The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Warrington region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 24 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 Warrington 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 17 16 15
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing ITIL 4 2 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 3.279% 2.128% 3.846%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.706% 2.941% 5.769%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £225 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £12.50 - £13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Warrington
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
85 68 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Warrington 69.67% 72.34% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 21 18
Average daily rate £380 £355 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.04% +5.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £255 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £495 £418 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £25.00 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-50.00% +31.57%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
ITIL
Cheshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 12 (50.00%) Service Management
2 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
3 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
4 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 9 (37.50%) MCP
5 8 (33.33%) MS Office
5 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
5 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
6 7 (29.17%) OpenView
6 7 (29.17%) HP
6 7 (29.17%) Lotus
6 7 (29.17%) Lotus Notes
6 7 (29.17%) Change Management
6 7 (29.17%) Finance
7 6 (25.00%) SLA
7 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
7 6 (25.00%) Project Management
8 5 (20.83%) Windows
8 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
8 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
8 5 (20.83%) MS Project
8 5 (20.83%) Incident Management
8 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
8 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
9 4 (16.67%) COBIT
9 4 (16.67%) ServiceCenter
9 4 (16.67%) BS25999
9 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Warrington 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 7 (29.17%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (16.67%) LiveLink
3 2 (8.333%) MS Exchange
3 2 (8.333%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (4.167%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) MS Office
1 8 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (20.83%) MS Visio
2 5 (20.83%) MS Project
3 4 (16.67%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
1 1 (4.167%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.167%) Intranet
General
1 7 (29.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.333%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (50.00%) Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 6 (25.00%) Service Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Support Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 4 (16.67%) Support Analyst
4 3 (12.50%) Service Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Operations Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Service Desk Manager
5 2 (8.333%) Service Operations Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Sourcing Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Project Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Programme Manager
6 1 (4.167%) PMO Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Incident Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.167%) SAP Manager
6 1 (4.167%) Release Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Change Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 5 (20.83%) Windows
1 5 (20.83%) Windows XP
2 4 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (50.00%) Service Management
2 7 (29.17%) Change Management
3 6 (25.00%) Project Management
4 5 (20.83%) Incident Management
4 5 (20.83%) Problem Management
4 5 (20.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 4 (16.67%) PRINCE2
6 2 (8.333%) ITSM
6 2 (8.333%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.333%) Operations Management
6 2 (8.333%) Time Management
6 2 (8.333%) Matrix Management
6 2 (8.333%) Service Desk Management
7 1 (4.167%) ITIL V3
7 1 (4.167%) Release Management
7 1 (4.167%) Performance Management
7 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
7 1 (4.167%) Migration
7 1 (4.167%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 11 (45.83%) Security Cleared
2 10 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 9 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (37.50%) MCP
4 4 (16.67%) MCDST
4 4 (16.67%) MCITP
4 4 (16.67%) MCSE
5 2 (8.333%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) SLA
2 4 (16.67%) COBIT
2 4 (16.67%) BS25999
2 4 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (16.67%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 6 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (29.17%) OpenView
2 4 (16.67%) ServiceCenter
3 3 (12.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) HP
2 7 (29.17%) Lotus
3 3 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (4.167%) Oracle
4 1 (4.167%) SAP