The first table below looks at the demand for OpenView Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited OpenView Configuration Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Systems Management category for the South East 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView Configuration Management (formerly Radia)
Rank 192 205 176
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -29
Contract jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management 28 40 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.353% 0.394% 0.750%
As % of the Systems Management category 4.052% 5.908% 10.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 24 21
Average daily rate £275 £364 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.50% +12.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £221 £280 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £456 £387
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+5.71% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £182.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £182.50 £57.50 £34.88
% change year-on-year
+217.39% +64.87%
All Systems Management
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
691 677 713
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 8.723% 6.664% 6.948%
Number of daily rates quoted 364 315 268
Average daily rate £330 £326 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% +8.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £460 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 52 56
Average hourly rate £22.50 £17.50 £24.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -28.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £13.50 £16.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.40
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -28.27%
OpenView Configuration Management
England

OpenView Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

South East OpenView Configuration Management Jobs Demand Trend

OpenView Configuration Management
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East OpenView Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

OpenView Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

South East OpenView Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

OpenView Configuration Management
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East OpenView Configuration Management Hourly Rate Trend

OpenView 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 OpenView Configuration Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Berkshire -2 19 £245 -27.62%
Hampshire -15 4 £313 -22.83%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £313 -
West Sussex - 1 - -
OpenView Configuration Management
England

OpenView Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OpenView 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 OpenView Configuration Management.

1 35 (92.11%) Security Cleared
2 26 (68.42%) Windows
3 21 (55.26%) SC Cleared
4 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
4 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
5 15 (39.47%) MSI
6 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
7 10 (26.32%) HP
8 9 (23.68%) MS Excel
8 9 (23.68%) VBScript
8 9 (23.68%) VB
9 8 (21.05%) InstallShield
10 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
10 7 (18.42%) IIS
10 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
10 7 (18.42%) VMware
10 7 (18.42%) SharePoint Server
11 6 (15.79%) Microsoft App-V
11 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (15.79%) Citrix
11 6 (15.79%) MS Office
11 6 (15.79%) Web Services
11 6 (15.79%) XML
11 6 (15.79%) ITIL
11 6 (15.79%) Windows 2000
12 5 (13.16%) AdminStudio
12 5 (13.16%) IDOL
12 5 (13.16%) .NET
12 5 (13.16%) Documentum

OpenView Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing OpenView 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 OpenView Configuration Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (15.79%) Web Services
1 6 (15.79%) XML
2 5 (13.16%) .NET
2 5 (13.16%) .NET Framework
3 2 (5.263%) Application Packaging
4 1 (2.632%) Middleware
4 1 (2.632%) XSL
4 1 (2.632%) HTML
4 1 (2.632%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 7 (18.42%) IIS
1 7 (18.42%) SharePoint
1 7 (18.42%) SharePoint Server
2 5 (13.16%) Documentum
3 3 (7.895%) MS Exchange
3 3 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (23.68%) MS Excel
2 6 (15.79%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) SMS
2 2 (5.263%) SAN
3 1 (2.632%) Intranet
3 1 (2.632%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.632%) LAN
3 1 (2.632%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
2 6 (15.79%) SQL Server 2005
3 5 (13.16%) IDOL
4 1 (2.632%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 15 (39.47%) MSI
2 8 (21.05%) InstallShield
3 5 (13.16%) AdminStudio
4 2 (5.263%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.632%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 1 (2.632%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 14 (36.84%) Applications Packager
2 4 (10.53%) Integration Engineer
2 4 (10.53%) Architect
2 4 (10.53%) Support Engineer
3 3 (7.895%) 2nd Line Support
4 2 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 2 (5.263%) Customer Solutions Architect
4 2 (5.263%) 3rd Line Support
4 2 (5.263%) Consultant
4 2 (5.263%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (2.632%) Server Support
5 1 (2.632%) Support Technician
5 1 (2.632%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.632%) Analyst
5 1 (2.632%) Technical Architect
5 1 (2.632%) Web Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (2.632%) 2nd Line Support Technician
5 1 (2.632%) Web Engineer
5 1 (2.632%) Integration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.632%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.632%) Clustering
1 1 (2.632%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 26 (68.42%) Windows
2 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (15.79%) Windows 2000
4 5 (13.16%) Windows 7
4 5 (13.16%) Windows Vista
5 4 (10.53%) Windows XP
6 1 (2.632%) UNIX
6 1 (2.632%) AIX
6 1 (2.632%) Solaris
6 1 (2.632%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.79%) ITIL
2 4 (10.53%) DNA
2 4 (10.53%) Service Delivery
3 3 (7.895%) CAE
3 3 (7.895%) Validation
3 3 (7.895%) Migration
3 3 (7.895%) Software Deployment
3 3 (7.895%) Software Distribution
4 2 (5.263%) Configuration Management
4 2 (5.263%) Project Management
5 1 (2.632%) Workflow
5 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.632%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.632%) Information Assurance
5 1 (2.632%) Information Management
5 1 (2.632%) Asset Management
5 1 (2.632%) Enterprise Architecture
5 1 (2.632%) Unit Testing
5 1 (2.632%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (23.68%) VBScript
1 9 (23.68%) VB
2 4 (10.53%) SQL
3 2 (5.263%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.632%) C
4 1 (2.632%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.632%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.632%) XPath
Qualifications
1 35 (92.11%) Security Cleared
2 21 (55.26%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.53%) Citrix Certification
4 3 (7.895%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (7.895%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) QA
System Software
1 16 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.79%) Microsoft App-V
3 5 (13.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (10.53%) XenApp
4 4 (10.53%) XenDesktop
5 2 (5.263%) vSphere
6 1 (2.632%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (2.632%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) AppDNA
2 2 (5.263%) SCCM
2 2 (5.263%) Netcool
3 1 (2.632%) Tivoli
3 1 (2.632%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (2.632%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 16 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 10 (26.32%) HP
3 7 (18.42%) VMware
4 6 (15.79%) Citrix
5 5 (13.16%) Meridio
6 4 (10.53%) AppSense
6 4 (10.53%) McAfee
7 2 (5.263%) Altiris
7 2 (5.263%) Veritas
8 1 (2.632%) Compuware
8 1 (2.632%) TIBCO
8 1 (2.632%) Oracle
8 1 (2.632%) CA
8 1 (2.632%) Cisco