The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery 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 Service Delivery over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 20 17 21
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +4
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 3 14 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 2.143% 5.668% 1.685%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.093% 8.235% 2.344%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 0
Average daily rate £95 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-70.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £15.00 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
97 170 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 69.29% 68.83% 71.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 121 78
Average daily rate £425 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £300 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £496 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 7
Average hourly rate £12.00 £15.25 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.31% -23.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Delivery
Northamptonshire

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northampton Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery.

1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) LAN
2 1 (25.00%) WAN
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) LAN
1 1 (25.00%) WAN
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Programme Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Support Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (25.00%) Information Management
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory