The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 skills 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 V3 over the 3 months to 23 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 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 111 124 122
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 7 5 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.299% 0.160% 0.161%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.421% 0.260% 0.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £400 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £383 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+17.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1664 1925 2014
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 70.99% 61.66% 64.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 821 991 1044
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 83 84 96
Average hourly rate £21.00 £18.25 £20.30
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.06% -10.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.25 £13.35 £12.90
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.47 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West ITIL V3 Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL V3 across the North West region.

North West ITIL V3 Daily Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL V3 across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West ITIL V3 Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL V3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the North West region.

North West ITIL V3 Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL V3 within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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 - 6 £375 -
Manchester +9 1 £550 +37.50%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ITIL V3 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 V3.

1 12 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) SAP
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 3 (25.00%) MS Project
3 3 (25.00%) MS Office
3 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 3 (25.00%) Banking
4 2 (16.67%) Degree
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) SLA
4 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (8.333%) ITSM
5 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
5 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
5 1 (8.333%) Migration
5 1 (8.333%) Process Management
5 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
5 1 (8.333%) Citrix
5 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
5 1 (8.333%) LAN

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing ITIL V3 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 V3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) MS Exchange
1 1 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Project
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (25.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.333%) LAN
General
1 3 (25.00%) Finance
1 3 (25.00%) Banking
2 1 (8.333%) Telecoms
2 1 (8.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (8.333%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Billing
2 1 (8.333%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Service Manager
2 4 (33.33%) Transition Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (25.00%) SAP Manager
3 3 (25.00%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) Test Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Applications Support
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 1 (8.333%) IT Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (8.333%) Windows XP
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
1 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (8.333%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) ITIL
2 4 (33.33%) Project Management
2 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 4 (33.33%) Service Management
3 3 (25.00%) Change Management
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE
3 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (16.67%) Change Control
4 2 (16.67%) Configuration Management
5 1 (8.333%) ITSM
5 1 (8.333%) Migration
5 1 (8.333%) Process Management
5 1 (8.333%) Capacity Management
5 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
5 1 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 1 (8.333%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (8.333%) Network Management
5 1 (8.333%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (8.333%) Asset Management
5 1 (8.333%) PDM
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) C#
1 1 (8.333%) SQL
1 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) Degree
1 2 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (8.333%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (8.333%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (8.333%) Citrix
2 1 (8.333%) AppSense