North West IT Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

IT Consultant
Location Bath Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Buckinghamshire Camberley Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire Dorset East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Melrose Midlands Milton Keynes North West Poole Reading Scotland Scottish Borders Shropshire Slough Somerset South East South West Surrey Thames Valley UK Walsall Warrington Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	132	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	3	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.089 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£400	-
Average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£400	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£419	£339
% change on same period last year	+23.67 %
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	£28.50	£9.67
% change on same period last year	+194.82 %
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	3359	3929
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.433 %	3.913 %
Daily rates quoted	785	848
Average minimum daily rate	£326	£323
Average daily rate	£343	£341
% change on same period last year	+0.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£360	£358
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	403	400
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.19	£21.40
Average hourly rate	£23.21	£23.08
% change on same period last year	+0.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.22	£24.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
IT 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.

IT Consultant
Demand Trend

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

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

IT Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

IT Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 August 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	-	2	-	-
Cheshire	-	1	£400	-

IT Consultant England

IT Consultant
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (12.50 %) Change Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Government 1 1 (12.50 %) Health 1 1 (12.50 %) Migration 1 1 (12.50 %) Kerridge 1 1 (12.50 %) Insurance 1 1 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 1 1 (12.50 %) Network Security 1 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared 1 1 (12.50 %) C 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Office 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows XP

1 1 (12.50 %) VPN 1 1 (12.50 %) DNS 1 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft 1 1 (12.50 %) CCIE 1 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 1 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification 1 1 (12.50 %) NHS 1 1 (12.50 %) BS7799

IT Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications 1 1 (12.50 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 1 (12.50 %) Network Security 1 1 (12.50 %) VPN 1 1 (12.50 %) DNS
General 1 1 (12.50 %) Government 1 1 (12.50 %) Health 1 1 (12.50 %) Insurance	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) NHS
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 2000 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows XP	Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (12.50 %) Change Management 1 1 (12.50 %) Migration 1 1 (12.50 %) Requirements Analysis 1 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) C	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) CCIE 1 1 (12.50 %) CISSP 1 1 (12.50 %) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (12.50 %) BS7799	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Kerridge 1 1 (12.50 %) Microsoft