The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 24 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 Qualifications for the Scotland 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 103 89 106
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +17
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 15 21 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.615% 0.789% 0.181%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.686% 6.250% 1.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 2
Average daily rate £400 £225 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+77.77% -35.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £163 £144 £310
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £375 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £305 £325
% change year-on-year
+16.66% -6.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £15.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £15.25
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -16.88%
All Qualifications
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
407 336 347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 16.69% 12.63% 12.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 163 136
Average daily rate £350 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.47% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £212 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 28 20
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% +44.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £13.04 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.85 £37.50 £175.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
ITIL Certification
UK

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Scotland ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +6 4 £268 -13.70%
Glasgow -12 4 £288 +18.55%
Aberdeen -6 3 - -
ITIL Certification
UK

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification.

1 22 (100.00%) ITIL
2 10 (45.45%) Windows
3 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
3 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
4 6 (27.27%) MCP
4 6 (27.27%) MS Office
4 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 6 (27.27%) Finance
4 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
5 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
5 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
6 4 (18.18%) Internet
6 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (13.64%) Banking
7 3 (13.64%) Pega
7 3 (13.64%) Project Management
7 3 (13.64%) Migration
7 3 (13.64%) Firewall
7 3 (13.64%) Cisco
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
8 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
8 2 (9.091%) VPN
8 2 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (9.091%) Intranet
8 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
8 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (9.091%) McAfee
8 2 (9.091%) Service Management

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ITIL Certification 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 Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
2 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
4 1 (4.545%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) MS Office
2 5 (22.73%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) assyst
2 1 (4.545%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (4.545%) SAP CCM
2 1 (4.545%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) Internet
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
3 2 (9.091%) VPN
3 2 (9.091%) Intranet
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (4.545%) VLAN
4 1 (4.545%) IP Telephony
4 1 (4.545%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (4.545%) VSAT
4 1 (4.545%) H.323
4 1 (4.545%) BGP
4 1 (4.545%) EIGRP
4 1 (4.545%) MGCP
4 1 (4.545%) Wireless
4 1 (4.545%) SSL
4 1 (4.545%) LAN
4 1 (4.545%) VoIP
4 1 (4.545%) WAN
4 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.545%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (13.64%) Banking
3 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Desktop Support
2 4 (18.18%) Administrator
2 4 (18.18%) Desktop Administrator
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Senior Desktop Support
3 3 (13.64%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) IT Administrator
4 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support Technician
4 2 (9.091%) Consultant
4 2 (9.091%) Support Technician
4 2 (9.091%) IT Support
4 2 (9.091%) Desktop Technician
4 2 (9.091%) Desktop Support Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL Project Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Major Incident Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Software Support Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Incident Manager
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Cisco Consultant
5 1 (4.545%) ITIL Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Streaming Video
Operating Systems
1 10 (45.45%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows XP
2 6 (27.27%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.545%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (13.64%) Project Management
2 3 (13.64%) Migration
2 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
3 2 (9.091%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (9.091%) Service Management
3 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
3 2 (9.091%) Problem Management
3 2 (9.091%) Data Management
3 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 2 (9.091%) Change Control
4 1 (4.545%) Network Design
4 1 (4.545%) Time Management
4 1 (4.545%) Configuration Management
4 1 (4.545%) Workflow
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE
Qualifications
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (27.27%) MCP
3 2 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (9.091%) Degree
4 1 (4.545%) MCDST
4 1 (4.545%) JNCIA
4 1 (4.545%) JNCIE
4 1 (4.545%) CCIE
4 1 (4.545%) CCNP
4 1 (4.545%) CCNA
4 1 (4.545%) MCSE
4 1 (4.545%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (31.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (4.545%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Pega
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
3 2 (9.091%) McAfee
4 1 (4.545%) Riverbed
4 1 (4.545%) Websense
4 1 (4.545%) VMware
4 1 (4.545%) Remedy
4 1 (4.545%) Juniper
4 1 (4.545%) BMC
4 1 (4.545%) Lotus
4 1 (4.545%) Intel
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix
4 1 (4.545%) SAP
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