The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 35 52 46
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 14 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 3.241% 0.938% 1.351%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.698% 1.587% 2.372%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
Average daily rate £450 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £241 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £493 £340
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £11.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.50 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +2.94%
All Processes & Methodologies
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
298 378 253
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 68.98% 59.06% 56.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 202 134
Average daily rate £350 £400 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50% +28.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £253 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £498 £500 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 36 8
Average hourly rate £13.50 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.00% -10.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 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 17 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 +5 5 £455 +1.11%
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 16 (72.73%) ITIL
2 8 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (22.73%) Service Management
4 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
5 3 (13.64%) Demand Management
5 3 (13.64%) Budget Control
6 2 (9.091%) Degree
6 2 (9.091%) PRINCE
6 2 (9.091%) Project Management
6 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (9.091%) Finance
7 1 (4.545%) CIPD
7 1 (4.545%) Law
7 1 (4.545%) Legal
7 1 (4.545%) Publishing
7 1 (4.545%) Scrum
7 1 (4.545%) SAP
7 1 (4.545%) Change Management
7 1 (4.545%) Back Office
7 1 (4.545%) Windows
7 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
7 1 (4.545%) HTTP
7 1 (4.545%) SLA
7 1 (4.545%) HP
7 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (4.545%) Fujitsu
7 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.545%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.545%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) HTTP
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Law
2 1 (4.545%) Legal
2 1 (4.545%) Publishing
2 1 (4.545%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 15 (68.18%) Service Manager
2 14 (63.64%) Services Delivery Manager
2 14 (63.64%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Account Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (9.091%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Procurement Officer
5 1 (4.545%) Head of Service Delivery
5 1 (4.545%) Head of Infrastructure
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Services Manager
5 1 (4.545%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Relationships Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Business Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Head of IT
5 1 (4.545%) Operations Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.545%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) ITIL
2 5 (22.73%) Service Management
3 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Budget Control
4 3 (13.64%) Waterfall
4 3 (13.64%) Demand Management
5 2 (9.091%) PRINCE
5 2 (9.091%) Project Management
5 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.545%) Scrum
6 1 (4.545%) Problem Management
6 1 (4.545%) Performance Management
6 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (4.545%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (9.091%) Degree
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.545%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (4.545%) SAP
1 1 (4.545%) HP
1 1 (4.545%) Fujitsu
Oxfordshire
Technical Project Manager - Prince 2 - Agile - Waterfall - SharePoint... One of the projects is based around SharePoint. The client are looking for people who have delivered/implemented SharePoint Projects.
Austin Fraser
Rate: NEG
Posted: 14 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Responsibilities: Responsible for the delivery of end to end projects BAU Engaging with Service Delivery Engaging with vendors and 3rd parties Budget Control This is an excellent opportunity...
Roc Search
Posted: 13 May 2013