The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 23 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 Portsmouth 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 6 15 21
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing ITIL 11 3 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 13.41% 2.970% 6.962%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.00% 5.357% 12.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 2
Average daily rate £400 £120 £306
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+233.33% -60.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £370 £120 £251
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £120 £361
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 7
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% +125.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.73 £27.00 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £27.00 £12.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
50 56 86
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 60.98% 55.45% 54.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 21 29
Average daily rate £370 £300 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.33% -10.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £454
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 35
Average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.85% -22.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £26.98 £21.75 £20.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £37.70 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ITIL
Hampshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL across the Portsmouth region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Portsmouth ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Portsmouth ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Portsmouth ITIL Hourly Rate Histogram

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing ITIL 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.

1 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (33.33%) Citrix
2 4 (33.33%) NHS
2 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (16.67%) ISEB
4 2 (16.67%) Internet
4 2 (16.67%) Remedy
4 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (16.67%) PMI
4 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
4 2 (16.67%) Lotus
4 2 (16.67%) C#
4 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 2 (16.67%) .NET
4 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
4 2 (16.67%) MS Office
4 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
4 2 (16.67%) CSS
4 2 (16.67%) Windows
4 2 (16.67%) Windows 2000
4 2 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
4 2 (16.67%) XHTML
4 2 (16.67%) Windows NT
4 2 (16.67%) Windows XP

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth region citing ITIL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (16.67%) .NET
1 2 (16.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (16.67%) CSS
1 2 (16.67%) XHTML
1 2 (16.67%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (8.333%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) Firewall
2 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (8.333%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Architect
1 4 (33.33%) Technical Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Development Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Services Delivery Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Software Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Software Development Manager
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Desktop Support
3 1 (8.333%) Support Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 2 (16.67%) PMI
2 2 (16.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (8.333%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 2000
1 2 (16.67%) Windows NT
1 2 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 2 (16.67%) Windows Vista
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 7
1 2 (16.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (16.67%) Scrum
2 2 (16.67%) Service Management
2 2 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
2 2 (16.67%) Test Automation
3 1 (8.333%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (16.67%) C#
2 2 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) ISEB
1 2 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (16.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.333%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Citrix
1 4 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (16.67%) Remedy
3 2 (16.67%) Lotus
4 1 (8.333%) Syclo
4 1 (8.333%) HP
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