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The table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConfiguration Management
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank91110
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads190227
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.268 %0.229 %
As % of the category below2.770 %2.602 %
Daily rates quoted5083
Average minimum daily rate£357£328
Average daily rate£389£355
% change on same period last year+9.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£395£359
% change on same period last year+10.18 %
Hourly rates quoted2921
Average minimum hourly rate£37.85£37.19
Average hourly rate£39.95£38.81
% change on same period last year+2.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.05£40.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.26£34.29
% change on same period last year+2.85 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching contract IT job ads68588724
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.656 %8.816 %
Daily rates quoted19672590
Average minimum daily rate£351£353
Average daily rate£373£373
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£395£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£370
% change on same period last year+1.87 %
Hourly rates quoted639827
Average minimum hourly rate£28.44£28.58
Average hourly rate£30.35£30.33
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.26£32.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.44£30.00
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Configuration Management EnglandConfiguration Management
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Configuration Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

South East Configuration Management Demand Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region.

South East Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region.

South East Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East Configuration Management Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BerkshireUp+1166£461+31.12 %
HampshireUp+2452£368+23.81 %
SurreyUp+2020£436+8.58 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2613£360-7.00 %
MiddlesexDown-313£450+12.50 %
OxfordshireDown-73£170-61.65 %
SussexUp+183--
M4 CorridorNew entry-3£288-
West SussexUp+103--
KentDown-11--
East SussexUp+51--
Configuration Management EnglandConfiguration Management
England

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1121 (28.21 %)Windows
2108 (25.17 %)Security Cleared
372 (16.78 %)SC Cleared
462 (14.45 %)Telecoms
561 (14.22 %)Microsoft
561 (14.22 %)Government
657 (13.29 %)SQL
745 (10.49 %)Oracle
842 (9.790 %)ClearCase
842 (9.790 %)Borland
842 (9.790 %)Windows Server 2003
842 (9.790 %)StarTeam
941 (9.557 %)ITIL
941 (9.557 %).NET
1037 (8.625 %)Java
1135 (8.159 %)Release Management
1234 (7.925 %)OpenView Configuration Management
1234 (7.925 %)Project Management
1333 (7.692 %)Linux
1432 (7.459 %)UNIX
1432 (7.459 %)C
1531 (7.226 %)C#
1630 (6.993 %)Subversion
1728 (6.527 %)C++
1826 (6.061 %)OO
1826 (6.061 %)Degree
1925 (5.828 %)CMDB
1925 (5.828 %)Cisco
2024 (5.594 %)Finance
2024 (5.594 %)3G

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
141 (9.557 %).NET
218 (4.196 %)XML
315 (3.497 %)Software Packaging
413 (3.030 %)J2EE
510 (2.331 %)Swing
69 (2.098 %)WSH
78 (1.865 %)HTML
87 (1.632 %).NET Framework
96 (1.399 %)Spring
105 (1.166 %)CORBA
105 (1.166 %)ASP
105 (1.166 %)Java EE
114 (0.932 %)WebSphere
123 (0.699 %)NHibernate
123 (0.699 %)LAMP
123 (0.699 %)Hibernate
123 (0.699 %)MFC
123 (0.699 %)CSS
132 (0.466 %)XSLT
132 (0.466 %)STL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (3.963 %)MS Exchange
213 (3.030 %)IIS
312 (2.797 %)CMS
48 (1.865 %)SAS
48 (1.865 %)SharePoint
57 (1.632 %)Apache
65 (1.166 %)Exchange Server 2003
74 (0.932 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (0.699 %)Joomla!
83 (0.699 %)CICS
92 (0.466 %)WebLogic
92 (0.466 %)Oracle Spatial
101 (0.233 %)ESB
101 (0.233 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.233 %)JBoss
101 (0.233 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.233 %)MTS
101 (0.233 %)Tomcat
101 (0.233 %)MQSeries
101 (0.233 %)ArcGIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
122 (5.128 %)MS Office
212 (2.797 %)MS Project
311 (2.564 %)MS Excel
47 (1.632 %)Spreadsheet
54 (0.932 %)Quicktime
63 (0.699 %)QuarkXPress
72 (0.466 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.466 %)MS Visio
81 (0.233 %)Acrobat
81 (0.233 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.233 %)Pro/ENGINEER
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.233 %)BusinessWorks
11 (0.233 %)Remedy ITSM
11 (0.233 %)SAP IS-U
11 (0.233 %)INSURE/90
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
124 (5.594 %)3G
222 (5.128 %)TCP/IP
314 (3.263 %)Broadband
412 (2.797 %)LAN
511 (2.564 %)GSM
610 (2.331 %)WAN
610 (2.331 %)HTTP
610 (2.331 %)MPLS
78 (1.865 %)Firewall
87 (1.632 %)HTTPS
87 (1.632 %)Nokia DX200
96 (1.399 %)Internet
96 (1.399 %)WLAN
96 (1.399 %)SMS
96 (1.399 %)GPRS
105 (1.166 %)CDMA
105 (1.166 %)VPN
105 (1.166 %)DNS
113 (0.699 %)Packet Switching
113 (0.699 %)DVB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (3.963 %)SQL Server
29 (2.098 %)SQLPlus
37 (1.632 %)DB2
46 (1.399 %)Oracle 8/8i
46 (1.399 %)MySQL
55 (1.166 %)RDBMS
64 (0.932 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.699 %)SQL Server 2000
73 (0.699 %)GIS
73 (0.699 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.466 %)Data Mining
82 (0.466 %)ETL
91 (0.233 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.233 %)Oracle 9i
91 (0.233 %)MS Access
91 (0.233 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.233 %)Oracle 11g
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
142 (9.790 %)ClearCase
142 (9.790 %)StarTeam
230 (6.993 %)Subversion
324 (5.594 %)ClearQuest
415 (3.497 %)Ant
415 (3.497 %)VSS/SourceSafe
512 (2.797 %)Eclipse
512 (2.797 %)CruiseControl
611 (2.564 %)JUnit
611 (2.564 %)Visual Studio
79 (2.098 %)InstallShield
85 (1.166 %)ARTiSAN
85 (1.166 %)TestDirector
85 (1.166 %)MSI
85 (1.166 %)Oracle APEX
94 (0.932 %)RequisitePro
94 (0.932 %)PVCS
103 (0.699 %)Synon
103 (0.699 %)JMeter
103 (0.699 %)Bugzilla
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
162 (14.45 %)Telecoms
261 (14.22 %)Government
324 (5.594 %)Finance
416 (3.730 %)Auditing
513 (3.030 %)Education
611 (2.564 %)Multimedia
710 (2.331 %)Military
89 (2.098 %)Avionics
95 (1.166 %)Retail
104 (0.932 %)Banking
104 (0.932 %)Video Editing
104 (0.932 %)Aerospace
113 (0.699 %)Financial Institution
113 (0.699 %)Publishing
122 (0.466 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.466 %)Back Office
122 (0.466 %)Electronics
122 (0.466 %)Automotive
122 (0.466 %)Insurance
122 (0.466 %)Pensions
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
157 (13.29 %)Developer
253 (12.35 %)Configuration Manager
342 (9.790 %)Analyst
425 (5.828 %)Software Engineer
521 (4.895 %)Consultant
521 (4.895 %)Administrator
617 (3.963 %)Tester
716 (3.730 %)Project Manager
813 (3.030 %)Integration Engineer
912 (2.797 %)Software Developer
1011 (2.564 %)DBA
1110 (2.331 %)Network Consultant
1110 (2.331 %)Cisco Consultant
129 (2.098 %)Network Engineer
129 (2.098 %)Test Analyst
129 (2.098 %)Architect
129 (2.098 %)Coordinator
129 (2.098 %)Java Developer
129 (2.098 %)C# Developer
129 (2.098 %)Team Leader
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
125 (5.828 %)CMDB
213 (3.030 %)Management Information System
312 (2.797 %)Handset
49 (2.098 %)N-Tier
57 (1.632 %)Computer Science
66 (1.399 %)ASIC
75 (1.166 %)Device Driver
75 (1.166 %)VHDL
84 (0.932 %)MPEG
93 (0.699 %)Mainframe
102 (0.466 %)Clustering
102 (0.466 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
102 (0.466 %)VSAM
111 (0.233 %)Economics
111 (0.233 %)German Language
111 (0.233 %)Multithreading
111 (0.233 %)IBM Mainframe
111 (0.233 %)Web 2.0
111 (0.233 %)PDA
111 (0.233 %)Biology
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1121 (28.21 %)Windows
242 (9.790 %)Windows Server 2003
333 (7.692 %)Linux
432 (7.459 %)UNIX
523 (5.361 %)Windows XP
69 (2.098 %)Solaris
69 (2.098 %)Mac OS X
76 (1.399 %)Windows 2000
83 (0.699 %)Windows Mobile
83 (0.699 %)Embedded Linux
92 (0.466 %)Windows NT
92 (0.466 %)AIX
92 (0.466 %)HPUX
101 (0.233 %)NetWare
101 (0.233 %)VxWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1108 (25.17 %)Security Cleared
272 (16.78 %)SC Cleared
341 (9.557 %)ITIL
435 (8.159 %)Release Management
534 (7.925 %)Project Management
626 (6.061 %)OO
723 (5.361 %)PRINCE2
723 (5.361 %)Change Management
822 (5.128 %)UML
921 (4.895 %)Unit Testing
1020 (4.662 %)Migration
1119 (4.429 %)Risk Management
1215 (3.497 %)Service Management
1215 (3.497 %)Continuous Integration
1314 (3.263 %)Risk Analysis
1413 (3.030 %)Network Planning
1512 (2.797 %)Security Management
1512 (2.797 %)E-Commerce
1611 (2.564 %)Data Modelling
1611 (2.564 %)Software Engineering
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (13.29 %)SQL
237 (8.625 %)Java
332 (7.459 %)C
431 (7.226 %)C#
528 (6.527 %)C++
624 (5.594 %)VBScript
715 (3.497 %)VB
715 (3.497 %)PL/SQL
814 (3.263 %)Shell Script
913 (3.030 %)VC++
913 (3.030 %)Perl
1012 (2.797 %)VB.NET
1110 (2.331 %)Ada
129 (2.098 %)Python
129 (2.098 %)REXX
129 (2.098 %)AWK
138 (1.865 %)RPG
138 (1.865 %)Transact-SQL
147 (1.632 %)Tcl
155 (1.166 %)PHP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
126 (6.061 %)Degree
213 (3.030 %)HND
311 (2.564 %)HNC
311 (2.564 %)Microsoft Certification
311 (2.564 %)ITIL Certification
410 (2.331 %)Cisco Certification
58 (1.865 %)MCSE
66 (1.399 %)ISEB
73 (0.699 %)MCP
73 (0.699 %)PRINCE2 Certification
82 (0.466 %)ISEB Practitioner
82 (0.466 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
91 (0.233 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
91 (0.233 %)Postgraduate
91 (0.233 %)CNE
91 (0.233 %)Novell Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.098 %)QA
23 (0.699 %)ISO9000
23 (0.699 %)SLA
23 (0.699 %)Basel II
32 (0.466 %)ISO9001
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (1.865 %)Active Directory
26 (1.399 %)Backup Exec
34 (0.932 %)MailMarshal
43 (0.699 %)VMware Infrastructure
52 (0.466 %)Oracle RAC
61 (0.233 %)Oracle RMAN
61 (0.233 %)VMware ESX
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
134 (7.925 %)OpenView Configuration Management
28 (1.865 %)Netcool
37 (1.632 %)OpenView
45 (1.166 %)OVSD
45 (1.166 %)SCCM
54 (0.932 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.699 %)ServiceCenter
63 (0.699 %)Norton AntiVirus
72 (0.466 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
72 (0.466 %)Tivoli
72 (0.466 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
72 (0.466 %)AllFusion Endevor
72 (0.466 %)Netcool/Webtop
81 (0.233 %)OVPI
81 (0.233 %)OVOW
81 (0.233 %)Unicenter
81 (0.233 %)MIIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
161 (14.22 %)Microsoft
245 (10.49 %)Oracle
342 (9.790 %)Borland
425 (5.828 %)Cisco
524 (5.594 %)HP
618 (4.196 %)IBM
717 (3.963 %)CA
816 (3.730 %)Serena
915 (3.497 %)Nokia
1014 (3.263 %)SAP
1113 (3.030 %)VMware
1212 (2.797 %)Remedy
139 (2.098 %)CheckPoint
148 (1.865 %)Siemens
148 (1.865 %)VERITAS
157 (1.632 %)Sun
166 (1.399 %)Symantec
175 (1.166 %)BMC
175 (1.166 %)Hummingbird
184 (0.932 %)McAfee Security