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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts within the East of England 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 Applications Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank134159
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads42
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.114 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£250£325
Average daily rate£263£325
% change on same period last year-19.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£398
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
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£37.50-
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads35034588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.623 %4.569 %
Daily rates quoted11051409
Average minimum daily rate£331£323
Average daily rate£353£342
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted463622
Average minimum hourly rate£21.82£25.06
Average hourly rate£23.32£26.30
% change on same period last year-11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Applications Consultant EnglandApplications 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.

Applications Consultant
Demand Trend

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

East of England Applications Consultant Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Applications Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
HertfordshireNew entry-2£263-
East AngliaNew entry-2--
Applications Consultant EnglandApplications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

12 (40.00 %)BPR
12 (40.00 %)Finance
12 (40.00 %)Manufacturing
12 (40.00 %)Release Management
21 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
21 (20.00 %)CMDB
21 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (20.00 %)MSI
21 (20.00 %)Service Management
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (20.00 %)COBOL
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)Sybase
21 (20.00 %)ITIL
21 (20.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (20.00 %)Windows XP
21 (20.00 %)SMS
21 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (20.00 %)Intranet
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)Application Packaging
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (20.00 %)SMS
11 (20.00 %)Intranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server
11 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)MSI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Finance
12 (40.00 %)Manufacturing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)CMDB
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)BPR
12 (40.00 %)Release Management
21 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
21 (20.00 %)Service Management
21 (20.00 %)Service Delivery
21 (20.00 %)ITIL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)COBOL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle
11 (20.00 %)Sybase