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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Cambridge 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4037
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads221
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.538 %3.565 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£311
Average daily rate-£330
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£424
% change on same period last year+0.24 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£37.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+7.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.84£31.54
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads372589
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.521 %0.604 %
Daily rates quoted82117
Average minimum daily rate£302£313
Average daily rate£324£330
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£347
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9290
Average minimum hourly rate£19.64£29.94
Average hourly rate£21.41£32.14
% change on same period last year-33.36 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.18£34.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Consultant CambridgeshireConsultant
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridge region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

125 (83.33 %)Oracle
223 (76.67 %)Oracle EBS
313 (43.33 %)Java
412 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
412 (40.00 %)SQL
412 (40.00 %)JSP
412 (40.00 %)Oracle 9i
412 (40.00 %)Oracle 10g
412 (40.00 %)JDeveloper
412 (40.00 %)Finance
412 (40.00 %)Oracle ADF
412 (40.00 %)JSF
412 (40.00 %)HTML
511 (36.67 %)Data Migration
511 (36.67 %)Data Cleansing
511 (36.67 %)Migration
61 (3.333 %)ISEB
61 (3.333 %)Microsoft CRM
61 (3.333 %)Wireless
61 (3.333 %)Electronics
61 (3.333 %)Contact Management
61 (3.333 %)Python
61 (3.333 %)CRM
61 (3.333 %)Client/Server
61 (3.333 %)Bluetooth
61 (3.333 %)Microsoft
61 (3.333 %)STL
61 (3.333 %)UNIX
61 (3.333 %)Oracle Forms
61 (3.333 %).NET

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (40.00 %)HTML
112 (40.00 %)JSP
112 (40.00 %)Oracle ADF
112 (40.00 %)JSF
21 (3.333 %)STL
21 (3.333 %).NET
21 (3.333 %)J2EE
21 (3.333 %)MFC
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
123 (76.67 %)Oracle EBS
21 (3.333 %)Microsoft CRM
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.333 %)Bluetooth
11 (3.333 %)Wireless
11 (3.333 %)ZigBee
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (40.00 %)Oracle 9i
112 (40.00 %)Oracle 10g
211 (36.67 %)Data Cleansing
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (40.00 %)JDeveloper
21 (3.333 %)Subversion
21 (3.333 %)Oracle Forms
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (40.00 %)Finance
21 (3.333 %)Marketing
21 (3.333 %)Electronics
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.333 %)Client/Server
11 (3.333 %)PKI
11 (3.333 %)CCTV
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.333 %)UNIX
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (36.67 %)Migration
111 (36.67 %)Data Migration
21 (3.333 %)Automated Testing
21 (3.333 %)Resource Management
21 (3.333 %)CRM
21 (3.333 %)Contact Management
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (43.33 %)Java
212 (40.00 %)PL/SQL
212 (40.00 %)SQL
31 (3.333 %)Python
31 (3.333 %)C
31 (3.333 %)C++
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.333 %)ISEB
Cambridge IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (83.33 %)Oracle
21 (3.333 %)PeopleSoft
21 (3.333 %)Microsoft