The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Management Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Management Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Management Consultant
Rank 544 576 570
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Service Management Consultant 10 13 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.022% 0.027%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.024% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 7
Average daily rate £375 £463 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.91% +8.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £396 £328
10% offered a daily rate of more than £443 £654 £505
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £500 £398
% change year-on-year
-25.00% +25.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Service Management Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Service Management Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Service Management Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Service Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Management Consultant within the UK.

Service Management Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Service Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Service Management Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Service Management Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Service Management Consultant within the UK.

Service Management Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management Consultant
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +8 7 £406 -12.16% 1
London +20 5 £419 -6.94% 1
South West - 1 £325 -
Guildford - - - -
Swindon - - - -
Surrey - - - -
Wiltshire - - - -
City of London - - - -
South East - - - -

Service Management Consultant
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Service Management Consultant in their job title 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 with Service Management Consultant in their job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Service Management
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
4 3 (23.08%) Linux
4 3 (23.08%) Lotus Domino
4 3 (23.08%) IBM
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
5 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.692%) Change Management
6 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
6 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
6 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (7.692%) Operations Management
6 1 (7.692%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (7.692%) Use Case
6 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.692%) DV Cleared
6 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
6 1 (7.692%) Remedy
6 1 (7.692%) CRM
6 1 (7.692%) Rational Rose
6 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
6 1 (7.692%) HP

Service Management Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Service Management Consultant in their job title 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 with Service Management Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Lotus Domino
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Remedy ITSM
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Rational Rose
General
1 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Service Management
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
3 5 (38.46%) ITSM
4 3 (23.08%) Project Management
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
5 2 (15.38%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Architecture
6 1 (7.692%) Operations Management
6 1 (7.692%) Use Case
6 1 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (7.692%) CRM
6 1 (7.692%) PRINCE
6 1 (7.692%) Six Sigma
6 1 (7.692%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.692%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) IBM
1 3 (23.08%) VMware
2 1 (7.692%) HP
2 1 (7.692%) Remedy
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