The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 46 55 52
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -3
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 9 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 1.695% 1.003% 0.664%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.344% 1.522% 1.183%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 3
Average daily rate £250 £300 £175
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +71.42%
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 £39.00 £40.00 £37.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.10%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
384 460 338
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 72.32% 65.90% 56.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 232 208 150
Average daily rate £350 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £222 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 23 31
Average hourly rate £17.50 £14.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.64% -1.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.20 £10.58 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £17.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Configuration Management
Buckinghamshire

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 10 (76.92%) ITIL
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) HP
3 8 (61.54%) Change Management
4 7 (53.85%) Service Management
5 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
6 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
7 4 (30.77%) VMware
7 4 (30.77%) Windows
7 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
7 4 (30.77%) Firewall
7 4 (30.77%) Validation
7 4 (30.77%) SAN
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (30.77%) Blackberry
7 4 (30.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 4 (30.77%) SQL
7 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
7 4 (30.77%) LAN
7 4 (30.77%) WAN
7 4 (30.77%) DHCP
7 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
7 4 (30.77%) DNS
7 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
7 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
7 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
7 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (30.77%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 4 (30.77%) MS Exchange
1 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2007
1 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2003
1 4 (30.77%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (30.77%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Project
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Firewall
1 4 (30.77%) SAN
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
1 4 (30.77%) WAN
1 4 (30.77%) DHCP
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
1 4 (30.77%) DNS
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Change Analyst
3 4 (30.77%) Integration Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Service Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Change Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Project Coordinator
5 1 (7.692%) Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Configuration Analyst
5 1 (7.692%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.692%) Coordinator
5 1 (7.692%) ITIL Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (30.77%) Blackberry
2 2 (15.38%) CMDB
3 1 (7.692%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (30.77%) Windows Vista
1 4 (30.77%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) ITIL
2 8 (61.54%) Change Management
3 7 (53.85%) Service Management
4 4 (30.77%) Validation
4 4 (30.77%) Integration Testing
4 4 (30.77%) Test Scripting
5 2 (15.38%) ITIL V3
5 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
6 1 (7.692%) Data Management
6 1 (7.692%) PRINCE2
6 1 (7.692%) Project Management
6 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
6 1 (7.692%) QMS
6 1 (7.692%) Release Management
6 1 (7.692%) Change Control
6 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
6 1 (7.692%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (76.92%) Security Cleared
2 6 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) HP
2 4 (30.77%) VMware
3 1 (7.692%) CA
3 1 (7.692%) SolarWinds
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Change, ITIL V3, HP Service Management, SC My client is looking for an SC cleared Change Analyst to maintain and support the clients ICT Operating model including Policy,...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
They need someone with a background in service management, who has worked in an ITIL environment... Objectives *To maintain and support the ICT Operating model including Policy, Process...
LA International
Rate: £250 - £300 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Change Analyst, ITIL v3, HP Service Manager, SC Security Cleared is required by our government, public sector organisation based in Milton Keynes, Bucks, South East with occasional travel...
Smart Sourcing
Rate: Unspecified daily rate c.£250-350 daily
Posted: 21 May 2013