The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield 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 4 - 20
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 7 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 18.92% - 1.538%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.58% - 2.564%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £160
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 £37.75 £39.00 £36.98
% change year-on-year
-3.20% +5.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Macclesfield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
31 41 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Macclesfield 83.78% 87.23% 60.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 17 14
Average daily rate £350 £345 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.44% -8.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £174 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Configuration Management
Cheshire

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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 7 (77.78%) Change Management
1 7 (77.78%) CMDB
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) .NET
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
2 2 (22.22%) Web Services
2 2 (22.22%) UML
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) W3C
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
3 1 (11.11%) Automotive
3 1 (11.11%) SQL
3 1 (11.11%) Degree

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Macclesfield 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 2 (22.22%) .NET
1 2 (22.22%) ASP.NET
1 2 (22.22%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (11.11%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Analyst
1 6 (66.67%) Configuration Analyst
2 5 (55.56%) Change Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Configuration Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Change Management Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) C# Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Configuration Management Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
5 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Software Build Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C# ASP.NET Developer
5 1 (11.11%) SCM Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) CMDB
2 2 (22.22%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) UML
2 2 (22.22%) OO
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) C#
2 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree