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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Basildon region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1217
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below5.405 %2.353 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£475£500
Average daily rate£475£500
% change on same period last year-5.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£475£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£431£418
% change on same period last year+3.01 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.79£30.46
% change on same period last year-2.18 %
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Basildon
Matching contract IT job ads7485
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.100 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted1613
Average minimum daily rate£300£317
Average daily rate£307£324
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted1124
Average minimum hourly rate£26.36£31.75
Average hourly rate£27.89£32.21
% change on same period last year-13.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.41£32.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Consultant EssexConsultant
Essex

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Consultant across the Basildon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Basildon Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Consultant across the Basildon region.

Basildon Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Consultant across the Basildon region.

Basildon Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region that cited Consultant in their job title 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 with Consultant in their job title.

12 (22.22 %)CISA
12 (22.22 %)CISM
12 (22.22 %)Firewall
12 (22.22 %)Data Security
12 (22.22 %)Management Information System
12 (22.22 %)VPN
12 (22.22 %)SSCP
12 (22.22 %)Mainframe
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
12 (22.22 %)CISSP
12 (22.22 %)Information Security
21 (11.11 %)JRules
21 (11.11 %)WebSphere
21 (11.11 %)CMDB
21 (11.11 %)Data Architecture
21 (11.11 %)ILOG
21 (11.11 %)Tivoli
21 (11.11 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (11.11 %)ERwin
21 (11.11 %)McAfee Security
21 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)Struts
21 (11.11 %)ITIL
21 (11.11 %)UML
21 (11.11 %)OO
21 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
21 (11.11 %)N-Tier
21 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
21 (11.11 %)SOA

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Basildon region that cited Consultant in their job title 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 with Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (11.11 %)J2EE
11 (11.11 %)Struts
11 (11.11 %)JRules
11 (11.11 %)WebSphere
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (22.22 %)VPN
12 (22.22 %)Firewall
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
11 (11.11 %)Oracle OWB
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
11 (11.11 %)ERwin
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Telecoms
11 (11.11 %)Finance
11 (11.11 %)Health
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)Mainframe
12 (22.22 %)Management Information System
21 (11.11 %)CMDB
21 (11.11 %)N-Tier
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)Data Security
12 (22.22 %)Information Security
21 (11.11 %)Data Architecture
21 (11.11 %)ITIL
21 (11.11 %)UML
21 (11.11 %)OO
21 (11.11 %)Data Modelling
21 (11.11 %)SOA
21 (11.11 %)Configuration Management
21 (11.11 %)Project Management
21 (11.11 %)ITSM
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (11.11 %)Java
11 (11.11 %)SQL
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (22.22 %)CISSP
12 (22.22 %)SSCP
12 (22.22 %)CISA
12 (22.22 %)CISM
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (11.11 %)Tivoli
11 (11.11 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Basildon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)ILOG
21 (11.11 %)McAfee Security