North West Senior Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior Consultant
Location Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Cambridgeshire Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire City of London County Antrim Coventry Devon Docklands, London East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Isle of Wight Lancashire Lancaster Lincoln Lincolnshire London Middlesex Midlands North East North West Northern Ireland Oxfordshire Plymouth Reading Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Stratford-upon-Avon Surrey Swindon UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Windsor	3 months to 8 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	104	119
Rank change on same period last year	+15
Matching contract IT job ads	5	7
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.010 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.210 %	0.203 %
Daily rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum daily rate	£375	-
Average daily rate	£400	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£425	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£507	£474
% change on same period last year	+6.94 %
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	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles North West
Matching contract IT job ads	2380	3450
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.771 %	4.316 %
Daily rates quoted	523	707
Average minimum daily rate	£309	£334
Average daily rate	£332	£349
% change on same period last year	-4.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£354	£363
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£357
% change on same period last year	-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	343	427
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.13	£18.57
Average hourly rate	£20.92	£20.36
% change on same period last year	+2.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.71	£22.15
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.16	£23.50
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Senior 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.

Senior Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior 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 Senior Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Lancashire	-	1	£425	-
Cheshire	-	1	-	-

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Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (27.27 %) NHS 1 3 (27.27 %) Migration 2 2 (18.18 %) Health 2 2 (18.18 %) Information Management 2 2 (18.18 %) SAP 2 2 (18.18 %) German Language 3 1 (9.091 %) JSP 440 3 1 (9.091 %) Data Migration 3 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (9.091 %) MCSE 3 1 (9.091 %) XHTML 3 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 3 1 (9.091 %) N-Tier 3 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange

3 1 (9.091 %) LAN 3 1 (9.091 %) WAN 3 1 (9.091 %) Cisco 3 1 (9.091 %) IBM 3 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 3 1 (9.091 %) Sun 3 1 (9.091 %) Active Directory 3 1 (9.091 %) HP 3 1 (9.091 %) EMC 3 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 3 1 (9.091 %) CCA 3 1 (9.091 %) Citrix Certification 3 1 (9.091 %) CISSP 3 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 3 1 (9.091 %) Juniper

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 1 (9.091 %) HTML 1 1 (9.091 %) J2EE 1 1 (9.091 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Project 1 1 (9.091 %) MS Excel 1 1 (9.091 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP FI 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP MM 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP FI/CO 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP CO 1 1 (9.091 %) SAP CS
Communications & Networking 1 1 (9.091 %) LAN 1 1 (9.091 %) WAN 1 1 (9.091 %) SAN 1 1 (9.091 %) Internet 1 1 (9.091 %) Firewall	General 1 2 (18.18 %) Health 2 1 (9.091 %) Finance
Miscellaneous 1 3 (27.27 %) NHS 2 2 (18.18 %) German Language 3 1 (9.091 %) N-Tier 3 1 (9.091 %) CESG 3 1 (9.091 %) CESG CLAS	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (27.27 %) Migration 2 2 (18.18 %) Information Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Logistics 3 1 (9.091 %) Web Development 3 1 (9.091 %) Load Balancing 3 1 (9.091 %) Resource Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Data Migration 3 1 (9.091 %) Programme Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Configuration Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Quality Management 3 1 (9.091 %) SEO
Programming Languages 1 1 (9.091 %) Java 1 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript	Qualifications 1 1 (9.091 %) MCSE 1 1 (9.091 %) CCA 1 1 (9.091 %) Citrix Certification 1 1 (9.091 %) CISSP 1 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft Certification 1 1 (9.091 %) MBA 1 1 (9.091 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 1 1 (9.091 %) Degree 1 1 (9.091 %) SC Cleared 1 1 (9.091 %) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) JSP 440	System Software 1 1 (9.091 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (9.091 %) Tivoli Storage Manager	Vendors 1 2 (18.18 %) SAP 2 1 (9.091 %) Cisco 2 1 (9.091 %) IBM 2 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 2 1 (9.091 %) Sun 2 1 (9.091 %) HP 2 1 (9.091 %) EMC 2 1 (9.091 %) Citrix 2 1 (9.091 %) Juniper 2 1 (9.091 %) Hitachi 2 1 (9.091 %) CheckPoint 2 1 (9.091 %) VMware 2 1 (9.091 %) Oracle