The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term CMDB in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited CMDB over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Berkshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Rank 116 125 105
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -20
Contract jobs citing CMDB 7 14 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.289% 0.459% 0.673%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.525% 2.456% 3.454%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 13 12
Average daily rate - £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +50.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £375 £355
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +5.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year
+10.00% -58.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
459 570 579
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 18.97% 18.69% 19.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 242 238
Average daily rate £375 £325 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -2.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £535 £450 £466
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 30 34
Average hourly rate £17.50 £22.00 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.45% +33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £14.47 £11.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £50.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
CMDB
South East

CMDB
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing CMDB across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Berkshire CMDB Jobs Demand Trend

CMDB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CMDB Daily Rate Trend

CMDB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire CMDB Hourly Rate Trend

CMDB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Reading +6 4 - -
Maidenhead - 1 - -
CMDB
South East

CMDB
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CMDB 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 CMDB.

1 8 (88.89%) BMC
2 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (66.67%) Service Management
3 5 (55.56%) Configuration Management
4 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
5 3 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (33.33%) Remedy
5 3 (33.33%) ITIL
5 3 (33.33%) Huawei
6 2 (22.22%) Change Management
6 2 (22.22%) ITSM
7 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
7 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
7 1 (11.11%) CMS
7 1 (11.11%) Retail
7 1 (11.11%) Subversion
7 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
7 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
7 1 (11.11%) UNIX
7 1 (11.11%) Windows
7 1 (11.11%) Solaris
7 1 (11.11%) CRM
7 1 (11.11%) HTTP
7 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (11.11%) Finance
7 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (11.11%) Web Services

CMDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing CMDB 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 CMDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Solutions Designer
1 5 (55.56%) Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Network Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Process Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Service Management Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Remedy Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Designer
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Consultant
2 1 (11.11%) OSS Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Service Management
1 6 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (55.56%) Configuration Management
3 3 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management
4 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 1 (11.11%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Supplier Management
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) BMC
2 3 (33.33%) Remedy
2 3 (33.33%) Huawei