The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 19 30 24
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 10 5 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.882% 2.941% 5.202%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.75% 4.854% 9.091%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 5
Average daily rate £450 £320 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.62% -9.85%
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.30% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £9.75 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.25 £17.00
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +1.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 103 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 54.71% 60.59% 57.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 55 46
Average daily rate £400 £410 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.43% +15.49%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £433 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 12
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £15.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +44.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.23 £22.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £24.40 £30.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Delivery
South West

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Service Delivery across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Somerset Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Delivery across the Somerset region.

Somerset Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Delivery across the Somerset region.

Somerset Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the Somerset 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
Taunton +8 7 - -
Bath - 2 £450 -
Frome - 1 - -
Service Delivery
South West

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

1 22 (75.86%) IIS
2 18 (62.07%) .NET
2 18 (62.07%) C#
2 18 (62.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
3 16 (55.17%) ITIL
4 15 (51.72%) ASP
4 15 (51.72%) ASP.NET
4 15 (51.72%) XML
4 15 (51.72%) Oracle
4 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
4 15 (51.72%) C++
4 15 (51.72%) HTML
4 15 (51.72%) JavaScript
4 15 (51.72%) SQL
4 15 (51.72%) VB
4 15 (51.72%) VB.NET
4 15 (51.72%) UML
4 15 (51.72%) .NET Framework
5 14 (48.28%) UNIX
5 14 (48.28%) Java
5 14 (48.28%) Ingres
6 13 (44.83%) OpenROAD
7 12 (41.38%) NUnit
7 12 (41.38%) Unit Testing
7 12 (41.38%) SC Cleared
7 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
7 12 (41.38%) MSTest
8 11 (37.93%) Service Management
8 11 (37.93%) ITSM

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

Application Development
1 18 (62.07%) .NET
2 15 (51.72%) ASP
2 15 (51.72%) ASP.NET
2 15 (51.72%) XML
2 15 (51.72%) HTML
2 15 (51.72%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 22 (75.86%) IIS
2 18 (62.07%) SharePoint
3 13 (44.83%) OpenROAD
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) MPLS
1 1 (3.448%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (51.72%) SQL Server
2 14 (48.28%) Ingres
3 2 (6.897%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 12 (41.38%) NUnit
1 12 (41.38%) MSTest
2 9 (31.03%) Jenkins
2 9 (31.03%) TeamCity
2 9 (31.03%) Team Foundation Server
2 9 (31.03%) CruiseControl
2 9 (31.03%) Subversion
2 9 (31.03%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 7 (24.14%) Finance
2 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.448%) Back Office
2 1 (3.448%) Billing
Job Titles
1 18 (62.07%) Developer
2 10 (34.48%) .NET Developer
2 10 (34.48%) C# Developer
2 10 (34.48%) C# .NET Developer
3 7 (24.14%) IT Security Officer
3 7 (24.14%) Security Officer
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Analyst
4 5 (17.24%) Senior Developer
4 5 (17.24%) Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Analyst Developer
5 3 (10.34%) ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 3 (10.34%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 3 (10.34%) Dynamics CRM Developer
5 3 (10.34%) CRM Developer
6 2 (6.897%) Head of IT
6 2 (6.897%) Senior Support Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Developer Analyst
6 2 (6.897%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.448%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Management Information System
2 7 (24.14%) CESG
2 7 (24.14%) RMADS
3 1 (3.448%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (48.28%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (55.17%) ITIL
2 15 (51.72%) UML
3 12 (41.38%) Unit Testing
4 11 (37.93%) Service Management
4 11 (37.93%) ITSM
5 9 (31.03%) Continuous Integration
6 7 (24.14%) Risk Management
6 7 (24.14%) Information Security Management
6 7 (24.14%) Security Management
6 7 (24.14%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (24.14%) Information Security
6 7 (24.14%) ISMS
6 7 (24.14%) Information Assurance
7 3 (10.34%) CRM
7 3 (10.34%) Workflow
7 3 (10.34%) Test Scripting
8 1 (3.448%) Project Management
8 1 (3.448%) PRINCE2
8 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.448%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) C#
2 15 (51.72%) C++
2 15 (51.72%) JavaScript
2 15 (51.72%) SQL
2 15 (51.72%) VB
2 15 (51.72%) VB.NET
3 14 (48.28%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (41.38%) SC Cleared
1 12 (41.38%) Security Cleared
2 9 (31.03%) MCPD
2 9 (31.03%) MCTS
2 9 (31.03%) ISEB
2 9 (31.03%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (31.03%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (24.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.448%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 18 (62.07%) Microsoft
2 15 (51.72%) Oracle