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The table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Service Management over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Management
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank58100
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching contract IT job ads6440
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.040 %
As % of the category below3.946 %1.977 %
Daily rates quoted159
Average minimum daily rate£316£307
Average daily rate£324£331
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£346
% change on same period last year+5.00 %
Hourly rates quoted51
Average minimum hourly rate£18.91£13.00
Average hourly rate£19.81£13.00
% change on same period last year+52.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.71£13.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.69£26.20
% change on same period last year-24.82 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads16222023
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.294 %2.048 %
Daily rates quoted408509
Average minimum daily rate£346£350
Average daily rate£368£368
% change on same period last year+0.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted121125
Average minimum hourly rate£24.46£26.56
Average hourly rate£26.06£28.30
% change on same period last year-7.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.66£30.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
Service Management EnglandService Management
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Service Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Service Management across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Yorkshire Service Management Demand Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Service Management Daily Rate Trend

Service Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Yorkshire Service Management Daily Rate Histogram

Service Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Service Management Hourly Rate Trend

Service Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Service Management across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Yorkshire Service Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Service Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Management within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
West YorkshireUp+2345£396+33.26 %
North YorkshireNew entry-8£105-
South YorkshireUp+56£325-27.57 %
Service Management EnglandService Management
England

Service Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

170 (63.64 %)ITIL
236 (32.73 %)Health
328 (25.45 %)ITIL Certification
328 (25.45 %)NHS
421 (19.09 %)PRINCE2
516 (14.55 %)Finance
614 (12.73 %)ITSM
614 (12.73 %)Service Delivery
713 (11.82 %)Project Management
812 (10.91 %)MS Office
910 (9.091 %)MS Excel
910 (9.091 %)Microsoft
109 (8.182 %)SLA
109 (8.182 %)Problem Management
118 (7.273 %)ISEB
118 (7.273 %)SQL Server
118 (7.273 %)Change Management
127 (6.364 %)BS15000
127 (6.364 %)Windows
127 (6.364 %)Informatics
127 (6.364 %)Government
127 (6.364 %)Software Testing
136 (5.455 %)Incident Management
136 (5.455 %)Degree
136 (5.455 %)SQL
136 (5.455 %)Oracle
136 (5.455 %)MS Project
136 (5.455 %)HP
145 (4.545 %)Telecoms
145 (4.545 %)Education

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (4.545 %)WebServices
24 (3.636 %).NET
24 (3.636 %).NET Framework
33 (2.727 %)COM+
33 (2.727 %)J2EE
42 (1.818 %)WebSphere
51 (0.909 %)CSS
51 (0.909 %)ADO.NET
51 (0.909 %)ASP.NET
51 (0.909 %)XML
51 (0.909 %)XSD
51 (0.909 %)XHTML
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (3.636 %)MS Exchange
14 (3.636 %)CMS
14 (3.636 %)SharePoint Server 2007
23 (2.727 %)IIS
23 (2.727 %)Lotus Notes
23 (2.727 %)Lotus Domino
32 (1.818 %)SharePoint
41 (0.909 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (10.91 %)MS Office
210 (9.091 %)MS Excel
36 (5.455 %)MS Project
44 (3.636 %)Spreadsheet
53 (2.727 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (1.818 %)MS Visio
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.909 %)MAXIMO
11 (0.909 %)assyst
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.727 %)SAN
22 (1.818 %)LAN
22 (1.818 %)WAN
31 (0.909 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.909 %)SSL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (7.273 %)SQL Server
24 (3.636 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (2.727 %)Informix
33 (2.727 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (1.818 %)RDBMS
42 (1.818 %)BusinessObjects
42 (1.818 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.909 %)DTS
51 (0.909 %)DB2
51 (0.909 %)GIS
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (4.545 %)LoadRunner
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
136 (32.73 %)Health
216 (14.55 %)Finance
37 (6.364 %)Government
45 (4.545 %)Telecoms
45 (4.545 %)Education
45 (4.545 %)Retail
45 (4.545 %)Marketing
52 (1.818 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.909 %)Back Office
61 (0.909 %)Legal
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (21.82 %)Analyst
216 (14.55 %)Service Manager
311 (10.00 %)Service Analyst
410 (9.091 %)Project Manager
56 (5.455 %)Support Analyst
64 (3.636 %)Consultant
64 (3.636 %)Management Consultant
64 (3.636 %)Administrator
64 (3.636 %)Services Delivery Manager
64 (3.636 %)Service Desk Analyst
64 (3.636 %)Delivery Manager
64 (3.636 %)Service Management Consultant
73 (2.727 %)Change Management Analyst
73 (2.727 %)Web Manager
73 (2.727 %)Change Analyst
73 (2.727 %)Support Specialist
73 (2.727 %)Project Leader
73 (2.727 %)Architect
82 (1.818 %)Programme Manager
82 (1.818 %)Quality Manager
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (25.45 %)NHS
27 (6.364 %)Informatics
34 (3.636 %)NPfIT
34 (3.636 %)Management Information System
43 (2.727 %)Client/Server
52 (1.818 %)CLARiiON
52 (1.818 %)Symmetrix
52 (1.818 %)PACS
52 (1.818 %)Statistics
61 (0.909 %)Life Science
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (6.364 %)Windows
25 (4.545 %)Solaris
25 (4.545 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (3.636 %)Windows 2000
34 (3.636 %)Windows XP
43 (2.727 %)Linux
43 (2.727 %)AIX
43 (2.727 %)HPUX
43 (2.727 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (1.818 %)UNIX
61 (0.909 %)Windows Vista
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
170 (63.64 %)ITIL
221 (19.09 %)PRINCE2
314 (12.73 %)Service Delivery
314 (12.73 %)ITSM
413 (11.82 %)Project Management
59 (8.182 %)Problem Management
68 (7.273 %)Change Management
77 (6.364 %)Software Testing
86 (5.455 %)Incident Management
95 (4.545 %)Release Management
104 (3.636 %)Content Management
104 (3.636 %)UML
104 (3.636 %)CRM
113 (2.727 %)Configuration Management
113 (2.727 %)Stakeholder Management
113 (2.727 %)Document Management
122 (1.818 %)Data Analysis
122 (1.818 %)Information Management
122 (1.818 %)Zachman Framework
122 (1.818 %)TOGAF
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (5.455 %)SQL
21 (0.909 %)Transact-SQL
21 (0.909 %)VBA
21 (0.909 %)C#
21 (0.909 %)Java
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (25.45 %)ITIL Certification
28 (7.273 %)ISEB
36 (5.455 %)Degree
43 (2.727 %)PRINCE2 Certification
43 (2.727 %)SNIA Certification
52 (1.818 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (8.182 %)SLA
27 (6.364 %)BS15000
34 (3.636 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (2.727 %)NetBackup
22 (1.818 %)Active Directory
31 (0.909 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
31 (0.909 %)VMware Infrastructure
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (4.545 %)OpenView
23 (2.727 %)Legato
23 (2.727 %)OVPA
23 (2.727 %)HP Data Protector
32 (1.818 %)BMC Marimba
41 (0.909 %)OVSD
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (9.091 %)Microsoft
26 (5.455 %)HP
26 (5.455 %)Oracle
35 (4.545 %)Cisco
43 (2.727 %)EMC
43 (2.727 %)Sun
43 (2.727 %)VERITAS
43 (2.727 %)Lotus
43 (2.727 %)Hyperion
43 (2.727 %)Brio
43 (2.727 %)Brocade
52 (1.818 %)Intershop
52 (1.818 %)ATG
52 (1.818 %)Business Objects
61 (0.909 %)IBM
61 (0.909 %)Compuware
61 (0.909 %)Citrix
61 (0.909 %)VMware
61 (0.909 %)NetApp