Hampshire Configuration Management Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills within the Hampshire region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Daventry Derbyshire Docklands, London Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hinckley Huddersfield Ipswich Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Prestwick Reading Rickmansworth Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Somerset South Ayrshire South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Surrey Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Wells West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wokingham Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	40	61
Rank change on same period last year	+21
Matching contract IT job ads	69	68
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.092 %	0.069 %
As % of the category below	5.731 %	4.031 %
Daily rates quoted	14	13
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£329
Average daily rate	£404	£331
% change on same period last year	+21.78 %
Average maximum daily rate	£432	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£371	£363
% change on same period last year	+2.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	11	13
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.41	£36.71
Average hourly rate	£33.89	£37.96
% change on same period last year	-10.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.36	£39.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.40	£33.31
% change on same period last year	+0.28 %
Processes & Methodologies Hampshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1204	1687
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.605 %	1.707 %
Daily rates quoted	331	522
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£363
Average daily rate	£380	£385
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£404	£408
UK excluding London average daily rate	£380	£376
% change on same period last year	+1.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	195	323
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.48	£30.71
Average hourly rate	£33.04	£32.48
% change on same period last year	+1.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.60	£34.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£29.33	£30.16
% change on same period last year	-2.72 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 25 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.

Location	Rank 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
Basingstoke	+19	15	£625	-
Southampton	+12	7	£288	-
Fareham	-	3	£396	-
Havant	0	2	-	-
Portsmouth	-4	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 32 (24.62 %) Windows 2 31 (23.85 %) ClearCase 3 27 (20.77 %) C 3 27 (20.77 %) Security Cleared 4 23 (17.69 %) OO 4 23 (17.69 %) SC Cleared 5 22 (16.92 %) Telecoms 6 21 (16.15 %) Government 6 21 (16.15 %) Java 7 20 (15.38 %) UNIX 8 16 (12.31 %) UML 8 16 (12.31 %) Unit Testing 8 16 (12.31 %) Auditing 9 15 (11.54 %) Linux 10 14 (10.77 %) Subversion

11 13 (10.00 %) Degree 11 13 (10.00 %) ITIL 11 13 (10.00 %) Oracle 11 13 (10.00 %) Microsoft 11 13 (10.00 %) ASIC 12 12 (9.231 %) CruiseControl 12 12 (9.231 %) Military 13 10 (7.692 %) VHDL 13 10 (7.692 %) 3G 13 10 (7.692 %) ClearQuest 13 10 (7.692 %) Finance 13 10 (7.692 %) Ant 14 9 (6.923 %) C++ 14 9 (6.923 %) OOD 14 9 (6.923 %) Eclipse

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 8 (6.154 %) .NET 1 8 (6.154 %) Swing 2 7 (5.385 %) XML 2 7 (5.385 %) CORBA 3 5 (3.846 %) J2EE 4 2 (1.538 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.769 %) .NET Remoting 5 1 (0.769 %) .NET Framework 5 1 (0.769 %) COM+ 5 1 (0.769 %) DCOM 5 1 (0.769 %) WebServices 5 1 (0.769 %) WSDL 5 1 (0.769 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 8 (6.154 %) MS Exchange 2 3 (2.308 %) IIS 3 2 (1.538 %) Oracle Spatial 4 1 (0.769 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 1 (0.769 %) MTS 4 1 (0.769 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.769 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 7 (5.385 %) MS Office 2 5 (3.846 %) MS Project 3 4 (3.077 %) Quicktime 4 3 (2.308 %) MS Excel 4 3 (2.308 %) QuarkXPress 5 2 (1.538 %) Spreadsheet 6 1 (0.769 %) Pro/ENGINEER 6 1 (0.769 %) Acrobat	Business Applications 1 4 (3.077 %) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking 1 10 (7.692 %) 3G 2 5 (3.846 %) VPN 3 4 (3.077 %) GSM 3 4 (3.077 %) DVB 4 3 (2.308 %) LDAP 5 2 (1.538 %) ATM 5 2 (1.538 %) GPRS 5 2 (1.538 %) UMTS 5 2 (1.538 %) Internet 6 1 (0.769 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.769 %) 2G 6 1 (0.769 %) WCDMA 6 1 (0.769 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.769 %) Ethernet 6 1 (0.769 %) SNMP 6 1 (0.769 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.769 %) DNS 6 1 (0.769 %) SAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 4 (3.077 %) SQL Server 1 4 (3.077 %) RDBMS 2 3 (2.308 %) DB2 3 2 (1.538 %) MS Access 3 2 (1.538 %) Oracle 10g 3 2 (1.538 %) GIS 4 1 (0.769 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (0.769 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 31 (23.85 %) ClearCase 2 14 (10.77 %) Subversion 3 12 (9.231 %) CruiseControl 4 10 (7.692 %) ClearQuest 4 10 (7.692 %) Ant 5 9 (6.923 %) Eclipse 6 7 (5.385 %) ARTiSAN 6 7 (5.385 %) JUnit 7 5 (3.846 %) LabVIEW 8 4 (3.077 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (1.538 %) Flash 10 1 (0.769 %) PVCS 10 1 (0.769 %) StarTeam 10 1 (0.769 %) Atlassian Bamboo	General 1 22 (16.92 %) Telecoms 2 21 (16.15 %) Government 3 16 (12.31 %) Auditing 4 12 (9.231 %) Military 5 10 (7.692 %) Finance 6 4 (3.077 %) Video Editing 6 4 (3.077 %) Multimedia 7 3 (2.308 %) Construction 7 3 (2.308 %) Banking 8 2 (1.538 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (1.538 %) Education 9 1 (0.769 %) Aerospace 9 1 (0.769 %) Games 9 1 (0.769 %) Retail 9 1 (0.769 %) Insurance 9 1 (0.769 %) Retail Banking 9 1 (0.769 %) Financial Institution
Job Titles 1 28 (21.54 %) Software Engineer 2 24 (18.46 %) Configuration Manager 3 22 (16.92 %) Developer 4 8 (6.154 %) Software Developer 4 8 (6.154 %) Embedded Software Engineer 4 8 (6.154 %) Software Configuration Manager 4 8 (6.154 %) Software Manager 5 7 (5.385 %) Tester 6 6 (4.615 %) Systems Engineer 6 6 (4.615 %) Java Developer 6 6 (4.615 %) Integration Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) Configuration Management Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) Environment Manager 7 5 (3.846 %) Java Swing Developer 7 5 (3.846 %) Test Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) Software Test Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) Systems Test Engineer 7 5 (3.846 %) Analyst 8 3 (2.308 %) Software Architect 8 3 (2.308 %) Architect	Miscellaneous 1 13 (10.00 %) ASIC 2 10 (7.692 %) VHDL 3 7 (5.385 %) Handset 4 5 (3.846 %) Management Information System 5 4 (3.077 %) MPEG 5 4 (3.077 %) Computer Science 5 4 (3.077 %) CMDB 6 3 (2.308 %) Mainframe 7 2 (1.538 %) Device Driver 7 2 (1.538 %) Firmware 7 2 (1.538 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 8 1 (0.769 %) Clustering 8 1 (0.769 %) ASIC Verification 8 1 (0.769 %) N-Tier 8 1 (0.769 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 32 (24.62 %) Windows 2 20 (15.38 %) UNIX 3 15 (11.54 %) Linux 4 9 (6.923 %) Mac OS X 5 4 (3.077 %) Windows NT 5 4 (3.077 %) AIX 6 3 (2.308 %) Solaris 7 2 (1.538 %) Windows XP 8 1 (0.769 %) zOS 8 1 (0.769 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 27 (20.77 %) Security Cleared 2 23 (17.69 %) SC Cleared 2 23 (17.69 %) OO 3 16 (12.31 %) UML 3 16 (12.31 %) Unit Testing 4 13 (10.00 %) ITIL 5 9 (6.923 %) OOD 5 9 (6.923 %) Change Management 5 9 (6.923 %) Software Engineering 5 9 (6.923 %) Release Management 6 7 (5.385 %) Test-First Development 6 7 (5.385 %) Risk Analysis 6 7 (5.385 %) Service Management 7 6 (4.615 %) Project Management 7 6 (4.615 %) Test Scripting 8 5 (3.846 %) Continuous Integration 9 4 (3.077 %) ITSM 9 4 (3.077 %) Validation 10 3 (2.308 %) Service Delivery 10 3 (2.308 %) RUP
Programming Languages 1 27 (20.77 %) C 2 21 (16.15 %) Java 3 9 (6.923 %) C++ 4 8 (6.154 %) Ada 5 6 (4.615 %) SQL 6 4 (3.077 %) Python 7 3 (2.308 %) VB.NET 7 3 (2.308 %) Perl 7 3 (2.308 %) C# 7 3 (2.308 %) Shell Script 8 2 (1.538 %) PL/SQL 9 1 (0.769 %) VC++ 9 1 (0.769 %) Embedded C 9 1 (0.769 %) Assembly Language 9 1 (0.769 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 13 (10.00 %) Degree 2 2 (1.538 %) MCSE 2 2 (1.538 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (0.769 %) ITIL Certification 3 1 (0.769 %) HNC 3 1 (0.769 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (2.308 %) ISO9000 1 3 (2.308 %) Basel II 1 3 (2.308 %) TickIT 2 1 (0.769 %) SLA	System Software 1 6 (4.615 %) Backup Exec 2 2 (1.538 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.769 %) NetBackup 3 1 (0.769 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 3 (2.308 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 13 (10.00 %) Oracle 1 13 (10.00 %) Microsoft 2 8 (6.154 %) VERITAS 3 7 (5.385 %) SAP 4 6 (4.615 %) Symantec 4 6 (4.615 %) Serena 5 5 (3.846 %) Hummingbird 5 5 (3.846 %) Sun 6 4 (3.077 %) Remedy 6 4 (3.077 %) McAfee Security 7 3 (2.308 %) VMware 7 3 (2.308 %) CA 7 3 (2.308 %) Adobe 7 3 (2.308 %) Quark 8 2 (1.538 %) Anite 9 1 (0.769 %) Cadence 9 1 (0.769 %) Borland 9 1 (0.769 %) Cisco 9 1 (0.769 %) Ericsson 9 1 (0.769 %) Juniper