London IT Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the IT Consultant role in IT contracts within the London 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 IT Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Buckinghamshire Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hampshire Harpenden Herefordshire Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Melrose Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Poole Reading Scotland Scottish Borders Shropshire South East South West Spalding Thames Valley UK Walsall Warrington West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	364	432
Rank change on same period last year	+68
Matching contract IT job ads	37	36
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.049 %	0.036 %
As % of the category below	0.125 %	0.085 %
Daily rates quoted	14	13
Average minimum daily rate	£343	£407
Average daily rate	£364	£433
% change on same period last year	-15.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£386	£458
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£329
% change on same period last year	+14.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£17.00	-
Average hourly rate	£17.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£17.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£9.50	£20.00
% change on same period last year	-52.50 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29663	42535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.54 %	43.03 %
Daily rates quoted	12541	15833
Average minimum daily rate	£408	£426
Average daily rate	£438	£455
% change on same period last year	-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate	£468	£484
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£353
% change on same period last year	+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted	1576	2120
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.67	£24.40
Average hourly rate	£24.26	£26.14
% change on same period last year	-7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.85	£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.51	£25.99
% change on same period last year	-9.54 %
IT Consultant England

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.

IT Consultant
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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 IT Consultant across the London region.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 25 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.

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
City of London	-12	12	£295	-34.44 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title.

1 10 (16.67 %) Finance 2 9 (15.00 %) Government 2 9 (15.00 %) Windows 3 7 (11.67 %) Microsoft 4 6 (10.00 %) MS Exchange 5 5 (8.333 %) Oracle 5 5 (8.333 %) SQL Server 5 5 (8.333 %) Active Directory 5 5 (8.333 %) Retail 5 5 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 4 (6.667 %) Enterprise Architecture 6 4 (6.667 %) E-business 6 4 (6.667 %) Cisco 6 4 (6.667 %) Citrix 6 4 (6.667 %) Windows Server 2003

6 4 (6.667 %) Internet 6 4 (6.667 %) MS Office 6 4 (6.667 %) SAP 6 4 (6.667 %) ITIL 6 4 (6.667 %) E-Commerce 6 4 (6.667 %) SharePoint 7 3 (5.000 %) CRM 7 3 (5.000 %) WAN 7 3 (5.000 %) Linux 7 3 (5.000 %) IIS 7 3 (5.000 %) Blackberry 7 3 (5.000 %) ISA Server 7 3 (5.000 %) JD Edwards 7 3 (5.000 %) TCP/IP 7 3 (5.000 %) VPN

IT Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 6 (10.00 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (8.333 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (6.667 %) SharePoint 4 3 (5.000 %) IIS 5 2 (3.333 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (3.333 %) Apache 6 1 (1.667 %) SAP Web AS 6 1 (1.667 %) Exchange Server 2000	Applications 1 4 (6.667 %) MS Office 2 2 (3.333 %) MS Excel 3 1 (1.667 %) MS Visio 3 1 (1.667 %) MS PowerPoint 3 1 (1.667 %) MS Project
Business Applications 1 2 (3.333 %) Oracle EBS 1 2 (3.333 %) Oracle ERP 1 2 (3.333 %) Oracle Applications	Communications & Networking 1 4 (6.667 %) Internet 2 3 (5.000 %) WAN 2 3 (5.000 %) TCP/IP 2 3 (5.000 %) VPN 3 2 (3.333 %) SAN 3 2 (3.333 %) LAN 3 2 (3.333 %) PBX 3 2 (3.333 %) Firewall 3 2 (3.333 %) Wireless 4 1 (1.667 %) VLAN 4 1 (1.667 %) Network Security 4 1 (1.667 %) PSTN 4 1 (1.667 %) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (8.333 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.667 %) Datawarehouse	Development Applications 1 1 (1.667 %) Visual Studio
General 1 10 (16.67 %) Finance 2 9 (15.00 %) Government 3 5 (8.333 %) Retail 4 3 (5.000 %) Billing 4 3 (5.000 %) Investment Banking 4 3 (5.000 %) Banking 5 2 (3.333 %) Legal 5 2 (3.333 %) Front Office 6 1 (1.667 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.667 %) Education 6 1 (1.667 %) Criminal Justice 6 1 (1.667 %) Police 6 1 (1.667 %) Law 6 1 (1.667 %) Financial Institution 6 1 (1.667 %) General Ledger 6 1 (1.667 %) Insurance 6 1 (1.667 %) Auditing	Miscellaneous 1 3 (5.000 %) Blackberry 2 2 (3.333 %) Clustering 3 1 (1.667 %) NHS 3 1 (1.667 %) AS400 3 1 (1.667 %) Handset 3 1 (1.667 %) CLARiiON
Operating Systems 1 9 (15.00 %) Windows 2 4 (6.667 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (5.000 %) Linux 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows NT 4 1 (1.667 %) Solaris 4 1 (1.667 %) Windows Mobile 4 1 (1.667 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (6.667 %) ITIL 1 4 (6.667 %) E-Commerce 1 4 (6.667 %) E-business 1 4 (6.667 %) Enterprise Architecture 2 3 (5.000 %) Information Security 2 3 (5.000 %) Service Delivery 2 3 (5.000 %) CRM 2 3 (5.000 %) Service Management 3 2 (3.333 %) Business Intelligence 3 2 (3.333 %) PRINCE 3 2 (3.333 %) ERP 3 2 (3.333 %) Project Management 3 2 (3.333 %) Disaster Recovery 3 2 (3.333 %) SC Cleared 3 2 (3.333 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (1.667 %) CTC Cleared 4 1 (1.667 %) Programme Management 4 1 (1.667 %) Asset Management 4 1 (1.667 %) Supplier Management 4 1 (1.667 %) Competitor Analysis
Programming Languages 1 1 (1.667 %) C 1 1 (1.667 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 2 (3.333 %) CISSP 2 1 (1.667 %) ACCA 2 1 (1.667 %) CISA 2 1 (1.667 %) QiCA 2 1 (1.667 %) CIMA 2 1 (1.667 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 2 1 (1.667 %) Degree 2 1 (1.667 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.667 %) ISO9001 1 1 (1.667 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 1 (1.667 %) ISO27001 1 1 (1.667 %) COBIT	System Software 1 5 (8.333 %) Active Directory 2 3 (5.000 %) ISA Server 2 3 (5.000 %) Citrix Presentation Server 3 1 (1.667 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 1 (1.667 %) VMware ESX
Systems Management 1 1 (1.667 %) AssetCenter	Vendors 1 7 (11.67 %) Microsoft 2 5 (8.333 %) Oracle 3 4 (6.667 %) SAP 3 4 (6.667 %) Cisco 3 4 (6.667 %) Citrix 4 3 (5.000 %) JD Edwards 4 3 (5.000 %) VMware 5 2 (3.333 %) Polycom 5 2 (3.333 %) Tandberg 5 2 (3.333 %) HP 5 2 (3.333 %) Siebel 5 2 (3.333 %) Lotus 5 2 (3.333 %) PeopleSoft 6 1 (1.667 %) Cognos 6 1 (1.667 %) IBM 6 1 (1.667 %) Sun 6 1 (1.667 %) Calypso 6 1 (1.667 %) Dell 6 1 (1.667 %) EMC 6 1 (1.667 %) Hyperion