Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Consultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank130138
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads422
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.117 %0.473 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£316
Average daily rate-£329
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£338
% change on same period last year+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.50
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.75£18.01
% change on same period last year-12.54 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads34164654
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.618 %4.589 %
Daily rates quoted10591422
Average minimum daily rate£329£322
Average daily rate£351£340
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£373£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted469660
Average minimum hourly rate£22.22£25.65
Average hourly rate£23.69£26.85
% change on same period last year-11.77 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£28.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Support Consultant EnglandSupport 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.

Support Consultant
Demand Trend

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

East of England Support Consultant Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Support Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East of England Support Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the East of England 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
HertfordshireUp+192--
SuffolkUp+41--
EssexNew entry-1--
Support Consultant EnglandSupport Consultant
England

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

14 (28.57 %)AS400
23 (21.43 %)Retail
23 (21.43 %)Problem Management
23 (21.43 %)JDA
23 (21.43 %)RPG
23 (21.43 %)SAP
23 (21.43 %)Windows
32 (14.29 %)ITIL
32 (14.29 %)Oracle
32 (14.29 %)SQL Server
32 (14.29 %)Tivoli
32 (14.29 %)SAP HR
32 (14.29 %)Project Management
32 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
32 (14.29 %)SAP Payroll
41 (7.143 %)SAP Basis
41 (7.143 %)Government
41 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (7.143 %)WebSphere
41 (7.143 %)Office Project Server
41 (7.143 %)CMDB
41 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
41 (7.143 %)CheckPoint
41 (7.143 %)Intranet
41 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (7.143 %)ISA Server
41 (7.143 %)Configuration Management
41 (7.143 %)Novell
41 (7.143 %)Service Management
41 (7.143 %)Service Delivery

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (7.143 %)J2EE
11 (7.143 %)SAP Basis
11 (7.143 %)WebSphere
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (7.143 %)IIS
11 (7.143 %)Office Project Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Project
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (14.29 %)SAP HR
12 (14.29 %)SAP Payroll
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (7.143 %)LAN
11 (7.143 %)WAN
11 (7.143 %)DHCP
11 (7.143 %)DNS
11 (7.143 %)Intranet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
21 (7.143 %)Oracle 9i
21 (7.143 %)Oracle 10g
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (7.143 %)SQL Server 2005
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Retail
22 (14.29 %)Manufacturing
31 (7.143 %)Government
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (28.57 %)AS400
21 (7.143 %)CMDB
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (21.43 %)Windows
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (21.43 %)Problem Management
22 (14.29 %)ITIL
22 (14.29 %)Project Management
31 (7.143 %)Service Management
31 (7.143 %)Service Delivery
31 (7.143 %)PRINCE2
31 (7.143 %)Configuration Management
31 (7.143 %)Security Cleared
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (21.43 %)RPG
21 (7.143 %)SQL
21 (7.143 %)PL/SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)CCNP
11 (7.143 %)CCNA
11 (7.143 %)CCDP
11 (7.143 %)Cisco Certification
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (7.143 %)Active Directory
11 (7.143 %)ISA Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (14.29 %)Tivoli
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (21.43 %)SAP
13 (21.43 %)JDA
22 (14.29 %)Oracle
31 (7.143 %)Sybase
31 (7.143 %)PeopleSoft
31 (7.143 %)Cisco
31 (7.143 %)Microsoft
31 (7.143 %)Novell
31 (7.143 %)CheckPoint