The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 29 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 5 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 2.137% 0.904% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.106% 1.546% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £455 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
161 194 72
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 68.80% 58.43% 43.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 120 39
Average daily rate £350 £425 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% +54.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £300 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 4
Average hourly rate £10.33 £20.06 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.52% -19.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Delivery
Oxfordshire

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Delivery across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Oxford Service Delivery Daily Rate Histogram

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 Oxford region.

Oxford Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 10 (83.33%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) CIPD
4 1 (8.333%) Degree
4 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
4 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
4 1 (8.333%) Demand Management
4 1 (8.333%) SAP
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.333%) Windows
4 1 (8.333%) SLA
4 1 (8.333%) HP
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (8.333%) Law
4 1 (8.333%) Legal
4 1 (8.333%) Publishing
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
4 1 (8.333%) Back Office

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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.

General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Law
2 1 (8.333%) Legal
2 1 (8.333%) Publishing
2 1 (8.333%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Service Manager
2 8 (66.67%) Services Delivery Manager
2 8 (66.67%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (16.67%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Procurement Officer
4 1 (8.333%) Head of Service Delivery
4 1 (8.333%) Head of Infrastructure
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Infrastructure Services Manager
4 1 (8.333%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Relationships Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Business Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Head of IT
4 1 (8.333%) Account Manager
4 1 (8.333%) Operations Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) ITIL
2 3 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (8.333%) Problem Management
4 1 (8.333%) Performance Management
4 1 (8.333%) Demand Management
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE
4 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2
4 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (8.333%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (8.333%) CIPD
2 1 (8.333%) Degree
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.333%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (8.333%) Fujitsu
1 1 (8.333%) SAP
1 1 (8.333%) HP