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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Plymouth 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank9-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.667 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£378
% change on same period last year+4.26 %
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£18.92£22.54
% change on same period last year-16.06 %
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Plymouth
Matching contract IT job ads1547
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.051 %
Daily rates quoted98
Average minimum daily rate£254£344
Average daily rate£277£369
% change on same period last year-24.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£373
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Hourly rates quoted16
Average minimum hourly rate£14.70£33.10
Average hourly rate£14.70£33.76
% change on same period last year-56.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.70£34.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.22£29.56
% change on same period last year-4.53 %
Service Management DevonService Management
Devon

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 Plymouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Plymouth 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 Plymouth region.

Plymouth Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Plymouth 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.

13 (75.00 %)WebLogic
13 (75.00 %)MS Office
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
13 (75.00 %)Perl
13 (75.00 %)SQL
13 (75.00 %)MS Excel
13 (75.00 %)Documentum
13 (75.00 %)Intel
13 (75.00 %)BMC
13 (75.00 %)DataStage
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)BMC PATROL
13 (75.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (25.00 %)LAN
31 (25.00 %)Windows
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)OpenView
31 (25.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)ITSM

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Plymouth 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.

Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)Middleware
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)WebLogic
13 (75.00 %)Documentum
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (50.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Office
13 (75.00 %)MS Excel
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)LAN
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)DataStage
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (75.00 %)Systems Administrator
13 (75.00 %)Administrator
21 (25.00 %)Coordinator
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)UNIX
21 (25.00 %)Windows
21 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
21 (25.00 %)ITSM
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Perl
13 (75.00 %)SQL
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (75.00 %)BMC PATROL
21 (25.00 %)OpenView
Plymouth IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Microsoft
13 (75.00 %)Intel
13 (75.00 %)BMC
21 (25.00 %)HP