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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Norfolk 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2622
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads2215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.031 %0.015 %
As % of the category below5.011 %4.237 %
Daily rates quoted137
Average minimum daily rate£412£384
Average daily rate£439£399
% change on same period last year+10.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£467£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£422£424
% change on same period last year-0.45 %
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£33.08£31.83
% change on same period last year+3.93 %
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Norfolk
Matching contract IT job ads439354
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.618 %0.358 %
Daily rates quoted145124
Average minimum daily rate£356£363
Average daily rate£379£384
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted5633
Average minimum hourly rate£16.56£19.36
Average hourly rate£18.15£21.27
% change on same period last year-14.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.74£23.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Consultant East of EnglandConsultant
East of 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.

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Norfolk Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Norfolk Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Norfolk Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Norfolk Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Norfolk region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
NorwichUp+820£428+15.72 %
Consultant East of EnglandConsultant
East of England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

117 (39.53 %)Tivoli
214 (32.56 %)AIX
312 (27.91 %)IBM
410 (23.26 %)Finance
58 (18.60 %)WebSphere
67 (16.28 %)WPS
67 (16.28 %)UNIX
67 (16.28 %)WebSphere Application Server
76 (13.95 %)VERITAS
76 (13.95 %)Symantec
76 (13.95 %)Clustering
85 (11.63 %)Tivoli Monitoring
85 (11.63 %)Insurance
85 (11.63 %)Telecoms
94 (9.302 %)MS PowerPoint
94 (9.302 %)Retail
94 (9.302 %)Games
94 (9.302 %)Datawarehouse
94 (9.302 %)LDAP
103 (6.977 %)Windows
112 (4.651 %)Six Sigma
112 (4.651 %)Risk Management
112 (4.651 %)Migration
112 (4.651 %)Stakeholder Management
112 (4.651 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (4.651 %)Business Objects
112 (4.651 %)SQL
112 (4.651 %)Transact-SQL
112 (4.651 %)SQL Server
112 (4.651 %)Cisco

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Norfolk 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.

Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (18.60 %)WebSphere
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (16.28 %)WebSphere Application Server
17 (16.28 %)WPS
21 (2.326 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.326 %)MS Exchange
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (9.302 %)MS PowerPoint
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.326 %)assyst
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (9.302 %)LDAP
22 (4.651 %)SAN
22 (4.651 %)IP Telephony
31 (2.326 %)LAN
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (9.302 %)Datawarehouse
22 (4.651 %)BusinessObjects
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server Integration Services
22 (4.651 %)BusinessObjects XI
22 (4.651 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (23.26 %)Finance
25 (11.63 %)Telecoms
25 (11.63 %)Insurance
34 (9.302 %)Games
34 (9.302 %)Retail
41 (2.326 %)Construction
41 (2.326 %)Government
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (13.95 %)Clustering
21 (2.326 %)CLARiiON
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (32.56 %)AIX
27 (16.28 %)UNIX
33 (6.977 %)Windows
41 (2.326 %)Windows Server 2003
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (4.651 %)Six Sigma
12 (4.651 %)Risk Management
12 (4.651 %)Migration
12 (4.651 %)Stakeholder Management
12 (4.651 %)Lean Six Sigma
12 (4.651 %)Dimensional Modelling
21 (2.326 %)Performance Management
21 (2.326 %)PRINCE2
21 (2.326 %)SOA
21 (2.326 %)DMAIC
21 (2.326 %)Business Continuity
21 (2.326 %)Information Security
21 (2.326 %)TOGAF
21 (2.326 %)Project Management
21 (2.326 %)Process Management
21 (2.326 %)DFSS
21 (2.326 %)Change Management
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (4.651 %)SQL
12 (4.651 %)Transact-SQL
21 (2.326 %)Python
21 (2.326 %)Shell Script
21 (2.326 %)Jython
21 (2.326 %)Korn
21 (2.326 %)Perl
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.326 %)SLA
11 (2.326 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
11 (2.326 %)ISO27001
11 (2.326 %)QA
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.326 %)Active Directory
11 (2.326 %)VMware ESX
11 (2.326 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (39.53 %)Tivoli
25 (11.63 %)Tivoli Monitoring
32 (4.651 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Norfolk IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (27.91 %)IBM
26 (13.95 %)VERITAS
26 (13.95 %)Symantec
32 (4.651 %)Cisco
32 (4.651 %)Siemens
32 (4.651 %)Business Objects
41 (2.326 %)Siebel
41 (2.326 %)HP
41 (2.326 %)Citrix
41 (2.326 %)VMware