London Support Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Derbyshire Docklands, London East Kilbride East Midlands East of England Eastleigh England Essex Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire Hounslow Kent London M4 Corridor Maidenhead Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Reading Sandwich Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex Westminster Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	303	326
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching contract IT job ads	106	167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.143 %	0.165 %
As % of the category below	0.359 %	0.378 %
Daily rates quoted	46	66
Average minimum daily rate	£393	£403
Average daily rate	£428	£446
% change on same period last year	-4.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£462	£489
UK excluding London average daily rate	£342	£338
% change on same period last year	+1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	7	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£16.29	£21.50
Average hourly rate	£17.43	£23.13
% change on same period last year	-24.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.57	£24.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£15.75	£18.01
% change on same period last year	-12.54 %
Job Titles London
Matching contract IT job ads	29525	44224
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	39.91 %	43.61 %
Daily rates quoted	12617	16632
Average minimum daily rate	£405	£425
Average daily rate	£435	£453
% change on same period last year	-4.06 %
Average maximum daily rate	£464	£482
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£355
% change on same period last year	-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted	1628	2304
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.77	£23.98
Average hourly rate	£25.42	£25.70
% change on same period last year	-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.07	£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.85	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.14 %
Support 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Support 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 Support 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 Support Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 Support Consultant across the London region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 Support Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 5 September 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	-22	18	£373	-23.97 %
Westminster	-	1	-	-
Docklands, London	+10	1	£200	-57.25 %
Hounslow	-	1	-	-
Uxbridge	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title.

1 43 (22.05 %) Finance 1 43 (22.05 %) Windows 2 42 (21.54 %) UNIX 3 33 (16.92 %) SAP 4 31 (15.90 %) Derivative 5 27 (13.85 %) Oracle 6 23 (11.79 %) Banking 7 19 (9.744 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 8 18 (9.231 %) Java 9 17 (8.718 %) SQL Server 9 17 (8.718 %) Sophis 10 16 (8.205 %) SQL 10 16 (8.205 %) Microsoft 11 15 (7.692 %) Murex 11 15 (7.692 %) Active Directory

12 13 (6.667 %) Investment Banking 12 13 (6.667 %) Equities 13 12 (6.154 %) Front Office 13 12 (6.154 %) MS Excel 14 11 (5.641 %) VBA 14 11 (5.641 %) C++ 14 11 (5.641 %) Back Office 15 10 (5.128 %) MS Office 15 10 (5.128 %) MS Exchange 15 10 (5.128 %) Solaris 15 10 (5.128 %) Fidessa 16 9 (4.615 %) Cisco 16 9 (4.615 %) Windows Server 2003 16 9 (4.615 %) CONTROL-M 16 9 (4.615 %) Windows XP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (4.615 %) .NET 2 7 (3.590 %) ASP 2 7 (3.590 %) WebSphere 2 7 (3.590 %) SAP Business Workflow 3 5 (2.564 %) WebServices 4 3 (1.538 %) Middleware 4 3 (1.538 %) J2EE 5 2 (1.026 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (1.026 %) EDI 5 2 (1.026 %) CGI 5 2 (1.026 %) HTML 6 1 (0.513 %) ASP.NET 2.0 6 1 (0.513 %) SAP XI 6 1 (0.513 %) CSS	Application Platforms 1 10 (5.128 %) MS Exchange 2 7 (3.590 %) IIS 3 5 (2.564 %) Apache 3 5 (2.564 %) SharePoint 3 5 (2.564 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 4 (2.051 %) Tomcat 4 4 (2.051 %) WebLogic 5 3 (1.538 %) Oracle Application Server 6 2 (1.026 %) TIBCO EMS 6 2 (1.026 %) Oracle BPEL 6 2 (1.026 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (1.026 %) BizTalk Server 6 2 (1.026 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 1 (0.513 %) Office Communications Server 7 1 (0.513 %) iPlanet 7 1 (0.513 %) WebSphere MQ 7 1 (0.513 %) JBoss 7 1 (0.513 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 12 (6.154 %) MS Excel 2 10 (5.128 %) MS Office 3 6 (3.077 %) MS Project 4 2 (1.026 %) MS PowerPoint 5 1 (0.513 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 7 (3.590 %) SAP FI 1 7 (3.590 %) Summit 2 6 (3.077 %) SAP CO 2 6 (3.077 %) SAP FI/CO 3 4 (2.051 %) Line 500 3 4 (2.051 %) SAP HR 3 4 (2.051 %) SAP MM 4 3 (1.538 %) Oracle 11i 5 2 (1.026 %) Oracle Financials 5 2 (1.026 %) Great Plains 5 2 (1.026 %) SAP CRM 5 2 (1.026 %) SAP Payroll 5 2 (1.026 %) RMDS 5 2 (1.026 %) Dynamics GP 5 2 (1.026 %) Kondor+ 6 1 (0.513 %) SAP TEM 6 1 (0.513 %) Global One 6 1 (0.513 %) MAXIMO 6 1 (0.513 %) Remedy ITSM 6 1 (0.513 %) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking 1 5 (2.564 %) Firewall 2 4 (2.051 %) VPN 2 4 (2.051 %) SAN 3 3 (1.538 %) WAN 3 3 (1.538 %) Internet 4 2 (1.026 %) PBX 4 2 (1.026 %) CTI 4 2 (1.026 %) VoIP 4 2 (1.026 %) VLAN 5 1 (0.513 %) Cisco IPT 5 1 (0.513 %) Cisco ASA 5 1 (0.513 %) SMS 5 1 (0.513 %) Ethernet 5 1 (0.513 %) TCP/IP 5 1 (0.513 %) OSPF 5 1 (0.513 %) BGP 5 1 (0.513 %) NetScreen	Database & Business Intelligence 1 17 (8.718 %) SQL Server 2 9 (4.615 %) Crystal Reports 3 4 (2.051 %) SQL Server 2005 4 3 (1.538 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 3 (1.538 %) SQL Server 2000 5 2 (1.026 %) SAP BW 6 1 (0.513 %) MySQL 6 1 (0.513 %) Data Mart 6 1 (0.513 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.513 %) BusinessObjects 6 1 (0.513 %) Oracle Reports 6 1 (0.513 %) Data Cleansing
Development Applications 1 1 (0.513 %) Visual Studio	General 1 43 (22.05 %) Finance 2 23 (11.79 %) Banking 3 13 (6.667 %) Investment Banking 4 12 (6.154 %) Front Office 5 11 (5.641 %) Back Office 6 5 (2.564 %) Government 7 2 (1.026 %) Retail 7 2 (1.026 %) Telecoms 7 2 (1.026 %) Education 8 1 (0.513 %) Police 8 1 (0.513 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.513 %) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous 1 31 (15.90 %) Derivative 2 19 (9.744 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 13 (6.667 %) Equities 4 8 (4.103 %) Fixed Income 5 2 (1.026 %) Interest Rate Derivative 5 2 (1.026 %) Equity Derivative 5 2 (1.026 %) Blackberry 5 2 (1.026 %) AS400 5 2 (1.026 %) CLARiiON 5 2 (1.026 %) Symmetrix 5 2 (1.026 %) Market Risk 6 1 (0.513 %) EPoS 6 1 (0.513 %) EFT 6 1 (0.513 %) EFTPOS 6 1 (0.513 %) Biometrics 6 1 (0.513 %) Smartcard 6 1 (0.513 %) Statistics 6 1 (0.513 %) CMDB 6 1 (0.513 %) Wiki 6 1 (0.513 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 43 (22.05 %) Windows 2 42 (21.54 %) UNIX 3 10 (5.128 %) Solaris 4 9 (4.615 %) Windows XP 4 9 (4.615 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (2.051 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 4 (2.051 %) Windows 2000 6 3 (1.538 %) Linux 6 3 (1.538 %) AIX 7 1 (0.513 %) Mac OS X 7 1 (0.513 %) VxWorks 7 1 (0.513 %) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies 1 9 (4.615 %) Workflow 2 8 (4.103 %) ITSM 3 7 (3.590 %) ERP 4 5 (2.564 %) Change Management 5 4 (2.051 %) SOA 5 4 (2.051 %) Asset Management 6 3 (1.538 %) SC Cleared 6 3 (1.538 %) Security Cleared 6 3 (1.538 %) Business Intelligence 6 3 (1.538 %) PRINCE2 6 3 (1.538 %) Project Management 6 3 (1.538 %) Risk Management 6 3 (1.538 %) Migration 7 2 (1.026 %) Service Delivery 7 2 (1.026 %) CRM 7 2 (1.026 %) BPEL 8 1 (0.513 %) Network Design 8 1 (0.513 %) Logistics 8 1 (0.513 %) Software Testing 8 1 (0.513 %) Incident Management	Programming Languages 1 18 (9.231 %) Java 2 16 (8.205 %) SQL 3 11 (5.641 %) VBA 3 11 (5.641 %) C++ 4 9 (4.615 %) Perl 5 7 (3.590 %) PHP 5 7 (3.590 %) Transact-SQL 6 6 (3.077 %) C# 7 5 (2.564 %) VB 8 3 (1.538 %) Shell Script 8 3 (1.538 %) C 9 2 (1.026 %) Korn 10 1 (0.513 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.513 %) ABAP 10 1 (0.513 %) JavaScript 10 1 (0.513 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.513 %) RPG
Qualifications 1 2 (1.026 %) MCSE 1 2 (1.026 %) Citrix Certification 1 2 (1.026 %) Microsoft Certification 1 2 (1.026 %) Degree 2 1 (0.513 %) ACMT 2 1 (0.513 %) ACCA 2 1 (0.513 %) CIMA 2 1 (0.513 %) ACHDS 2 1 (0.513 %) CCEA 2 1 (0.513 %) Cisco Certification 2 1 (0.513 %) CCIE 2 1 (0.513 %) CCA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.513 %) QA
System Software 1 15 (7.692 %) Active Directory 2 4 (2.051 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 4 (2.051 %) VMware Infrastructure 2 4 (2.051 %) ISA Server 3 3 (1.538 %) VMware ESX 4 2 (1.026 %) NetBackup 5 1 (0.513 %) WebMarshal 5 1 (0.513 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 9 (4.615 %) CONTROL-M 2 4 (2.051 %) MOM 3 3 (1.538 %) AutoSys 4 2 (1.026 %) ServiceCenter 5 1 (0.513 %) HP Data Protector 5 1 (0.513 %) BMC PATROL 5 1 (0.513 %) WSUS
Vendors 1 33 (16.92 %) SAP 2 27 (13.85 %) Oracle 3 17 (8.718 %) Sophis 4 16 (8.205 %) Microsoft 5 15 (7.692 %) Murex 6 10 (5.128 %) Fidessa 7 9 (4.615 %) Cisco 8 8 (4.103 %) VMware 9 6 (3.077 %) HP 9 6 (3.077 %) Citrix 9 6 (3.077 %) Sybase 10 4 (2.051 %) Sage 10 4 (2.051 %) TIBCO 11 3 (1.538 %) Agresso 11 3 (1.538 %) Calypso 11 3 (1.538 %) EMC 11 3 (1.538 %) Intel 12 2 (1.026 %) Siebel 12 2 (1.026 %) Bloomberg 12 2 (1.026 %) BMC