Luton Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Luton 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Rank	12	16
Rank change on same period last year	+4
Matching contract IT job ads	5	20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.007 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	5.618 %	11.43 %
Daily rates quoted	4	7
Average minimum daily rate	£333	£440
Average daily rate	£345	£443
% change on same period last year	-22.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£358	£447
UK excluding London average daily rate	£433	£416
% change on same period last year	+4.19 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.68	£30.20
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Job Titles Luton
Matching contract IT job ads	89	175
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.117 %	0.174 %
Daily rates quoted	42	56
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£326
Average daily rate	£334	£350
% change on same period last year	-4.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£373
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	14
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.32	£21.12
Average hourly rate	£23.15	£23.91
% change on same period last year	-3.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£24.97	£26.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.60	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-8.13 %
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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 Luton 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 Luton region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Luton region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 Consultant across the Luton region.

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Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 1 4 (36.36 %) Oracle Financials 1 4 (36.36 %) Finance 1 4 (36.36 %) User Acceptance Testing 1 4 (36.36 %) PCI DSS 2 3 (27.27 %) Information Security 2 3 (27.27 %) Data Protection 2 3 (27.27 %) CISSP 2 3 (27.27 %) Agresso 3 2 (18.18 %) Degree 3 2 (18.18 %) Risk Analysis 4 1 (9.091 %) Legal

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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.

Business Applications 1 4 (36.36 %) Oracle Financials	General 1 4 (36.36 %) Finance 2 1 (9.091 %) Legal
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (36.36 %) User Acceptance Testing 2 3 (27.27 %) Information Security 2 3 (27.27 %) Data Protection 3 2 (18.18 %) Risk Analysis	Qualifications 1 3 (27.27 %) CISSP 2 2 (18.18 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (36.36 %) PCI DSS	Vendors 1 4 (36.36 %) Oracle 2 3 (27.27 %) Agresso