The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 17 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 Suffolk 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 25 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 5 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 3.106% 2.000% 1.124%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.854% 3.067% 1.754%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £360 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.72% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £21.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
103 163 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Suffolk 63.98% 65.20% 64.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 95 53
Average daily rate £375 £325 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -38.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £262 £285 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £425 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 16 6
Average hourly rate £15.16 £29.50 £13.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-48.61% +114.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.60 £12.50 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £35.00 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Suffolk ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Suffolk ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 17 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
Ipswich - 5 £325 -
ITIL
East of England

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing ITIL 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.

1 8 (44.44%) Cisco
2 6 (33.33%) CCNP
2 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 6 (33.33%) Windows
3 5 (27.78%) WAN
3 5 (27.78%) LAN
3 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
3 5 (27.78%) Firewall
4 4 (22.22%) VMware
4 4 (22.22%) SAN
4 4 (22.22%) CCIP
4 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (22.22%) NAS
5 3 (16.67%) Degree
5 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (16.67%) CCDP
5 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
5 3 (16.67%) VoIP
5 3 (16.67%) CCIE
5 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
5 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (11.11%) Wireless
6 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (11.11%) OOD
6 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
6 2 (11.11%) UML
6 2 (11.11%) OO

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Suffolk region citing ITIL 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) MS Exchange
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.556%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (5.556%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (27.78%) LAN
1 5 (27.78%) WAN
1 5 (27.78%) Firewall
2 4 (22.22%) SAN
2 4 (22.22%) NAS
3 3 (16.67%) VoIP
4 2 (11.11%) Wireless
4 2 (11.11%) WAAS
4 2 (11.11%) VPN
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (5.556%) ADSL
5 1 (5.556%) ADSL2
5 1 (5.556%) ADSL2+
5 1 (5.556%) VDSL
5 1 (5.556%) VLAN
5 1 (5.556%) DHCP
5 1 (5.556%) RIP
5 1 (5.556%) MPLS
5 1 (5.556%) OSPF
5 1 (5.556%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) MySQL
1 2 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.556%) Electronics
1 1 (5.556%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.556%) Finance
1 1 (5.556%) German Language
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Network Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) Service Manager
2 3 (16.67%) Team Leader
3 2 (11.11%) Help Desk Team Lead
3 2 (11.11%) Junior Service Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Junior
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Consultant
4 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Service Desk Team Leader
4 1 (5.556%) Desktop Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Designer
4 1 (5.556%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) Network Support Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Project Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Network Designer
4 1 (5.556%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.556%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) NHS
1 1 (5.556%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (33.33%) Windows
2 4 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (16.67%) Windows XP
4 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (5.556%) GCOS
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.556%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 5 (27.78%) PRINCE
3 3 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (11.11%) UML
4 2 (11.11%) OO
4 2 (11.11%) OOD
4 2 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (11.11%) Software Engineering
4 2 (11.11%) Waterfall
5 1 (5.556%) Network Management
5 1 (5.556%) ITIL V3
5 1 (5.556%) Change Control
5 1 (5.556%) eTOM
5 1 (5.556%) Information Assurance
5 1 (5.556%) Network Architecture
5 1 (5.556%) Network Design
5 1 (5.556%) Network Planning
5 1 (5.556%) Configuration Management
5 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.556%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 6 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
1 6 (33.33%) CCNP
2 4 (22.22%) CCIP
3 3 (16.67%) CCDP
3 3 (16.67%) Degree
3 3 (16.67%) CCIE
4 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
4 1 (5.556%) VCP5
4 1 (5.556%) PMP
4 1 (5.556%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (5.556%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) ISO 9001
1 2 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (5.556%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (11.11%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.556%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (5.556%) UAG
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Cisco
2 4 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Brocade
3 2 (11.11%) Juniper
4 1 (5.556%) Ericsson
4 1 (5.556%) BT
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) HP
4 1 (5.556%) Huawei