The first table below looks at the demand for Remedy ITSM 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 Remedy ITSM 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 Business Applications 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
BMC Remedy IT Service Management (ITSM)
Rank 93 102 95
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -7
Contract jobs citing Remedy ITSM 2 1 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.045% 0.370%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.143% 0.459% 3.382%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
Average daily rate - £140 £396
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -64.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £375 £345
% change year-on-year
+13.33% +8.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £175.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.38 £14.50 £15.50
% change year-on-year
+40.51% -6.45%
All Business Applications
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
175 218 207
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 10.72% 9.723% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 94 103
Average daily rate £450 £411 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.42% +2.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £250 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £525 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £430 £420
% change year-on-year
-1.16% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 3 11
Average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+68.00% -15.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
+68.00% -10.00%
Remedy ITSM
England

Remedy ITSM
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Remedy ITSM across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

West Midlands Remedy ITSM Jobs Demand Trend

Remedy ITSM
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Remedy ITSM Daily Rate Trend

Remedy ITSM
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Remedy ITSM Hourly Rate Trend

Remedy ITSM
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Remedy ITSM 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
Birmingham +13 1 - -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
Remedy ITSM
England

Remedy ITSM
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (100.00%) Remedy
2 5 (83.33%) BMC
3 4 (66.67%) ITIL
4 3 (50.00%) Lotus
4 3 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
4 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
4 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Time Management
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Service Management
5 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (16.67%) MS Office
6 1 (16.67%) Windows
6 1 (16.67%) Internet
6 1 (16.67%) Symantec
6 1 (16.67%) MCSE
6 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
6 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
6 1 (16.67%) LAN
6 1 (16.67%) WAN
6 1 (16.67%) SLA
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Change Management
6 1 (16.67%) ITSM
6 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
6 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared

Remedy ITSM
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
2 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Internet
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
1 1 (16.67%) IP Telephony
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Incident Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Service Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) IT Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Vista
1 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 3 (50.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Time Management
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Management
4 1 (16.67%) ITSM
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (16.67%) MCSE
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Remedy
2 5 (83.33%) BMC
3 3 (50.00%) Lotus
4 1 (16.67%) Symantec
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft