Cheshire Configuration Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Daventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Huddersfield Ipswich Kingston Upon Thames Leeds Leicestershire London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Prestwick Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	63	57
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching contract IT job ads	16	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	2.585 %	0.789 %
Daily rates quoted	5	2
Average minimum daily rate	£298	£400
Average daily rate	£312	£400
% change on same period last year	-22.03 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£366	£364
% change on same period last year	+0.51 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.60	-
Average hourly rate	£24.10	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.60	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.72	£32.82
% change on same period last year	+2.73 %
Processes & Methodologies Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads	619	380
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.822 %	0.390 %
Daily rates quoted	213	124
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£316
Average daily rate	£359	£332
% change on same period last year	+8.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£347
UK excluding London average daily rate	£381	£375
% change on same period last year	+1.52 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.67	£21.41
Average hourly rate	£27.52	£22.52
% change on same period last year	+22.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£29.36	£23.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.43	£30.35
% change on same period last year	-3.02 %
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We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Management across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Configuration Management within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	-	3	£349	-
Warrington	-2	3	-	-
Wilmslow	-	1	£350	-
Crewe	-	1	-	-
Macclesfield	-	1	£335	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 6 (25.00 %) ITIL 2 4 (16.67 %) SQL Server 3 3 (12.50 %) RPG 3 3 (12.50 %) SQL 3 3 (12.50 %) UNIX 3 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel 3 3 (12.50 %) OS/400 3 3 (12.50 %) Project Management 3 3 (12.50 %) Service Delivery 3 3 (12.50 %) Finance 3 3 (12.50 %) LANSA 3 3 (12.50 %) Visual LANSA 3 3 (12.50 %) Incident Management 3 3 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 3 3 (12.50 %) Degree

3 3 (12.50 %) CMDB 4 2 (8.333 %) CA Clarity 4 2 (8.333 %) ServiceCenter 4 2 (8.333 %) Asset Management 4 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 4 2 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005 4 2 (8.333 %) AS400 4 2 (8.333 %) Risk Management 4 2 (8.333 %) Telecoms 4 2 (8.333 %) Service Management 4 2 (8.333 %) ClearCase 4 2 (8.333 %) MS Visio 4 2 (8.333 %) LAN 4 2 (8.333 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (8.333 %) MS Project

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 (4.167 %) .NET 1 1 (4.167 %) WebSphere	Applications 1 3 (12.50 %) MS Excel 2 2 (8.333 %) MS Visio 2 2 (8.333 %) CA Clarity 2 2 (8.333 %) MS Project 2 2 (8.333 %) MS Office
Communications & Networking 1 2 (8.333 %) LAN 1 2 (8.333 %) TCP/IP 2 1 (4.167 %) Firewall 2 1 (4.167 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (16.67 %) SQL Server 2 2 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 3 (12.50 %) Visual LANSA 2 2 (8.333 %) ClearCase 3 1 (4.167 %) Eclipse 3 1 (4.167 %) ClearQuest 3 1 (4.167 %) Ant 3 1 (4.167 %) PVCS 3 1 (4.167 %) VSS/SourceSafe 3 1 (4.167 %) CruiseControl 3 1 (4.167 %) Subversion	General 1 3 (12.50 %) Finance 2 2 (8.333 %) Telecoms 3 1 (4.167 %) Electric 3 1 (4.167 %) Banking
Job Titles 1 6 (25.00 %) Analyst 2 3 (12.50 %) Developer 2 3 (12.50 %) Desktop Support 2 3 (12.50 %) Support Analyst 3 2 (8.333 %) Configuration Manager 3 2 (8.333 %) Consultant 3 2 (8.333 %) DBA 3 2 (8.333 %) Business Analyst 3 2 (8.333 %) Project Planner 3 2 (8.333 %) Desktop Support Analyst 3 2 (8.333 %) Desktop Analyst 4 1 (4.167 %) RPG Developer 4 1 (4.167 %) Incident Manager 4 1 (4.167 %) Configuration Management Consultant 4 1 (4.167 %) ITIL Consultant 4 1 (4.167 %) Service Support Manager 4 1 (4.167 %) Desktop Support Engineer 4 1 (4.167 %) Desktop Engineer 4 1 (4.167 %) SQL DBA 4 1 (4.167 %) Technical Manager	Miscellaneous 1 3 (12.50 %) CMDB 2 2 (8.333 %) AS400 2 2 (8.333 %) Asset Management 3 1 (4.167 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 3 (12.50 %) UNIX 1 3 (12.50 %) OS/400 2 1 (4.167 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (25.00 %) ITIL 2 3 (12.50 %) Project Management 2 3 (12.50 %) Service Delivery 2 3 (12.50 %) Incident Management 2 3 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 3 2 (8.333 %) Service Management 3 2 (8.333 %) Risk Management 3 2 (8.333 %) Programme Management 3 2 (8.333 %) Business Analysis 4 1 (4.167 %) Unified Process 4 1 (4.167 %) Quality Management 4 1 (4.167 %) Disaster Recovery 4 1 (4.167 %) OO 4 1 (4.167 %) RAD 4 1 (4.167 %) RUP 4 1 (4.167 %) Project Planning 4 1 (4.167 %) Problem Management 4 1 (4.167 %) System Testing 4 1 (4.167 %) QMS 4 1 (4.167 %) SC Cleared
Programming Languages 1 3 (12.50 %) RPG 1 3 (12.50 %) SQL 2 2 (8.333 %) Java 3 1 (4.167 %) Ada 3 1 (4.167 %) C 3 1 (4.167 %) C++	Qualifications 1 3 (12.50 %) Degree 2 1 (4.167 %) HNC 2 1 (4.167 %) CCNP 2 1 (4.167 %) CCNA 2 1 (4.167 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.167 %) ISO9001 1 1 (4.167 %) SLA 1 1 (4.167 %) QA	Systems Management 1 2 (8.333 %) ServiceCenter 2 1 (4.167 %) AssetCenter
Vendors 1 3 (12.50 %) LANSA 2 2 (8.333 %) Oracle 3 1 (4.167 %) Cisco 3 1 (4.167 %) Microsoft