West Midlands CMDB Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Configuration Management Database (CMDB) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited CMDB over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
Location Andover Basildon Bedfordshire Berkshire Brentford Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London East of England England Essex Fareham Gloucestershire Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Linlithgow London Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Rickmansworth Scotland South East South West Staines Surrey Swindon UK Uxbridge West Lothian West Midlands Wiltshire Wolverhampton	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	120	124
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	4	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.733 %	0.499 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£200	-
Average daily rate	£250	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£300	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£404	£335
% change on same period last year	+20.88 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Miscellaneous West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	546	401
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.728 %	0.400 %
Daily rates quoted	139	60
Average minimum daily rate	£303	£309
Average daily rate	£325	£332
% change on same period last year	-2.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£347	£356
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Hourly rates quoted	51	83
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.79	£24.38
Average hourly rate	£22.52	£26.36
% change on same period last year	-14.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.25	£28.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.01	£28.53
% change on same period last year	-12.34 %
CMDB 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.

CMDB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing CMDB across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

CMDB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing CMDB across the West Midlands region.

CMDB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing CMDB across the West Midlands region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing CMDB within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Herefordshire	-	2	-	-
Wolverhampton	-	1	-	-

CMDB England

CMDB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CMDB 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 CMDB.

1 7 (63.64 %) ITIL 1 7 (63.64 %) Configuration Management 2 3 (27.27 %) Service Management 2 3 (27.27 %) HP 2 3 (27.27 %) SQL 3 2 (18.18 %) Windows 3 2 (18.18 %) Asset Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Document Management 4 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005 4 1 (9.091 %) Problem Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Release Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (9.091 %) Spreadsheet 4 1 (9.091 %) Change Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Workflow

4 1 (9.091 %) Government 4 1 (9.091 %) Lotus Domino 4 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 4 1 (9.091 %) MS Access 4 1 (9.091 %) SMS 4 1 (9.091 %) ISO9000 4 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 4 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 4 1 (9.091 %) IIS 4 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 4 1 (9.091 %) NHS 4 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2000 4 1 (9.091 %) OpenView Configuration Management 4 1 (9.091 %) ClearQuest 4 1 (9.091 %) Remedy

CMDB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing CMDB 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 CMDB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (9.091 %) IIS 1 1 (9.091 %) Lotus Domino	Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 1 1 (9.091 %) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Access 1 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2000 1 1 (9.091 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) ClearQuest 1 1 (9.091 %) MSI	General 1 1 (9.091 %) Government
Job Titles 1 4 (36.36 %) Analyst 1 4 (36.36 %) Configuration Analyst 2 2 (18.18 %) Administrator 3 1 (9.091 %) Release Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Change Manager 3 1 (9.091 %) Data Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Deployment Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Configuration Manager	Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 2 (18.18 %) Windows 2 1 (9.091 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (63.64 %) ITIL 1 7 (63.64 %) Configuration Management 2 3 (27.27 %) Service Management 3 2 (18.18 %) Asset Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Document Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Problem Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Release Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (9.091 %) Change Management 4 1 (9.091 %) Workflow 4 1 (9.091 %) Project Management
Programming Languages 1 3 (27.27 %) SQL	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) ISO9000
Systems Management 1 1 (9.091 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 3 (27.27 %) HP 2 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 2 1 (9.091 %) Remedy 2 1 (9.091 %) Oracle