The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL V3 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the South West 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
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 104 133 116
Rank change year-on-year
+29 -17
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 13 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.633% 0.213% 0.109%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.956% 0.313% 0.169%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
Average daily rate £283 £375 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.66% -14.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £379 £350 £375
% change year-on-year
+8.21% -6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £12.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £17.50 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-25.71% +40.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1360 2239 1773
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 66.18% 68.10% 64.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 850 1384 912
Average daily rate £375 £390 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +0.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £499 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
- -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 111 125
Average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -16.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.25 £16.85 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.75 £37.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+28.00% -16.66%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South West ITIL V3 Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL V3 across the South West region.

South West ITIL V3 Daily Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL V3 across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

South West ITIL V3 Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL V3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the South West region.

South West ITIL V3 Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL V3 within the South West 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
Somerset +6 5 - -
Gloucestershire +32 3 - -
Bristol +15 3 - -
Wiltshire +5 2 £283 -24.66%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ITIL V3 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 V3.

1 22 (100.00%) ITIL
2 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
3 6 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) UML
3 6 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) Systems Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Use Case
3 6 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
4 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
5 4 (18.18%) MS Office
5 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
6 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (13.64%) Apple
6 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
6 3 (13.64%) .NET
6 3 (13.64%) UNIX
6 3 (13.64%) Windows
6 3 (13.64%) Linux
6 3 (13.64%) Apache
6 3 (13.64%) MCP
6 3 (13.64%) Service Management
6 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) CruiseControl

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing ITIL V3 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 V3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (13.64%) .NET
2 1 (4.545%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) Apache
Applications
1 4 (18.18%) MS Office
1 4 (18.18%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) CruiseControl
1 3 (13.64%) Subversion
1 3 (13.64%) MSBuild
General
1 4 (18.18%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Desktop Support
3 3 (13.64%) Support Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Service Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Configuration Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Desktop Support Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Software Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Desktop Technician
3 3 (13.64%) Software Configuration Manager
3 3 (13.64%) Project Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Data Centre Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Service Transition Analyst
4 2 (9.091%) Data Manager
4 2 (9.091%) Service Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Service Desk Analyst
5 1 (4.545%) Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (4.545%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.64%) UNIX
1 3 (13.64%) Windows
1 3 (13.64%) Linux
1 3 (13.64%) CentOS
1 3 (13.64%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) ITIL
2 9 (40.91%) PRINCE2
3 6 (27.27%) UML
3 6 (27.27%) Data Modelling
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
3 6 (27.27%) Project Management
3 6 (27.27%) Systems Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 6 (27.27%) Use Case
3 6 (27.27%) Test Scripting
4 5 (22.73%) Asset Management
5 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (13.64%) Service Management
6 3 (13.64%) Service Delivery
6 3 (13.64%) Problem Management
6 3 (13.64%) Software Deployment
6 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (9.091%) Information Assurance
7 2 (9.091%) Budget Control
7 2 (9.091%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.545%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 6 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.64%) DV Cleared
2 3 (13.64%) MCP
2 3 (13.64%) MCITP
3 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) BC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (4.545%) ISEB
4 1 (4.545%) MOS
4 1 (4.545%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.091%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Apple