Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts within the North East 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 Business Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Business Consultant
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank-54
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads05
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.707 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£386£434
% change on same period last year-11.01 %
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-£43.67
% change on same period last year-
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads333707
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.667 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted90179
Average minimum daily rate£261£319
Average daily rate£280£330
% change on same period last year-15.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted5899
Average minimum hourly rate£16.12£23.25
Average hourly rate£16.98£25.33
% change on same period last year-32.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.84£27.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Business Consultant EnglandBusiness 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.

Business Consultant
Demand Trend

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

North East Business Consultant Demand Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title.

14 (80.00 %)Oracle
23 (60.00 %)Datawarehouse
23 (60.00 %)Data Modelling
23 (60.00 %)Business Intelligence
23 (60.00 %)Hyperion
31 (20.00 %)Project Management
31 (20.00 %)Change Management
31 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS
31 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
31 (20.00 %)Oracle BI EE
31 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS R12
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)Sun
31 (20.00 %)SOA
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
31 (20.00 %)MS Excel

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the North East region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %)XML
North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS
11 (20.00 %)Oracle EBS R12
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)Datawarehouse
21 (20.00 %)Oracle BI EE
21 (20.00 %)Oracle Reports
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)Business Intelligence
13 (60.00 %)Data Modelling
21 (20.00 %)SOA
21 (20.00 %)Project Management
21 (20.00 %)Change Management
21 (20.00 %)Business Analysis
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Oracle
23 (60.00 %)Hyperion
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft
31 (20.00 %)Sun