The first table below looks at the demand for OpenView Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands 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 23 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 West Midlands 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView Configuration Management (formerly Radia)
Rank 85 90 93
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +3
Contract jobs citing OpenView Configuration Management 12 15 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.736% 0.667% 0.366%
As % of the Systems Management category 16.44% 12.82% 6.481%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 3
Average daily rate £380 £325 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.92% +13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £373 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
+6.42% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £182.50 £57.50 £34.88
% change year-on-year
+217.39% +64.87%
All Systems Management
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
73 117 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.476% 5.202% 5.651%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 57 51
Average daily rate £325 £298 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.24% +8.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £172 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £360 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £330 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 8 8
Average hourly rate £12.50 £16.25 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -32.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £20.00 £17.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -27.08%
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands OpenView Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 23 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
Shropshire +5 10 £380 +17.82%
Birmingham - 1 - -
OpenView Configuration Management
England

OpenView Configuration Management
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 16 (84.21%) Microsoft App-V
1 16 (84.21%) SCCM
2 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
2 12 (63.16%) HP
3 11 (57.89%) MSI
4 8 (42.11%) QA
4 8 (42.11%) Software Packaging
5 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
5 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
6 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
7 3 (15.79%) Migration
8 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
8 2 (10.53%) Application Packaging
8 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
9 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
9 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
9 1 (5.263%) BC Cleared
9 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
9 1 (5.263%) OpenView
9 1 (5.263%) Remedy
9 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
9 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
9 1 (5.263%) Finance

OpenView Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 8 (42.11%) Software Packaging
2 2 (10.53%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 2 (10.53%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 11 (57.89%) MSI
General
1 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
1 1 (5.263%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (52.63%) Applications Packager
2 1 (5.263%) Automation Engineer
2 1 (5.263%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (5.263%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (5.263%) Implementation Manager
Operating Systems
1 12 (63.16%) Windows
2 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
2 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (21.05%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (15.79%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Migration
2 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
2 1 (5.263%) Configuration Management
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) QA
System Software
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (84.21%) SCCM
2 1 (5.263%) OpenView
Vendors
1 12 (63.16%) Microsoft
1 12 (63.16%) HP
2 1 (5.263%) Remedy