The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL 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 Northampton 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
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 18 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 7 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 5.109% 4.186% 3.620%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.000% 6.000% 4.706%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 2
Average daily rate - £388 £173
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +124.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £315
% change year-on-year
+0.76% +3.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £19.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year
+18.03% -4.68%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
100 150 170
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 72.99% 69.77% 76.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 115 110
Average daily rate £425 £420 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.19% -1.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £345 £300 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 7
Average hourly rate £15.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
ITIL
Northamptonshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (33.33%) SLA
4 3 (25.00%) MS Office
4 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (25.00%) LAN
4 3 (25.00%) WAN
4 3 (25.00%) Project Management
4 3 (25.00%) VMware
4 3 (25.00%) Change Management
4 3 (25.00%) Information Security
5 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
5 2 (16.67%) VLAN
5 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
5 2 (16.67%) Firewall
5 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 2 (16.67%) DHCP
5 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
5 2 (16.67%) VoIP
5 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
5 2 (16.67%) SQL
5 2 (16.67%) Windows
5 2 (16.67%) UML
5 2 (16.67%) Cisco
5 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 2 (16.67%) CCNP

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) IBM Notes
1 1 (8.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (25.00%) MS Office
1 3 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (16.67%) MS Visio
3 1 (8.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) LAN
1 3 (25.00%) WAN
2 2 (16.67%) VLAN
2 2 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) DHCP
2 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
2 2 (16.67%) VoIP
2 2 (16.67%) MPLS
2 2 (16.67%) EIGRP
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco Nexus
General
1 7 (58.33%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (41.67%) Analyst
2 3 (25.00%) Business Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Network Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Support Specialist
3 2 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
3 2 (16.67%) Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
4 1 (8.333%) Operations Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Incident Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Specialist
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) PMI
1 1 (8.333%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (8.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
1 3 (25.00%) Project Management
1 3 (25.00%) Change Management
1 3 (25.00%) Information Security
2 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) UML
2 2 (16.67%) PRINCE
2 2 (16.67%) Change Control
3 1 (8.333%) Service Desk Management
3 1 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (8.333%) Business Continuity
3 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.333%) ITSM
3 1 (8.333%) Project Planning
3 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
3 1 (8.333%) ISMS
3 1 (8.333%) Data Protection
3 1 (8.333%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) CCNP
1 2 (16.67%) CCNA
1 2 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.333%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (8.333%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (41.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (8.333%) Tivoli
1 1 (8.333%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (16.67%) Cisco
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (16.67%) CheckPoint
3 1 (8.333%) Lotus
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle