The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 17 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 West Lothian 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank - 5 -
Contract jobs citing ITIL 0 7 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian - 13.21% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 23.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £275 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £338 £323 £325
% change year-on-year
+4.65% -0.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.25 £16.00 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+14.06% +3.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Lothian
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29 30 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Lothian 76.32% 56.60% 52.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 16 22
Average daily rate £390 £325 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -21.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £425 £478
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £22.50 £7.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +210.34%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
ITIL
Scotland

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian ITIL Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 (42.86%) Oracle
1 3 (42.86%) SAS
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Service Management
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (28.57%) ERP
2 2 (28.57%) CA
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) MOS
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 2 (28.57%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Time Management
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (14.29%) Network Management
3 1 (14.29%) ITIL V3
3 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
3 1 (14.29%) HSRP
3 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL
3 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) MPLS
3 1 (14.29%) BGP
3 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
3 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Lothian 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 3 (42.86%) SAS
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) Wireless
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (14.29%) HSRP
2 1 (14.29%) ADSL
2 1 (14.29%) LAN
2 1 (14.29%) WLAN
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) MPLS
2 1 (14.29%) BGP
2 1 (14.29%) EIGRP
General
1 1 (14.29%) Back Office
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Release Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Change Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Security Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Server Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) IT Security Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Voice Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support
3 1 (14.29%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Server Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Server Support
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) ERP
1 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
1 2 (28.57%) Service Management
1 2 (28.57%) Release Management
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Network Management
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL V3
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (14.29%) Software Deployment
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) MOS
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) CA
3 1 (14.29%) CheckPoint
3 1 (14.29%) SonicWALL
3 1 (14.29%) Nortel
3 1 (14.29%) Avaya