Hereford Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Hereford 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	9	5
Rank change on same period last year	-4
Matching contract IT job ads	5	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	17.86 %	7.692 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£350
Average daily rate	-	£350
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£433	£417
% change on same period last year	+3.85 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.00	-
Average hourly rate	£30.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.60	£30.60
% change on same period last year	-6.53 %
Job Titles Hereford
Matching contract IT job ads	28	13
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.037 %	0.013 %
Daily rates quoted	10	4
Average minimum daily rate	£373	£309
Average daily rate	£407	£322
% change on same period last year	+26.34 %
Average maximum daily rate	£440	£334
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	2
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.33	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£21.83	£23.33
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.33	£26.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Consultant Herefordshire

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 Consultant across the Hereford 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 Consultant across the Hereford region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hereford 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.

1 5 (62.50 %) Migration 2 3 (37.50 %) SAP 2 3 (37.50 %) Lotus Notes 2 3 (37.50 %) Active Directory 2 3 (37.50 %) Novell 2 3 (37.50 %) Lotus 3 2 (25.00 %) Lotus Domino 3 2 (25.00 %) MS Exchange 3 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP Oil and Gas 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP Implementation 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP IS-U 4 1 (12.50 %) EDI 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP PP 4 1 (12.50 %) Manufacturing

4 1 (12.50 %) ABAP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hereford 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.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) EDI	Application Platforms 1 3 (37.50 %) Lotus Notes 2 2 (25.00 %) Lotus Domino 2 2 (25.00 %) MS Exchange
Business Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) SAP Oil and Gas 1 1 (12.50 %) SAP IS-U 1 1 (12.50 %) SAP PP	General 1 1 (12.50 %) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (62.50 %) Migration 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP Implementation	Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) ABAP
System Software 1 3 (37.50 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 3 (37.50 %) SAP 1 3 (37.50 %) Novell 1 3 (37.50 %) Lotus 2 2 (25.00 %) Microsoft