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The table below looks at the demand for Services Delivery skills within the South Yorkshire 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 Delivery over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Services Delivery
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4123
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching contract IT job ads327
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.435 %10.67 %
Daily rates quoted07
Average minimum daily rate-£304
Average daily rate-£366
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£429
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£355
% change on same period last year+7.09 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£17.50
Average hourly rate-£17.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.83£23.47
% change on same period last year-11.24 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads209253
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.283 %0.249 %
Daily rates quoted5352
Average minimum daily rate£318£316
Average daily rate£345£344
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£375
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Hourly rates quoted5741
Average minimum hourly rate£26.66£27.22
Average hourly rate£27.61£28.46
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.57£29.71
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.41£30.41
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Service Delivery YorkshireService Delivery
Yorkshire

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 Delivery
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Service Delivery Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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.

LocationRank 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
SheffieldDown-43--
Service Delivery YorkshireService Delivery
Yorkshire

Service Delivery
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

14 (50.00 %)ITIL
22 (25.00 %)Retail
22 (25.00 %)Incident Management
22 (25.00 %)Problem Management
22 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
22 (25.00 %)UNIX
22 (25.00 %)Windows
22 (25.00 %)Linux
22 (25.00 %)MS Excel
22 (25.00 %)Red Hat
22 (25.00 %)Java
22 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (25.00 %)VMware
22 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
31 (12.50 %)EPoS
31 (12.50 %)Remedy
31 (12.50 %)SLA

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (25.00 %)MS Excel
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Retail
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Service Manager
24 (50.00 %)Services Delivery Manager
24 (50.00 %)Delivery Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Manager
32 (25.00 %)Technical Services Manager
41 (12.50 %)Data Centre Manager
41 (12.50 %)Incident Manager
41 (12.50 %)Data Manager
41 (12.50 %)Technical Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Analyst
41 (12.50 %)Operations Manager
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)EPoS
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (25.00 %)UNIX
12 (25.00 %)Windows
12 (25.00 %)Linux
12 (25.00 %)Red Hat Linux
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)ITIL
22 (25.00 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (25.00 %)Incident Management
22 (25.00 %)Problem Management
22 (25.00 %)SC Cleared
22 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (25.00 %)Java
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)SLA
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (25.00 %)VMware ESX
12 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)Red Hat
12 (25.00 %)VMware
21 (12.50 %)Remedy