Docklands, London Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Docklands, London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	49	55
Rank change on same period last year	+6
Matching contract IT job ads	22	39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.029 %	0.041 %
As % of the category below	2.402 %	2.776 %
Daily rates quoted	11	20
Average minimum daily rate	£472	£464
Average daily rate	£506	£519
% change on same period last year	-2.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£540	£574
UK excluding London average daily rate	£438	£415
% change on same period last year	+5.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.63	£27.47
% change on same period last year	+18.77 %
Job Titles Docklands, London
Matching contract IT job ads	916	1405
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.208 %	1.490 %
Daily rates quoted	526	645
Average minimum daily rate	£478	£467
Average daily rate	£516	£501
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Average maximum daily rate	£553	£536
UK excluding London average daily rate	£361	£352
% change on same period last year	+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	18	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£26.27	£21.32
Average hourly rate	£28.55	£21.64
% change on same period last year	+31.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.83	£21.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.28	£26.07
% change on same period last year	-10.69 %
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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 Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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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 Docklands, London region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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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 Docklands, London region.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

1 59 (68.60 %) Finance 2 43 (50.00 %) Equities 2 43 (50.00 %) Fidessa 3 9 (10.47 %) Oracle 4 8 (9.302 %) SQL 4 8 (9.302 %) ITIL 4 8 (9.302 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (8.140 %) MS Project 5 7 (8.140 %) UML 5 7 (8.140 %) OO 5 7 (8.140 %) RUP 5 7 (8.140 %) OOD 5 7 (8.140 %) Rational Rose 5 7 (8.140 %) ISO9001 5 7 (8.140 %) IBM

5 7 (8.140 %) RequisitePro 5 7 (8.140 %) ClearQuest 5 7 (8.140 %) QMS 5 7 (8.140 %) Unified Process 6 6 (6.977 %) Banking 6 6 (6.977 %) Business Intelligence 6 6 (6.977 %) Unix 7 5 (5.814 %) Windows 7 5 (5.814 %) Basel II 7 5 (5.814 %) Quality Management 8 4 (4.651 %) Financial Institution 8 4 (4.651 %) Back Office 8 4 (4.651 %) Risk Management 8 4 (4.651 %) SAS 9 3 (3.488 %) Solaris

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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.

Application Development 1 2 (2.326 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 4 (4.651 %) SAS 2 2 (2.326 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (1.163 %) MQSeries 3 1 (1.163 %) Exchange Server 2003
Applications 1 7 (8.140 %) MS Project 2 2 (2.326 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.163 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.163 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (1.163 %) Oracle ERP 1 1 (1.163 %) Oracle Applications 1 1 (1.163 %) Global One
Communications & Networking 1 1 (1.163 %) LDAP 1 1 (1.163 %) WAN 1 1 (1.163 %) SNMP 1 1 (1.163 %) VPN 1 1 (1.163 %) MPLS 1 1 (1.163 %) Wireless 1 1 (1.163 %) IPsec	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (3.488 %) SQL Server 1 3 (3.488 %) OLAP 2 2 (2.326 %) Data Mining 2 2 (2.326 %) BusinessObjects 2 2 (2.326 %) SAS Enterprise Guide 3 1 (1.163 %) SAP BW 3 1 (1.163 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 7 (8.140 %) Rational Rose 1 7 (8.140 %) RequisitePro 1 7 (8.140 %) ClearQuest 2 2 (2.326 %) ProC 2 2 (2.326 %) TestDirector 3 1 (1.163 %) Oracle Forms	General 1 59 (68.60 %) Finance 2 6 (6.977 %) Banking 3 4 (4.651 %) Financial Institution 3 4 (4.651 %) Back Office 4 2 (2.326 %) Telecoms 4 2 (2.326 %) Law 4 2 (2.326 %) Billing 5 1 (1.163 %) Investment Banking 5 1 (1.163 %) Insurance 5 1 (1.163 %) Retail Banking 5 1 (1.163 %) Retail 5 1 (1.163 %) Front Office
Miscellaneous 1 43 (50.00 %) Equities 2 2 (2.326 %) VAX 2 2 (2.326 %) Derivative 2 2 (2.326 %) Credit Risk 3 1 (1.163 %) Data Integration 3 1 (1.163 %) PMI	Operating Systems 1 6 (6.977 %) Unix 2 5 (5.814 %) Windows 3 3 (3.488 %) Solaris 3 3 (3.488 %) Linux 4 1 (1.163 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.163 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (9.302 %) ITIL 1 8 (9.302 %) PRINCE2 2 7 (8.140 %) UML 2 7 (8.140 %) OO 2 7 (8.140 %) RUP 2 7 (8.140 %) OOD 2 7 (8.140 %) Unified Process 2 7 (8.140 %) QMS 3 6 (6.977 %) Business Intelligence 4 5 (5.814 %) Quality Management 5 4 (4.651 %) Risk Management 6 3 (3.488 %) Migration 7 2 (2.326 %) Data Modelling 7 2 (2.326 %) Project Management 8 1 (1.163 %) Service Delivery 8 1 (1.163 %) ERP 8 1 (1.163 %) Programme Management 8 1 (1.163 %) Systems Analysis 8 1 (1.163 %) Knowledge Management 8 1 (1.163 %) Strategic Planning	Programming Languages 1 8 (9.302 %) SQL 2 3 (3.488 %) Perl 3 2 (2.326 %) Shell Script 4 1 (1.163 %) Korn 4 1 (1.163 %) C 4 1 (1.163 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (1.163 %) VBScript 4 1 (1.163 %) VB
Qualifications 1 1 (1.163 %) CCIE 1 1 (1.163 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (1.163 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (8.140 %) ISO9001 2 5 (5.814 %) Basel II 3 3 (3.488 %) MiFID 3 3 (3.488 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 4 1 (1.163 %) QA 4 1 (1.163 %) SLA
System Software 1 3 (3.488 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.163 %) VMware ESX 2 1 (1.163 %) VMware Infrastructure	Systems Management 1 1 (1.163 %) Tivoli 1 1 (1.163 %) Tivoli Configuration Manager 1 1 (1.163 %) Tivoli Monitoring 1 1 (1.163 %) Tivoli NetView
Vendors 1 43 (50.00 %) Fidessa 2 9 (10.47 %) Oracle 3 7 (8.140 %) IBM 4 3 (3.488 %) GL TRADE 5 2 (2.326 %) Microsoft 5 2 (2.326 %) Sybase 5 2 (2.326 %) Business Objects 5 2 (2.326 %) Citrix 6 1 (1.163 %) Informatica 6 1 (1.163 %) Red Hat 6 1 (1.163 %) Symantec 6 1 (1.163 %) VMware 6 1 (1.163 %) SAP 6 1 (1.163 %) Chordiant 6 1 (1.163 %) Cisco