North West Applications Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts within the North West 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 Applications Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire City of London Cumbria Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Ramsgate Reading Scotland Sheffield Solihull South East South West South Yorkshire Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	125	138
Rank change on same period last year	+13
Matching contract IT job ads	2	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.066 %	0.123 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£300
Average daily rate	£275	£300
% change on same period last year	-8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£300	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£417	£516
% change on same period last year	-19.25 %
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	£45.00	£33.83
% change on same period last year	+33.01 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3033	4058
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.873 %	4.358 %
Daily rates quoted	676	805
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£326
Average daily rate	£339	£342
% change on same period last year	-0.63 %
Average maximum daily rate	£359	£357
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£352
% change on same period last year	+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted	437	479
Average minimum hourly rate	£20.06	£19.41
Average hourly rate	£21.74	£21.18
% change on same period last year	+2.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.43	£22.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.10	£24.04
% change on same period last year	-3.88 %
Applications 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Consultant across the North West 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 Applications Consultant across the North West region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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.

Location	Rank 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
Manchester	-	1	£275	-
Cumbria	-	1	-	-

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Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) Oracle 2 2 (66.67 %) Oracle Application Server 2 2 (66.67 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 3 1 (33.33 %) Migration 3 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 3 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 9i 3 1 (33.33 %) ERP 3 1 (33.33 %) SOA 3 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 10g 3 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 10gAS 3 1 (33.33 %) Scalability Testing 3 1 (33.33 %) Data Migration 3 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 1 1 (33.33 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 2 (66.67 %) Oracle Application Server 2 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 10gAS
Business Applications 1 2 (66.67 %) Oracle Applications	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 9i 1 1 (33.33 %) Oracle 10g
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) ERP 1 1 (33.33 %) SOA 1 1 (33.33 %) Migration 1 1 (33.33 %) Penetration Testing 1 1 (33.33 %) Scalability Testing 1 1 (33.33 %) Data Migration	Vendors 1 3 (100.00 %) Oracle