England Functional Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackpool Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Dunstable East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Huddersfield Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London M4 Corridor Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Ramsgate Reading Renfrew Renfrewshire Scotland Solihull South East South West Surrey Swindon UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 1 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	323	378
Rank change on same period last year	+55
Matching contract IT job ads	223	274
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.354 %	0.292 %
As % of the category below	0.430 %	0.342 %
Daily rates quoted	70	73
Average minimum daily rate	£374	£494
Average daily rate	£397	£512
% change on same period last year	-22.41 %
Average maximum daily rate	£421	£530
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£443
% change on same period last year	-15.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£46.00	-
Average hourly rate	£48.12	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£50.23	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£48.12	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles England
Matching contract IT job ads	51839	80183
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	82.20 %	85.35 %
Daily rates quoted	16701	24716
Average minimum daily rate	£365	£389
Average daily rate	£390	£413
% change on same period last year	-5.54 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£437
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted	5072	7279
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.96	£23.46
Average hourly rate	£23.41	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-6.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.87	£26.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.14	£24.11
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %
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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 Functional 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 Functional 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 Functional Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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 Functional Consultant across the England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Functional Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 2008.

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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 Functional Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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	+24	81	£435	-17.44 %
West Midlands	+49	37	£261	-41.34 %
South East	+36	27	£440	-0.99 %
North West	+36	26	£360	-17.60 %
Midlands	+24	8	£213	-57.50 %
East of England	+33	7	£500	-4.76 %
Yorkshire	+33	7	£500	+12.67 %
South West	+22	4	£400	-30.43 %
East Midlands	+24	2	£400	-
North East	+14	2	£500	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title.

1 213 (47.65 %) Oracle 2 128 (28.64 %) Finance 3 122 (27.29 %) SAP 4 46 (10.29 %) Oracle Financials 5 41 (9.172 %) ERP 6 39 (8.725 %) PeopleSoft 7 38 (8.501 %) Oracle EBS R12 8 37 (8.277 %) CRM 9 35 (7.830 %) Manufacturing 10 32 (7.159 %) GAP Analysis 10 32 (7.159 %) SAP HR 11 30 (6.711 %) SAP FI 12 29 (6.488 %) SAP CO 12 29 (6.488 %) SAP FI/CO 13 27 (6.040 %) Oracle Applications

13 27 (6.040 %) Automotive 13 27 (6.040 %) Oracle 11i 14 24 (5.369 %) UNIX 14 24 (5.369 %) Oracle EBS 15 23 (5.145 %) Mainframe 15 23 (5.145 %) Oracle HRMS 16 22 (4.922 %) IBM 17 21 (4.698 %) IBM Mainframe 18 17 (3.803 %) Migration 18 17 (3.803 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 19 16 (3.579 %) Oracle 8/8i 19 16 (3.579 %) General Ledger 20 15 (3.356 %) Retail 21 14 (3.132 %) Workflow 21 14 (3.132 %) SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (1.566 %) XML 2 4 (0.895 %) EDI 2 4 (0.895 %) .NET 2 4 (0.895 %) ASP.NET 3 3 (0.671 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.447 %) SOAP 5 1 (0.224 %) WebServices 5 1 (0.224 %) ASP 5 1 (0.224 %) Middleware 5 1 (0.224 %) Oracle Fusion	Application Platforms 1 12 (2.685 %) Oracle Workflow 2 5 (1.119 %) Tuxedo 3 1 (0.224 %) MQSeries 3 1 (0.224 %) SharePoint 3 1 (0.224 %) MS Exchange 3 1 (0.224 %) IIS
Applications 1 8 (1.790 %) MS Visio 2 7 (1.566 %) MS Project 3 5 (1.119 %) MS Office 4 2 (0.447 %) MS Excel 5 1 (0.224 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 46 (10.29 %) Oracle Financials 2 38 (8.501 %) Oracle EBS R12 3 32 (7.159 %) SAP HR 4 30 (6.711 %) SAP FI 5 29 (6.488 %) SAP FI/CO 5 29 (6.488 %) SAP CO 6 27 (6.040 %) Oracle Applications 6 27 (6.040 %) Oracle 11i 7 24 (5.369 %) Oracle EBS 8 23 (5.145 %) Oracle HRMS 9 17 (3.803 %) PeopleSoft HRMS 10 13 (2.908 %) Oracle Manufacturing 10 13 (2.908 %) SAP MM 11 12 (2.685 %) SAP CRM 12 9 (2.013 %) Oracle CRM 12 9 (2.013 %) Oracle ERP 13 7 (1.566 %) SAP PM 14 6 (1.342 %) SAP SRM 14 6 (1.342 %) PeopleSoft Financials 14 6 (1.342 %) Oracle General Ledger
Communications & Networking 1 1 (0.224 %) FTP 1 1 (0.224 %) Internet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (3.579 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 10 (2.237 %) Oracle Reports 3 7 (1.566 %) SAP BW 4 4 (0.895 %) SQL Server 4 4 (0.895 %) Oracle Discoverer 5 3 (0.671 %) SAP BI 5 3 (0.671 %) Cognos Impromptu 6 1 (0.224 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.224 %) ETL 6 1 (0.224 %) TOAD 6 1 (0.224 %) EDMS
Development Applications 1 8 (1.790 %) TestDirector 2 6 (1.342 %) PeopleTools 3 4 (0.895 %) Oracle Forms 4 2 (0.447 %) Visual Studio 4 2 (0.447 %) LoadRunner 4 2 (0.447 %) LSMW 5 1 (0.224 %) JMeter	General 1 128 (28.64 %) Finance 2 35 (7.830 %) Manufacturing 3 27 (6.040 %) Automotive 4 16 (3.579 %) General Ledger 5 15 (3.356 %) Retail 6 12 (2.685 %) Government 6 12 (2.685 %) FMCG 7 11 (2.461 %) Billing 8 7 (1.566 %) Health 8 7 (1.566 %) Front Office 8 7 (1.566 %) Local Government 9 6 (1.342 %) Telecoms 10 5 (1.119 %) Banking 10 5 (1.119 %) Construction 10 5 (1.119 %) Pensions 11 4 (0.895 %) Marketing 12 3 (0.671 %) Financial Institution 12 3 (0.671 %) Legal 13 2 (0.447 %) Investment Banking 14 1 (0.224 %) Law
Miscellaneous 1 23 (5.145 %) Mainframe 2 21 (4.698 %) IBM Mainframe 3 6 (1.342 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 6 (1.342 %) German Language 4 5 (1.119 %) Data Conversion 5 2 (0.447 %) French Language 6 1 (0.224 %) Italian Language 6 1 (0.224 %) Polish Language 6 1 (0.224 %) Portuguese Language 6 1 (0.224 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.224 %) EPoS 6 1 (0.224 %) Management Information System 6 1 (0.224 %) AS400	Operating Systems 1 24 (5.369 %) UNIX 2 2 (0.447 %) Windows 3 1 (0.224 %) Solaris 3 1 (0.224 %) Linux 3 1 (0.224 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 41 (9.172 %) ERP 2 37 (8.277 %) CRM 3 32 (7.159 %) GAP Analysis 4 17 (3.803 %) Migration 5 14 (3.132 %) Workflow 5 14 (3.132 %) Security Cleared 6 12 (2.685 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 12 (2.685 %) Logistics 7 11 (2.461 %) Project Management 7 11 (2.461 %) Change Management 8 10 (2.237 %) Data Migration 9 9 (2.013 %) E-business 10 8 (1.790 %) Information Management 10 8 (1.790 %) Business Analysis 11 7 (1.566 %) Configuration Management 11 7 (1.566 %) Test Scripting 12 6 (1.342 %) Integration Testing 13 5 (1.119 %) Unit Testing 13 5 (1.119 %) SC Cleared 14 4 (0.895 %) Data Mapping	Programming Languages 1 14 (3.132 %) SQL 2 8 (1.790 %) PeopleCode 3 7 (1.566 %) PL/SQL 4 6 (1.342 %) ABAP 4 6 (1.342 %) VB 5 5 (1.119 %) C 6 3 (0.671 %) Java 6 3 (0.671 %) JavaScript 6 3 (0.671 %) Transact-SQL 7 1 (0.224 %) VB.NET 7 1 (0.224 %) Perl 7 1 (0.224 %) C# 7 1 (0.224 %) SAPscript
Qualifications 1 5 (1.119 %) ACCA 2 4 (0.895 %) CIMA 3 2 (0.447 %) Degree 4 1 (0.224 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.224 %) Citrix Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 3 (0.671 %) QA 2 2 (0.447 %) SLA 3 1 (0.224 %) GAAP
Vendors 1 213 (47.65 %) Oracle 2 122 (27.29 %) SAP 3 39 (8.725 %) PeopleSoft 4 22 (4.922 %) IBM 5 8 (1.790 %) JD Edwards 6 6 (1.342 %) Murex 7 4 (0.895 %) Siebel 7 4 (0.895 %) Sun 8 3 (0.671 %) Microsoft 8 3 (0.671 %) Northgate 9 2 (0.447 %) Open Text 9 2 (0.447 %) Pegasus 9 2 (0.447 %) Cognos 9 2 (0.447 %) HP 9 2 (0.447 %) CA 9 2 (0.447 %) salesforce.com 10 1 (0.224 %) Remedy 10 1 (0.224 %) OpenLink 10 1 (0.224 %) Hyperion 10 1 (0.224 %) Retek