The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Leicestershire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 30 - 35
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 0.476% - 0.858%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.730% - 1.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.75 £39.00 £36.98
% change year-on-year
-3.20% +5.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
137 126 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 65.24% 59.15% 66.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 41 50
Average daily rate £425 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £205 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £725 £413 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 7 20
Average hourly rate £32.50 £11.00 £33.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+195.45% -66.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £8.50 £24.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £30.35 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Configuration Management
East Midlands

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 3 (60.00%) SQL
1 3 (60.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
2 2 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (40.00%) TickIT
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
2 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
2 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Smart Meter
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
1 2 (40.00%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 3 (60.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Test Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Test Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Services Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Test Coordinator
2 1 (20.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
1 3 (60.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Software Testing
1 3 (60.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Logistics
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) ISEB
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (40.00%) TickIT
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) SAP