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This section looks at the demand for Services Delivery skills within the Reading 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Delivery
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4467
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching contract IT job ads286
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.006 %
As % of the category below4.770 %0.966 %
Daily rates quoted72
Average minimum daily rate£211£265
Average daily rate£227£308
% change on same period last year-26.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£243£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£368
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
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£21.24£29.76
% change on same period last year-28.64 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads587621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.782 %0.628 %
Daily rates quoted187207
Average minimum daily rate£322£340
Average daily rate£347£374
% change on same period last year-7.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£376
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted3750
Average minimum hourly rate£27.78£32.63
Average hourly rate£31.99£34.25
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.19£35.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.33£30.16
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Service Delivery BerkshireService Delivery
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Delivery across the Reading region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Reading Service Delivery Daily Rate Histogram

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 Reading region.

Reading Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

115 (34.09 %)UNIX
213 (29.55 %)Oracle
213 (29.55 %)Windows NT
213 (29.55 %)Back Office
213 (29.55 %)Business Continuity
213 (29.55 %)BSS
312 (27.27 %)CRM
411 (25.00 %)Shell Script
411 (25.00 %)Singl.eView
411 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
411 (25.00 %)SQL
411 (25.00 %)PeopleSoft
510 (22.73 %)ITIL
510 (22.73 %)Finance
67 (15.91 %)Project Management
76 (13.64 %)HP
76 (13.64 %)SLA
85 (11.36 %)SAP
85 (11.36 %)Service Management
85 (11.36 %)Telecoms
94 (9.091 %)FMCG
94 (9.091 %)WebSphere
94 (9.091 %)Front Office
103 (6.818 %)BusinessObjects
103 (6.818 %)ITIL Certification
103 (6.818 %)BEA
103 (6.818 %)Alcatel
103 (6.818 %)CSS
103 (6.818 %)Business Objects
103 (6.818 %)WebLogic

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (9.091 %)WebSphere
23 (6.818 %)CSS
31 (2.273 %).NET
31 (2.273 %)J2EE
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (6.818 %)WebLogic
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.818 %)Spreadsheet
22 (4.545 %)MS Excel
31 (2.273 %)MS Office
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (25.00 %)Singl.eView
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (29.55 %)BSS
22 (4.545 %)LAN
22 (4.545 %)WAN
31 (2.273 %)Intranet
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.818 %)BusinessObjects
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (29.55 %)Back Office
210 (22.73 %)Finance
35 (11.36 %)Telecoms
44 (9.091 %)Front Office
44 (9.091 %)FMCG
53 (6.818 %)Legal
53 (6.818 %)Military
62 (4.545 %)Billing
62 (4.545 %)Marketing
62 (4.545 %)Law
71 (2.273 %)Government
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (20.45 %)Support Engineer
27 (15.91 %)Administrator
27 (15.91 %)BSS Engineer
35 (11.36 %)OSS Engineer
35 (11.36 %)1st Line Support
44 (9.091 %)Coordinator
44 (9.091 %)Junior
44 (9.091 %)Analyst
53 (6.818 %)Architect
53 (6.818 %)Support Analyst
53 (6.818 %)Programme Manager
53 (6.818 %)Systems Support
53 (6.818 %)Project Leader
53 (6.818 %)Applications Support
62 (4.545 %)2nd Line Support
62 (4.545 %)Applications Support Analyst
62 (4.545 %)Service Manager
62 (4.545 %)IT Support Technician
62 (4.545 %)IT Support Specialist
62 (4.545 %)Senior IT Manager
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.273 %)Management Information System
11 (2.273 %)CMDB
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (34.09 %)UNIX
213 (29.55 %)Windows NT
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (29.55 %)Business Continuity
212 (27.27 %)CRM
310 (22.73 %)ITIL
47 (15.91 %)Project Management
55 (11.36 %)Service Management
63 (6.818 %)Security Cleared
72 (4.545 %)Change Management
72 (4.545 %)Migration
81 (2.273 %)Problem Management
81 (2.273 %)Release Management
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
111 (25.00 %)SQL
111 (25.00 %)Shell Script
21 (2.273 %)C#
21 (2.273 %)Java
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.818 %)ITIL Certification
22 (4.545 %)MOS
22 (4.545 %)MCP
22 (4.545 %)Microsoft Certification
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (13.64 %)SLA
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (4.545 %)OpenView
12 (4.545 %)OVSD
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (29.55 %)Oracle
211 (25.00 %)PeopleSoft
36 (13.64 %)HP
45 (11.36 %)SAP
53 (6.818 %)Business Objects
53 (6.818 %)BEA
53 (6.818 %)Alcatel
62 (4.545 %)Microsoft
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