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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Slough 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2529
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads14
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.004 %
As % of the category below1.149 %3.636 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£325
Average daily rate-£333
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£371
% change on same period last year+3.35 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£37.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£39.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.09£22.54
% change on same period last year-19.77 %
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Slough
Matching contract IT job ads87110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.137 %0.118 %
Daily rates quoted2735
Average minimum daily rate£345£334
Average daily rate£358£345
% change on same period last year+3.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted2721
Average minimum hourly rate£19.39£39.73
Average hourly rate£20.55£40.30
% change on same period last year-49.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.71£40.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
Service Management BerkshireService Management
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 Management
Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Slough Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 %)Perl
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
13 (75.00 %)SAP
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
13 (75.00 %)Tivoli
13 (75.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
13 (75.00 %)IBM
22 (50.00 %)HP
22 (50.00 %)UNIX
22 (50.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)AIX
22 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)Management Information System
31 (25.00 %)Retail
31 (25.00 %)WebSphere
31 (25.00 %)Internet
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)WebSphere
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)Internet
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (50.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Retail
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Service Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Technical Analyst
21 (25.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Management Information System
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)UNIX
12 (50.00 %)Windows
12 (50.00 %)AIX
12 (50.00 %)Linux
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)ITIL
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)Perl
13 (75.00 %)Shell Script
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (75.00 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (75.00 %)Tivoli
Slough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)Oracle
13 (75.00 %)SAP
13 (75.00 %)IBM
22 (50.00 %)HP
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft