England Business Intelligence Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Intelligence Consultant role in IT contracts within the 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 Business Intelligence Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Business Intelligence (BI) Consultant
Location Berkshire Birmingham Bristol City of London East Midlands East of England England Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Newcastle North East North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Preston Reading Solihull South East South Wales South West Staffordshire Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Swindon Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wales West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	431	541
Rank change on same period last year	+110
Matching contract IT job ads	118	90
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.168 %	0.091 %
As % of the category below	0.203 %	0.106 %
Daily rates quoted	32	28
Average minimum daily rate	£428	£445
Average daily rate	£454	£478
% change on same period last year	-4.96 %
Average maximum daily rate	£480	£510
UK excluding London average daily rate	£423	£521
% change on same period last year	-18.72 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	58175	84697
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.67 %	85.54 %
Daily rates quoted	19357	26249
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£390
Average daily rate	£400	£415
% change on same period last year	-3.47 %
Average maximum daily rate	£426	£439
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£353
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	5278	7537
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.52	£23.88
Average hourly rate	£24.06	£25.46
% change on same period last year	-5.48 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.60	£27.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.69	£25.18
% change on same period last year	-5.93 %
Business Intelligence Consultant UK

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 Intelligence Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant across the England 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 Business Intelligence Consultant across the England region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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 Business Intelligence Consultant across the England region.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Intelligence Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	+117	55	£481	+19.03 %
North West	+30	18	£400	-
West Midlands	+10	12	£396	-26.35 %
South East	+44	11	£500	+1.01 %
Midlands	+21	10	£525	-14.28 %
East Midlands	+6	7	-	-
South West	+26	4	£383	-30.30 %
Yorkshire	+5	3	-	-
North East	+14	3	-	-
East of England	+31	2	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business Intelligence 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 Intelligence Consultant in their job title.

1 236 (100.00 %) Business Intelligence 2 151 (63.98 %) SAP 3 120 (50.85 %) SAP BI 4 90 (38.14 %) SAP BW 5 52 (22.03 %) Datawarehouse 6 48 (20.34 %) SQL Server 7 39 (16.53 %) SQL Server 2005 8 35 (14.83 %) SQL Server Integration Services 9 33 (13.98 %) ETL 10 32 (13.56 %) SQL 10 32 (13.56 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 11 29 (12.29 %) Data Modelling 12 28 (11.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 13 24 (10.17 %) ABAP 14 21 (8.898 %) Finance

15 20 (8.475 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 16 16 (6.780 %) OLAP 17 15 (6.356 %) Manufacturing 18 14 (5.932 %) Oracle 19 13 (5.508 %) Business Objects 19 13 (5.508 %) BusinessObjects 20 11 (4.661 %) Health 21 10 (4.237 %) CRM 22 9 (3.814 %) Cognos 22 9 (3.814 %) Microsoft 23 8 (3.390 %) SQL Server 2000 23 8 (3.390 %) ProClarity 24 7 (2.966 %) SAP HR 25 6 (2.542 %) NetWeaver 25 6 (2.542 %) DTS

Business Intelligence Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Business Intelligence 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 Intelligence Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 5 (2.119 %) .NET 1 5 (2.119 %) MDX 2 3 (1.271 %) XML 3 2 (0.847 %) J2EE 3 2 (0.847 %) WebServices 3 2 (0.847 %) .NET Framework 4 1 (0.424 %) Adobe Flex 4 1 (0.424 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.424 %) XSLT 4 1 (0.424 %) SAP XI	Application Platforms 1 6 (2.542 %) NetWeaver 2 3 (1.271 %) SharePoint 3 2 (0.847 %) SAS 4 1 (0.424 %) IIS
Applications 1 5 (2.119 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.847 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.424 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (0.424 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (0.424 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 7 (2.966 %) SAP HR 2 4 (1.695 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 2 4 (1.695 %) SAP Oil and Gas 3 2 (0.847 %) SAP CRM 3 2 (0.847 %) SAP PLM 3 2 (0.847 %) SAP Bank Analyzer 3 2 (0.847 %) SAP R/3 4 1 (0.424 %) Oracle Applications 4 1 (0.424 %) SAP APO 4 1 (0.424 %) SAP IS-U 4 1 (0.424 %) Cognos Planning
Database & Business Intelligence 1 120 (50.85 %) SAP BI 2 90 (38.14 %) SAP BW 3 52 (22.03 %) Datawarehouse 4 48 (20.34 %) SQL Server 5 39 (16.53 %) SQL Server 2005 6 35 (14.83 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 33 (13.98 %) ETL 8 32 (13.56 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 9 28 (11.86 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 20 (8.475 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 11 16 (6.780 %) OLAP 12 13 (5.508 %) BusinessObjects 13 8 (3.390 %) SQL Server 2000 14 6 (2.542 %) DTS 15 5 (2.119 %) RDBMS 16 4 (1.695 %) Data Mining 17 3 (1.271 %) Oracle 8/8i 17 3 (1.271 %) Cognos Powerplay 18 2 (0.847 %) ReportNet 18 2 (0.847 %) Oracle OWB	Development Applications 1 1 (0.424 %) Visual Studio 1 1 (0.424 %) VSS/SourceSafe 1 1 (0.424 %) Synon
General 1 21 (8.898 %) Finance 2 15 (6.356 %) Manufacturing 3 11 (4.661 %) Health 4 5 (2.119 %) Banking 5 3 (1.271 %) Retail 5 3 (1.271 %) Government 6 2 (0.847 %) Insurance 6 2 (0.847 %) Local Government 6 2 (0.847 %) FMCG 6 2 (0.847 %) Telecoms 7 1 (0.424 %) General Ledger 7 1 (0.424 %) Pharmaceutical 7 1 (0.424 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.424 %) Legal 7 1 (0.424 %) Advertising	Miscellaneous 1 5 (2.119 %) NHS 2 3 (1.271 %) Data Extraction 3 2 (0.847 %) Data Integration 4 1 (0.424 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.424 %) Replication 4 1 (0.424 %) Statistics 4 1 (0.424 %) French Language 4 1 (0.424 %) German Language
Processes & Methodologies 1 236 (100.00 %) Business Intelligence 2 29 (12.29 %) Data Modelling 3 10 (4.237 %) CRM 4 5 (2.119 %) Business Analysis 5 4 (1.695 %) SAP Implementation 5 4 (1.695 %) Logistics 5 4 (1.695 %) ERP 5 4 (1.695 %) Data Architecture 6 3 (1.271 %) Security Cleared 6 3 (1.271 %) Data Management 6 3 (1.271 %) System Testing 6 3 (1.271 %) Time Management 6 3 (1.271 %) Performance Management 7 2 (0.847 %) Dimensional Modelling 7 2 (0.847 %) Data Mapping 7 2 (0.847 %) Data Analysis 7 2 (0.847 %) Migration 7 2 (0.847 %) PLM 7 2 (0.847 %) Change Management 7 2 (0.847 %) GAP Analysis	Programming Languages 1 32 (13.56 %) SQL 2 24 (10.17 %) ABAP 3 6 (2.542 %) Transact-SQL 4 5 (2.119 %) Java 5 4 (1.695 %) C# 6 2 (0.847 %) C 6 2 (0.847 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 3 (1.271 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.847 %) SLA
Vendors 1 151 (63.98 %) SAP 2 14 (5.932 %) Oracle 3 13 (5.508 %) Business Objects 4 9 (3.814 %) Cognos 4 9 (3.814 %) Microsoft 5 8 (3.390 %) ProClarity 6 5 (2.119 %) Hyperion 7 4 (1.695 %) Informatica 8 3 (1.271 %) MicroStrategy 9 1 (0.424 %) Teradata 9 1 (0.424 %) Actuate