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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts within the Bedfordshire 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Consultant
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£410
% change on same period last year-5.47 %
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£42.50£44.08
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads142352
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.200 %0.356 %
Daily rates quoted4771
Average minimum daily rate£300£263
Average daily rate£312£271
% change on same period last year+14.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£324£279
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1262
Average minimum hourly rate£21.74£24.97
Average hourly rate£23.46£26.16
% change on same period last year-10.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.17£27.36
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Technical Consultant East of EnglandTechnical Consultant
East of England

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.

Technical Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Technical Consultant Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Back Office
21 (50.00 %)Incident Management
21 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)Remedy
21 (50.00 %).NET
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)SQL Server
21 (50.00 %)IIS
21 (50.00 %)UNIX

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)IIS
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)SQL Server
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Back Office
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (100.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)AIX
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)UNIX
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Incident Management
11 (50.00 %)Security Cleared
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)Microsoft
11 (50.00 %)Remedy