The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Gatwick region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Gatwick 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 11 19 27
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +8
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 4 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 2.941% 3.883% 1.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.250% 4.545% 1.515%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 0
Average daily rate - £363 -
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 £39.00 £40.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Gatwick
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16 88 66
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Gatwick 47.06% 85.44% 67.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 48 33
Average daily rate £375 £338 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -15.62%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £258 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £24.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Configuration Management
West Sussex

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick 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 Gatwick region.

Gatwick Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Gatwick 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Project
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Project Support Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Project Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Coordinator
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Officer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Project Support Officer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Management
1 1 (100.00%) Project Planning
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft