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The table below looks at the demand for IT Service Management (ITSM) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ITSM over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkIT Service Management (ITSM)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank101120
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.169 %0.544 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£411
Average daily rate-£415
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£372
% change on same period last year-7.61 %
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£18.75£28.17
% change on same period last year-33.45 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads11851471
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.684 %1.486 %
Daily rates quoted274362
Average minimum daily rate£319£329
Average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Hourly rates quoted7259
Average minimum hourly rate£24.23£23.82
Average hourly rate£25.36£25.56
% change on same period last year-0.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.49£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.32£30.04
% change on same period last year-2.39 %
ITSM UKITSM
UK

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.

ITSM
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITSM across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland ITSM Demand Trend

ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland ITSM Daily Rate Trend

ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

ITSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITSM within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GlasgowNew entry-1--
EdinburghUp+91--
ITSM UKITSM
UK

ITSM
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ITSM 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 ITSM.

15 (83.33 %)ITIL
23 (50.00 %)Microsoft
23 (50.00 %)Service Management
23 (50.00 %)Finance
32 (33.33 %)Project Management
32 (33.33 %)Oracle
41 (16.67 %)SQL Server
41 (16.67 %)Business Objects
41 (16.67 %)ASP
41 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
41 (16.67 %)RDBMS
41 (16.67 %)HTML
41 (16.67 %)JavaScript
41 (16.67 %)SQL
41 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
41 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification
41 (16.67 %)Peregrine
41 (16.67 %)Retail
41 (16.67 %)Incident Management
41 (16.67 %)ServiceCenter

ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing ITSM 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 ITSM. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (16.67 %)HTML
11 (16.67 %)ASP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)RDBMS
11 (16.67 %)BusinessObjects
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Finance
21 (16.67 %)Retail
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Junior
22 (33.33 %)Analyst
22 (33.33 %)Junior Project Manager
22 (33.33 %)Project Manager
31 (16.67 %)Management Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Service Management Consultant
31 (16.67 %)ITIL Consultant
31 (16.67 %)ITSM Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Consultant
31 (16.67 %)Service Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Technical Analyst
31 (16.67 %)Service Desk Analyst
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (83.33 %)ITIL
23 (50.00 %)Service Management
32 (33.33 %)Project Management
41 (16.67 %)Incident Management
41 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (16.67 %)JavaScript
11 (16.67 %)SQL
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)ITIL Certification
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (16.67 %)ServiceCenter
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (16.67 %)Business Objects
31 (16.67 %)Peregrine