The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Devon 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 23 28 26
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 5 4 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 2.907% 2.174% 1.389%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.968% 3.448% 2.899%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
Average daily rate £350 £463 £346
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.32% +33.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £450 £339
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £475 £353
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.75 £40.00 £36.95
% change year-on-year
-5.62% +8.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
126 116 69
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Devon 73.26% 63.04% 47.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 58 34
Average daily rate £313 £335 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.71% -5.63%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £204 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £388 £475 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 20 10
Average hourly rate £19.39 £15.25 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.14% -48.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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 Devon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

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 Configuration Management within the Devon region over the 3 months to 22 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
Exeter -5 4 £350 -24.32%
Configuration Management
South West

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 (90.00%) SOA
1 9 (90.00%) Web Services
1 9 (90.00%) XML
2 8 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (70.00%) OO
3 7 (70.00%) Oracle
4 6 (60.00%) ASP.NET
4 6 (60.00%) CSS
4 6 (60.00%) C#
4 6 (60.00%) HTML
4 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (60.00%) XSLT
4 6 (60.00%) VB.NET
4 6 (60.00%) .NET
4 6 (60.00%) XQuery
4 6 (60.00%) XPath
5 5 (50.00%) Degree
5 5 (50.00%) Git (software)
5 5 (50.00%) Finance
6 4 (40.00%) B2B
6 4 (40.00%) B2C
6 4 (40.00%) Back Office
7 3 (30.00%) .NET Framework
7 3 (30.00%) Oracle 11g
7 3 (30.00%) Oracle Service Bus
7 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (30.00%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (30.00%) Middleware
7 3 (30.00%) MCAD

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Devon 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 9 (90.00%) Web Services
1 9 (90.00%) XML
2 6 (60.00%) ASP.NET
2 6 (60.00%) CSS
2 6 (60.00%) HTML
2 6 (60.00%) XSLT
2 6 (60.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) .NET Framework
3 3 (30.00%) Middleware
3 3 (30.00%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle Service Bus
1 3 (30.00%) MQSeries
2 1 (10.00%) AquaLogic
2 1 (10.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (10.00%) Star Schema
2 1 (10.00%) TOAD
2 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Git (software)
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Analyst
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Service Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Data Warehouse Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Data Warehouse Developer
5 1 (10.00%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) SOA
2 8 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (80.00%) Waterfall
3 7 (70.00%) OO
4 4 (40.00%) B2B
4 4 (40.00%) B2C
5 1 (10.00%) Data Modelling
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C#
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (60.00%) VB.NET
1 6 (60.00%) XQuery
1 6 (60.00%) XPath
2 2 (20.00%) C
3 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) MCAD
2 3 (30.00%) MCSD
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) BEA