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This section looks at the demand for the IT Consultant role in IT contracts within the Berkshire 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 IT Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank129166
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.063 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£200-
Average daily rate£225-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£419£339
% change on same period last year+23.67 %
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£28.50£9.67
% change on same period last year+194.82 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads31794574
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.195 %4.556 %
Daily rates quoted7961441
Average minimum daily rate£342£350
Average daily rate£361£367
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum daily rate£381£385
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted229460
Average minimum hourly rate£23.12£28.17
Average hourly rate£24.73£29.53
% change on same period last year-16.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.34£30.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
IT Consultant South EastIT Consultant
South East

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.

IT Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IT Consultant Demand Trend

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IT Consultant Daily Rate Trend

IT Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire IT Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

IT Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SloughNew entry-1--
ReadingNew entry-1£225-
IT Consultant South EastIT Consultant
South East

IT Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title.

16 (60.00 %)Finance
25 (50.00 %)Retail
25 (50.00 %)Sun
32 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (20.00 %)Windows XP
32 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
32 (20.00 %)Migration
32 (20.00 %)Windows
32 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
41 (10.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
41 (10.00 %)Data Migration
41 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
41 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
41 (10.00 %)SharePoint
41 (10.00 %)Government
41 (10.00 %)Publishing
41 (10.00 %)Firewall
41 (10.00 %)Telecoms
41 (10.00 %)Intrusion Detection
41 (10.00 %)PDA
41 (10.00 %)LAN
41 (10.00 %)WAN
41 (10.00 %)VPN
41 (10.00 %)Cisco
41 (10.00 %)C#
41 (10.00 %)SQL
41 (10.00 %).NET

IT Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %).NET
11 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
12 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (10.00 %)SharePoint
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)Firewall
11 (10.00 %)Intrusion Detection
11 (10.00 %)LAN
11 (10.00 %)WAN
11 (10.00 %)VPN
11 (10.00 %)Internet
11 (10.00 %)NetScreen
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Finance
25 (50.00 %)Retail
31 (10.00 %)Government
31 (10.00 %)Publishing
31 (10.00 %)Telecoms
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)PDA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (20.00 %)Windows XP
12 (20.00 %)Windows
12 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
21 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Migration
21 (10.00 %)Data Migration
21 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
21 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (10.00 %)ITIL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)C#
11 (10.00 %)SQL
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)ISA Server
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Sun
22 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (10.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)HP
31 (10.00 %)Juniper
31 (10.00 %)Nokia