The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Bristol 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
Rank 40 53 40
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -13
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 10 8 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 1.873% 0.941% 1.395%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.115% 1.399% 2.138%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 0
Average daily rate £288 £210 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+36.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.75 £39.00 £36.98
% change year-on-year
-3.20% +5.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
321 572 421
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 60.11% 67.29% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 198 386 241
Average daily rate £325 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £236 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 20 21
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.40 £18.50 £11.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £39.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Configuration Management
South West

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 7 (43.75%) PRINCE2
3 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
3 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 6 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
4 5 (31.25%) Asset Management
4 5 (31.25%) Service Management
4 5 (31.25%) SLA
4 5 (31.25%) Change Control
5 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 4 (25.00%) Information Assurance
5 4 (25.00%) Budget Control
5 4 (25.00%) Change Management
5 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
6 3 (18.75%) MS Project
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
7 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
7 2 (12.50%) ITIL
7 2 (12.50%) Java
7 2 (12.50%) Windows
7 2 (12.50%) LAN
7 2 (12.50%) DHCP
7 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 2 (12.50%) DNS
7 2 (12.50%) Juniper
7 2 (12.50%) VMware
7 2 (12.50%) HP
8 1 (6.250%) Dell
8 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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 1 (6.250%) J2EE
1 1 (6.250%) JDBC
1 1 (6.250%) XML
1 1 (6.250%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (37.50%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) DHCP
1 2 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 2 (12.50%) DNS
1 2 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (6.250%) VoIP
2 1 (6.250%) SAN
2 1 (6.250%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) MPLS
2 1 (6.250%) OSPF
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
2 1 (6.250%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) DB2
1 1 (6.250%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (56.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Legal
2 1 (6.250%) Billing
2 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (37.50%) Project Officer
1 6 (37.50%) Project Support Officer
2 4 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Data Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Data Centre Manager
3 3 (18.75%) Data Centre Project Manager
4 2 (12.50%) Junior Project Support Officer
4 2 (12.50%) Junior
5 1 (6.250%) Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Support Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Configuration Manager
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (6.250%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Architect
5 1 (6.250%) TIBCO Consultant
5 1 (6.250%) Java Architect
5 1 (6.250%) Principal Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.250%) Blackberry
1 1 (6.250%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.250%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Vista
2 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) PRINCE2
2 6 (37.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (37.50%) Programme Management
3 5 (31.25%) Asset Management
3 5 (31.25%) Service Management
3 5 (31.25%) Change Control
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Information Assurance
4 4 (25.00%) Budget Control
4 4 (25.00%) Change Management
4 4 (25.00%) Incident Management
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL V3
5 2 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (6.250%) Capacity Management
6 1 (6.250%) Software Deployment
6 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
6 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
6 1 (6.250%) Problem Management
6 1 (6.250%) Data Protection
6 1 (6.250%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (12.50%) Java
2 1 (6.250%) PL/SQL
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) XPath
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) MCP
2 1 (6.250%) MCSE
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (6.250%) MCTS
2 1 (6.250%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (31.25%) SLA
2 1 (6.250%) QA
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (6.250%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
1 1 (6.250%) WSUS
1 1 (6.250%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) HP
2 2 (12.50%) Juniper
2 2 (12.50%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) ProCurve
3 1 (6.250%) CA
3 1 (6.250%) NetApp
3 1 (6.250%) CheckPoint
3 1 (6.250%) TIBCO
3 1 (6.250%) Dell
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Cisco
Bristol, South West
Skills/ Experience Required Must hold valid SC clearance. Experience of DE&S Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Experience of Assumptions Management Information systems (ADMIS) Full membership of Association...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Skills/ Experience Required Must hold valid SC clearance. Experience of DE&S Corporate Management Information System (CMIS), Experience of Assumptions Management Information systems (ADMIS) Full membership of Association...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Rate: £321.00 - £322 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013