The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 24 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 175 191 125
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -66
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 69 56 120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.960% 0.789% 1.747%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.249% 1.075% 2.555%
Number of salaries quoted 62 44 116
Average salary £41,000 £38,750 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.80% -18.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £32,500 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,250 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £41,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+1.20% -1.19%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5523 5209 4697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.87% 73.39% 68.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4625 4554 4125
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -5.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Configuration Management Jobs Demand Trend

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the North West region.

North West Configuration Management Salary Trend

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Configuration Management Salary Histogram

Configuration Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -15 40 £39,246 -1.88%
Cheshire +17 24 £55,000 +57.14%
Merseyside +19 5 £40,000 -
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Configuration Management.

1 96 (47.52%) .NET
2 83 (41.09%) ASP.NET
3 82 (40.59%) C#
4 81 (40.10%) Web Services
5 78 (38.61%) OO
6 66 (32.67%) W3C
6 66 (32.67%) Internet
7 57 (28.22%) Finance
8 51 (25.25%) Linux
9 50 (24.75%) Perl
10 49 (24.26%) UNIX
11 45 (22.28%) HP
12 44 (21.78%) IBM
13 43 (21.29%) Red Hat
13 43 (21.29%) C
13 43 (21.29%) Integration Testing
14 42 (20.79%) SQL Server
14 42 (20.79%) Clustering
15 41 (20.30%) High Availability
16 40 (19.80%) PHP
16 40 (19.80%) SAN
17 39 (19.31%) AIX
17 39 (19.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18 38 (18.81%) SQL
19 37 (18.32%) WebSphere MQ
19 37 (18.32%) Replication
19 37 (18.32%) WebSphere
20 28 (13.86%) Degree
21 25 (12.38%) JavaScript
21 25 (12.38%) HTML

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Configuration Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 96 (47.52%) .NET
2 83 (41.09%) ASP.NET
3 81 (40.10%) Web Services
4 37 (18.32%) WebSphere
5 25 (12.38%) HTML
6 18 (8.911%) CSS
7 14 (6.931%) jQuery
8 13 (6.436%) XML
9 10 (4.950%) RESTful
10 7 (3.465%) JSON
10 7 (3.465%) Ajax
10 7 (3.465%) Spring
11 6 (2.970%) Velocity
11 6 (2.970%) HTML5
11 6 (2.970%) CSS3
12 5 (2.475%) WCF
13 4 (1.980%) XSD
13 4 (1.980%) XSLT
13 4 (1.980%) SOAP
13 4 (1.980%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 37 (18.32%) WebSphere MQ
2 8 (3.960%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.970%) SharePoint Server
3 6 (2.970%) SharePoint 2010
3 6 (2.970%) Confluence
4 4 (1.980%) IIS
5 2 (0.990%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.495%) Jetty
6 1 (0.495%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.495%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
6 1 (0.495%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (0.495%) Apache
6 1 (0.495%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (4.455%) MS Office
2 4 (1.980%) InfoPath
3 3 (1.485%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.495%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (1.485%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.990%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.495%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 66 (32.67%) Internet
2 40 (19.80%) SAN
3 6 (2.970%) DNS
4 4 (1.980%) SMS
4 4 (1.980%) iSCSI
4 4 (1.980%) Fibre Channel
5 3 (1.485%) NFC
6 2 (0.990%) SSL
6 2 (0.990%) HTTP
6 2 (0.990%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.990%) SDH
7 1 (0.495%) VoIP
7 1 (0.495%) VPN
7 1 (0.495%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (20.79%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.970%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.980%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.980%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (1.485%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (1.485%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (0.990%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (0.990%) Informix
5 2 (0.990%) DB2
6 1 (0.495%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (0.495%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.495%) MySQL
6 1 (0.495%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.495%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.495%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 15 (7.426%) Subversion
2 12 (5.941%) JIRA
3 11 (5.446%) ClearCase
4 7 (3.465%) Hudson
5 6 (2.970%) Bugzilla
5 6 (2.970%) Maven
5 6 (2.970%) Jenkins
5 6 (2.970%) Team Foundation Server
6 5 (2.475%) Git (software)
6 5 (2.475%) Mercurial
7 4 (1.980%) Visual Studio
8 3 (1.485%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.990%) Selenium
10 1 (0.495%) Redmine
10 1 (0.495%) Xcode
10 1 (0.495%) JUnit
10 1 (0.495%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.495%) Oracle Forms
General
1 57 (28.22%) Finance
2 14 (6.931%) Banking
3 6 (2.970%) Telecoms
4 3 (1.485%) Retail
5 2 (0.990%) Financial Institution
5 2 (0.990%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.495%) Marketing
6 1 (0.495%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.495%) Legal
6 1 (0.495%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 95 (47.03%) Developer
2 40 (19.80%) Administrator
3 37 (18.32%) Systems Administrator
4 36 (17.82%) Linux Administrator
4 36 (17.82%) Linux Systems Administrator
5 23 (11.39%) Senior Developer
6 22 (10.89%) Lead Developer
7 18 (8.911%) Analyst
8 17 (8.416%) UNIX Administrator
9 16 (7.921%) Junior Developer
9 16 (7.921%) UNIX Systems Administrator
9 16 (7.921%) Junior
10 11 (5.446%) Team Leader
11 9 (4.455%) Applications Support
12 7 (3.465%) Software Manager
12 7 (3.465%) Applications Support Analyst
12 7 (3.465%) Development Team Leader
12 7 (3.465%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (3.465%) Configuration Manager
12 7 (3.465%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 66 (32.67%) W3C
2 42 (20.79%) Clustering
3 37 (18.32%) Replication
4 7 (3.465%) CMDB
5 4 (1.980%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.980%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.980%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (1.485%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.485%) Mobile Banking
6 3 (1.485%) Java Card
6 3 (1.485%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.990%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.990%) HACMP
7 2 (0.990%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.495%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.495%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.495%) Freedom of Information
8 1 (0.495%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 51 (25.25%) Linux
2 49 (24.26%) UNIX
3 39 (19.31%) AIX
3 39 (19.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 13 (6.436%) Windows
5 4 (1.980%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.980%) Windows 2000
5 4 (1.980%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (1.485%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.485%) Android
7 2 (0.990%) Windows NT
8 1 (0.495%) CentOS
8 1 (0.495%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.495%) Solaris
8 1 (0.495%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.495%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (38.61%) OO
2 43 (21.29%) Integration Testing
3 41 (20.30%) High Availability
4 21 (10.40%) ITIL
4 21 (10.40%) Agile Software Development
5 20 (9.901%) Release Management
6 14 (6.931%) Problem Management
6 14 (6.931%) Scrum
7 13 (6.436%) Service Delivery
7 13 (6.436%) TDD
7 13 (6.436%) Unit Testing
8 12 (5.941%) Continuous Integration
8 12 (5.941%) Change Management
9 11 (5.446%) Incident Management
10 9 (4.455%) Change Control
10 9 (4.455%) Waterfall
10 9 (4.455%) Web Development
11 8 (3.960%) Requirements Analysis
11 8 (3.960%) Test Automation
12 6 (2.970%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 82 (40.59%) C#
2 50 (24.75%) Perl
3 43 (21.29%) C
4 40 (19.80%) PHP
5 38 (18.81%) SQL
6 25 (12.38%) JavaScript
7 20 (9.901%) Java
8 14 (6.931%) T-SQL
9 8 (3.960%) VB.NET
10 7 (3.465%) PL/SQL
11 6 (2.970%) C++
11 6 (2.970%) Python
12 4 (1.980%) Ruby
13 2 (0.990%) Uniface
13 2 (0.990%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.495%) Objective-C
14 1 (0.495%) VBA
14 1 (0.495%) VB
Qualifications
1 28 (13.86%) Degree
2 6 (2.970%) ITIL Certification
3 5 (2.475%) MCSE
3 5 (2.475%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.990%) SC Cleared
4 2 (0.990%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.495%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.495%) MCPD
5 1 (0.495%) MCTS
5 1 (0.495%) CCNA
5 1 (0.495%) ISEB
5 1 (0.495%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.475%) SLA
2 4 (1.980%) ISO 9001
2 4 (1.980%) HL7
3 3 (1.485%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.970%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (2.475%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.980%) Oracle RAC
4 3 (1.485%) PowerHA
5 2 (0.990%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.495%) vSphere
6 1 (0.495%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.495%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (2.970%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.990%) Unicenter
2 2 (0.990%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.495%) Puppet
3 1 (0.495%) Cobbler
Vendors
1 45 (22.28%) HP
2 44 (21.78%) IBM
3 43 (21.29%) Red Hat
4 21 (10.40%) Oracle
5 17 (8.416%) Microsoft
6 7 (3.465%) VMware
7 4 (1.980%) Salesforce.com
8 3 (1.485%) SAP
8 3 (1.485%) Cisco
8 3 (1.485%) Remedy
9 2 (0.990%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.990%) BMC
9 2 (0.990%) Nokia
9 2 (0.990%) Symbian
10 1 (0.495%) RightScale
10 1 (0.495%) Northgate
10 1 (0.495%) Civica
10 1 (0.495%) Sybase
10 1 (0.495%) JBoss
North West
Strong background in SharePoint 2007/2010 development. Fluent with .NET framework (C#) and modern web technologies such as XML, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, ASP.NET, Web Services etc. Working...
The Guinness Partnership
Salary: £37,307 + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Working within the Service Delivery Team, the Problem Manager is responsible for managing the end to end Problem Management Process, based on ITIL best practices. Involvement in core...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Working within the Service Delivery Team, the Problem Manager is responsible for managing the end to end Problem Management Process, based on ITIL best practices. Involvement in core...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client based in Manchester is currently looking for an experienced Problem Manager. Working within the Service Delivery Team, the Problem Manager is responsible for managing the end...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Experience with Cloud Computing (Cloudstack, Amazon EC2, Rightscale) Vast understanding of Linux system administration - working specifically with RHEL/ OEL/ CentOS/ Ubuntu. Vmware ESXi/ Vsphere installation and administration... Advanced...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum plus on-call, bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience of managing Release and Configuration Management processes. Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would...
Accenture
Salary: From £42,855 to £50,000 per annum dep experience and location
Posted: 30 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience of managing Release and Configuration Management processes. Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would...
Accenture
Salary: From £30,790 to £36,000 per annum dep experience and location
Posted: 30 April 2013
Manchester but must be willing to be based at and...
Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would be considered - Expert in key project management processes...
Accenture
Salary: £30,790 to £36,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 23 May 2013
Location: Manchester but must be willing to be...
Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would be considered - Expert in key project management processes...
Accenture
Salary: £42,855 to £50,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 23 May 2013
Location: Manchester but must be willing to be...
Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would be considered - Expert in key project management processes...
Accenture
Salary: £37,250 to £43,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Experience of managing Release and Configuration Management processes. Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would...
Accenture
Salary: From £37,250 to £43,000 per annum dep experience and location
Posted: 30 April 2013
Cheshire
This role will primarily support Websphere Application Server ND/ IBM HTTP environments, as well as JBOSS/Apache Web servers... Application Deployment to Websphere Application Server and JBOSS... Configuration...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Posted: 9 May 2013