ITIL Contracts in Yorkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for ITIL skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 25 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) England / Yorkshire
Location	3 months to 25 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	40	29	15
Rank change year-on-year	-11	-14
Contract jobs citing ITIL	87	168	266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire	4.37%	6.07%	9.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	5.18%	7.01%	10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted	58	99	154
Median daily rate	£350	£385	£300
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-9.09%	+28.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£125	£148	£175
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£466	£600	£425
UK excluding London median daily rate	£375	£350	£350
% change year-on-year	+7.14%	-
Number of hourly rates quoted	8	10	20
Median hourly rate	£12.00	£18.50	£12.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-35.13%	+48.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£9.50	£11.68	£9.48
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£14.00	£20.25	£20.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£16.00	£20.67	£15.00
% change year-on-year	-22.57%	+37.76%

ITIL is in the process and methodology skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire with a requirement for process and methodology skills.

Contract Process & Methodology Skills Yorkshire
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for process and methodology skills	1680	2396	2467
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Yorkshire	84.42%	86.53%	83.66%
Number of daily rates quoted	1105	1666	1725
Median daily rate	£413	£425	£365
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	-2.94%	+16.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£300	£313	£275
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£544	£570	£500
UK excluding London median daily rate	£415	£400	£380
% change year-on-year	+3.75%	+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	48	34	53
Median hourly rate	£16.00	£15.50	£17.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+3.22%	-11.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£9.16	£10.52	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£28.27	£23.50	£45.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£34.00	£28.50	£30.00
% change year-on-year	+19.29%	-5.00%

ITIL
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Yorkshire citing ITIL as a proportion of all contract or permanent IT jobs with a match in the Processes & Methodologies category.

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing ITIL in Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate trend for ITIL in Yorkshire

ITIL
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing ITIL in Yorkshire over the 3 months to 25 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for ITIL in Yorkshire

ITIL
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL in Yorkshire.

Contractor hourly rate trend for ITIL in Yorkshire

ITIL
Contract Job Locations in Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 25 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire	-8	59	£375	-	56
North Yorkshire	+6	17	£125	-53.70%	2
South Yorkshire	-18	9	£325	-24.63%	6
East Yorkshire	-	1	-	-	1
ITIL England

ITIL
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 25 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing ITIL also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads across the Yorkshire region with a requirement for ITIL.

1	74 (34.10%)	Windows
2	55 (25.35%)	Active Directory
3	54 (24.88%)	Microsoft
4	40 (18.43%)	Service Management
4	40 (18.43%)	Finance
5	37 (17.05%)	SLA
6	35 (16.13%)	Project Management
6	35 (16.13%)	Service Delivery
7	33 (15.21%)	Cisco
7	33 (15.21%)	ITIL Certification
8	32 (14.75%)	Stakeholder Management
9	30 (13.82%)	Firewall
9	30 (13.82%)	WAN
10	28 (12.90%)	SQL Server
10	28 (12.90%)	Change Management

10	28 (12.90%)	SCCM
10	28 (12.90%)	Windows 7
11	27 (12.44%)	VMware
11	27 (12.44%)	Agile Software Development
12	25 (11.52%)	Incident Management
13	24 (11.06%)	SQL
14	23 (10.60%)	Linux
14	23 (10.60%)	LAN
15	22 (10.14%)	Microsoft Office
15	22 (10.14%)	VMware Infrastructure
16	21 (9.68%)	Windows Server
17	19 (8.76%)	Service Design
17	19 (8.76%)	HP
17	19 (8.76%)	Data Centre
18	18 (8.29%)	Windows Server 2008

ITIL
Co-occurring IT Skills in Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	13 (5.99%)	SharePoint
2	10 (4.61%)	IIS
2	10 (4.61%)	MS Exchange
3	6 (2.76%)	WebSphere
4	5 (2.30%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
4	5 (2.30%)	IBM Domino
5	3 (1.38%)	Exchange Server 2010
6	2 (0.92%)	CMS
6	2 (0.92%)	Exchange Server 2007
6	2 (0.92%)	IBM Notes
6	2 (0.92%)	SharePoint 2013
7	1 (0.46%)	Confluence
7	1 (0.46%)	OpenStack
7	1 (0.46%)	SharePoint Server
7	1 (0.46%)	Tomcat
7	1 (0.46%)	WebLogic
7	1 (0.46%)	WebSphere Application Server
7	1 (0.46%)	WebSphere Process Server

Applications
1	22 (10.14%)	Microsoft Office
2	3 (1.38%)	Microsoft Excel
3	2 (0.92%)	MS Visio
4	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
4	1 (0.46%)	Microsoft Project

Business Applications
1	6 (2.76%)	Remedy ITSM
2	2 (0.92%)	Dynamics CRM

Cloud Services
1	12 (5.53%)	Office 365
2	10 (4.61%)	Microsoft Azure
3	5 (2.30%)	IaaS
4	4 (1.84%)	PaaS
4	4 (1.84%)	SaaS
5	3 (1.38%)	GitHub
6	2 (0.92%)	Amazon AWS
6	2 (0.92%)	Azure Active Directory
7	1 (0.46%)	AWS CloudFormation
7	1 (0.46%)	Dynamics 365

Communications & Networking
1	30 (13.82%)	Firewall
1	30 (13.82%)	WAN
2	23 (10.60%)	LAN
3	14 (6.45%)	DNS
4	12 (5.53%)	DHCP
4	12 (5.53%)	SAN
5	10 (4.61%)	Internet
5	10 (4.61%)	VoIP
6	9 (4.15%)	Wi-Fi
6	9 (4.15%)	Wireless
7	7 (3.23%)	Cisco Wireless
7	7 (3.23%)	VPN
8	6 (2.76%)	SSL
8	6 (2.76%)	VLAN
9	5 (2.30%)	Cisco ASA
9	5 (2.30%)	Cisco Nexus
10	4 (1.84%)	Cisco ISE
10	4 (1.84%)	HTTPS
10	4 (1.84%)	Remote Desktop
10	4 (1.84%)	Telnet

Database & Business Intelligence
1	28 (12.90%)	SQL Server
2	8 (3.69%)	Oracle Database
3	6 (2.76%)	SQL Server 2012
3	6 (2.76%)	SQL Server 2014
4	5 (2.30%)	Azure SQL Database
4	5 (2.30%)	SQL Server 2008
5	4 (1.84%)	MS Access
5	4 (1.84%)	Oracle9i Database
5	4 (1.84%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
6	3 (1.38%)	MongoDB
6	3 (1.38%)	MySQL
7	1 (0.46%)	Apache Cassandra
7	1 (0.46%)	Data Warehouse
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle BI EE
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle Database 11g
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle Database 12c
7	1 (0.46%)	Oracle ODI
7	1 (0.46%)	Power BI

Development Applications
1	11 (5.07%)	Octopus Deploy
2	7 (3.23%)	Jenkins
2	7 (3.23%)	Visual Studio
3	6 (2.76%)	Git (software)
4	5 (2.30%)	JIRA
5	2 (0.92%)	Atlassian Bamboo
5	2 (0.92%)	Gatling
5	2 (0.92%)	Subversion
5	2 (0.92%)	Team Foundation Server
5	2 (0.92%)	WebDriver
6	1 (0.46%)	ClearCase
6	1 (0.46%)	ClearQuest
6	1 (0.46%)	JIRA Agile

General
1	40 (18.43%)	Finance
2	14 (6.45%)	Banking
3	11 (5.07%)	Law
4	8 (3.69%)	Retail
5	5 (2.30%)	Legal
6	3 (1.38%)	Telecoms
7	2 (0.92%)	Local Government
7	2 (0.92%)	Manufacturing
8	1 (0.46%)	Multimedia

Job Titles
1	59 (27.19%)	Analyst
2	35 (16.13%)	Service Analyst
3	32 (14.75%)	Service Desk Analyst
4	21 (9.68%)	Infrastructure Manager
5	17 (7.83%)	Administrator
6	16 (7.37%)	ITIL Service Analyst
7	15 (6.91%)	ITIL Service Desk Analyst
8	14 (6.45%)	Consultant
8	14 (6.45%)	Designer
8	14 (6.45%)	Project Manager
9	13 (5.99%)	2nd Line Support
9	13 (5.99%)	Active Directory Analyst
10	12 (5.53%)	Business Analyst
11	11 (5.07%)	1st Line Service Desk Analyst
11	11 (5.07%)	Infrastructure Engineer
12	10 (4.61%)	1st/2nd Line Support
12	10 (4.61%)	Desktop Support
12	10 (4.61%)	Infrastructure Project Manager
12	10 (4.61%)	Support Analyst
13	9 (4.15%)	Network Engineer

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	10 (4.61%)	HTML
2	7 (3.23%)	.NET
2	7 (3.23%)	.NET Framework
2	7 (3.23%)	XML
3	4 (1.84%)	jQuery
4	2 (0.92%)	CSS
4	2 (0.92%)	JSON
5	1 (0.46%)	ASP.NET
5	1 (0.46%)	Middleware
5	1 (0.46%)	Web Services
5	1 (0.46%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	19 (8.76%)	Data Centre
2	9 (4.15%)	Analytical Skills
2	9 (4.15%)	Minimum Viable Product
3	8 (3.69%)	Management Information System
4	7 (3.23%)	Clustering
4	7 (3.23%)	iSeries
5	5 (2.30%)	Driving Licence
5	5 (2.30%)	NHS
6	4 (1.84%)	Blackberry
6	4 (1.84%)	CMDB
6	4 (1.84%)	Replication
7	3 (1.38%)	Client/Server
8	2 (0.92%)	FMCG
8	2 (0.92%)	Hybrid Cloud
8	2 (0.92%)	Private Cloud
8	2 (0.92%)	Smartphone
8	2 (0.92%)	Video Conferencing
9	1 (0.46%)	EMC VNX
9	1 (0.46%)	Linux Command Line
9	1 (0.46%)	SCADA

Operating Systems
1	74 (34.10%)	Windows
2	28 (12.90%)	Windows 7
3	23 (10.60%)	Linux
4	21 (9.68%)	Windows Server
5	18 (8.29%)	Windows Server 2008
6	16 (7.37%)	Windows 10
7	15 (6.91%)	Windows Server 2012
8	10 (4.61%)	Unix
9	9 (4.15%)	Windows Server 2003
10	7 (3.23%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	3 (1.38%)	Windows Phone
12	2 (0.92%)	AIX
12	2 (0.92%)	CentOS
12	2 (0.92%)	SUSE
12	2 (0.92%)	Windows 2000
12	2 (0.92%)	Windows 8
12	2 (0.92%)	Windows XP
13	1 (0.46%)	Solaris
13	1 (0.46%)	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	40 (18.43%)	Service Management
2	35 (16.13%)	Project Management
2	35 (16.13%)	Service Delivery
3	32 (14.75%)	Stakeholder Management
4	28 (12.90%)	Change Management
5	27 (12.44%)	Agile Software Development
6	25 (11.52%)	Incident Management
7	19 (8.76%)	Service Design
8	16 (7.37%)	ITSM
8	16 (7.37%)	Supplier Management
9	15 (6.91%)	Migration
9	15 (6.91%)	Problem Management
9	15 (6.91%)	Waterfall
10	13 (5.99%)	DevOps
11	12 (5.53%)	PRINCE2
12	10 (4.61%)	Business Analysis
12	10 (4.61%)	Integration Testing
12	10 (4.61%)	SDLC
13	9 (4.15%)	Configuration Management
13	9 (4.15%)	ITIL V3

Programming Languages
1	24 (11.06%)	SQL
2	10 (4.61%)	JavaScript
2	10 (4.61%)	PowerShell
3	7 (3.23%)	C#
4	6 (2.76%)	C
5	4 (1.84%)	C++
5	4 (1.84%)	Delphi
6	1 (0.46%)	Bash Shell
6	1 (0.46%)	Java
6	1 (0.46%)	Jython
6	1 (0.46%)	PL/SQL
6	1 (0.46%)	Python
6	1 (0.46%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	33 (15.21%)	ITIL Certification
2	16 (7.37%)	Cisco Certification
3	14 (6.45%)	Degree
3	14 (6.45%)	Security Cleared
4	12 (5.53%)	CCNA
5	8 (3.69%)	CCNP
6	7 (3.23%)	SC Cleared
7	6 (2.76%)	MCSE
7	6 (2.76%)	Microsoft Certification
8	5 (2.30%)	ITIL Foundation Certificate
9	3 (1.38%)	CCSA
9	3 (1.38%)	CCSE
9	3 (1.38%)	Check Point Certification
10	2 (0.92%)	CISM
10	2 (0.92%)	CISSP
10	2 (0.92%)	ISEB
10	2 (0.92%)	MCP
11	1 (0.46%)	HNC
11	1 (0.46%)	MCSA
11	1 (0.46%)	PRINCE2 Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	37 (17.05%)	SLA
2	6 (2.76%)	QA
3	3 (1.38%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
4	1 (0.46%)	ISO 9001
4	1 (0.46%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	1 (0.46%)	PCI DSS

System Software
1	55 (25.35%)	Active Directory
2	22 (10.14%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	4 (1.84%)	vSphere
4	3 (1.38%)	Docker
4	3 (1.38%)	Hyper-V
4	3 (1.38%)	Microsoft App-V
4	3 (1.38%)	XenDesktop
5	2 (0.92%)	VMware ESXi
6	1 (0.46%)	KVM
6	1 (0.46%)	Oracle RAC
6	1 (0.46%)	Terminal Server
6	1 (0.46%)	Virtual Machines
6	1 (0.46%)	Virtual Servers
6	1 (0.46%)	VMware Server

Systems Management
1	28 (12.90%)	SCCM
2	11 (5.07%)	Tivoli
3	10 (4.61%)	Opscode Chef
4	5 (2.30%)	NetBackup
5	4 (1.84%)	SCOM
6	3 (1.38%)	Cisco UCCX
6	3 (1.38%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
7	2 (0.92%)	Cisco CUCM
7	2 (0.92%)	Cisco Prime
7	2 (0.92%)	DameWare
7	2 (0.92%)	Puppet
8	1 (0.46%)	Cisco CME
8	1 (0.46%)	NetIQ Identity Manager
8	1 (0.46%)	SmoothWall
8	1 (0.46%)	Terraform
8	1 (0.46%)	vMotion
8	1 (0.46%)	vRealize

Vendors
1	54 (24.88%)	Microsoft
2	33 (15.21%)	Cisco
3	27 (12.44%)	VMware
4	19 (8.76%)	HP
5	12 (5.53%)	Citrix
6	11 (5.07%)	Oracle
6	11 (5.07%)	ServiceNow
7	10 (4.61%)	Avaya
7	10 (4.61%)	CheckPoint
7	10 (4.61%)	NetIQ
8	8 (3.69%)	Brocade
9	7 (3.23%)	Remedy
10	6 (2.76%)	IBM
11	5 (2.30%)	EMC
11	5 (2.30%)	F5
11	5 (2.30%)	Palo Alto
11	5 (2.30%)	Red Hat
12	4 (1.84%)	BMC
12	4 (1.84%)	Infoblox
12	4 (1.84%)	NetApp