South West ITIL Certification Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification in IT contracts within the South West region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Location Basingstoke Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridgeshire Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Docklands, London Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Hammersmith Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hull Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Kent Kidlington Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool London Luton M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Upon Tyne Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Portsmouth Prescot Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wiltshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	116	136
Rank change on same period last year	+20
Matching contract IT job ads	22	28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.028 %
As % of the category below	4.583 %	4.502 %
Daily rates quoted	8	19
Average minimum daily rate	£267	£266
Average daily rate	£293	£280
% change on same period last year	+4.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£318	£294
UK excluding London average daily rate	£344	£351
% change on same period last year	-2.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£9.97	-
Average hourly rate	£11.89	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£13.80	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£20.03	£20.07
% change on same period last year	-0.21 %
Qualifications South West
Matching contract IT job ads	480	622
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.640 %	0.629 %
Daily rates quoted	161	180
Average minimum daily rate	£308	£300
Average daily rate	£333	£315
% change on same period last year	+5.46 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£331
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£338
% change on same period last year	-2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	93
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.32	£23.05
Average hourly rate	£24.08	£24.40
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.84	£25.76
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.98	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
ITIL Certification England

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.

ITIL Certification
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

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

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

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

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

ITIL Certification
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the South West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Bristol	+10	7	-	-
Dorset	+12	6	£400	-
Wiltshire	+9	5	£203	-29.32 %
Gloucestershire	-1	2	£350	-

ITIL Certification England

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 62 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 11 (17.74 %) Change Management 3 10 (16.13 %) Service Delivery 4 8 (12.90 %) PRINCE2 4 8 (12.90 %) Security Cleared 5 6 (9.677 %) Finance 6 5 (8.065 %) Incident Management 6 5 (8.065 %) Government 6 5 (8.065 %) Service Management 6 5 (8.065 %) ISO9001 6 5 (8.065 %) SLA 7 4 (6.452 %) NHS 7 4 (6.452 %) SQL 7 4 (6.452 %) Windows 7 4 (6.452 %) DSL

7 4 (6.452 %) DV Cleared 7 4 (6.452 %) Problem Management 7 4 (6.452 %) Insurance 8 3 (4.839 %) SC Cleared 8 3 (4.839 %) Stakeholder Management 8 3 (4.839 %) Remedy 8 3 (4.839 %) Configuration Management 8 3 (4.839 %) Project Management 8 3 (4.839 %) VoIP 8 3 (4.839 %) MCSE 8 3 (4.839 %) Oracle 8 3 (4.839 %) Microsoft Certification 8 3 (4.839 %) PRINCE2 Certification 9 2 (3.226 %) PRINCE 9 2 (3.226 %) Active Directory

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 1 (1.613 %) Exchange Server 2000	Applications 1 2 (3.226 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 4 (6.452 %) DSL 2 3 (4.839 %) VoIP 3 1 (1.613 %) WAN 3 1 (1.613 %) DHCP 3 1 (1.613 %) DNS 3 1 (1.613 %) SAN 3 1 (1.613 %) Internet 3 1 (1.613 %) Network Security 3 1 (1.613 %) ADSL 3 1 (1.613 %) Broadband 3 1 (1.613 %) LAN	General 1 6 (9.677 %) Finance 2 5 (8.065 %) Government 3 4 (6.452 %) Insurance 4 2 (3.226 %) Banking 5 1 (1.613 %) Auditing 5 1 (1.613 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (1.613 %) Telecoms 5 1 (1.613 %) Health 5 1 (1.613 %) Law 5 1 (1.613 %) Criminal Justice
Job Titles 1 23 (37.10 %) Analyst 2 13 (20.97 %) Service Manager 3 9 (14.52 %) Project Manager 4 8 (12.90 %) Service Analyst 4 8 (12.90 %) Change Analyst 5 7 (11.29 %) Consultant 6 6 (9.677 %) Service Desk Analyst 6 6 (9.677 %) Delivery Manager 6 6 (9.677 %) Services Delivery Manager 7 5 (8.065 %) Release Analyst 7 5 (8.065 %) Security Consultant 8 4 (6.452 %) IT Consultant 8 4 (6.452 %) IT Security Consultant 8 4 (6.452 %) Configuration Analyst 9 3 (4.839 %) Change Management Analyst 9 3 (4.839 %) Problem Manager 9 3 (4.839 %) Support Analyst 10 2 (3.226 %) Desktop Support 10 2 (3.226 %) Infrastructure Manager 10 2 (3.226 %) Incident Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 4 (6.452 %) NHS 2 1 (1.613 %) CMDB 2 1 (1.613 %) PMI
Operating Systems 1 4 (6.452 %) Windows 2 1 (1.613 %) Windows 2000 2 1 (1.613 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 62 (100.00 %) ITIL 2 11 (17.74 %) Change Management 3 10 (16.13 %) Service Delivery 4 8 (12.90 %) PRINCE2 4 8 (12.90 %) Security Cleared 5 5 (8.065 %) Service Management 5 5 (8.065 %) Incident Management 6 4 (6.452 %) Problem Management 6 4 (6.452 %) DV Cleared 7 3 (4.839 %) SC Cleared 7 3 (4.839 %) Stakeholder Management 7 3 (4.839 %) Configuration Management 7 3 (4.839 %) Project Management 8 2 (3.226 %) PRINCE 8 2 (3.226 %) Risk Management 8 2 (3.226 %) Information Security 8 2 (3.226 %) Matrix Management 9 1 (1.613 %) Release Management 9 1 (1.613 %) Supplier Management 9 1 (1.613 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 4 (6.452 %) SQL 2 1 (1.613 %) VB	Qualifications 1 3 (4.839 %) MCSE 1 3 (4.839 %) Microsoft Certification 1 3 (4.839 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 2 (3.226 %) Degree 3 1 (1.613 %) MCP 3 1 (1.613 %) PMP 3 1 (1.613 %) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (8.065 %) ISO9001 1 5 (8.065 %) SLA 2 1 (1.613 %) ISO27001 2 1 (1.613 %) QA 2 1 (1.613 %) ISO9000	System Software 1 2 (3.226 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.613 %) Backup Exec
Vendors 1 3 (4.839 %) Oracle 1 3 (4.839 %) Remedy 2 1 (1.613 %) Primavera 2 1 (1.613 %) VMware 2 1 (1.613 %) Microsoft 2 1 (1.613 %) HP 2 1 (1.613 %) Citrix 2 1 (1.613 %) Novell 2 1 (1.613 %) VERITAS