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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Technical Consultant
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4244
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.351 %1.887 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£406
% change on same period last year-10.98 %
Hourly rates quoted06
Average minimum hourly rate-£50.00
Average hourly rate-£60.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.81£42.13
% change on same period last year-24.49 %
Job Titles KentJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads444530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.585 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted109108
Average minimum daily rate£301£272
Average daily rate£323£284
% change on same period last year+13.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£296
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.58 %
Hourly rates quoted7995
Average minimum hourly rate£19.47£27.12
Average hourly rate£21.00£29.08
% change on same period last year-27.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.53£31.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.39£25.89
% change on same period last year-9.63 %
Technical Consultant South EastTechnical Consultant
South East

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.

Technical Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Kent Technical Consultant Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Technical Consultant within the Kent region over the 3 months to 8 July 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
FavershamNew entry-2--
Technical Consultant South EastTechnical Consultant
South East

Technical Consultant
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

17 (77.78 %)AIX
17 (77.78 %)IBM
25 (55.56 %)SAN
25 (55.56 %)Migration
25 (55.56 %)Auditing
34 (44.44 %)Data Migration
34 (44.44 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
42 (22.22 %)VERITAS
42 (22.22 %)Unix
42 (22.22 %)NFS
42 (22.22 %)DHCP
42 (22.22 %)HTTP
42 (22.22 %)Perl
42 (22.22 %)Oracle
42 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
42 (22.22 %)Logistics
51 (11.11 %)VMware
51 (11.11 %)Service Delivery
51 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
51 (11.11 %)Firewall
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server
51 (11.11 %)ITIL
51 (11.11 %)SQL
51 (11.11 %)Kerberos
51 (11.11 %)Microsoft

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
15 (55.56 %)SAN
22 (22.22 %)DHCP
22 (22.22 %)HTTP
31 (11.11 %)Firewall
31 (11.11 %)Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Oracle 10g
21 (11.11 %)SQL Server
General
15 (55.56 %)Auditing
Operating Systems
17 (77.78 %)AIX
22 (22.22 %)Unix
Processes & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Migration
24 (44.44 %)Data Migration
32 (22.22 %)Logistics
41 (11.11 %)Service Delivery
41 (11.11 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (11.11 %)ITIL
Programming Languages
12 (22.22 %)Perl
21 (11.11 %)SQL
System Software
12 (22.22 %)NFS
Systems Management
14 (44.44 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
17 (77.78 %)IBM
22 (22.22 %)VERITAS
22 (22.22 %)Oracle
31 (11.11 %)VMware
31 (11.11 %)Microsoft
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