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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts within the City of London 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
Rank175175
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads3118
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.044 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.431 %0.275 %
Daily rates quoted129
Average minimum daily rate£402£406
Average daily rate£430£453
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
Average maximum daily rate£459£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£387£410
% change on same period last year-5.47 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£45.00-
Average hourly rate£47.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£44.08
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads71986535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.13 %6.604 %
Daily rates quoted38872676
Average minimum daily rate£407£444
Average daily rate£443£472
% change on same period last year-6.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£479£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted315235
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£22.97
Average hourly rate£24.61£24.27
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.45£25.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Technical Consultant LondonTechnical Consultant
London

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Technical Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

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 City of London region.

City of London Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

122 (31.88 %)Windows
218 (26.09 %)Finance
317 (24.64 %)Microsoft
416 (23.19 %)Banking
514 (20.29 %)Migration
613 (18.84 %)Active Directory
613 (18.84 %)SQL
712 (17.39 %)UNIX
811 (15.94 %)Oracle
811 (15.94 %).NET
910 (14.49 %)VMware
910 (14.49 %)Investment Banking
910 (14.49 %)VMware Infrastructure
109 (13.04 %)SQL Server
109 (13.04 %)Java
109 (13.04 %)SharePoint
109 (13.04 %)MOM
117 (10.14 %)Security Cleared
117 (10.14 %)Financial Institution
117 (10.14 %)Front Office
117 (10.14 %)ISA Server
117 (10.14 %)DNS
117 (10.14 %)VBScript
126 (8.696 %)Solaris
126 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
126 (8.696 %)CISSP
126 (8.696 %)Firewall
126 (8.696 %)Government
135 (7.246 %)Murex
135 (7.246 %)Linux

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (15.94 %).NET
23 (4.348 %)WebServices
32 (2.899 %)J2EE
41 (1.449 %)CSS
41 (1.449 %)SOAP
41 (1.449 %)HTML
41 (1.449 %)XML
41 (1.449 %)EDI
41 (1.449 %)JMS
41 (1.449 %)WSDL
41 (1.449 %)WDK
41 (1.449 %)Middleware
41 (1.449 %)WebSphere
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (13.04 %)SharePoint
22 (2.899 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.449 %)Documentum
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 5.5
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.449 %)WebLogic
31 (1.449 %)Lotus Notes
31 (1.449 %)Apache
31 (1.449 %)Tomcat
31 (1.449 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (7.246 %)MS Visio
24 (5.797 %)MS Office
33 (4.348 %)MS Excel
41 (1.449 %)MS Project
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (2.899 %)Oracle ERP
12 (2.899 %)RMDS
12 (2.899 %)Kondor+
21 (1.449 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
21 (1.449 %)Oracle General Ledger
21 (1.449 %)SoftGrid
21 (1.449 %)Summit
21 (1.449 %)Oracle Financials
21 (1.449 %)Oracle CRM
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (10.14 %)DNS
26 (8.696 %)Firewall
33 (4.348 %)VLAN
33 (4.348 %)LAN
42 (2.899 %)SDH
42 (2.899 %)VoIP
42 (2.899 %)Ethernet
42 (2.899 %)VPN
42 (2.899 %)DWDM
42 (2.899 %)MPLS
51 (1.449 %)X.25
51 (1.449 %)SNA
51 (1.449 %)FTP
51 (1.449 %)HTTP
51 (1.449 %)TCP/IP
51 (1.449 %)HTTPS
51 (1.449 %)SSL
51 (1.449 %)SAN
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (13.04 %)SQL Server
24 (5.797 %)ETL
24 (5.797 %)Data Mart
33 (4.348 %)RDBMS
33 (4.348 %)SAP BI
42 (2.899 %)GIS
42 (2.899 %)Datawarehouse
51 (1.449 %)Data Mining
51 (1.449 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.449 %)Hyperion Essbase
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.449 %)WinRunner
11 (1.449 %)Synon
11 (1.449 %)SilkTest
11 (1.449 %)StarTeam
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (26.09 %)Finance
216 (23.19 %)Banking
310 (14.49 %)Investment Banking
47 (10.14 %)Financial Institution
47 (10.14 %)Front Office
56 (8.696 %)Government
63 (4.348 %)Back Office
72 (2.899 %)Telecoms
72 (2.899 %)Marketing
81 (1.449 %)Retail
81 (1.449 %)Billing
81 (1.449 %)Health
81 (1.449 %)Law
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (7.246 %)PKI
24 (5.797 %)Derivative
24 (5.797 %)Credit Derivative
33 (4.348 %)Thin Client
33 (4.348 %)Fat Client
42 (2.899 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (1.449 %)Biometrics
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
122 (31.88 %)Windows
212 (17.39 %)UNIX
36 (8.696 %)Solaris
36 (8.696 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (7.246 %)Linux
54 (5.797 %)AIX
54 (5.797 %)Windows XP
63 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
71 (1.449 %)Tru64
71 (1.449 %)Windows Mobile
71 (1.449 %)Windows Vista
71 (1.449 %)Windows 2000 Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (20.29 %)Migration
27 (10.14 %)Security Cleared
35 (7.246 %)Data Migration
35 (7.246 %)Business Intelligence
44 (5.797 %)Data Modelling
44 (5.797 %)Workflow
44 (5.797 %)SC Cleared
53 (4.348 %)Project Management
53 (4.348 %)SOA
53 (4.348 %)ITIL
53 (4.348 %)CRM
53 (4.348 %)ERP
53 (4.348 %)Risk Management
62 (2.899 %)PRINCE
62 (2.899 %)Configuration Management
62 (2.899 %)Validation
62 (2.899 %)Risk Analysis
62 (2.899 %)Information Security
62 (2.899 %)Network Design
62 (2.899 %)Technical Architecture
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (18.84 %)SQL
29 (13.04 %)Java
37 (10.14 %)VBScript
44 (5.797 %)ABAP
44 (5.797 %)C++
44 (5.797 %)JavaScript
53 (4.348 %)C
53 (4.348 %)C#
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (8.696 %)CISSP
25 (7.246 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
32 (2.899 %)MCSE
32 (2.899 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (1.449 %)ITIL Certification
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (4.348 %)SLA
21 (1.449 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
21 (1.449 %)QA
21 (1.449 %)ISO9000
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (18.84 %)Active Directory
210 (14.49 %)VMware Infrastructure
37 (10.14 %)ISA Server
44 (5.797 %)VMware ESX
44 (5.797 %)NetBackup
52 (2.899 %)VMware Workstation
61 (1.449 %)Backup Exec
61 (1.449 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
61 (1.449 %)Citrix Presentation Server
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (13.04 %)MOM
21 (1.449 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (1.449 %)AutoSys
21 (1.449 %)BMC PATROL
21 (1.449 %)Legato
21 (1.449 %)Tivoli
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (24.64 %)Microsoft
211 (15.94 %)Oracle
310 (14.49 %)VMware
45 (7.246 %)Murex
54 (5.797 %)Calypso
54 (5.797 %)Sybase
63 (4.348 %)SAP
63 (4.348 %)Sun
63 (4.348 %)IBM
63 (4.348 %)TIBCO
72 (2.899 %)GL TRADE
72 (2.899 %)salesforce.com
72 (2.899 %)HP
81 (1.449 %)Citrix
81 (1.449 %)BEA
81 (1.449 %)BMC
81 (1.449 %)Hyperion
81 (1.449 %)Lotus
81 (1.449 %)Borland
81 (1.449 %)Siebel
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