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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2724
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.263 %2.151 %
Daily rates quoted50
Average minimum daily rate£324-
Average daily rate£324-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£324-
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£371
% change on same period last year+3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.09£22.54
% change on same period last year-19.77 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads9593
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.150 %0.100 %
Daily rates quoted4216
Average minimum daily rate£337£348
Average daily rate£348£360
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted1520
Average minimum hourly rate£17.33£20.09
Average hourly rate£18.18£21.07
% change on same period last year-13.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.03£22.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Service Management OxfordshireService Management
Oxfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Oxford Service Management Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Management across the Oxford region.

Oxford Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Oxford Service Management Daily Rate Histogram

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Oxford region.

Oxford Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Service Management 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 Management.

118 (94.74 %)ITIL
216 (84.21 %)LAN
216 (84.21 %)WAN
216 (84.21 %)Cisco
216 (84.21 %)IP Telephony
310 (52.63 %)MS Exchange
310 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
310 (52.63 %)Microsoft Certification
310 (52.63 %)SAP
48 (42.11 %)MCP
56 (31.58 %)Windows
56 (31.58 %)Oracle
56 (31.58 %)SAN
56 (31.58 %)Red Hat
56 (31.58 %)Active Directory
56 (31.58 %)Microsoft
64 (21.05 %)CCNA
64 (21.05 %)MCSE
72 (10.53 %)Government
72 (10.53 %)Finance
72 (10.53 %)Local Government
72 (10.53 %)Incident Management
81 (5.263 %)Health
81 (5.263 %)SLA
81 (5.263 %)NHS

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing Service Management 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 Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (52.63 %)MS Exchange
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (84.21 %)LAN
116 (84.21 %)WAN
116 (84.21 %)IP Telephony
26 (31.58 %)SAN
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.53 %)Finance
12 (10.53 %)Government
12 (10.53 %)Local Government
21 (5.263 %)Health
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (31.58 %)Systems Engineer
16 (31.58 %)Engineering Manager
16 (31.58 %)Systems Manager
23 (15.79 %)Support Manager
32 (10.53 %)Support Team Leader
32 (10.53 %)IT Support Manager
32 (10.53 %)Team Leader
41 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Manager
41 (5.263 %)Incident Manager
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)NHS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (31.58 %)Windows
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (94.74 %)ITIL
22 (10.53 %)Incident Management
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (52.63 %)Cisco Certification
110 (52.63 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (42.11 %)MCP
34 (21.05 %)MCSE
34 (21.05 %)CCNA
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)SLA
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (31.58 %)Active Directory
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (84.21 %)Cisco
210 (52.63 %)SAP
36 (31.58 %)Oracle
36 (31.58 %)Microsoft
36 (31.58 %)Red Hat