The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management 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 Bedfordshire 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
Configuration Management
Rank 26 28 41
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +13
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 5 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.632% 1.471% 0.345%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.333% 2.020% 0.465%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 0
Average daily rate £325 £298 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £40.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
150 198 215
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.95% 72.79% 74.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 99 105 109
Average daily rate £350 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £238 £182
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 8
Average hourly rate £32.75 £41.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.08% -12.63%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Configuration Management
East of England

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Management across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire Configuration Management Jobs Demand Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Configuration Management across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Management across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Bedfordshire 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
Luton -1 5 £325 +18.18%
Configuration Management
East of England

Configuration Management
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Configuration 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 Configuration Management.

1 5 (71.43%) IIS
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
1 5 (71.43%) FTP
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
1 5 (71.43%) Publishing
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (28.57%) SLA
2 2 (28.57%) HTTP
2 2 (28.57%) COM
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Document Management
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing Configuration 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 Configuration Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (28.57%) .NET
1 2 (28.57%) COM
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) IIS
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (14.29%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (71.43%) DHCP
1 5 (71.43%) FTP
1 5 (71.43%) DNS
2 2 (28.57%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) SharePoint Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (28.57%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Document Management
3 1 (14.29%) Release Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (14.29%) C#
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
A public sector organisation based within Bedfordshire is looking to recruit an experienced Change & Configuration Manager to join them on a permanent basis. Our client is seeking a...
Venn Group
Rate: £34000 - 38000 Per Annum
Posted: 24 May 2013