The first table below looks at the demand for Service Management 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 Service Management 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Management
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Management 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+13.84% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.33 £17.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-6.71% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
47 86 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Watford 65.28% 83.50% 60.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 26 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 £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Service Management
Hertfordshire

Service Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford Service Management Jobs Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Service Management across the Watford region.

Watford Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Watford Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Service Management 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 Service Management.

1 2 (66.67%) MS Project
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
1 2 (66.67%) Spanish Language
1 2 (66.67%) RIA
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (33.33%) OLTP
2 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
2 1 (33.33%) C
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Linux

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Watford region citing Service Management 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 Service Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Project
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
1 2 (66.67%) MS PowerPoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
1 1 (33.33%) OLTP
1 1 (33.33%) RDBMS
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Spanish Language
2 1 (33.33%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) SQL DBA
2 1 (33.33%) DBA
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Database Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) PMI
1 2 (66.67%) RIA
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Risk Management
1 2 (66.67%) Programme Management
1 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) Degree