The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Midlands 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 Midlands 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 - 26 32
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 0 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands - 0.752% 1.166%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 1.527% 1.802%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £388 £455
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -14.83%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £25.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
112 131 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Midlands 65.12% 49.25% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 55 52
Average daily rate £450 £375 £445
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.73%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £250 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 58
Average hourly rate £32.00 £21.00 £24.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+52.38% -15.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) SOA
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (50.00%) SAS
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
2 1 (50.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) QA
2 1 (50.00%) Spotfire
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
2 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands 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 Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SAS
1 1 (50.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP HCM
1 1 (50.00%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) Data Mining
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
2 1 (50.00%) SAP BI
2 1 (50.00%) Spotfire
2 1 (50.00%) SAP HANA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) SOA
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Change Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Workflow
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Analysis
1 1 (50.00%) Data Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Business Objects
1 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (50.00%) TIBCO
2 1 (50.00%) Tableau