The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northamptonshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 31 - 28
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 3 0 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.167% - 2.326%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.807% - 3.137%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
Average daily rate £413 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £315
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
166 237 255
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 64.59% 65.65% 74.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 169 162
Average daily rate £425 £420 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.19% +5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £347 £275 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £519 £513 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 9
Average hourly rate £11.25 £17.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £15.75 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £22.75 £31.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
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 Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Northampton - 3 £413 -
Daventry - - - -
Configuration Management
East Midlands

Configuration Management
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (75.00%) BPR
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
3 1 (25.00%) Capita
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
3 1 (25.00%) Change Control

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Business Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Business Process Analyst
1 3 (75.00%) Process Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Systems Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) BPR
1 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
2 1 (25.00%) Change Control
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Capita
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle