The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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 67 71 69
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 19 15 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 1.506% 1.073% 1.101%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.225% 1.663% 1.687%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 5
Average daily rate £413 £441 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.51% +10.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £283 £380 £371
10% offered a daily rate of more than £459 £475 £406
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 2
Average hourly rate - £55.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +111.53%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.75 £40.00 £36.95
% change year-on-year
-5.62% +8.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
854 902 889
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 67.67% 64.52% 65.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 409 460 380
Average daily rate £375 £375 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -2.59%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £239 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 52 64
Average hourly rate £27.50 £34.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.11% +30.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £11.00 £14.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £57.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East Midlands Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands 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
Nottinghamshire - 6 £361 -
Lincolnshire - 3 - -
Northamptonshire - 3 £413 -
Leicestershire - 2 - -
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 13 (34.21%) SQL Server
3 10 (26.32%) Windows
3 10 (26.32%) Linux
4 9 (23.68%) Oracle
5 7 (18.42%) C#
5 7 (18.42%) SQL
5 7 (18.42%) .NET
5 7 (18.42%) Business Analysis
6 6 (15.79%) Ajax
6 6 (15.79%) VMware
6 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (15.79%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 6 (15.79%) jQuery
6 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (15.79%) .NET Framework
6 6 (15.79%) XenApp
6 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
6 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
6 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2000
6 6 (15.79%) MVC
6 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
6 6 (15.79%) Visual Studio
6 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET
6 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
6 6 (15.79%) Citrix
6 6 (15.79%) OO
6 6 (15.79%) OOD

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 7 (18.42%) .NET
2 6 (15.79%) Ajax
2 6 (15.79%) jQuery
2 6 (15.79%) .NET Framework
2 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC
2 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET MVC 3
2 6 (15.79%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) MS Office
2 4 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (10.53%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Oracle BPM
1 2 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (5.263%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) SAN
2 2 (5.263%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.632%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (34.21%) SQL Server
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2000
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) Visual Studio
2 5 (13.16%) VSS/SourceSafe
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle APEX
General
1 5 (13.16%) Finance
2 2 (5.263%) Banking
2 2 (5.263%) Billing
3 1 (2.632%) Games
3 1 (2.632%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (18.42%) Developer
2 6 (15.79%) C# Developer
2 6 (15.79%) Analyst
2 6 (15.79%) Platform Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Business Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Software Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Test Engineer
3 5 (13.16%) Software Test Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Architect
4 4 (10.53%) Project Manager
5 3 (7.895%) Configuration Manager
5 3 (7.895%) Process Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) Business Process Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) Systems Manager
6 2 (5.263%) .NET Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (5.263%) Senior C# Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (5.263%) Oracle Architect
6 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.263%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.632%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
1 10 (26.32%) Linux
2 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (13.16%) Windows 2000
3 5 (13.16%) UNIX
4 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (18.42%) Business Analysis
2 6 (15.79%) MVC
2 6 (15.79%) OO
2 6 (15.79%) OOD
3 5 (13.16%) PRINCE2
3 5 (13.16%) Service Delivery
3 5 (13.16%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (10.53%) Change Control
5 3 (7.895%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.895%) BPR
5 3 (7.895%) Project Management
5 3 (7.895%) Software Testing
5 3 (7.895%) Technical Architecture
6 2 (5.263%) Programme Management
6 2 (5.263%) Logistics
6 2 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (5.263%) TOGAF
6 2 (5.263%) DoDAF
6 2 (5.263%) MODAF
6 2 (5.263%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (18.42%) C#
1 7 (18.42%) SQL
2 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
3 4 (10.53%) C
4 2 (5.263%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
1 5 (13.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (10.53%) MCITP
2 4 (10.53%) MCSE
2 4 (10.53%) CCA
2 4 (10.53%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.895%) ISEB
3 3 (7.895%) Degree
4 1 (2.632%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.53%) TickIT
1 4 (10.53%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Citrix Presentation Server
1 6 (15.79%) XenApp
1 6 (15.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 9 (23.68%) Oracle
3 6 (15.79%) VMware
3 6 (15.79%) Citrix
4 4 (10.53%) IBM
4 4 (10.53%) HP
5 2 (5.263%) Northgate
6 1 (2.632%) SAP
6 1 (2.632%) JD Edwards
6 1 (2.632%) Mercator
6 1 (2.632%) Capita