The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL V3 skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ITIL V3 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 West Midlands 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
IT Infrastructure Library Version 3
Rank 93 101 100
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -1
Contract jobs citing ITIL V3 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.089% 0.106%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.184% 0.140% 0.167%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £90 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+261.11% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £379 £338 £375
% change year-on-year
+12.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.00 £14.00 £12.50
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +12.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1085 1431 1197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 66.44% 63.83% 63.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 527 675 550
Average daily rate £350 £330 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £527 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 73 75
Average hourly rate £37.80 £20.26 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+86.62% -18.98%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands ITIL V3 Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL V3
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ITIL V3 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ITIL V3 Daily Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ITIL V3 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands ITIL V3 Hourly Rate Trend

ITIL V3
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL V3 within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Shropshire - 1 £325 -
ITIL V3
England

ITIL V3
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ITIL V3 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 V3.

1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 7 (41.18%) Matrix Management
3 7 (41.18%) Cloud Computing
4 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
5 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
5 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
6 3 (17.65%) Shell Script
6 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
6 3 (17.65%) UNIX
6 3 (17.65%) Retail
7 2 (11.76%) SQL
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle
7 2 (11.76%) SLA
7 2 (11.76%) HP
7 2 (11.76%) HPUX
7 2 (11.76%) Password Management
7 2 (11.76%) SAN
8 1 (5.882%) Service Management
8 1 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (5.882%) VMware
8 1 (5.882%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
8 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
8 1 (5.882%) LAN
8 1 (5.882%) WAN
8 1 (5.882%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 1 (5.882%) RDBMS

ITIL V3
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing ITIL V3 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 V3. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle Streams
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.882%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) SAN
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (5.882%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) RDBMS
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Telecoms
3 3 (17.65%) Manufacturing
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Service Manager
2 7 (41.18%) Transition Manager
3 4 (23.53%) Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Service Desk Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) UNIX Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Services Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Systems Administrator
4 2 (11.76%) Service Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) DBA
5 1 (5.882%) Service Desk Manager
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (5.882%) Wintel Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.882%) HP Superdome
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) UNIX
2 2 (11.76%) HPUX
3 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) ITIL
2 7 (41.18%) Matrix Management
3 4 (23.53%) Service Delivery
4 2 (11.76%) Password Management
5 1 (5.882%) Service Management
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Release Management
5 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.882%) Network Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) Shell Script
2 2 (11.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) DV Cleared
1 4 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (5.882%) HP Data Protector
1 1 (5.882%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
1 2 (11.76%) HP
2 1 (5.882%) VMware
2 1 (5.882%) Citrix
2 1 (5.882%) Microsoft