The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 16 28 36
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +8
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 13 13 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 7.182% 3.963% 0.380%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.40% 5.677% 0.654%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 1
Average daily rate £260 £265 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.88% +32.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £36.73
% change year-on-year
- +8.91%
All Processes & Methodologies
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
125 229 153
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 69.06% 69.82% 58.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 127 70
Average daily rate £350 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £250 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £516 £398
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 5
Average hourly rate £19.00 £13.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+46.15% -38.09%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
Configuration Management
North East

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +14 13 £260 -1.88%
Configuration Management
North East

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 10 (47.62%) UNIX
2 9 (42.86%) AIX
2 9 (42.86%) Linux
2 9 (42.86%) IBM
2 9 (42.86%) Red Hat
2 9 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 9 (42.86%) Change Control
3 7 (33.33%) WebSphere
3 7 (33.33%) Informatica
3 7 (33.33%) Solaris
3 7 (33.33%) Perl
4 6 (28.57%) SQL
4 6 (28.57%) Business Objects
4 6 (28.57%) ITIL
4 6 (28.57%) LDAP
4 6 (28.57%) SSL
4 6 (28.57%) Sun
4 6 (28.57%) CMDB
4 6 (28.57%) Change Management
4 6 (28.57%) FileNet
4 6 (28.57%) Workflow
5 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (23.81%) Service Management
5 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
5 5 (23.81%) Problem Management
5 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
5 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
5 5 (23.81%) SLA
5 5 (23.81%) Cisco
5 5 (23.81%) Windows

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 7 (33.33%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (28.57%) FileNet
2 3 (14.29%) WebLogic
3 1 (4.762%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (4.762%) WebSphere MQ
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) LDAP
1 6 (28.57%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.762%) Oracle 8/8i
Job Titles
1 9 (42.86%) Analyst
2 5 (23.81%) Configuration Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Build Engineer
3 4 (19.05%) Change Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Configuration Management Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (14.29%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Support
5 2 (9.524%) Software Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Change Management Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Configuration Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) UNIX Engineer
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Support Analyst
5 2 (9.524%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) UNIX Administrator
6 1 (4.762%) Configuration Management Engineer
6 1 (4.762%) Desktop Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) Systems Manager
6 1 (4.762%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (4.762%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (28.57%) CMDB
2 1 (4.762%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.762%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) UNIX
2 9 (42.86%) AIX
2 9 (42.86%) Linux
2 9 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 7 (33.33%) Solaris
4 5 (23.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (42.86%) Change Control
2 6 (28.57%) ITIL
2 6 (28.57%) Change Management
2 6 (28.57%) Workflow
3 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
3 5 (23.81%) Service Management
3 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
3 5 (23.81%) Problem Management
3 5 (23.81%) Data Protection
3 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
3 5 (23.81%) Capacity Management
4 1 (4.762%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) Perl
2 6 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (9.524%) Java
4 1 (4.762%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.524%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.762%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) IBM
1 9 (42.86%) Red Hat
2 7 (33.33%) Informatica
3 6 (28.57%) Business Objects
3 6 (28.57%) Sun
4 5 (23.81%) Cisco
5 4 (19.05%) Siebel
6 3 (14.29%) JBoss
7 1 (4.762%) Axway
7 1 (4.762%) Oracle
7 1 (4.762%) HP