Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

 Consultant
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank131720
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+3
Matching contract IT job ads9679164
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire8.262 %5.679 %5.748 %
As % of the Job Titles category9.031 %6.265 %6.389 %
Daily rates quoted391850
Average daily rate£488£448£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.810 %-0.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£260£337£359
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£553
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£404£435
% change year-on-year
-0.860 %-7.240 %
Hourly rates quoted034
Average hourly rate-£37.50£36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£32.50£28.52
% change year-on-year
-14.30 %+13.95 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
106312612567
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire91.48 %90.65 %89.98 %
Daily rates quoted407307634
Average daily rate£313£350£360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71 %-2.770 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£180£250£207
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£520£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted148226514
Average hourly rate£24.50£30.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-18.33 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.47£12.50£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£41.50£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Hampshire Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BasingstokeUp+715£518-1.42 %
SouthamptonUp+68£350-21.52 %
AldershotDown-18£525-
PortsmouthUp+43--
EastleighUp+42--
FarnboroughDown-22--
AndoverDown-21--
FarehamDown-41£350-
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

143 (24.71 %)Security Cleared
240 (22.99 %)SAP
332 (18.39 %)SC Cleared
431 (17.82 %)Finance
526 (14.94 %)Oracle
620 (11.49 %)SAP FI
719 (10.92 %)Windows
818 (10.34 %)Migration
917 (9.770 %)Government
1016 (9.195 %)SAP CO
1115 (8.621 %)SAP FI/CO
1115 (8.621 %)XML
1214 (8.046 %)Microsoft
1312 (6.897 %)ISO27001
1411 (6.322 %)SQL
1510 (5.747 %)UNIX
1510 (5.747 %)SAP Implementation
169 (5.172 %)Active Directory
169 (5.172 %)ITIL
169 (5.172 %)Java
169 (5.172 %)Business Intelligence
169 (5.172 %)VMware
169 (5.172 %)Information Security
178 (4.598 %)Solaris
178 (4.598 %)J2EE
178 (4.598 %)Project Management
187 (4.023 %)Windows Server 2003
187 (4.023 %)Shell Script
187 (4.023 %)SQL Server
187 (4.023 %)Business Analysis

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (8.621 %)XML
28 (4.598 %)J2EE
36 (3.448 %)Oracle Fusion
45 (2.874 %)WebSphere
45 (2.874 %).NET
54 (2.299 %)JSP
54 (2.299 %)Web Services
63 (1.724 %).NET Framework
63 (1.724 %)HTML
63 (1.724 %)XSD
63 (1.724 %)CSS
72 (1.149 %)SAP Basis
72 (1.149 %)XML Messaging
72 (1.149 %)ASP.NET
72 (1.149 %)Middleware
72 (1.149 %)WDK
81 (0.575 %)Flash
81 (0.575 %)ASP
81 (0.575 %)XSL
81 (0.575 %)SAP XI
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (2.874 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
15 (2.874 %)SAS
24 (2.299 %)SharePoint
24 (2.299 %)ESB
33 (1.724 %)Office Project Server
42 (1.149 %)MQSI
42 (1.149 %)CMS
42 (1.149 %)WebLogic
42 (1.149 %)WebSphere Application Server
42 (1.149 %)MS Exchange
42 (1.149 %)Documentum
42 (1.149 %)NetWeaver
42 (1.149 %)WebSphere MQ
42 (1.149 %)WebSphere Message Broker
42 (1.149 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (1.149 %)JCAPS
51 (0.575 %)SAP Portal
51 (0.575 %)Oracle Service Bus
51 (0.575 %)TIBCO EMS
51 (0.575 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (2.874 %)MS Office
22 (1.149 %)MS Project
22 (1.149 %)MS Visio
31 (0.575 %)Adobe Captivate
31 (0.575 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
120 (11.49 %)SAP FI
216 (9.195 %)SAP CO
315 (8.621 %)SAP FI/CO
44 (2.299 %)SAP FI-GL
44 (2.299 %)TIBCO iProcess
44 (2.299 %)SAP ERP
53 (1.724 %)BusinessWorks
62 (1.149 %)SAP Oil and Gas
62 (1.149 %)SAP WM
62 (1.149 %)SAP R/3
62 (1.149 %)SAP SD
62 (1.149 %)SAP SRM
62 (1.149 %)SAP BPC
71 (0.575 %)SAP GRC
71 (0.575 %)SAP IS-U
71 (0.575 %)SAP HR
71 (0.575 %)SAP MM
71 (0.575 %)SAP PS
71 (0.575 %)Oracle Financials
71 (0.575 %)Oracle Applications
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (3.448 %)SAN
25 (2.874 %)Firewall
34 (2.299 %)LAN
43 (1.724 %)NAS
43 (1.724 %)LDAP
52 (1.149 %)WAN
52 (1.149 %)Cisco PIX
61 (0.575 %)Cisco ASA
61 (0.575 %)VLAN
61 (0.575 %)Network Security
61 (0.575 %)Intranet
61 (0.575 %)OSPF
61 (0.575 %)EIGRP
61 (0.575 %)VRRP
61 (0.575 %)X.400
61 (0.575 %)X.500
61 (0.575 %)BGP
61 (0.575 %)VoIP
61 (0.575 %)SMTP
61 (0.575 %)Wireless
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (4.023 %)SQL Server
26 (3.448 %)Oracle 10g
35 (2.874 %)Base SAS
35 (2.874 %)BusinessObjects
44 (2.299 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
44 (2.299 %)Oracle 11g
53 (1.724 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (1.724 %)BusinessObjects XI
53 (1.724 %)Oracle BI EE
53 (1.724 %)Star Schema
53 (1.724 %)Datawarehouse
53 (1.724 %)OLTP
53 (1.724 %)DB2
53 (1.724 %)Data Mart
53 (1.724 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (1.149 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
62 (1.149 %)ETL
71 (0.575 %)SQL Server 2008
71 (0.575 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
71 (0.575 %)SAP BW
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.149 %)ClearCase
21 (0.575 %)XMLSpy
21 (0.575 %)RequisitePro
21 (0.575 %)ClearQuest
21 (0.575 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.575 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
131 (17.82 %)Finance
217 (9.770 %)Government
34 (2.299 %)Insurance
34 (2.299 %)Retail
43 (1.724 %)Manufacturing
43 (1.724 %)Military
43 (1.724 %)Telecoms
52 (1.149 %)Banking
52 (1.149 %)Billing
52 (1.149 %)Legal
52 (1.149 %)Retail Banking
52 (1.149 %)Auditing
61 (0.575 %)Pensions
61 (0.575 %)Health
61 (0.575 %)Aerospace
61 (0.575 %)Electric
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (2.299 %)Replication
23 (1.724 %)RMADS
23 (1.724 %)Biometrics
32 (1.149 %)PKI
32 (1.149 %)Management Information System
32 (1.149 %)Clustering
32 (1.149 %)Taxonomies
41 (0.575 %)DataPower
41 (0.575 %)Fat Client
41 (0.575 %)Thin Client
41 (0.575 %)E-Learning
41 (0.575 %)SecurID
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (10.92 %)Windows
210 (5.747 %)UNIX
38 (4.598 %)Solaris
47 (4.023 %)Windows Server 2003
55 (2.874 %)AIX
63 (1.724 %)Linux
63 (1.724 %)Windows XP
72 (1.149 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.575 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.575 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.575 %)VMS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
118 (10.34 %)Migration
210 (5.747 %)SAP Implementation
39 (5.172 %)ITIL
39 (5.172 %)Business Intelligence
39 (5.172 %)Information Security
48 (4.598 %)Project Management
57 (4.023 %)Business Analysis
66 (3.448 %)Workflow
66 (3.448 %)ERP
66 (3.448 %)Data Migration
74 (2.299 %)BPEL
74 (2.299 %)Change Management
74 (2.299 %)SOA
83 (1.724 %)Unit Testing
83 (1.724 %)CRM
83 (1.724 %)UML
83 (1.724 %)Business Continuity
83 (1.724 %)Stakeholder Management
83 (1.724 %)Disaster Recovery
83 (1.724 %)Information Management
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (6.322 %)SQL
29 (5.172 %)Java
37 (4.023 %)Shell Script
46 (3.448 %)Perl
54 (2.299 %)C
63 (1.724 %)PL/SQL
63 (1.724 %)ABAP
72 (1.149 %)REXX
81 (0.575 %)SAS Macro
81 (0.575 %)PowerShell
81 (0.575 %)VBScript
81 (0.575 %)VB
81 (0.575 %)C#
81 (0.575 %)JavaScript
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
143 (24.71 %)Security Cleared
232 (18.39 %)SC Cleared
34 (2.299 %)BC Cleared
34 (2.299 %)DV Cleared
43 (1.724 %)HP AIS
43 (1.724 %)HP ASE
43 (1.724 %)Degree
43 (1.724 %)CISSP
52 (1.149 %)CISA
52 (1.149 %)CISM
52 (1.149 %)MCSE
52 (1.149 %)CCIE
52 (1.149 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.149 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (1.149 %)ISEB
52 (1.149 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.575 %)CCNP
61 (0.575 %)ISEB Practitioner
61 (0.575 %)MCTS
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (6.897 %)ISO27001
26 (3.448 %)PCI DSS
35 (2.874 %)COBIT
43 (1.724 %)BS25999
52 (1.149 %)ISO9001
61 (0.575 %)JSP 440
61 (0.575 %)ISO17799
61 (0.575 %)SLA
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (5.172 %)Active Directory
26 (3.448 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (2.874 %)Oracle RAC
43 (1.724 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.575 %)XenDesktop
51 (0.575 %)vSphere
51 (0.575 %)ISA Server
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (2.299 %)BMC PATROL
22 (1.149 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (1.149 %)Data Guard
31 (0.575 %)SCCM
31 (0.575 %)Tivoli
31 (0.575 %)MOM
31 (0.575 %)OpenView Configuration Management
31 (0.575 %)TIBCO Hawk
31 (0.575 %)MSI
31 (0.575 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.575 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
140 (22.99 %)SAP
226 (14.94 %)Oracle
314 (8.046 %)Microsoft
49 (5.172 %)VMware
55 (2.874 %)Business Objects
64 (2.299 %)TIBCO
64 (2.299 %)HP
64 (2.299 %)EMC
64 (2.299 %)BMC
73 (1.724 %)Sun
73 (1.724 %)Cisco
73 (1.724 %)CheckPoint
73 (1.724 %)Remedy
82 (1.149 %)Cognos
82 (1.149 %)McAfee
82 (1.149 %)Citrix
82 (1.149 %)Nokia
82 (1.149 %)Red Hat
82 (1.149 %)JD Edwards
82 (1.149 %)Meridio