The first table below looks at the demand for the Configuration Engineer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Engineer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire 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 Engineer
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Configuration Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 0.193% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.207% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £300 £275
% change year-on-year
- +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1450 1504 1720
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.31% 93.42% 93.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 798 694 717
Average daily rate £340 £351 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.99% +0.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 219 243
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.50 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.60% -18.86%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.50 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Configuration Engineer
South East

Configuration Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Engineer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire Configuration Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Configuration Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Configuration Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Configuration Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Engineer across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire Configuration Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Engineer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Engineer within the Hampshire 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
Eastleigh - 2 - -
Southampton - 1 £165 -
Configuration Engineer
South East

Configuration Engineer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Configuration Engineer in their job title 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 with Configuration Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Bash shell
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
3 3 (42.86%) ITIL
4 2 (28.57%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) Java
4 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) SOA
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) JIRA
4 2 (28.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
4 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (14.29%) UNIX

Configuration Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Configuration Engineer in their job title 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 with Configuration Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
1 2 (28.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 4 (57.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (42.86%) Windows XP
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 2000
4 1 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
2 2 (28.57%) SOA
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Bash shell
2 2 (28.57%) C#
2 2 (28.57%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) BC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Red Hat
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft