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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the County Antrim 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank202
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching contract IT job ads1134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.034 %
As % of the category below7.432 %27.20 %
Daily rates quoted87
Average minimum daily rate£407£517
Average daily rate£416£551
% change on same period last year-24.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£586
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£424
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
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£32.88£31.40
% change on same period last year+4.71 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads148125
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.127 %
Daily rates quoted4433
Average minimum daily rate£307£388
Average daily rate£323£446
% change on same period last year-27.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£504
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted59
Average minimum hourly rate£24.52£17.05
Average hourly rate£26.02£18.35
% change on same period last year+41.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.52£19.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Consultant Northern IrelandConsultant
Northern Ireland

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

County Antrim 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 County Antrim region.

County Antrim Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

County Antrim Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

County Antrim Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
BelfastDown-1811£416-24.48 %
Consultant Northern IrelandConsultant
Northern Ireland

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

123 (42.59 %)Oracle
220 (37.04 %)Finance
313 (24.07 %)SQL
313 (24.07 %)HP
411 (20.37 %)BusinessObjects
411 (20.37 %)Business Objects
510 (18.52 %)Oracle Financials
510 (18.52 %)Business Intelligence
510 (18.52 %)Security Cleared
69 (16.67 %)Cognos
69 (16.67 %)ITIL
78 (14.81 %)Microsoft
78 (14.81 %)ServiceCenter
78 (14.81 %)Telecoms
87 (12.96 %)Active Directory
87 (12.96 %)PL/SQL
96 (11.11 %)CRM
96 (11.11 %)SAP
96 (11.11 %)SAP CRM
96 (11.11 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
105 (9.259 %)Marketing
105 (9.259 %)CTC Cleared
105 (9.259 %)Oracle Payroll
105 (9.259 %)Government
105 (9.259 %)Windows
105 (9.259 %)Oracle 8/8i
105 (9.259 %)Windows Server 2003
105 (9.259 %)E-business
114 (7.407 %)Oracle Reports
114 (7.407 %)Oracle EBS

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim 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.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (5.556 %)HTML
13 (5.556 %)XML
22 (3.704 %)Middleware
31 (1.852 %)WMI
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.704 %)MS Exchange
12 (3.704 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (1.852 %)IIS
21 (1.852 %)Oracle Workflow
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.852 %)MS Excel
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (18.52 %)Oracle Financials
26 (11.11 %)SAP CRM
26 (11.11 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
35 (9.259 %)Oracle Payroll
44 (7.407 %)Oracle EBS
53 (5.556 %)Oracle Applications
62 (3.704 %)Oracle 11i
71 (1.852 %)Oracle HRMS
71 (1.852 %)BASE24
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.704 %)FTP
21 (1.852 %)TCP/IP
21 (1.852 %)MPLS
21 (1.852 %)Firewall
21 (1.852 %)ATM
21 (1.852 %)SMS
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (20.37 %)BusinessObjects
25 (9.259 %)Oracle 8/8i
34 (7.407 %)Oracle Reports
42 (3.704 %)Oracle 10g
51 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (1.852 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (1.852 %)SQL Server
51 (1.852 %)ETL
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.852 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.852 %)TestDirector
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (37.04 %)Finance
28 (14.81 %)Telecoms
35 (9.259 %)Marketing
35 (9.259 %)Government
43 (5.556 %)Legal
52 (3.704 %)FMCG
61 (1.852 %)Banking
61 (1.852 %)Retail
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.852 %)Chip Card
11 (1.852 %)Tandem
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (9.259 %)Windows
15 (9.259 %)Windows Server 2003
23 (5.556 %)Windows 2000
31 (1.852 %)UNIX
31 (1.852 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (1.852 %)AIX
31 (1.852 %)Solaris
31 (1.852 %)Linux
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (18.52 %)Business Intelligence
110 (18.52 %)Security Cleared
29 (16.67 %)ITIL
36 (11.11 %)CRM
45 (9.259 %)E-business
45 (9.259 %)CTC Cleared
53 (5.556 %)User Acceptance Testing
53 (5.556 %)Performance Testing
53 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
53 (5.556 %)Integration Testing
62 (3.704 %)Workflow
62 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
62 (3.704 %)Change Management
62 (3.704 %)DV Cleared
71 (1.852 %)Risk Management
71 (1.852 %)B2C
71 (1.852 %)Configuration Management
71 (1.852 %)Network Design
71 (1.852 %)Logistics
71 (1.852 %)Incident Management
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (24.07 %)SQL
27 (12.96 %)PL/SQL
33 (5.556 %)VBScript
41 (1.852 %)C
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.852 %)MCSE
11 (1.852 %)CCIE
11 (1.852 %)Cisco Certification
11 (1.852 %)Microsoft Certification
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (12.96 %)Active Directory
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (14.81 %)ServiceCenter
23 (5.556 %)AssetCenter
23 (5.556 %)OpenView
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (42.59 %)Oracle
213 (24.07 %)HP
311 (20.37 %)Business Objects
49 (16.67 %)Cognos
58 (14.81 %)Microsoft
66 (11.11 %)SAP
73 (5.556 %)Peregrine
73 (5.556 %)Altiris
82 (3.704 %)Symantec
82 (3.704 %)Cisco
82 (3.704 %)Dell
91 (1.852 %)Citrix
91 (1.852 %)Sun
91 (1.852 %)ReadSoft
91 (1.852 %)Serena
91 (1.852 %)CheckPoint