The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 22 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 Qualifications for the Oxfordshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 43 53 36
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -17
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 10 3 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.208% 0.476% 2.895%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.897% 2.778% 11.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 7
Average daily rate £438 £488 £190
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +156.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £394 £478 £160
10% offered a daily rate of more than £481 £498 £200
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £314 £325
% change year-on-year
+13.20% -3.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £15.25
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -16.88%
All Qualifications
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
145 108 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 32.01% 17.14% 25.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 30 51
Average daily rate £340 £320 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £215 £170
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £475 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 27 14
Average hourly rate £15.00 £23.63 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-36.50% +62.93%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.90 £16.80 £12.04
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ITIL Certification
South East

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Oxfordshire ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford +6 3 £400 -17.94%
ITIL Certification
South East

ITIL Certification
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification.

1 16 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (37.50%) Finance
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Service Management
6 2 (12.50%) BPR
6 2 (12.50%) Project Management
7 1 (6.250%) HTTP
7 1 (6.250%) Publishing
7 1 (6.250%) Back Office
7 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
7 1 (6.250%) Demand Management
7 1 (6.250%) Root Cause Analysis

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) HTTP
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Publishing
2 1 (6.250%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Service Manager
2 8 (50.00%) Services Delivery Manager
2 8 (50.00%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Transition Manager
4 2 (12.50%) ICT Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Project Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Account Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Services Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 7 (43.75%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (12.50%) Service Management
4 2 (12.50%) BPR
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
5 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
5 1 (6.250%) Demand Management
5 1 (6.250%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle