The first table below looks at the demand for Configuration Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Configuration Management over the 3 months to 21 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Configuration Management
Rank 131 118 122
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +4
Permanent jobs citing Configuration Management 72 63 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.437% 1.396% 1.224%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.922% 2.015% 1.776%
Number of salaries quoted 57 46 36
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +34.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,750 £27,250 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £41,250 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+1.81% -1.78%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3747 3127 2816
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.79% 69.27% 68.94%
Number of salaries quoted 3154 2692 2372
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
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 West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Configuration Management Salary Trend

Configuration Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Configuration Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Staffordshire -9 22 £55,000 +22.22%
Warwickshire +14 20 £45,000 +12.50%
Birmingham -1 20 £47,500 -
Coventry -6 12 £41,250 -
Dudley - 3 £17,500 -
Wolverhampton - 3 £28,750 -
Shropshire -4 2 £60,000 +140.00%
West Bromwich - 2 £28,750 -
Configuration Management
England

Configuration Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 44 (33.33%) Change Management
2 36 (27.27%) ITIL
3 31 (23.48%) .NET
4 27 (20.45%) SQL Server
5 25 (18.94%) Microsoft
6 24 (18.18%) Finance
6 24 (18.18%) CMDB
7 22 (16.67%) ASP.NET
8 20 (15.15%) C#
8 20 (15.15%) HTML
9 19 (14.39%) Windows
9 19 (14.39%) SLA
9 19 (14.39%) Team Foundation Server
10 18 (13.64%) Release Management
10 18 (13.64%) Oracle
11 17 (12.88%) Subversion
12 16 (12.12%) Project Management
13 15 (11.36%) HP
13 15 (11.36%) SAN
13 15 (11.36%) Service Management
14 14 (10.61%) VMware
14 14 (10.61%) Active Directory
14 14 (10.61%) Cisco
15 13 (9.848%) SQL
15 13 (9.848%) SOA
15 13 (9.848%) Service Delivery
15 13 (9.848%) JIRA
15 13 (9.848%) Problem Management
15 13 (9.848%) Continuous Improvement
15 13 (9.848%) Jenkins

Configuration Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 31 (23.48%) .NET
2 22 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 20 (15.15%) HTML
4 12 (9.091%) CSS
5 10 (7.576%) jQuery
6 9 (6.818%) Ajax
7 6 (4.545%) Velocity
7 6 (4.545%) ASP.NET MVC
8 5 (3.788%) XML
9 4 (3.030%) WebSphere
10 3 (2.273%) Web Services
10 3 (2.273%) Middleware
11 2 (1.515%) XSLT
11 2 (1.515%) NHibernate
12 1 (0.758%) CSS3
12 1 (0.758%) Zend Framework
12 1 (0.758%) WCF
12 1 (0.758%) HTML5
12 1 (0.758%) Ruby on Rails
12 1 (0.758%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.061%) MS Exchange
2 7 (5.303%) Confluence
2 7 (5.303%) SharePoint
3 6 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2007
4 5 (3.788%) IIS
4 5 (3.788%) SAS
5 4 (3.030%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (3.030%) Lotus Notes
5 4 (3.030%) ESB
6 3 (2.273%) Exchange Server 2003
6 3 (2.273%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (1.515%) WebSphere MQ
7 2 (1.515%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.515%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.758%) Exchange Server 2010
8 1 (0.758%) nginx
8 1 (0.758%) Apache
8 1 (0.758%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 10 (7.576%) MS Office
2 9 (6.818%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.758%) CATIA
3 1 (0.758%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.030%) SAP MM
2 3 (2.273%) Maximo
3 2 (1.515%) SAP SD
3 2 (1.515%) SAP PP
3 2 (1.515%) SAP APO
3 2 (1.515%) SAP SCM
3 2 (1.515%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.758%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.36%) SAN
2 8 (6.061%) Internet
3 6 (4.545%) LAN
3 6 (4.545%) WAN
4 5 (3.788%) VoIP
4 5 (3.788%) VPN
4 5 (3.788%) MPLS
5 4 (3.030%) LDAP
5 4 (3.030%) DNS
5 4 (3.030%) DHCP
6 3 (2.273%) Firewall
6 3 (2.273%) IP Telephony
7 2 (1.515%) Intranet
8 1 (0.758%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.758%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (20.45%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.030%) DB2
2 4 (3.030%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.515%) RDBMS
3 2 (1.515%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (0.758%) Redis
4 1 (0.758%) MySQL
4 1 (0.758%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 19 (14.39%) Team Foundation Server
2 17 (12.88%) Subversion
3 13 (9.848%) JIRA
3 13 (9.848%) Jenkins
4 12 (9.091%) Hudson
4 12 (9.091%) Maven
5 8 (6.061%) ClearCase
6 7 (5.303%) Bugzilla
7 6 (4.545%) Ant
7 6 (4.545%) CruiseControl
8 5 (3.788%) Git (software)
8 5 (3.788%) Visual Studio
9 3 (2.273%) Mercurial
10 2 (1.515%) ClearQuest
10 2 (1.515%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 2 (1.515%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.515%) TortoiseSVN
10 2 (1.515%) MSBuild
10 2 (1.515%) WiX
11 1 (0.758%) FishEye
General
1 24 (18.18%) Finance
2 7 (5.303%) Banking
3 3 (2.273%) Automotive
3 3 (2.273%) Legal
4 2 (1.515%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 41 (31.06%) Analyst
2 27 (20.45%) Configuration Analyst
3 17 (12.88%) Change Analyst
4 16 (12.12%) Developer
5 12 (9.091%) Administrator
6 9 (6.818%) Team Leader
6 9 (6.818%) Consultant
7 8 (6.061%) Implementation Consultant
7 8 (6.061%) Release Manager
7 8 (6.061%) Configuration Management Analyst
7 8 (6.061%) Software Consultant
7 8 (6.061%) Software Implementation Consultant
8 7 (5.303%) Configuration Engineer
8 7 (5.303%) Storage Administrator
8 7 (5.303%) Development Team Leader
9 6 (4.545%) ScrumMaster
10 5 (3.788%) Change Management Analyst
10 5 (3.788%) Systems Administrator
10 5 (3.788%) Development Manager
11 4 (3.030%) Solutions Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.18%) CMDB
2 8 (6.061%) SaaS
3 7 (5.303%) Symmetrix DMX
3 7 (5.303%) Replication
3 7 (5.303%) Symmetrix
4 6 (4.545%) Client/Server
4 6 (4.545%) Management Information System
5 4 (3.030%) Blackberry
6 3 (2.273%) Open Source
6 3 (2.273%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (2.273%) Firmware
7 2 (1.515%) Computer Science
7 2 (1.515%) IaaS
8 1 (0.758%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.758%) Visualisation
8 1 (0.758%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 19 (14.39%) Windows
2 10 (7.576%) Linux
3 8 (6.061%) UNIX
4 6 (4.545%) Windows 7
4 6 (4.545%) Android
5 5 (3.788%) Windows XP
6 2 (1.515%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (1.515%) zOS
6 2 (1.515%) Windows NT
6 2 (1.515%) HPUX
6 2 (1.515%) Solaris
6 2 (1.515%) SUSE
6 2 (1.515%) Windows 2000 Server
6 2 (1.515%) CentOS
6 2 (1.515%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.515%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.758%) Gentoo
7 1 (0.758%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.758%) AIX
7 1 (0.758%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (33.33%) Change Management
2 36 (27.27%) ITIL
3 18 (13.64%) Release Management
4 16 (12.12%) Project Management
5 15 (11.36%) Service Management
6 13 (9.848%) SOA
6 13 (9.848%) Service Delivery
6 13 (9.848%) Problem Management
6 13 (9.848%) Continuous Improvement
7 10 (7.576%) Business Continuity
8 9 (6.818%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (6.818%) Change Control
8 9 (6.818%) ITSM
9 8 (6.061%) BCP
9 8 (6.061%) Migration
9 8 (6.061%) TDD
9 8 (6.061%) Unit Testing
9 8 (6.061%) Domain-Driven Design
10 7 (5.303%) Enterprise Architecture
10 7 (5.303%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 20 (15.15%) C#
2 13 (9.848%) SQL
3 12 (9.091%) VB.NET
4 11 (8.333%) JavaScript
5 10 (7.576%) T-SQL
6 9 (6.818%) Ruby
7 8 (6.061%) Python
8 5 (3.788%) Java
9 4 (3.030%) PowerShell
10 3 (2.273%) PHP
10 3 (2.273%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.515%) Perl
12 1 (0.758%) VB
12 1 (0.758%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 11 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (7.576%) Degree
3 7 (5.303%) MCSE
4 4 (3.030%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (2.273%) MCDST
5 3 (2.273%) MCP
5 3 (2.273%) Citrix Certification
5 3 (2.273%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.515%) IBM Certification
6 2 (1.515%) CCNA
7 1 (0.758%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.758%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.758%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.758%) MCITP
7 1 (0.758%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.758%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (14.39%) SLA
2 4 (3.030%) QA
3 3 (2.273%) Solvency II
4 1 (0.758%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.758%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.758%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 14 (10.61%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.303%) SRDF
3 4 (3.030%) XenApp
3 4 (3.030%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (2.273%) XenServer
4 3 (2.273%) XenDesktop
5 1 (0.758%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (5.303%) EMC TimeFinder
2 6 (4.545%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (2.273%) Puppet
4 2 (1.515%) Nagios
4 2 (1.515%) Backup Exec
4 2 (1.515%) OpenNMS
4 2 (1.515%) SCOM
5 1 (0.758%) SCCM
5 1 (0.758%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.758%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.64%) Oracle
3 15 (11.36%) HP
4 14 (10.61%) VMware
4 14 (10.61%) Cisco
5 8 (6.061%) EMC
6 7 (5.303%) Cognos
6 7 (5.303%) Hitachi
7 6 (4.545%) Red Hat
7 6 (4.545%) Citrix
7 6 (4.545%) SAP
7 6 (4.545%) AccuRev
8 4 (3.030%) Lotus
9 3 (2.273%) LANDesk
9 3 (2.273%) NetApp
9 3 (2.273%) Apple
9 3 (2.273%) IBM
9 3 (2.273%) Remedy
10 2 (1.515%) Symantec
10 2 (1.515%) BMC
Staffordshire
The focus of the role will be to log, assess and monitor all changes as well as helping to create and manage the overall Change and Configuration management...
Smart Sourcing
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Full Driving License Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix certifications would be desirable.
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013