The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 17 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 Wales 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 42 44 42
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 1 10 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.248% 1.802% 2.623%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.362% 2.725% 4.250%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
Average daily rate £325 £260 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -30.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.75 £39.00 £36.98
% change year-on-year
-3.20% +5.47%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
276 367 400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 68.32% 66.13% 61.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 178 176
Average daily rate £365 £375 £374
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.66% +0.26%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £216 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £505 £513
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 20
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -65.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.60 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.40% -16.66%
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales 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 Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
South Wales -7 1 £325 +25.00%
Configuration Management
UK

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 7 (87.50%) Java
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
1 7 (87.50%) Ant
1 7 (87.50%) WebLogic
1 7 (87.50%) ClearQuest
1 7 (87.50%) ClearCase
1 7 (87.50%) Maven
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle 11g
1 7 (87.50%) Release Management
1 7 (87.50%) Liferay
1 7 (87.50%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
2 5 (62.50%) SAS
3 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (12.50%) jQuery
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) C#
5 1 (12.50%) OOD
5 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Ajax
5 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
5 1 (12.50%) MVC
5 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
5 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) SQL Server

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales 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 1 (12.50%) .NET
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) Ajax
1 1 (12.50%) .NET Framework
1 1 (12.50%) jQuery
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Application Platforms
1 7 (87.50%) WebLogic
1 7 (87.50%) Liferay
2 5 (62.50%) SAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Ant
1 7 (87.50%) ClearCase
1 7 (87.50%) ClearQuest
1 7 (87.50%) Maven
2 1 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Release Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) C# .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
2 1 (12.50%) .NET Developer
2 1 (12.50%) C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior C# Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Senior .NET Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Release Management
2 1 (12.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) OOD
2 1 (12.50%) MVC
2 1 (12.50%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) Java
1 7 (87.50%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 2 (25.00%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Oracle
1 7 (87.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft