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The table looks at the demand for ITIL Certification IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL Certification over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications currently tracked.

 Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank235250
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+15
Matching contract IT job ads186404
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.541 %0.525 %
As % of the Qualifications category3.145 %3.451 %
Daily rates quoted72141
Average daily rate£320£314
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year+1.990 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£158£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£305£350
% change on same period last year-12.78 %
Hourly rates quoted1435
Average hourly rate£18.00£16.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year+9.090 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£24.15£39.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£17.50
% change on same period last year+2.850 %
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsAll Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
591511708
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK17.22 %15.21 %
Daily rates quoted22253608
Average daily rate£340£375
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-9.330 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£197£220
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£538
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£350
% change on same period last year-8.570 %
Hourly rates quoted6491251
Average hourly rate£23.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-8.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.00£13.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£41.85
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.00£27.00
% change on same period last year-7.400 %

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.

ITIL Certification
Demand Trend

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

ITIL Certification Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL Certification within the UK.

ITIL Certification Daily Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

ITIL Certification Daily Rate Histogram

ITIL Certification
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL Certification within the UK.

ITIL Certification Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+30181£320+1.99 %
LondonUp+4866£400+45.45 %
South EastUp+4235£324-13.66 %
South WestUp+4526£363+45.00 %
East of EnglandUp+6019£188-58.33 %
North WestUp+2918£310+19.23 %
BerkshireUp+716£356-16.17 %
City of LondonUp+3314£390+41.81 %
HertfordshireUp+4110£100-81.81 %
CheshireUp+4010£320-8.57 %
EssexUp+258£275+86.44 %
BristolUp+107--
East MidlandsUp+486£300+5.35 %
West MidlandsUp+396£286-4.74 %
SomersetUp+196£430+72.00 %
MiddlesexUp+156£375+7.14 %
HampshireUp+415£215-
ChelmsfordNew entry-5£275-
ScotlandUp+394--
WiltshireUp+274£251-12.60 %
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-4--
YorkshireUp+343£500+66.66 %
NottinghamshireUp+273--
NottinghamUp+263--
Docklands, LondonUp+243£150-45.45 %
MerseysideUp+183--
LancashireUp+123--
NewburyNew entry-3£288-
TauntonNew entry-3--
SurreyUp+422£320+16.36 %

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

1388 (100.00 %)ITIL
2102 (26.29 %)Service Management
385 (21.91 %)PRINCE2
471 (18.30 %)Service Delivery
566 (17.01 %)Security Cleared
660 (15.46 %)Windows
757 (14.69 %)Finance
854 (13.92 %)Government
947 (12.11 %)Project Management
1039 (10.05 %)SLA
1039 (10.05 %)SC Cleared
1138 (9.794 %)MS Office
1233 (8.505 %)Change Management
1233 (8.505 %)Release Management
1332 (8.247 %)Microsoft
1428 (7.216 %)Microsoft Certification
1428 (7.216 %)Problem Management
1527 (6.959 %)Cisco
1626 (6.701 %)MS Excel
1724 (6.186 %)ITSM
1724 (6.186 %)Incident Management
1823 (5.928 %)SAP
1823 (5.928 %)HP
1823 (5.928 %)Active Directory
1922 (5.670 %)Telecoms
2021 (5.412 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2021 (5.412 %)PRINCE
2021 (5.412 %)MS PowerPoint
2119 (4.897 %)MCSE
2218 (4.639 %)Oracle

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (1.289 %)WebServices
22 (0.515 %).NET
31 (0.258 %)J2EE
31 (0.258 %)WSH
31 (0.258 %)WebSphere
31 (0.258 %).NET Framework
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (3.351 %)MS Exchange
25 (1.289 %)SharePoint
34 (1.031 %)Lotus Domino
43 (0.773 %)Exchange Server 2003
52 (0.515 %)Exchange Server 2007
52 (0.515 %)IIS
52 (0.515 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.258 %)Apache
61 (0.258 %)Tomcat
61 (0.258 %)WebLogic
61 (0.258 %)CMS
61 (0.258 %)LiveLink
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (9.794 %)MS Office
226 (6.701 %)MS Excel
321 (5.412 %)MS PowerPoint
410 (2.577 %)MS Visio
58 (2.062 %)MS Project
65 (1.289 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.515 %)Acrobat
72 (0.515 %)RoboHelp
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.515 %)Oracle EBS
12 (0.515 %)assyst
21 (0.258 %)Siebel Analytics
21 (0.258 %)MAXIMO
21 (0.258 %)SAP Oil and Gas
21 (0.258 %)SAP MM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
116 (4.124 %)LAN
214 (3.608 %)WAN
310 (2.577 %)SAN
49 (2.320 %)TCP/IP
55 (1.289 %)Firewall
64 (1.031 %)VoIP
73 (0.773 %)Broadband
73 (0.773 %)Wi-Fi
82 (0.515 %)Intranet
82 (0.515 %)Internet
82 (0.515 %)NAS
82 (0.515 %)SSL
82 (0.515 %)DHCP
91 (0.258 %)FTP
91 (0.258 %)DNS
91 (0.258 %)DMZ
91 (0.258 %)ISDN
91 (0.258 %)LDAP
91 (0.258 %)ADSL
91 (0.258 %)PBX
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (1.546 %)Crystal Reports
16 (1.546 %)Datawarehouse
24 (1.031 %)BusinessObjects
33 (0.773 %)SAP BW
41 (0.258 %)GIS
41 (0.258 %)SQL Server
41 (0.258 %)Data Mining
41 (0.258 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.515 %)Dreamweaver
12 (0.515 %)TestDirector
12 (0.515 %)FrontPage
21 (0.258 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
157 (14.69 %)Finance
254 (13.92 %)Government
322 (5.670 %)Telecoms
410 (2.577 %)Pharmaceutical
59 (2.320 %)Retail
68 (2.062 %)Games
76 (1.546 %)Health
84 (1.031 %)Banking
93 (0.773 %)Education
93 (0.773 %)Front Office
93 (0.773 %)Insurance
93 (0.773 %)Local Government
102 (0.515 %)Marketing
102 (0.515 %)Auditing
102 (0.515 %)Financial Institution
102 (0.515 %)Legal
102 (0.515 %)Electric
102 (0.515 %)Police
111 (0.258 %)Home Office
111 (0.258 %)Billing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
193 (23.97 %)Analyst
269 (17.78 %)Service Manager
344 (11.34 %)Project Manager
435 (9.021 %)Service Analyst
523 (5.928 %)Delivery Manager
622 (5.670 %)Services Delivery Manager
721 (5.412 %)Consultant
818 (4.639 %)Business Analyst
917 (4.381 %)Service Desk Analyst
917 (4.381 %)Transition Manager
1013 (3.351 %)Support Analyst
1111 (2.835 %)Technical Consultant
1210 (2.577 %)ITIL Manager
139 (2.320 %)Release Manager
139 (2.320 %)Change Analyst
139 (2.320 %)Process Analyst
139 (2.320 %)SAP Manager
148 (2.062 %)Team Leader
148 (2.062 %)Infrastructure Manager
157 (1.804 %)Change Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (3.608 %)NHS
29 (2.320 %)Management Information System
36 (1.546 %)Blackberry
36 (1.546 %)CMDB
44 (1.031 %)Computer Science
44 (1.031 %)PMI
53 (0.773 %)Mainframe
62 (0.515 %)Mathematics
62 (0.515 %)Clustering
62 (0.515 %)RMADS
71 (0.258 %)FMCG
71 (0.258 %)iSeries
71 (0.258 %)French Language
71 (0.258 %)Equities
71 (0.258 %)PACS
71 (0.258 %)Tandem
71 (0.258 %)Statistics
71 (0.258 %)SCADA
71 (0.258 %)Informatics
71 (0.258 %)Client/Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
160 (15.46 %)Windows
216 (4.124 %)UNIX
315 (3.866 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (3.093 %)Windows XP
59 (2.320 %)Linux
65 (1.289 %)Windows 2000
65 (1.289 %)Red Hat Linux
74 (1.031 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.773 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (0.773 %)NetWare
92 (0.515 %)Windows NT
92 (0.515 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.258 %)zOS
101 (0.258 %)AIX
101 (0.258 %)HPUX
101 (0.258 %)Solaris
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1388 (100.00 %)ITIL
2102 (26.29 %)Service Management
385 (21.91 %)PRINCE2
471 (18.30 %)Service Delivery
547 (12.11 %)Project Management
633 (8.505 %)Change Management
633 (8.505 %)Release Management
728 (7.216 %)Problem Management
824 (6.186 %)Incident Management
824 (6.186 %)ITSM
921 (5.412 %)PRINCE
1014 (3.608 %)Supplier Management
1110 (2.577 %)Matrix Management
1110 (2.577 %)Configuration Management
129 (2.320 %)Migration
138 (2.062 %)Stakeholder Management
138 (2.062 %)Risk Management
138 (2.062 %)Disaster Recovery
147 (1.804 %)Business Analysis
147 (1.804 %)Asset Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (2.062 %)SQL
25 (1.289 %)JavaScript
33 (0.773 %)C
42 (0.515 %)Java
51 (0.258 %)C#
51 (0.258 %)VB
51 (0.258 %)REXX
51 (0.258 %)Tcl
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (17.01 %)Security Cleared
239 (10.05 %)SC Cleared
328 (7.216 %)Microsoft Certification
421 (5.412 %)PRINCE2 Certification
519 (4.897 %)MCSE
618 (4.639 %)Degree
712 (3.093 %)DV Cleared
811 (2.835 %)CTC Cleared
811 (2.835 %)ISEB
99 (2.320 %)MCP
107 (1.804 %)CCNA
107 (1.804 %)Cisco Certification
107 (1.804 %)PMI Certification
116 (1.546 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
116 (1.546 %)MCSA
125 (1.289 %)Siebel Certification
134 (1.031 %)MOS
134 (1.031 %)ISEB Practitioner
143 (0.773 %)PMP
152 (0.515 %)CISSP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
139 (10.05 %)SLA
210 (2.577 %)QA
37 (1.804 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (1.289 %)PCI DSS
53 (0.773 %)COBIT
62 (0.515 %)ISO27001
71 (0.258 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
123 (5.928 %)Active Directory
23 (0.773 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.515 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (0.515 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.258 %)VMware Workstation
41 (0.258 %)Xen
41 (0.258 %)Terminal Server
41 (0.258 %)NDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (1.546 %)ServiceCenter
25 (1.289 %)AssetCenter
34 (1.031 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
34 (1.031 %)Tivoli
43 (0.773 %)SCCM
52 (0.515 %)Tivoli Monitoring
52 (0.515 %)HP NNM
52 (0.515 %)EMC NetWorker
61 (0.258 %)OpenView Configuration Management
61 (0.258 %)ZENworks
61 (0.258 %)OVSD
61 (0.258 %)OpenView
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
132 (8.247 %)Microsoft
227 (6.959 %)Cisco
323 (5.928 %)SAP
323 (5.928 %)HP
418 (4.639 %)Citrix
418 (4.639 %)Oracle
512 (3.093 %)VMware
610 (2.577 %)Remedy
75 (1.289 %)Red Hat
75 (1.289 %)Sybase
75 (1.289 %)Siebel
75 (1.289 %)IBM
84 (1.031 %)Sun
84 (1.031 %)Business Objects
84 (1.031 %)Novell
92 (0.515 %)Peregrine
92 (0.515 %)Lotus
92 (0.515 %)CheckPoint
92 (0.515 %)Northgate
92 (0.515 %)Civica