The first table below looks at the demand for Service Delivery skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Service Delivery over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Sussex 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Services Delivery
Rank 34 45 48
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Delivery 9 9 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 2.381% 1.424% 0.648%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.422% 1.895% 0.962%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £250 - £300
UK excluding London average daily rate £355 £326 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.86% -6.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £17.75 £17.75
% change year-on-year
-15.49% -
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
263 475 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 69.58% 75.16% 67.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 267 170
Average daily rate £375 £335 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.94% -10.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 11
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -37.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.61 £10.00 £15.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.05 £27.15 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Service Delivery Jobs Demand Trend

Service Delivery
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Service Delivery Daily Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Service Delivery Hourly Rate Trend

Service Delivery
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Delivery within the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Crawley +10 5 - - 3
Chichester - 1 - -
Gatwick - - - -
Haywards Heath - - - -
Worthing - - - -
Service Delivery
South East

Service Delivery
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery.

1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) XML
2 4 (30.77%) DHCP
2 4 (30.77%) DNS
2 4 (30.77%) IBM
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) BGP
2 4 (30.77%) Firewall
3 3 (23.08%) Internet
3 3 (23.08%) WAN
3 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
3 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (23.08%) LAN
3 3 (23.08%) Network Management
4 2 (15.38%) Junos
4 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) VPLS
4 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
4 2 (15.38%) Verint
4 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
4 2 (15.38%) SecurID
4 2 (15.38%) TestPartner
4 2 (15.38%) Network Design
4 2 (15.38%) Ajax
4 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 2 (15.38%) ESB
4 2 (15.38%) JSON
4 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing

Service Delivery
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Service Delivery 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 Delivery. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (30.77%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) XSL
2 2 (15.38%) XSLT
2 2 (15.38%) WSDL
2 2 (15.38%) Ajax
2 2 (15.38%) JSON
2 2 (15.38%) SAP PI
2 2 (15.38%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) ESB
1 2 (15.38%) Mule
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
1 4 (30.77%) BGP
2 3 (23.08%) Internet
2 3 (23.08%) LAN
2 3 (23.08%) WAN
3 2 (15.38%) SMTP
3 2 (15.38%) WLAN
3 2 (15.38%) HTTP
3 2 (15.38%) TCP/IP
3 2 (15.38%) VPN
3 2 (15.38%) Wireless
3 2 (15.38%) IPsec
3 2 (15.38%) VPLS
3 2 (15.38%) Network Security
3 2 (15.38%) Wireless Security
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (15.38%) tcpdump
3 2 (15.38%) Junos
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) LoadRunner
1 2 (15.38%) XMLSpy
1 2 (15.38%) TestPartner
General
1 2 (15.38%) Publishing
2 1 (7.692%) Local Government
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Services Delivery Manager
1 3 (23.08%) Service Manager
1 3 (23.08%) Delivery Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) Test Leader
2 2 (15.38%) Performance Test Leader
2 2 (15.38%) Network Engineer
2 2 (15.38%) Network Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Support Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support Engineer
3 1 (7.692%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) Network Support
3 1 (7.692%) Head of ICT
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Support
3 1 (7.692%) Desktop Analyst
3 1 (7.692%) IT Services Delivery Manager
3 1 (7.692%) IT Services Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) IVR
1 2 (15.38%) SecurID
1 2 (15.38%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) AIX
2 2 (15.38%) Linux
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.692%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) ITIL
2 3 (23.08%) Network Management
3 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Management
3 2 (15.38%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (15.38%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) Load Balancing
3 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Performance Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Network Design
3 2 (15.38%) Software Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Incident Management
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
4 1 (7.692%) Project Management
4 1 (7.692%) Service Management
4 1 (7.692%) Test Management
4 1 (7.692%) Non-Functional Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) Java
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) ISEB
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (7.692%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.692%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) CCNP
2 1 (7.692%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
2 2 (15.38%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Cisco IPCC
1 2 (15.38%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) IBM
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) CheckPoint
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Verint
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle
3 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 2 (15.38%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) HP
3 2 (15.38%) Nortel
3 2 (15.38%) Avaya
3 2 (15.38%) Juniper
3 2 (15.38%) CA