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This section looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills within the England 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 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConfiguration Management
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank152179
Rank change on same period last yearUp+27
Matching contract IT job ads764832
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.007 %0.883 %
As % of the category below2.027 %1.913 %
Daily rates quoted233257
Average minimum daily rate£360£356
Average daily rate£384£376
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£360
% change on same period last year+1.37 %
Hourly rates quoted7876
Average minimum hourly rate£31.68£30.05
Average hourly rate£33.44£31.09
% change on same period last year+7.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.20£32.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.39£30.56
% change on same period last year+9.24 %
Processes & Methodologies EnglandProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching contract IT job ads3769343486
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled49.70 %46.13 %
Daily rates quoted1386814508
Average minimum daily rate£389£395
Average daily rate£416£420
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£443£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£384£374
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Hourly rates quoted22942701
Average minimum hourly rate£27.46£29.05
Average hourly rate£29.32£30.85
% change on same period last year-4.95 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.18£32.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.40£30.19
% change on same period last year-2.62 %
Configuration Management UKConfiguration Management
UK

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.

Configuration Management
Demand Trend

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

England Configuration Management Demand Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England Configuration Management Hourly Rate Histogram

Configuration Management
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 England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+41256£413+1.16 %
South EastUp+22244£370+7.81 %
South WestUp+2679£379-7.77 %
East of EnglandDown-2460£346-8.69 %
North WestDown-1430£327+8.46 %
West MidlandsDown-527£312-10.71 %
YorkshireUp+1220£298-8.15 %
East MidlandsUp+118£280-
North EastUp+813£430+56.36 %
MidlandsNo change07£350+55.55 %
Configuration Management UKConfiguration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1279 (17.95 %)Unix
2273 (17.57 %)Security Cleared
3271 (17.44 %)Windows
4252 (16.22 %)ITIL
5230 (14.80 %)Oracle
6225 (14.48 %)ClearCase
7220 (14.16 %)Java
8211 (13.58 %)SQL
9169 (10.88 %)Finance
10160 (10.30 %)PRINCE2
11159 (10.23 %)Change Management
12155 (9.974 %)Project Management
13154 (9.910 %)C
14149 (9.588 %)Government
14149 (9.588 %)Release Management
15143 (9.202 %)Linux
16131 (8.430 %)Telecoms
17128 (8.237 %)Microsoft
18127 (8.172 %)C++
19125 (8.044 %)SC Cleared
20121 (7.786 %)XML
21108 (6.950 %)Service Management
2296 (6.178 %)J2EE
2395 (6.113 %).NET
2395 (6.113 %)Service Delivery
2492 (5.920 %)C#
2591 (5.856 %)Perl
2688 (5.663 %)DV Cleared
2787 (5.598 %)Solaris
2882 (5.277 %)Banking

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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
1121 (7.786 %)XML
296 (6.178 %)J2EE
395 (6.113 %).NET
445 (2.896 %)Middleware
542 (2.703 %)HTML
635 (2.252 %)WebServices
635 (2.252 %)XSLT
728 (1.802 %)WebSphere
823 (1.480 %)CORBA
922 (1.416 %)STL
1020 (1.287 %)CSS
1119 (1.223 %)JSP
1217 (1.094 %)ASP
1315 (0.965 %)EJB
1414 (0.901 %)ASP.NET
1513 (0.837 %).NET Framework
1612 (0.772 %)LuciadMap
1612 (0.772 %)Struts
1711 (0.708 %)SOAP
1711 (0.708 %)ODBC
Application Platforms
140 (2.574 %)WebLogic
233 (2.124 %)Tomcat
332 (2.059 %)Apache
429 (1.866 %)MS Exchange
524 (1.544 %)JBoss
524 (1.544 %)Exchange Server 2003
619 (1.223 %)Lotus Notes
717 (1.094 %)IIS
717 (1.094 %)Exchange Server 2000
815 (0.965 %)CMS
911 (0.708 %)SharePoint
108 (0.515 %)TIBCO EMS
108 (0.515 %)Resin
116 (0.386 %)Oracle 10gAS
116 (0.386 %)BizTalk Server
125 (0.322 %)WebSphere Application Server
125 (0.322 %)MQSeries
125 (0.322 %)Oracle Application Server
134 (0.257 %)TPMS
134 (0.257 %)TeamSite
Applications
173 (4.698 %)MS Office
255 (3.539 %)MS Excel
354 (3.475 %)MS Project
420 (1.287 %)MS Visio
519 (1.223 %)MS PowerPoint
64 (0.257 %)MATLAB
64 (0.257 %)Simulink
64 (0.257 %)Quicktime
73 (0.193 %)QuarkXPress
82 (0.129 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.064 %)Fireworks
91 (0.064 %)Windchill
91 (0.064 %)Pro/ENGINEER
91 (0.064 %)Acrobat
91 (0.064 %)Photoshop
91 (0.064 %)Shockwave
Business Applications
113 (0.837 %)Staffware
28 (0.515 %)BusinessWorks
28 (0.515 %)TIBCO iProcess
35 (0.322 %)Remedy ITSM
44 (0.257 %)assyst
44 (0.257 %)Loan IQ
53 (0.193 %)Oracle Financials
62 (0.129 %)Dynamics CRM
62 (0.129 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.129 %)SAP CRM
62 (0.129 %)SAP PM
Communications & Networking
176 (4.891 %)TCP/IP
251 (3.282 %)Internet
251 (3.282 %)3G
340 (2.574 %)LAN
436 (2.317 %)WAN
531 (1.995 %)GSM
627 (1.737 %)SAN
724 (1.544 %)DNS
823 (1.480 %)Ethernet
920 (1.287 %)UMTS
1019 (1.223 %)GPRS
1117 (1.094 %)Firewall
1216 (1.030 %)X.400
1216 (1.030 %)X.500
1216 (1.030 %)Intranet
139 (0.579 %)VPN
139 (0.579 %)HTTP
139 (0.579 %)DHCP
139 (0.579 %)2G
148 (0.515 %)SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
179 (5.084 %)SQL Server
238 (2.445 %)Oracle 10g
333 (2.124 %)RDBMS
428 (1.802 %)SQL Server 2005
521 (1.351 %)Oracle Reports
521 (1.351 %)Oracle 8/8i
619 (1.223 %)Datawarehouse
718 (1.158 %)EDRMS
817 (1.094 %)MS Access
817 (1.094 %)SQL Server 2000
916 (1.030 %)Oracle 9i
1015 (0.965 %)MySQL
1015 (0.965 %)GIS
1112 (0.772 %)BusinessObjects
1211 (0.708 %)ETL
139 (0.579 %)DB2
139 (0.579 %)SQLPlus
143 (0.193 %)TOAD
143 (0.193 %)Oracle Discoverer
152 (0.129 %)Oracle OWB
Development Applications
1225 (14.48 %)ClearCase
278 (5.019 %)Ant
371 (4.569 %)ClearQuest
457 (3.668 %)VSS/SourceSafe
457 (3.668 %)Subversion
546 (2.960 %)PVCS
640 (2.574 %)StarTeam
732 (2.059 %)Visual Studio
825 (1.609 %)JUnit
923 (1.480 %)CruiseControl
1022 (1.416 %)TestDirector
1117 (1.094 %)Eclipse
1117 (1.094 %)RequisitePro
1215 (0.965 %)JIRA
1314 (0.901 %)NUnit
1413 (0.837 %)LabVIEW
1512 (0.772 %)QuickTest Pro
169 (0.579 %)InstallShield
178 (0.515 %)ARTiSAN
178 (0.515 %)WinRunner
General
1169 (10.88 %)Finance
2149 (9.588 %)Government
3131 (8.430 %)Telecoms
482 (5.277 %)Banking
549 (3.153 %)Investment Banking
643 (2.767 %)Military
726 (1.673 %)Auditing
819 (1.223 %)Construction
918 (1.158 %)Retail
1017 (1.094 %)Pharmaceutical
1116 (1.030 %)Publishing
1213 (0.837 %)Automotive
1213 (0.837 %)Legal
1310 (0.644 %)Financial Institution
1310 (0.644 %)Criminal Justice
1310 (0.644 %)Police
149 (0.579 %)Education
149 (0.579 %)Back Office
149 (0.579 %)Billing
158 (0.515 %)Insurance
Job Titles
1260 (16.73 %)Analyst
2161 (10.36 %)Developer
3151 (9.717 %)Configuration Manager
4124 (7.979 %)Software Engineer
580 (5.148 %)Project Manager
677 (4.955 %)Administrator
768 (4.376 %)Consultant
853 (3.411 %)Release Manager
947 (3.024 %)Support Analyst
1042 (2.703 %)Business Analyst
1042 (2.703 %)Java Developer
1140 (2.574 %)Project Officer
1239 (2.510 %)Change Manager
1338 (2.445 %)Project Support Officer
1338 (2.445 %)Test Analyst
1437 (2.381 %)Tester
1536 (2.317 %)Change Analyst
1634 (2.188 %)Embedded Software Engineer
1634 (2.188 %)Systems Engineer
1732 (2.059 %)Configuration Analyst
Miscellaneous
177 (4.955 %)CMDB
238 (2.445 %)Derivative
331 (1.995 %)Handset
430 (1.931 %)Asset Management
430 (1.931 %)ASIC
524 (1.544 %)Management Information System
622 (1.416 %)VHDL
721 (1.351 %)N-Tier
814 (0.901 %)Client/Server
913 (0.837 %)Mainframe
1012 (0.772 %)PMI
1012 (0.772 %)Replication
1012 (0.772 %)Equity Derivative
1111 (0.708 %)Computer Science
1210 (0.644 %)Firmware
139 (0.579 %)Statistics
139 (0.579 %)Fixed Income
139 (0.579 %)Clustering
148 (0.515 %)Device Driver
148 (0.515 %)Biology
Operating Systems
1279 (17.95 %)Unix
2271 (17.44 %)Windows
3143 (9.202 %)Linux
487 (5.598 %)Solaris
545 (2.896 %)Windows Server 2003
638 (2.445 %)Windows 2000
735 (2.252 %)Windows NT
824 (1.544 %)Windows XP
921 (1.351 %)VxWorks
1013 (0.837 %)Tru64
1112 (0.772 %)VME
1211 (0.708 %)Mac OS X
1211 (0.708 %)AIX
139 (0.579 %)Fedora
147 (0.450 %)Windows Mobile
156 (0.386 %)HPUX
156 (0.386 %)VMS
164 (0.257 %)Embedded Linux
173 (0.193 %)zOS
173 (0.193 %)OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1273 (17.57 %)Security Cleared
2252 (16.22 %)ITIL
3160 (10.30 %)PRINCE2
4159 (10.23 %)Change Management
5155 (9.974 %)Project Management
6149 (9.588 %)Release Management
7125 (8.044 %)SC Cleared
8108 (6.950 %)Service Management
995 (6.113 %)Service Delivery
1088 (5.663 %)DV Cleared
1173 (4.698 %)UML
1269 (4.440 %)OO
1356 (3.604 %)Risk Management
1356 (3.604 %)Unit Testing
1449 (3.153 %)Incident Management
1546 (2.960 %)Migration
1642 (2.703 %)RUP
1737 (2.381 %)Agile Software Development
1737 (2.381 %)User Acceptance Testing
1833 (2.124 %)Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1220 (14.16 %)Java
2211 (13.58 %)SQL
3154 (9.910 %)C
4127 (8.172 %)C++
592 (5.920 %)C#
691 (5.856 %)Perl
757 (3.668 %)Shell Script
848 (3.089 %)PL/SQL
931 (1.995 %)JavaScript
1030 (1.931 %)VB
1129 (1.866 %)Ada
1222 (1.416 %)VB.NET
1320 (1.287 %)Python
1418 (1.158 %)VC++
1517 (1.094 %)VBScript
1616 (1.030 %)Tcl
1713 (0.837 %)VB6
1713 (0.837 %)RPG
1812 (0.772 %)Korn
1911 (0.708 %)PHP
Qualifications
157 (3.668 %)Degree
245 (2.896 %)ISEB
340 (2.574 %)ITIL Certification
421 (1.351 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
519 (1.223 %)Cisco Certification
618 (1.158 %)CCNA
717 (1.094 %)PRINCE2 Certification
815 (0.965 %)Sun Certification
98 (0.515 %)Microsoft Certification
107 (0.450 %)MCSE
116 (0.386 %)PMI Certification
116 (0.386 %)ISEB Practitioner
124 (0.257 %)HND
133 (0.193 %)HNC
133 (0.193 %)OCP
133 (0.193 %)OCA
133 (0.193 %)Oracle Certification
133 (0.193 %)PMP
133 (0.193 %)SCSA
142 (0.129 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
161 (3.925 %)QA
220 (1.287 %)SLA
313 (0.837 %)ISO9000
47 (0.450 %)ISO9001
47 (0.450 %)COBIT
55 (0.322 %)BS15000
64 (0.257 %)GLP
64 (0.257 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
73 (0.193 %)Basel II
73 (0.193 %)TickIT
82 (0.129 %)WAI
System Software
152 (3.346 %)Active Directory
216 (1.030 %)Terminal Services
314 (0.901 %)Oracle RAC
413 (0.837 %)NetBackup
59 (0.579 %)Squid
68 (0.515 %)MetaFrame
76 (0.386 %)Backup Exec
85 (0.322 %)Oracle RMAN
94 (0.257 %)AquaLogic
103 (0.193 %)VMware Infrastructure
103 (0.193 %)VMware GSX
103 (0.193 %)VMware ESX
112 (0.129 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
116 (1.030 %)MOM
215 (0.965 %)OpenView Configuration Management
314 (0.901 %)ServiceCenter
413 (0.837 %)AssetCenter
512 (0.772 %)OpenView
65 (0.322 %)Tivoli
74 (0.257 %)Unicenter
83 (0.193 %)Norton AntiVirus
92 (0.129 %)SCCM
92 (0.129 %)Tivoli NetView
92 (0.129 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
92 (0.129 %)BMC Marimba
101 (0.064 %)Netcool
101 (0.064 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
101 (0.064 %)CiscoWorks
101 (0.064 %)SCOM
101 (0.064 %)EMC Navisphere
101 (0.064 %)AllFusion Endevor
101 (0.064 %)AutoSys
101 (0.064 %)BMC PATROL
Vendors
1230 (14.80 %)Oracle
2128 (8.237 %)Microsoft
363 (4.054 %)HP
449 (3.153 %)IBM
543 (2.767 %)Serena
640 (2.574 %)Borland
738 (2.445 %)Sun
837 (2.381 %)Cisco
837 (2.381 %)Red Hat
936 (2.317 %)Remedy
1029 (1.866 %)VERITAS
1029 (1.866 %)Citrix
1127 (1.737 %)Sybase
1127 (1.737 %)Siebel
1226 (1.673 %)SAP
1226 (1.673 %)CA
1325 (1.609 %)TIBCO
1423 (1.480 %)BEA
1521 (1.351 %)McAfee Security
1619 (1.223 %)Lotus
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