The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 23 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 Cheltenham 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 16 35 17
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -18
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 2 13 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 2.632% 5.394% 5.941%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.846% 6.878% 11.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 3
Average daily rate £380 £375 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.33% +31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £36.95
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cheltenham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
52 189 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheltenham 68.42% 78.42% 52.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 106 21
Average daily rate £343 £425 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.41% +37.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £395 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 9
Average hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -33.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £25.00 £34.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £37.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Configuration Management
Gloucestershire

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham 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 Cheltenham region.

Cheltenham Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 4 (33.33%) Avionics
3 4 (33.33%) DO-178B
3 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 4 (33.33%) Electronics
3 4 (33.33%) Borland
3 4 (33.33%) C++
3 4 (33.33%) Windows
3 4 (33.33%) C
3 4 (33.33%) Embedded C
4 3 (25.00%) SQL
4 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
5 2 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (16.67%) Release Management
5 2 (16.67%) Oracle
5 2 (16.67%) HP
5 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (16.67%) TOAD
5 2 (16.67%) Serena
5 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
6 1 (8.333%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (8.333%) ITSM
6 1 (8.333%) C++Builder
6 1 (8.333%) Project Management
6 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
6 1 (8.333%) C#
6 1 (8.333%) Assembly Language

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheltenham 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 (8.333%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (8.333%) Oracle Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (16.67%) TOAD
2 1 (8.333%) RDBMS
2 1 (8.333%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 1 (8.333%) C++Builder
1 1 (8.333%) PVCS
1 1 (8.333%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (75.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (33.33%) Avionics
2 4 (33.33%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Software Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Design Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Software Design Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Real Time Software Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Real Time Engineer
3 1 (8.333%) Problem Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Test Analyst
3 1 (8.333%) Software Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Developer
3 1 (8.333%) Software Manager
3 1 (8.333%) Test Data Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Embedded Software Development
2 2 (16.67%) Release Management
2 2 (16.67%) Data Analysis
3 1 (8.333%) ITSM
3 1 (8.333%) Project Management
3 1 (8.333%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) UML
3 1 (8.333%) OO
3 1 (8.333%) RAD
3 1 (8.333%) Validation
3 1 (8.333%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) C++
1 4 (33.33%) C
1 4 (33.33%) Embedded C
2 3 (25.00%) SQL
3 1 (8.333%) C#
3 1 (8.333%) Assembly Language
3 1 (8.333%) Ada
Qualifications
1 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (33.33%) Degree
3 3 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) DO-178B
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Borland
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) HP
2 2 (16.67%) Serena
3 1 (8.333%) Embarcadero