The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Surrey 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
Configuration Management
Rank 55 65 69
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +4
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 25 32 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 2.151% 1.972% 1.865%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.990% 2.885% 2.574%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 15 12
Average daily rate £250 £345 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.53% +16.94%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £153 £279 £282
10% offered a daily rate of more than £372 £433 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 7
Average hourly rate £31.88 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-29.16% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £36.73
% change year-on-year
- +8.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
Surrey
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
836 1109 1321
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Surrey 71.94% 68.33% 72.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 621 683
Average daily rate £415 £350 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.57% -15.15%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £525 £520
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 56 36
Average hourly rate £37.50 £31.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -6.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £15.55 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £55.12 £41.35 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Surrey Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey 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
Staines +2 8 £263 -
Guildford -11 3 £250 -41.17%
Leatherhead +9 2 £450 +80.00%
Camberley - 1 - -
Farnham - 1 - -
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 17 (27.42%) Apache
2 16 (25.81%) Telecoms
3 15 (24.19%) Java
3 15 (24.19%) Oracle
4 13 (20.97%) SQL
5 12 (19.35%) SC Cleared
5 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
6 9 (14.52%) Project Management
6 9 (14.52%) Citrix
6 9 (14.52%) ClearCase
7 8 (12.90%) SQL Server
8 7 (11.29%) C
8 7 (11.29%) C#
8 7 (11.29%) Windows
8 7 (11.29%) Solaris
8 7 (11.29%) Linux
8 7 (11.29%) Perforce
9 6 (9.677%) SAP
9 6 (9.677%) PHP
9 6 (9.677%) DB2
9 6 (9.677%) WebLogic
9 6 (9.677%) SAS
9 6 (9.677%) Tomcat
9 6 (9.677%) JBoss
9 6 (9.677%) Cisco
9 6 (9.677%) Mercurial
9 6 (9.677%) R
9 6 (9.677%) Analytics
9 6 (9.677%) WebSphere
9 6 (9.677%) Degree

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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 6 (9.677%) WebSphere
2 5 (8.065%) .NET
3 3 (4.839%) .NET Framework
3 3 (4.839%) Web Services
3 3 (4.839%) XML
4 2 (3.226%) XSLT
4 2 (3.226%) WSDL
4 2 (3.226%) XML Schema
4 2 (3.226%) WCF
4 2 (3.226%) WPF
4 2 (3.226%) Silverlight
5 1 (1.613%) Java ME
5 1 (1.613%) Application Packaging
5 1 (1.613%) JNI
5 1 (1.613%) REST
5 1 (1.613%) J2ME
5 1 (1.613%) Flash
5 1 (1.613%) HTML
5 1 (1.613%) ASP.NET
5 1 (1.613%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 17 (27.42%) Apache
2 6 (9.677%) WebLogic
2 6 (9.677%) SAS
2 6 (9.677%) Tomcat
3 3 (4.839%) OpenStack
3 3 (4.839%) SharePoint 2010
3 3 (4.839%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (4.839%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.839%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.226%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 3 (4.839%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.613%) PowerPivot
2 1 (1.613%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (1.613%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (8.065%) Taleo
2 1 (1.613%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 5 (8.065%) Intrusion Detection
1 5 (8.065%) OpenLDAP
1 5 (8.065%) DNS
1 5 (8.065%) Firewall
1 5 (8.065%) NetScreen
2 4 (6.452%) GSM
2 4 (6.452%) WCDMA
2 4 (6.452%) LTE
2 4 (6.452%) MGW
2 4 (6.452%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (3.226%) Internet
3 2 (3.226%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.613%) BSS
4 1 (1.613%) Network Security
4 1 (1.613%) VPN
4 1 (1.613%) LAN
4 1 (1.613%) VoIP
4 1 (1.613%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.90%) SQL Server
2 6 (9.677%) DB2
3 4 (6.452%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (6.452%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (4.839%) NoSQL
5 2 (3.226%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.613%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.613%) OLTP
6 1 (1.613%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.613%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (14.52%) ClearCase
2 6 (9.677%) Mercurial
3 5 (8.065%) Subversion
4 4 (6.452%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (6.452%) MSBuild
4 4 (6.452%) CruiseControl
5 2 (3.226%) Moq
5 2 (3.226%) NUnit
6 1 (1.613%) JIRA
6 1 (1.613%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (1.613%) Eclipse
6 1 (1.613%) Visual Studio
6 1 (1.613%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 1 (1.613%) MSI
General
1 16 (25.81%) Telecoms
2 3 (4.839%) Aerospace
3 2 (3.226%) Manufacturing
3 2 (3.226%) Finance
3 2 (3.226%) Banking
4 1 (1.613%) Marketing
4 1 (1.613%) Retail
4 1 (1.613%) Electronics
4 1 (1.613%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (16.13%) Consultant
2 6 (9.677%) Analyst
3 5 (8.065%) OSS Engineer
3 5 (8.065%) Test Engineer
4 4 (6.452%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (6.452%) Configuration Manager
4 4 (6.452%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (4.839%) Software Manager
5 3 (4.839%) Systems Integration Engineer
5 3 (4.839%) Software Configuration Manager
5 3 (4.839%) Integration Specialist
5 3 (4.839%) Build Engineer
5 3 (4.839%) Administrator
5 3 (4.839%) Process Analyst
5 3 (4.839%) Systems Analyst
5 3 (4.839%) Process Consultant
5 3 (4.839%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.839%) Developer
5 3 (4.839%) Systems Engineer
5 3 (4.839%) DBA
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.677%) Computer Science
2 5 (8.065%) Mathematics
3 3 (4.839%) Open Source
3 3 (4.839%) IaaS
3 3 (4.839%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.226%) Thin Client
4 2 (3.226%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.226%) Fat Client
4 2 (3.226%) SaaS
5 1 (1.613%) Physics
5 1 (1.613%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.613%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.613%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.613%) iPhone
5 1 (1.613%) ASIC
5 1 (1.613%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.29%) Windows
1 7 (11.29%) Solaris
1 7 (11.29%) Linux
2 3 (4.839%) CentOS
2 3 (4.839%) Windows XP
3 2 (3.226%) UNIX
3 2 (3.226%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.613%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.613%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.613%) Android
4 1 (1.613%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (14.52%) Project Management
2 6 (9.677%) Analytics
3 5 (8.065%) Performance Management
3 5 (8.065%) Continuous Integration
3 5 (8.065%) Fault Management
3 5 (8.065%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (8.065%) Data Modelling
4 4 (6.452%) Quality Management
4 4 (6.452%) Change Control
4 4 (6.452%) Operations Research
5 3 (4.839%) Use Case
5 3 (4.839%) UML
5 3 (4.839%) Programme Management
6 2 (3.226%) Scrum
6 2 (3.226%) Migration
6 2 (3.226%) ITIL
6 2 (3.226%) PRINCE2
6 2 (3.226%) ERP
6 2 (3.226%) SOA
6 2 (3.226%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (24.19%) Java
2 13 (20.97%) SQL
3 7 (11.29%) C
3 7 (11.29%) C#
4 6 (9.677%) PHP
4 6 (9.677%) R
5 4 (6.452%) C++
6 3 (4.839%) Python
6 3 (4.839%) Perl
7 2 (3.226%) Shell Script
7 2 (3.226%) VB
7 2 (3.226%) VB.NET
7 2 (3.226%) XPath
8 1 (1.613%) sed
8 1 (1.613%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.613%) JavaScript
8 1 (1.613%) AWK
8 1 (1.613%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 12 (19.35%) SC Cleared
1 12 (19.35%) Security Cleared
2 6 (9.677%) Degree
3 2 (3.226%) ISEB
4 1 (1.613%) MCITP
4 1 (1.613%) CCNA
4 1 (1.613%) MCSE
4 1 (1.613%) HND
4 1 (1.613%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.839%) QA
2 1 (1.613%) TickIT
System Software
1 5 (8.065%) Sendmail
2 3 (4.839%) Active Directory
3 2 (3.226%) XenApp
3 2 (3.226%) XenServer
3 2 (3.226%) vSphere
3 2 (3.226%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (3.226%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.613%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 1 (1.613%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (3.226%) Legato
1 2 (3.226%) BMC PATROL
1 2 (3.226%) Foglight
1 2 (3.226%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.613%) ZENworks
Vendors
1 15 (24.19%) Oracle
2 9 (14.52%) Citrix
3 7 (11.29%) Perforce
4 6 (9.677%) SAP
4 6 (9.677%) JBoss
4 6 (9.677%) Cisco
5 5 (8.065%) Blue Coat
5 5 (8.065%) Sun
5 5 (8.065%) PTC
5 5 (8.065%) Juniper
5 5 (8.065%) McAfee
5 5 (8.065%) Red Hat
6 4 (6.452%) Ericsson
6 4 (6.452%) NetApp
6 4 (6.452%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.839%) VMware
7 3 (4.839%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (3.226%) Teradata
8 2 (3.226%) Twitter
9 1 (1.613%) WSO2