The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 23 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 Watford 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 12 16 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs citing ITIL 1 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 1.429% 5.769% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.222% 6.897% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £320 £325
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Average hourly rate - £12.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.00 £15.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+16.12% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
45 87 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 64.29% 83.65% 60.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 27 23
Average daily rate £450 £375 £390
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Average hourly rate - £12.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
ITIL
Hertfordshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Spanish Language
2 2 (50.00%) RIA
2 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 2 (50.00%) PMI
2 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (50.00%) MS Project
2 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (50.00%) Project Management
2 2 (50.00%) Service Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
3 1 (25.00%) C
3 1 (25.00%) CMMI
3 1 (25.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) COBIT
3 1 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford 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.

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (50.00%) MS Project
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 1 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Help Desk Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) RIA
1 2 (50.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Project Planning
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Project Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) CMMI
2 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory