The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL Certification in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 20 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 Somerset 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 33 35 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Contract jobs citing ITIL Certification 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 0.543% 0.588% -
As % of the Qualifications category 2.000% 1.471% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £359 £315 £325
% change year-on-year
+14.02% -3.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £19.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.75 £12.68 £16.50
% change year-on-year
+63.70% -23.18%
All Qualifications
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
50 68 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 27.17% 40.00% 33.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 42 26
Average daily rate £423 £365 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.75% +4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £230 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £454 £433
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
Average hourly rate £17.00 - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
- -10.00%
ITIL Certification
South West

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

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 Somerset region.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 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
Bath - 1 - -
ITIL Certification
South West

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL V2
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Back Office
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) MCP
2 1 (50.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) DNS

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) DHCP
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) 3rd Line Technical Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) VB
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) Terminal Services
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
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