639%) iPad
4 1 (1.639%) Statistics
4 1 (1.639%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (18.03%) Windows
2 7 (11.48%) UNIX
3 5 (8.197%) Windows 7
4 4 (6.557%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (4.918%) AIX
6 2 (3.279%) Linux
6 2 (3.279%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.639%) Windows 8
7 1 (1.639%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.639%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.639%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) ITIL
2 15 (24.59%) Service Management
3 12 (19.67%) Service Delivery
4 10 (16.39%) Change Management
4 10 (16.39%) PRINCE2
5 9 (14.75%) Project Management
5 9 (14.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (11.48%) Information Security
7 5 (8.197%) PLM
7 5 (8.197%) Configuration Management
7 5 (8.197%) Migration
7 5 (8.197%) Resource Management
8 4 (6.557%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (6.557%) Release Management
8 4 (6.557%) Incident Management
8 4 (6.557%) Risk Assessment
8 4 (6.557%) Performance Management
8 4 (6.557%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (4.918%) Business Transformation
10 2 (3.279%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (14.75%) SQL
2 6 (9.836%) C++
2 6 (9.836%) Java
2 6 (9.836%) VB.NET
3 3 (4.918%) FoxPro (VFP)
3 3 (4.918%) VB6
3 3 (4.918%) T-SQL
3 3 (4.918%) VB
4 1 (1.639%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.836%) Degree
2 6 (9.836%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.557%) CISSP
4 3 (4.918%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (4.918%) PMP
4 3 (4.918%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.279%) IBM WebSphere Certification
5 2 (3.279%) MCITP
5 2 (3.279%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (3.279%) MCP
6 1 (1.639%) MCSE
6 1 (1.639%) MCSA
6 1 (1.639%) CCNA
6 1 (1.639%) ISEB
6 1 (1.639%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.639%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (9.836%) SLA
2 4 (6.557%) BS7799
3 1 (1.639%) QA
System Software
1 4 (6.557%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.279%) Forefront TMG
2 2 (3.279%) UAG
3 1 (1.639%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (1.639%) Samba
3 1 (1.639%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (1.639%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.639%) XenApp
3 1 (1.639%) XenServer
3 1 (1.639%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (3.279%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 8 (13.11%) Oracle
3 6 (9.836%) SAP
3 6 (9.836%) Siemens
3 6 (9.836%) Remedy
4 5 (8.197%) Cisco
4 5 (8.197%) Citrix
5 4 (6.557%) HP
6 2 (3.279%) IBM
6 2 (3.279%) VMware
6 2 (3.279%) JD Edwards
6 2 (3.279%) Epicor
7 1 (1.639%) webMethods
7 1 (1.639%) AppSense
7 1 (1.639%) Avaya
7 1 (1.639%) BEA