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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Newcastle 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 14 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
14 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank117
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads1624
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.024 %
As % of the category below13.45 %12.97 %
Daily rates quoted93
Average minimum daily rate£302£422
Average daily rate£302£422
% change on same period last year-28.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£302£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£423£426
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.96£31.58
% change on same period last year+4.36 %
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Newcastle
Matching contract IT job ads119185
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.171 %0.188 %
Daily rates quoted2450
Average minimum daily rate£312£317
Average daily rate£317£323
% change on same period last year-1.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£353
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1614
Average minimum hourly rate£21.80£35.52
Average hourly rate£23.57£37.27
% change on same period last year-36.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.35£39.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.66£25.05
% change on same period last year-5.55 %
Consultant Tyne and WearConsultant
Tyne and Wear

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 Newcastle region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Newcastle Consultant Demand Trend

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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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Newcastle region over the 3 months to 14 October 2008.

Newcastle Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

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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 Newcastle region.

Newcastle Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

115 (48.39 %)Oracle
29 (29.03 %)Government
37 (22.58 %)J2EE
37 (22.58 %)Oracle 10g
37 (22.58 %)SC Cleared
37 (22.58 %)Security Cleared
45 (16.13 %)Java
45 (16.13 %)NetApp
54 (12.90 %)SAN
54 (12.90 %)UNIX
54 (12.90 %)Oracle 8/8i
54 (12.90 %)Oracle 9i
54 (12.90 %)Oracle 11i
54 (12.90 %)EMC
54 (12.90 %)Cisco
54 (12.90 %)Datawarehouse
54 (12.90 %)Ethernet
54 (12.90 %)NFS
54 (12.90 %)DNS
54 (12.90 %)Data Protection
54 (12.90 %)Brocade
63 (9.677 %)VLAN
63 (9.677 %)Business Intelligence
63 (9.677 %)Data Modelling
63 (9.677 %)Oracle Payroll
63 (9.677 %)VMware
63 (9.677 %)VMware ESX
63 (9.677 %)Hyperion
72 (6.452 %)WebLogic Portal
72 (6.452 %)Mercator

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 14 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle 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.

Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (22.58 %)J2EE
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.452 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (3.226 %)SharePoint
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (12.90 %)Oracle 11i
23 (9.677 %)Oracle Payroll
31 (3.226 %)SAP HR
31 (3.226 %)Oracle EBS
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (12.90 %)Ethernet
14 (12.90 %)DNS
14 (12.90 %)SAN
23 (9.677 %)VLAN
31 (3.226 %)GSM
31 (3.226 %)SMS
31 (3.226 %)VoIP
31 (3.226 %)Firewall
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (22.58 %)Oracle 10g
24 (12.90 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (12.90 %)Oracle 9i
24 (12.90 %)Datawarehouse
31 (3.226 %)ETL
31 (3.226 %)RDBMS
31 (3.226 %)BusinessObjects
31 (3.226 %)Data Mart
31 (3.226 %)BODI
31 (3.226 %)Oracle BI EE
31 (3.226 %)SQL Server
31 (3.226 %)Oracle Reports
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (29.03 %)Government
22 (6.452 %)Legal
22 (6.452 %)Finance
31 (3.226 %)Telecoms
31 (3.226 %)Pensions
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)Handset
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (12.90 %)UNIX
22 (6.452 %)Windows
31 (3.226 %)Linux
31 (3.226 %)Windows Mobile
31 (3.226 %)Windows Vista
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (22.58 %)SC Cleared
17 (22.58 %)Security Cleared
24 (12.90 %)Data Protection
33 (9.677 %)Data Modelling
33 (9.677 %)Business Intelligence
41 (3.226 %)Migration
41 (3.226 %)Stakeholder Management
41 (3.226 %)Network Design
41 (3.226 %)Data Analysis
41 (3.226 %)Dimensional Modelling
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (16.13 %)Java
21 (3.226 %)SQL
21 (3.226 %)ABAP
21 (3.226 %)Embedded C
21 (3.226 %)Embedded C++
21 (3.226 %)Assembly Language
21 (3.226 %)C
21 (3.226 %)C++
21 (3.226 %)COBOL
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (12.90 %)NFS
23 (9.677 %)VMware ESX
32 (6.452 %)AquaLogic
41 (3.226 %)VMware Infrastructure
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.226 %)OpenView
11 (3.226 %)NNM
11 (3.226 %)OVPI
Newcastle IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (48.39 %)Oracle
25 (16.13 %)NetApp
34 (12.90 %)Brocade
34 (12.90 %)Cisco
34 (12.90 %)EMC
43 (9.677 %)Hyperion
43 (9.677 %)VMware
52 (6.452 %)Mercator
52 (6.452 %)SAP
52 (6.452 %)BEA
61 (3.226 %)HP
61 (3.226 %)Business Objects