South East Configuration Management Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aldershot Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London County Antrim Coventry Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Hull Ipswich Jersey Kent King's Lynn Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire Lingfield Liverpool London Luton Lytham St Annes Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paignton Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Reigate Ripon Romford Romsey Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey Swindon Tamworth Tewkesbury Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Wokingham Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	212	157
Rank change on same period last year	-55
Matching permanent IT job ads	319	584
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.168 %	0.239 %
As % of the category below	1.481 %	2.222 %
Salaries quoted	262	399
Average minimum salary	£35,150	£41,686
Average salary	£39,373	£44,123
% change on same period last year	-10.76 %
Average maximum salary	£43,596	£46,561
UK excluding London average salary	£39,337	£41,050
% change on same period last year	-4.17 %
Processes & Methodologies South East
Matching permanent IT job ads	21545	26287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	11.37 %	10.76 %
Salaries quoted	17194	21112
Average minimum salary	£40,358	£41,997
Average salary	£44,230	£45,432
% change on same period last year	-2.64 %
Average maximum salary	£48,103	£48,866
UK excluding London average salary	£42,567	£44,524
% change on same period last year	-4.39 %
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Configuration Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Configuration Management
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region.

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Configuration Management within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Hampshire	-9	145	£38,555	-19.11 %
Berkshire	-16	87	£37,007	-14.64 %
Surrey	-83	50	£39,837	-6.81 %
Middlesex	+22	13	£56,038	+37.09 %
Buckinghamshire	+5	9	£51,250	-1.49 %
Kent	-9	7	£28,333	-40.45 %
Oxfordshire	-4	3	£42,500	+5.80 %
West Sussex	-1	1	£37,500	-10.83 %
Thames Valley	+25	1	£50,000	+25.69 %

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Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1 179 (22.86 %) C 1 179 (22.86 %) Windows 2 148 (18.90 %) UNIX 3 136 (17.37 %) C++ 4 124 (15.84 %) Java 5 109 (13.92 %) Microsoft 6 106 (13.54 %) ITIL 7 105 (13.41 %) SQL 8 99 (12.64 %) ClearCase 8 99 (12.64 %) Telecoms 9 89 (11.37 %) UML 10 87 (11.11 %) .NET 11 85 (10.86 %) OO 12 83 (10.60 %) Degree 13 82 (10.47 %) Linux

14 81 (10.34 %) Oracle 15 78 (9.962 %) Finance 16 77 (9.834 %) SQL Server 17 72 (9.195 %) Visual Studio 17 72 (9.195 %) Security Cleared 18 66 (8.429 %) C# 19 56 (7.152 %) Change Management 20 49 (6.258 %) Project Management 20 49 (6.258 %) User Acceptance Testing 21 48 (6.130 %) Test Scripting 22 46 (5.875 %) Software Engineering 23 45 (5.747 %) TCP/IP 24 43 (5.492 %) Service Management 25 42 (5.364 %) HTML 25 42 (5.364 %) Shell Script

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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 87 (11.11 %) .NET 2 42 (5.364 %) HTML 3 32 (4.087 %) XML 4 28 (3.576 %) J2EE 5 21 (2.682 %) COM+ 6 19 (2.427 %) ASP 7 17 (2.171 %) ASP.NET 7 17 (2.171 %) MFC 8 15 (1.916 %) CSS 8 15 (1.916 %) XML Schema 9 14 (1.788 %) Swing 10 11 (1.405 %) J2SE 11 9 (1.149 %) JSP 12 8 (1.022 %) WebServices 12 8 (1.022 %) AJAX 12 8 (1.022 %) WebSphere 13 4 (0.511 %) .NET Framework 13 4 (0.511 %) CORBA 13 4 (0.511 %) JavaBeans 13 4 (0.511 %) Middleware	Application Platforms 1 10 (1.277 %) MS Exchange 1 10 (1.277 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 8 (1.022 %) Documentum 2 8 (1.022 %) IIS 3 7 (0.894 %) WebLogic 4 6 (0.766 %) Oracle Application Server 5 5 (0.639 %) SharePoint 5 5 (0.639 %) DotNetNuke 6 4 (0.511 %) JBoss 6 4 (0.511 %) CICS 7 3 (0.383 %) Commerce Server 7 3 (0.383 %) Oracle 10gAS 7 3 (0.383 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 3 (0.383 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 3 (0.383 %) Tomcat 8 1 (0.128 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 8 1 (0.128 %) Oracle Workflow 8 1 (0.128 %) Lotus Notes 8 1 (0.128 %) Apache
Applications 1 29 (3.704 %) MS Excel 2 17 (2.171 %) MS Office 3 14 (1.788 %) MATLAB 3 14 (1.788 %) Simulink 4 9 (1.149 %) MS Visio 5 4 (0.511 %) MS Project 5 4 (0.511 %) MS PowerPoint 6 3 (0.383 %) Quicktime 7 1 (0.128 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 18 (2.299 %) Microsoft CRM 2 14 (1.788 %) Oracle Applications 3 11 (1.405 %) Dynamics CRM 4 2 (0.255 %) Oracle 11i 4 2 (0.255 %) Oracle EBS 5 1 (0.128 %) assyst 5 1 (0.128 %) Remedy AR System 5 1 (0.128 %) SAP IS-U
Communications & Networking 1 45 (5.747 %) TCP/IP 2 37 (4.725 %) GSM 3 35 (4.470 %) Wireless 4 24 (3.065 %) UMTS 5 20 (2.554 %) 3G 6 19 (2.427 %) WCDMA 7 18 (2.299 %) Internet 8 15 (1.916 %) LAN 9 14 (1.788 %) GPRS 9 14 (1.788 %) WAN 10 10 (1.277 %) TETRA 10 10 (1.277 %) DNS 10 10 (1.277 %) SAN 11 7 (0.894 %) Wi-Fi 12 6 (0.766 %) DVB 12 6 (0.766 %) BSS 12 6 (0.766 %) DHCP 12 6 (0.766 %) Ethernet 13 5 (0.639 %) MPLS 13 5 (0.639 %) Firewall	Database & Business Intelligence 1 77 (9.834 %) SQL Server 2 28 (3.576 %) Oracle 10g 3 23 (2.937 %) Oracle 9i 4 18 (2.299 %) SQL Server 2000 4 18 (2.299 %) SQL Server 2005 5 11 (1.405 %) DB2 6 10 (1.277 %) Crystal Reports 7 7 (0.894 %) Oracle Reports 7 7 (0.894 %) BusinessObjects 8 6 (0.766 %) GIS 9 5 (0.639 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 4 (0.511 %) RDBMS 11 3 (0.383 %) MS Access 12 2 (0.255 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 13 1 (0.128 %) Datawarehouse 13 1 (0.128 %) Ingres 13 1 (0.128 %) ETL 13 1 (0.128 %) MySQL 13 1 (0.128 %) ReportNet 13 1 (0.128 %) DataStage
Development Applications 1 99 (12.64 %) ClearCase 2 72 (9.195 %) Visual Studio 3 30 (3.831 %) ClearQuest 4 27 (3.448 %) Ant 5 24 (3.065 %) Subversion 5 24 (3.065 %) ProC 6 21 (2.682 %) Eclipse 7 20 (2.554 %) TestDirector 7 20 (2.554 %) PVCS 8 19 (2.427 %) Rational Rose 9 18 (2.299 %) Oracle Forms 9 18 (2.299 %) StarTeam 10 12 (1.533 %) VSS/SourceSafe 11 10 (1.277 %) JUnit 12 7 (0.894 %) RequisitePro 13 6 (0.766 %) LabVIEW 13 6 (0.766 %) Telelogic Synergy 14 4 (0.511 %) Visual Studio Team System 14 4 (0.511 %) ARTiSAN 14 4 (0.511 %) MSI	General 1 99 (12.64 %) Telecoms 2 78 (9.962 %) Finance 3 38 (4.853 %) Government 4 30 (3.831 %) Insurance 5 29 (3.704 %) Pensions 6 24 (3.065 %) Military 7 21 (2.682 %) Health 8 17 (2.171 %) Education 8 17 (2.171 %) Retail 9 14 (1.788 %) Banking 10 7 (0.894 %) Billing 11 6 (0.766 %) Marketing 12 5 (0.639 %) Auditing 12 5 (0.639 %) Investment Banking 12 5 (0.639 %) Multimedia 12 5 (0.639 %) Aerospace 13 4 (0.511 %) Financial Institution 13 4 (0.511 %) Electronics 13 4 (0.511 %) Games 14 3 (0.383 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 138 (17.62 %) Software Engineer 2 135 (17.24 %) Developer 3 103 (13.15 %) Analyst 4 58 (7.407 %) Configuration Manager 5 55 (7.024 %) Consultant 6 40 (5.109 %) Support Analyst 7 30 (3.831 %) Software Manager 8 28 (3.576 %) Architect 8 28 (3.576 %) Senior Software Engineer 9 27 (3.448 %) Senior Consultant 10 26 (3.321 %) Senior Developer 10 26 (3.321 %) Test Consultant 11 23 (2.937 %) Software Developer 12 22 (2.810 %) Java Developer 12 22 (2.810 %) Software Configuration Manager 13 21 (2.682 %) C++ Developer 14 20 (2.554 %) Applications Support 14 20 (2.554 %) Applications Developer 14 20 (2.554 %) Integration Engineer 15 18 (2.299 %) Systems Engineer	Miscellaneous 1 40 (5.109 %) Handset 2 37 (4.725 %) Computer Science 3 33 (4.215 %) CMDB 4 30 (3.831 %) Client/Server 5 23 (2.937 %) Management Information System 6 20 (2.554 %) Device Driver 6 20 (2.554 %) Firmware 7 14 (1.788 %) ASIC 8 11 (1.405 %) Physics 9 9 (1.149 %) MPEG 10 8 (1.022 %) Mathematics 11 7 (0.894 %) Multithreading 11 7 (0.894 %) EPoS 12 6 (0.766 %) Mainframe 12 6 (0.766 %) VAX 12 6 (0.766 %) Field-Programmable Gate Array 13 5 (0.639 %) Statistics 14 4 (0.511 %) IBM Mainframe 14 4 (0.511 %) French Language 15 3 (0.383 %) German Language
Operating Systems 1 179 (22.86 %) Windows 2 148 (18.90 %) UNIX 3 82 (10.47 %) Linux 4 31 (3.959 %) Windows XP 5 28 (3.576 %) Solaris 6 22 (2.810 %) VxWorks 7 21 (2.682 %) Windows Server 2003 8 14 (1.788 %) Windows 2000 9 8 (1.022 %) OpenVMS 10 7 (0.894 %) Windows CE 10 7 (0.894 %) ThreadX 10 7 (0.894 %) pSOS 10 7 (0.894 %) Windows NT 11 5 (0.639 %) VMS 11 5 (0.639 %) AIX 12 3 (0.383 %) HPUX 13 1 (0.128 %) SUSE 13 1 (0.128 %) Embedded Linux 13 1 (0.128 %) MVS 13 1 (0.128 %) Mac OS X	Processes & Methodologies 1 106 (13.54 %) ITIL 2 89 (11.37 %) UML 3 85 (10.86 %) OO 4 72 (9.195 %) Security Cleared 5 56 (7.152 %) Change Management 6 49 (6.258 %) Project Management 6 49 (6.258 %) User Acceptance Testing 7 48 (6.130 %) Test Scripting 8 46 (5.875 %) Software Engineering 9 43 (5.492 %) Service Management 10 35 (4.470 %) OOD 11 34 (4.342 %) Business Intelligence 12 31 (3.959 %) CRM 13 30 (3.831 %) Release Management 14 29 (3.704 %) SC Cleared 14 29 (3.704 %) Requirements Management 15 28 (3.576 %) Asset Management 16 26 (3.321 %) Software Testing 17 25 (3.193 %) Risk Management 18 24 (3.065 %) Service Delivery
Programming Languages 1 179 (22.86 %) C 2 136 (17.37 %) C++ 3 124 (15.84 %) Java 4 105 (13.41 %) SQL 5 66 (8.429 %) C# 6 42 (5.364 %) Shell Script 7 40 (5.109 %) VB 8 35 (4.470 %) Perl 9 31 (3.959 %) PL/SQL 10 30 (3.831 %) JavaScript 11 17 (2.171 %) PHP 11 17 (2.171 %) Korn 12 14 (1.788 %) VBScript 13 11 (1.405 %) Embedded C 14 9 (1.149 %) VB6 14 9 (1.149 %) VB.NET 15 8 (1.022 %) VC++ 15 8 (1.022 %) Pascal 15 8 (1.022 %) Ada 16 5 (0.639 %) Ruby	Qualifications 1 83 (10.60 %) Degree 2 16 (2.043 %) Microsoft Certification 2 16 (2.043 %) ITIL Certification 3 14 (1.788 %) ISEB 4 8 (1.022 %) MCSE 5 6 (0.766 %) Cisco Certification 6 5 (0.639 %) CCNA 6 5 (0.639 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 4 (0.511 %) CISSP 7 4 (0.511 %) CISA 8 3 (0.383 %) A+ Certification 8 3 (0.383 %) HNC 8 3 (0.383 %) HND 8 3 (0.383 %) MCSA 9 2 (0.255 %) PhD 9 2 (0.255 %) MCP 9 2 (0.255 %) PMP 9 2 (0.255 %) PMI Certification 9 2 (0.255 %) SSCP 9 2 (0.255 %) QiCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 15 (1.916 %) QA 2 12 (1.533 %) ISO9001 2 12 (1.533 %) SLA 3 9 (1.149 %) ISO9000 4 7 (0.894 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 5 6 (0.766 %) WAI 6 2 (0.255 %) TickIT	System Software 1 25 (3.193 %) Active Directory 2 20 (2.554 %) Oracle RAC 3 5 (0.639 %) Terminal Services 3 5 (0.639 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 4 4 (0.511 %) NetBackup 4 4 (0.511 %) MetaFrame 5 2 (0.255 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 2 (0.255 %) Oracle RMAN 6 1 (0.128 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 15 (1.916 %) OpenView Configuration Management 2 11 (1.405 %) Tivoli 3 5 (0.639 %) OpenView 4 4 (0.511 %) AllFusion Endevor 5 2 (0.255 %) Netcool/Webtop 5 2 (0.255 %) Netcool 5 2 (0.255 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 5 2 (0.255 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 1 (0.128 %) Foglight 6 1 (0.128 %) AutoSys 6 1 (0.128 %) CONTROL-M 6 1 (0.128 %) CiscoWorks 6 1 (0.128 %) Legato 6 1 (0.128 %) BMC Marimba 6 1 (0.128 %) OMEGAMON	Vendors 1 109 (13.92 %) Microsoft 2 81 (10.34 %) Oracle 3 29 (3.704 %) Citrix 4 26 (3.321 %) IBM 5 20 (2.554 %) Perforce 6 19 (2.427 %) HP 7 16 (2.043 %) Sun 8 13 (1.660 %) Intel 9 12 (1.533 %) Symbian 9 12 (1.533 %) Borland 10 9 (1.149 %) Aspective 11 7 (0.894 %) Green Hills 11 7 (0.894 %) Cisco 11 7 (0.894 %) Business Objects 12 6 (0.766 %) PeopleSoft 12 6 (0.766 %) Red Hat 12 6 (0.766 %) TIBCO 12 6 (0.766 %) Telelogic 13 5 (0.639 %) Sophos 13 5 (0.639 %) Compaq