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The table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Consultant
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5260
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.344 %0.260 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£330£317
% change on same period last year+4.27 %
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£16.57£18.03
% change on same period last year-8.08 %
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
North East
Matching contract IT job ads581769
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.822 %0.778 %
Daily rates quoted117176
Average minimum daily rate£319£345
Average daily rate£337£360
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£356£374
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Hourly rates quoted8781
Average minimum hourly rate£18.02£22.99
Average hourly rate£19.36£24.29
% change on same period last year-20.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.69£25.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.71£25.14
% change on same period last year-5.69 %
Support Consultant EnglandSupport 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.

Support Consultant
Demand Trend

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

North East Support Consultant Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Support Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Support Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Support Consultant
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 North East region over the 3 months to 13 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
Tyne and WearUp+131--
Support Consultant EnglandSupport Consultant
England

Support Consultant
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

14 (66.67 %)SAP
23 (50.00 %)SAP SD
23 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
23 (50.00 %)C
32 (33.33 %)Active Directory
41 (16.67 %)Dell
41 (16.67 %)Novell
41 (16.67 %)SAP FI/CO
41 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
41 (16.67 %)Novell eDirectory
41 (16.67 %)SAP FI
41 (16.67 %)Novell Identity Manager
41 (16.67 %)Windows
41 (16.67 %)MS Visio
41 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
41 (16.67 %)SAP CO

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (16.67 %)MS Visio
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (50.00 %)SAP SD
21 (16.67 %)SAP FI
21 (16.67 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (16.67 %)SAP CO
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (50.00 %)Manufacturing
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (16.67 %)Data Modelling
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (50.00 %)C
North East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (16.67 %)Novell eDirectory
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (16.67 %)Novell Identity Manager
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)SAP
21 (16.67 %)Dell
21 (16.67 %)Novell