The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 38 41 20
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -21
Contract jobs citing Configuration Management 14 13 36
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 3.125% 2.104% 6.429%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.242% 3.186% 9.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 6 11
Average daily rate £433 £363 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.31% -13.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £308 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £426 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £325
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £36.95
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +8.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
330 408 397
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 73.66% 66.02% 70.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 260 217
Average daily rate £425 £380 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.84% -5.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £238 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 20 25
Average hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £31.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-44.64% -9.67%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £15.70 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.50 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.45 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+21.78% -13.79%
Configuration Management
South West

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire Configuration Management Daily Rate Trend

Configuration Management
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the Wiltshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Wiltshire Configuration Management Daily Rate Histogram

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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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
Swindon +5 13 £440 +17.33%
Chippenham - 1 £220 -
Configuration Management
South West

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 9 (52.94%) VMware
2 9 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (47.06%) NAS
3 8 (47.06%) Finance
3 8 (47.06%) WAN
3 8 (47.06%) VPN
3 8 (47.06%) SAN
4 7 (41.18%) ITIL
4 7 (41.18%) LAN
5 6 (35.29%) Release Management
5 6 (35.29%) Information Assurance
5 6 (35.29%) Change Management
6 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
6 5 (29.41%) MS Office
7 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
7 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
8 2 (11.76%) QA
8 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 2 (11.76%) ERP
8 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
8 2 (11.76%) MS Project
8 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (11.76%) Project Management
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle HRMS

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) eRoom
Applications
1 5 (29.41%) MS Office
2 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
3 2 (11.76%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
3 2 (11.76%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS R12
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 8 (47.06%) NAS
1 8 (47.06%) WAN
1 8 (47.06%) VPN
1 8 (47.06%) SAN
2 7 (41.18%) LAN
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 1 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (5.882%) Subversion
General
1 8 (47.06%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Team Leader
1 7 (41.18%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
3 3 (17.65%) PMO Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Payroll Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Information Assurance Leader
4 2 (11.76%) Consultant
4 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
4 2 (11.76%) Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.882%) Build Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle Functional Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle Payroll Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) E-Business Consultant
5 1 (5.882%) Oracle Payroll Functional Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.882%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (41.18%) ITIL
2 6 (35.29%) Release Management
2 6 (35.29%) Information Assurance
2 6 (35.29%) Change Management
3 4 (23.53%) PRINCE2
4 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Service Delivery
5 1 (5.882%) PRINCE
5 1 (5.882%) Change Control
5 1 (5.882%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.882%) ISO 9001
2 1 (5.882%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Oracle
2 9 (52.94%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) BMC
3 1 (5.882%) Qualys
Swindon, South West
Ability to develop new skills quickly.*Ability to change and have a flexible approach to supporting multiple application functionsDesirable Skills: *End to End Payroll Processing, Quick Pay, Elements,...
Sand Resources
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013