The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Reading 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 Reading 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 63 50 21
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -29
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 10 31 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 1.136% 2.693% 6.917%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.698% 4.111% 10.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 18 31
Average daily rate - £365 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +21.66%
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
Reading
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
589 754 680
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Reading 66.93% 65.51% 67.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 288 313
Average daily rate £413 £370 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.48% +5.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £264 £235 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
+1.36% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 18 15
Average hourly rate £30.00 £14.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+106.89% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.50 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.50 £24.80 £24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
Configuration Management
Berkshire

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 11 (35.48%) Project Management
2 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
3 9 (29.03%) PRINCE2
4 8 (25.81%) ITIL
4 8 (25.81%) BMC
5 6 (19.35%) HP
5 6 (19.35%) Niku
5 6 (19.35%) ATM
5 6 (19.35%) Service Management
5 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (19.35%) Degree
5 6 (19.35%) Resource Management
5 6 (19.35%) CMDB
6 5 (16.13%) Huawei
6 5 (16.13%) J2EE
7 4 (12.90%) IBM
7 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
7 4 (12.90%) StarTeam
7 4 (12.90%) ITIL V2
7 4 (12.90%) Release Management
7 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
8 3 (9.677%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (9.677%) WebSphere
8 3 (9.677%) DV Cleared
8 3 (9.677%) HP UCMDB
8 3 (9.677%) Telecoms
8 3 (9.677%) Finance
8 3 (9.677%) Serena
8 3 (9.677%) Asset Management
8 3 (9.677%) Remedy

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Reading 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 5 (16.13%) J2EE
2 3 (9.677%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.452%) Web Services
4 1 (3.226%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.452%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 3 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.452%) MS Visio
2 2 (6.452%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 3 (9.677%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (19.35%) ATM
2 2 (6.452%) CDMA
2 2 (6.452%) GPRS
2 2 (6.452%) GSM
2 2 (6.452%) UMTS
2 2 (6.452%) BSS
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) StarTeam
2 2 (6.452%) Ant
2 2 (6.452%) MSI
General
1 3 (9.677%) Telecoms
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Legal
2 1 (3.226%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (19.35%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.13%) Designer
2 5 (16.13%) Solutions Designer
2 5 (16.13%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Configuration Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Project Manager
4 3 (9.677%) OSS Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Configuration Engineer
4 3 (9.677%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (9.677%) Configuration Manager
4 3 (9.677%) Architect
5 2 (6.452%) Configuration Management Analyst
5 2 (6.452%) Applications Packager
6 1 (3.226%) Software Manager
6 1 (3.226%) PMO Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Test Analyst
6 1 (3.226%) Software Project Manager
6 1 (3.226%) Software Development Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) CMDB
2 2 (6.452%) Client/Server
2 2 (6.452%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.452%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.226%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.677%) Windows
2 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Project Management
2 9 (29.03%) PRINCE2
3 8 (25.81%) ITIL
4 6 (19.35%) Service Management
4 6 (19.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (19.35%) Resource Management
5 4 (12.90%) ITIL V2
5 4 (12.90%) Release Management
5 4 (12.90%) Integration Testing
6 3 (9.677%) Asset Management
6 3 (9.677%) PRINCE
7 2 (6.452%) B2B
7 2 (6.452%) IT Governance
7 2 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
7 2 (6.452%) Business Transformation
7 2 (6.452%) Capacity Planning
7 2 (6.452%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.452%) Stress Testing
7 2 (6.452%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.677%) Java
2 2 (6.452%) SQL
2 2 (6.452%) Jython
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) Degree
3 3 (9.677%) DV Cleared
4 2 (6.452%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (6.452%) SC Cleared
5 1 (3.226%) PMI Certification
5 1 (3.226%) HNC
5 1 (3.226%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) QA
1 1 (3.226%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 3 (9.677%) HP UCMDB
2 2 (6.452%) Tivoli
2 2 (6.452%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 2 (6.452%) Ionix
Vendors
1 8 (25.81%) BMC
2 6 (19.35%) HP
2 6 (19.35%) Niku
3 5 (16.13%) Huawei
4 4 (12.90%) IBM
4 4 (12.90%) Microsoft
5 3 (9.677%) Serena
5 3 (9.677%) Remedy
6 2 (6.452%) EMC
6 2 (6.452%) VMware
7 1 (3.226%) Borland