The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton 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 Taunton 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 3 7 8
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 17 17 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 22.97% 28.81% 19.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 41.46% 34.00% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 10 3
Average daily rate £320 £237 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+34.87% -30.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £210 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £420 £356
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
41 50 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 55.41% 84.75% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 30 6
Average daily rate £458 £398 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.22% +16.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £230 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £420 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL
Somerset

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

Taunton ITIL Daily Rate Trend

ITIL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL across the Taunton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Taunton ITIL Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Taunton ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 22 (56.41%) UML
1 22 (56.41%) ISEB
2 18 (46.15%) PRINCE2
3 17 (43.59%) Security Cleared
4 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
4 16 (41.03%) Service Management
4 16 (41.03%) ITSM
5 15 (38.46%) XML
5 15 (38.46%) SharePoint
5 15 (38.46%) C#
5 15 (38.46%) HTML
5 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
5 15 (38.46%) SQL
5 15 (38.46%) VB
5 15 (38.46%) .NET
5 15 (38.46%) SQL Server
5 15 (38.46%) ASP
5 15 (38.46%) SC Cleared
5 15 (38.46%) .NET Framework
6 14 (35.90%) Oracle
6 14 (35.90%) Java
7 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (30.77%) Test Scripting
8 12 (30.77%) Subversion
9 11 (28.21%) OpenROAD
9 11 (28.21%) C++
9 11 (28.21%) VB.NET
9 11 (28.21%) IIS
9 11 (28.21%) ASP.NET
9 11 (28.21%) Ingres

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 Development
1 15 (38.46%) HTML
1 15 (38.46%) .NET
1 15 (38.46%) ASP
1 15 (38.46%) .NET Framework
1 15 (38.46%) XML
2 11 (28.21%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.26%) CSS
3 4 (10.26%) XSL
4 3 (7.692%) WCF
4 3 (7.692%) WPF
4 3 (7.692%) WF
Application Platforms
1 15 (38.46%) SharePoint
2 11 (28.21%) OpenROAD
2 11 (28.21%) IIS
3 4 (10.26%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (2.564%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (5.128%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.692%) LAN
1 3 (7.692%) VoIP
1 3 (7.692%) WAN
1 3 (7.692%) TCP/IP
1 3 (7.692%) Unified Communications
1 3 (7.692%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 11 (28.21%) Ingres
3 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (5.128%) SQLPlus
5 1 (2.564%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.564%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 12 (30.77%) Subversion
2 10 (25.64%) Team Foundation Server
3 9 (23.08%) MSTest
3 9 (23.08%) Jenkins
3 9 (23.08%) TeamCity
3 9 (23.08%) NUnit
4 8 (20.51%) CruiseControl
4 8 (20.51%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 6 (15.38%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (10.26%) Visual Studio
7 2 (5.128%) Selenium
8 1 (2.564%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (2.564%) Manufacturing
1 1 (2.564%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Analyst
2 11 (28.21%) Developer
3 9 (23.08%) C# .NET Developer
3 9 (23.08%) .NET Developer
3 9 (23.08%) C# Developer
4 8 (20.51%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Senior Test Analyst
5 7 (17.95%) Test Analyst
6 6 (15.38%) Business Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) Architect
7 3 (7.692%) SAP Test Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) Senior SAP Test Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) SAP Analyst
8 2 (5.128%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 2 (5.128%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (5.128%) Analyst Developer
8 2 (5.128%) ASP.NET Developer
9 1 (2.564%) Senior Support Analyst
9 1 (2.564%) Infrastructure Architect
9 1 (2.564%) Senior Analyst Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.692%) Handset
1 3 (7.692%) IVR
2 1 (2.564%) IaaS
2 1 (2.564%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (28.21%) UNIX
2 2 (5.128%) Windows
3 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) UML
2 18 (46.15%) PRINCE2
3 16 (41.03%) Service Management
3 16 (41.03%) ITSM
4 12 (30.77%) Test Scripting
5 10 (25.64%) Service Delivery
6 9 (23.08%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (20.51%) Unit Testing
8 7 (17.95%) Business Analysis
8 7 (17.95%) ITIL V3
9 6 (15.38%) Software Testing
9 6 (15.38%) Use Case
9 6 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
9 6 (15.38%) Change Management
9 6 (15.38%) Data Modelling
9 6 (15.38%) Project Management
9 6 (15.38%) TOGAF
10 5 (12.82%) Test Strategy
11 4 (10.26%) SOA
11 4 (10.26%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 15 (38.46%) C#
1 15 (38.46%) JavaScript
1 15 (38.46%) SQL
1 15 (38.46%) VB
2 14 (35.90%) Java
3 11 (28.21%) C++
3 11 (28.21%) VB.NET
4 5 (12.82%) C
5 4 (10.26%) VBScript
5 4 (10.26%) VB6
6 1 (2.564%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 22 (56.41%) ISEB
2 17 (43.59%) Security Cleared
3 15 (38.46%) SC Cleared
4 13 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (23.08%) MCP
5 9 (23.08%) ISEB Practitioner
5 9 (23.08%) MCTS
5 9 (23.08%) MCPD
6 7 (17.95%) ISTQB
7 6 (15.38%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 5 (12.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 5 (12.82%) BC Cleared
9 4 (10.26%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (15.38%) ISO 9000
2 5 (12.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (10.26%) TickIT
4 3 (7.692%) COBIT
Systems Management
1 5 (12.82%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 16 (41.03%) Microsoft
2 14 (35.90%) Oracle
3 7 (17.95%) SAP
4 6 (15.38%) HP
5 3 (7.692%) Siemens
6 1 (2.564%) BT