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The table below looks at the demand for Services Delivery skills within the Oxfordshire 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 Delivery over the 3 months to 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Delivery
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4646
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads33
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.657 %1.734 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£600
Average daily rate-£600
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£346
% change on same period last year+4.06 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£11.00
Average hourly rate-£12.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£14.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.89£24.02
% change on same period last year-17.18 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads181173
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.365 %0.212 %
Daily rates quoted5148
Average minimum daily rate£326£409
Average daily rate£344£424
% change on same period last year-18.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£439
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.27 %
Hourly rates quoted2835
Average minimum hourly rate£26.49£18.36
Average hourly rate£27.42£19.75
% change on same period last year+38.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.36£21.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.65£28.81
% change on same period last year-4.03 %
Service Delivery South EastService Delivery
South East

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 Delivery
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Service Delivery Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxfordshire Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 9 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
KidlingtonNew entry-1--
Service Delivery South EastService Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

15 (35.71 %)CMS
15 (35.71 %)Content Management
24 (28.57 %)Local Government
24 (28.57 %)Government
32 (14.29 %)Change Management
32 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (14.29 %)Intranet
32 (14.29 %)Internet
32 (14.29 %)Windows
32 (14.29 %)CRM
32 (14.29 %)Project Management
32 (14.29 %)Programme Management
32 (14.29 %)Migration
32 (14.29 %)Auditing
32 (14.29 %)Business Development
32 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
32 (14.29 %)Time Management
32 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (7.143 %)SAP
41 (7.143 %)Degree
41 (7.143 %)Criminal Justice
41 (7.143 %)Health
41 (7.143 %)Finance
41 (7.143 %)Cisco
41 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
41 (7.143 %)Management Information System
41 (7.143 %)Telecoms

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (35.71 %)CMS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (14.29 %)Intranet
12 (14.29 %)Internet
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (28.57 %)Government
14 (28.57 %)Local Government
22 (14.29 %)Auditing
31 (7.143 %)Health
31 (7.143 %)Criminal Justice
31 (7.143 %)Telecoms
31 (7.143 %)Finance
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (28.57 %)Webmaster
23 (21.43 %)Project Manager
32 (14.29 %)Administrator
32 (14.29 %)Network Administrator
41 (7.143 %)Junior Project Manager
41 (7.143 %)IT Project Manager
41 (7.143 %)Support Manager
41 (7.143 %)CRM Project Manager
41 (7.143 %)Business Manager
41 (7.143 %)Telecoms Project Manager
41 (7.143 %)CRM Manager
41 (7.143 %)Coordinator
41 (7.143 %)Project Coordinator
41 (7.143 %)Business Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Junior
41 (7.143 %)Analyst
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.143 %)Management Information System
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (14.29 %)Windows
12 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (14.29 %)Windows 2000 Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (35.71 %)Content Management
22 (14.29 %)Business Development
22 (14.29 %)Time Management
22 (14.29 %)CRM
22 (14.29 %)Project Management
22 (14.29 %)Change Management
22 (14.29 %)Migration
22 (14.29 %)Programme Management
22 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
31 (7.143 %)Six Sigma
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)Degree
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (7.143 %)SAP
11 (7.143 %)Cisco