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The table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts within the East Midlands 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 Business Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Business Consultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8384
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads79
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.417 %0.474 %
Daily rates quoted17
Average minimum daily rate£600£334
Average daily rate£600£361
% change on same period last year+66.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£600£388
UK excluding London average daily rate£413£439
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
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-£50.50
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads16771900
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.267 %1.874 %
Daily rates quoted506369
Average minimum daily rate£348£330
Average daily rate£368£347
% change on same period last year+5.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted199287
Average minimum hourly rate£18.39£20.73
Average hourly rate£19.79£22.34
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.20£23.96
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Business Consultant EnglandBusiness Consultant
England

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.

Business Consultant
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Business Consultant Demand Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands Business Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
NottinghamshireDown-24£600-
LeicestershireUp+62--
Business Consultant EnglandBusiness Consultant
England

Business Consultant
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title.

16 (46.15 %)Business Objects
16 (46.15 %)BusinessObjects
25 (38.46 %)NHS
34 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (30.77 %)Oracle
34 (30.77 %)SQL Server
34 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (30.77 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
43 (23.08 %)BusinessObjects XI
43 (23.08 %)Hyperion
43 (23.08 %)Datawarehouse
43 (23.08 %)Data Modelling
43 (23.08 %)Business Intelligence
52 (15.38 %)Finance
52 (15.38 %)SQL
61 (7.692 %)SQL Server Integration Services
61 (7.692 %)Predictive Analytics
61 (7.692 %)Performance Management
61 (7.692 %)Oracle BI EE
61 (7.692 %)Construction
61 (7.692 %)MBA
61 (7.692 %)BPR
61 (7.692 %)Microsoft

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (46.15 %)BusinessObjects
24 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2000
24 (30.77 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (30.77 %)SQL Server
24 (30.77 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
33 (23.08 %)Datawarehouse
33 (23.08 %)BusinessObjects XI
41 (7.692 %)Oracle BI EE
41 (7.692 %)SQL Server Integration Services
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (15.38 %)Finance
21 (7.692 %)Construction
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (38.46 %)NHS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (23.08 %)Data Modelling
13 (23.08 %)Business Intelligence
21 (7.692 %)BPR
21 (7.692 %)Predictive Analytics
21 (7.692 %)Performance Management
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)SQL
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)MBA
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Business Objects
24 (30.77 %)Oracle
33 (23.08 %)Hyperion
41 (7.692 %)Microsoft