The first table below looks at the demand for OpenView Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenView Configuration Management 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 of the Systems Management 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
HP OpenView Configuration Management (formerly Radia)
Rank 105 107 66
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -41
Contract jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management 18 32 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.744% 1.050% 2.052%
As % of the Systems Management category 9.626% 19.05% 22.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 17 18
Average daily rate £245 £357 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-31.37% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £189 £280 £241
10% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £414 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £182.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £182.50 £57.50 £34.88
% change year-on-year
+217.39% +64.87%
All Systems Management
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
187 168 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 7.727% 5.510% 9.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 73 102
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £256 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £480 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 8 11
Average hourly rate £24.00 £45.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.66% +12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £17.75 £16.80
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £41.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
OpenView Configuration Management
South East

OpenView Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire OpenView Configuration Management Jobs Demand Trend

OpenView Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire OpenView Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

OpenView Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire OpenView Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

OpenView 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 OpenView Configuration Management 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
Bracknell - 9 £205 -
Reading -10 8 £260 -27.72%
OpenView Configuration Management
South East

OpenView Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 16 (84.21%) Windows
3 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
3 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
4 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
6 7 (36.84%) HP
6 7 (36.84%) IIS
7 6 (31.58%) Windows 2000
7 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
7 6 (31.58%) VMware
7 6 (31.58%) SharePoint Server
8 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
8 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
8 5 (26.32%) Documentum
8 5 (26.32%) Web Services
9 4 (21.05%) XML
9 4 (21.05%) ITIL
9 4 (21.05%) MS Office
9 4 (21.05%) .NET
9 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
9 4 (21.05%) McAfee
9 4 (21.05%) .NET Framework
9 4 (21.05%) Meridio
9 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
9 4 (21.05%) IDOL
10 3 (15.79%) Windows Vista
10 3 (15.79%) Software Deployment
10 3 (15.79%) MSI
10 3 (15.79%) CAE

OpenView Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) Web Services
2 4 (21.05%) XML
2 4 (21.05%) .NET Framework
2 4 (21.05%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) IIS
2 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 6 (31.58%) SharePoint Server
3 5 (26.32%) Documentum
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (10.53%) MS Exchange
4 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) MS Excel
2 4 (21.05%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server
1 4 (21.05%) IDOL
1 4 (21.05%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MSI
2 2 (10.53%) InstallShield
2 2 (10.53%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Architect
1 4 (21.05%) Support Engineer
2 3 (15.79%) Applications Packager
2 3 (15.79%) 2nd Line Support
2 3 (15.79%) Integration Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
3 2 (10.53%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (10.53%) 3rd Line Support
3 2 (10.53%) Customer Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Web Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Server Support
4 1 (5.263%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.263%) Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Architect
4 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Engineer
4 1 (5.263%) Server Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (31.58%) Windows 2000
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Vista
5 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (21.05%) ITIL
2 3 (15.79%) CAE
2 3 (15.79%) Software Deployment
2 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery
3 2 (10.53%) Validation
3 2 (10.53%) Software Distribution
4 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
4 1 (5.263%) Migration
4 1 (5.263%) Unit Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) SQL
1 2 (10.53%) VBScript
1 2 (10.53%) VB
Qualifications
1 18 (94.74%) Security Cleared
2 10 (52.63%) SC Cleared
3 3 (15.79%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 10 (52.63%) Active Directory
2 5 (26.32%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (10.53%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) HP
3 6 (31.58%) VMware
4 4 (21.05%) McAfee
4 4 (21.05%) Meridio
5 1 (5.263%) Altiris