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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Croydon 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1320
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.008 %
As % of the category below6.957 %4.938 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£385£400
Average daily rate£395£400
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£433£416
% change on same period last year+4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£55.00
Average hourly rate-£67.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£80.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£30.20
% change on same period last year+1.57 %
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Croydon
Matching contract IT job ads115162
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.161 %
Daily rates quoted4335
Average minimum daily rate£321£272
Average daily rate£345£289
% change on same period last year+19.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£306
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted1526
Average minimum hourly rate£14.95£23.88
Average hourly rate£15.62£25.94
% change on same period last year-39.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£16.29£28.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Consultant LondonConsultant
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.

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Demand Trend

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

Croydon Consultant Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Croydon Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Croydon Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

14 (26.67 %)CRM
14 (26.67 %)Government
23 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (20.00 %)ITIL
32 (13.33 %)Oracle
32 (13.33 %)DB2
32 (13.33 %)Java
32 (13.33 %)WebLogic
32 (13.33 %)MS Excel
32 (13.33 %)IBM
32 (13.33 %)Microsoft
32 (13.33 %)UNIX
32 (13.33 %)BEA
32 (13.33 %)Informatica
32 (13.33 %)Datawarehouse
32 (13.33 %)PowerExchange
32 (13.33 %)Mainframe
32 (13.33 %)VSAM
32 (13.33 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (6.667 %)Data Migration
41 (6.667 %)Data Protection
41 (6.667 %)PCI DSS
41 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
41 (6.667 %)Legal
41 (6.667 %)Migration
41 (6.667 %)Amdocs
41 (6.667 %)Information Security
41 (6.667 %)Document Management
41 (6.667 %)JSF
41 (6.667 %)Insurance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Croydon 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.

Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (6.667 %)JSF
11 (6.667 %)Java EE
11 (6.667 %)SAML
11 (6.667 %)HTML
11 (6.667 %)EJB
11 (6.667 %)JDBC
11 (6.667 %)JSP
11 (6.667 %)Servlets
11 (6.667 %)SOAP
11 (6.667 %)Struts
11 (6.667 %)WebServices
11 (6.667 %)XML
11 (6.667 %)XSL
11 (6.667 %)XSLT
11 (6.667 %)J2EE
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (13.33 %)WebLogic
12 (13.33 %)PowerExchange
21 (6.667 %)TIBCO EMS
21 (6.667 %)JBoss
21 (6.667 %)Apache
21 (6.667 %)Tomcat
21 (6.667 %)SharePoint
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)MS Excel
21 (6.667 %)MS Project
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (6.667 %)Microsoft CRM
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)Firewall
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (13.33 %)DB2
12 (13.33 %)Datawarehouse
21 (6.667 %)SQL Server Integration Services
21 (6.667 %)ETL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)Ant
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Government
21 (6.667 %)Legal
21 (6.667 %)Insurance
21 (6.667 %)Finance
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Mainframe
12 (13.33 %)VSAM
12 (13.33 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (6.667 %)IPTV
21 (6.667 %)Data Protection Act
21 (6.667 %)Management Information System
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)AIX
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)CRM
23 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (20.00 %)ITIL
31 (6.667 %)Data Migration
31 (6.667 %)Data Protection
31 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
31 (6.667 %)Migration
31 (6.667 %)Information Security
31 (6.667 %)Document Management
31 (6.667 %)Service Management
31 (6.667 %)Risk Management
31 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
31 (6.667 %)Project Management
31 (6.667 %)RAD
31 (6.667 %)SSADM
31 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)Java
21 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
21 (6.667 %)SQL
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)ITIL Certification
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)PCI DSS
11 (6.667 %)ISO27001
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)AquaLogic
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
Croydon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (13.33 %)Oracle
12 (13.33 %)IBM
12 (13.33 %)Microsoft
12 (13.33 %)BEA
12 (13.33 %)Informatica
21 (6.667 %)Amdocs
21 (6.667 %)TIBCO