The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the West Sussex 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
Configuration Management
Rank 33 47 52
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +5
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 6 8 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 1.639% 1.214% 0.221%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.429% 1.639% 0.318%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
Average daily rate £260 £363 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.27% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £34.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £36.95
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
247 488 314
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 67.49% 74.05% 69.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 292 153
Average daily rate £388 £338 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.81% -12.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 5 17
Average hourly rate £32.50 £22.00 £37.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+47.72% -41.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.60 £10.00 £21.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.60 £25.15 £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
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 West Sussex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +11 2 - -
Gatwick +7 1 - -
Haywards Heath - 1 - -
Horsham - 1 - -
Configuration Management
South East

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (43.75%) QA
2 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Windows
3 5 (31.25%) LAN
3 5 (31.25%) DHCP
3 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
3 5 (31.25%) DNS
3 5 (31.25%) Juniper
3 5 (31.25%) SAN
3 5 (31.25%) NetApp
3 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
3 5 (31.25%) Blackberry
3 5 (31.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (31.25%) HP
3 5 (31.25%) Firewall
3 5 (31.25%) Backup Exec
3 5 (31.25%) VMware
3 5 (31.25%) Clustering
3 5 (31.25%) ProCurve
4 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
4 4 (25.00%) WSUS
4 4 (25.00%) HP SIM
5 3 (18.75%) TestComplete
5 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
5 3 (18.75%) MS Project
5 3 (18.75%) MS Office
5 3 (18.75%) ISEB
5 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
5 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
5 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 (6.250%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (6.250%) Apache
2 1 (6.250%) Tomcat
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Project
1 3 (18.75%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) LAN
1 5 (31.25%) DHCP
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
1 5 (31.25%) DNS
1 5 (31.25%) SAN
1 5 (31.25%) Firewall
2 2 (12.50%) MPLS
2 2 (12.50%) Wireless
2 2 (12.50%) VLAN
2 2 (12.50%) VPN
2 2 (12.50%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) TestComplete
General
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Test Leader
2 3 (18.75%) Quality Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (18.75%) Consultant
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Analyst
3 2 (12.50%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 1 (6.250%) Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Software Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Test Manager
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Support Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Senior Project Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Project Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Configuration Controller
4 1 (6.250%) Project Coordinator
4 1 (6.250%) Project Support Officer
4 1 (6.250%) Project Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Blackberry
1 5 (31.25%) Clustering
2 1 (6.250%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (18.75%) Test Scripting
2 3 (18.75%) Automated Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
2 3 (18.75%) Business Continuity
2 3 (18.75%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (12.50%) Change Management
3 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) Test Strategy
4 1 (6.250%) PRINCE
4 1 (6.250%) Requirements Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
4 1 (6.250%) Risk Analysis
4 1 (6.250%) Test Management
4 1 (6.250%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.250%) C++
1 1 (6.250%) Java
1 1 (6.250%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
2 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (43.75%) QA
2 3 (18.75%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (12.50%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (6.250%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (31.25%) Backup Exec
2 4 (25.00%) WSUS
2 4 (25.00%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Juniper
1 5 (31.25%) NetApp
1 5 (31.25%) CheckPoint
1 5 (31.25%) HP
1 5 (31.25%) VMware
1 5 (31.25%) ProCurve
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
3 1 (6.250%) SAP
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) webMethods