Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Consultant role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire 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 9 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSenior Consultant
Location
3 months to
9 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4848
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.231 %0.221 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£517£474
% change on same period last year+8.99 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads432452
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.871 %0.554 %
Daily rates quoted10191
Average minimum daily rate£293£333
Average daily rate£312£353
% change on same period last year-11.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£330£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.05 %
Hourly rates quoted113100
Average minimum hourly rate£21.97£16.84
Average hourly rate£22.85£18.82
% change on same period last year+21.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.72£20.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.06£23.41
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Senior Consultant South EastSenior Consultant
South East

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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire Senior Consultant Demand Trend

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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Senior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

13 (60.00 %)SQL
13 (60.00 %)Windows
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (40.00 %)Active Directory
22 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (40.00 %)DHCP
22 (40.00 %)DNS
22 (40.00 %)SharePoint
22 (40.00 %)SQL Server
22 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
22 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
31 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
31 (20.00 %)Oracle Fusion
31 (20.00 %)Content Management
31 (20.00 %)Intrusion Detection
31 (20.00 %)Logistics
31 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (20.00 %)Cisco IPT
31 (20.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
31 (20.00 %)Computer Security
31 (20.00 %)iSCSI
31 (20.00 %)Firewall
31 (20.00 %)Education
31 (20.00 %)Government
31 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)XML

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (20.00 %).NET
11 (20.00 %)ASP.NET
11 (20.00 %)CSS
11 (20.00 %)XML
11 (20.00 %)Oracle Fusion
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)SharePoint
12 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (20.00 %)BizTalk Server
21 (20.00 %)Content Management Server
21 (20.00 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
21 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (40.00 %)DNS
12 (40.00 %)DHCP
21 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
21 (20.00 %)VPN
21 (20.00 %)VoIP
21 (20.00 %)SSL
21 (20.00 %)SAN
21 (20.00 %)PPTP
21 (20.00 %)Firewall
21 (20.00 %)Intrusion Detection
21 (20.00 %)Cisco IPT
21 (20.00 %)iSCSI
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (20.00 %)SQL Server 2008
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Visual Studio
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Education
11 (20.00 %)Government
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (20.00 %)N-Tier
11 (20.00 %)Blackberry
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (60.00 %)Windows
21 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (20.00 %)Windows Server 2008
21 (20.00 %)UNIX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)EAI
11 (20.00 %)SOA
11 (20.00 %)Project Management
11 (20.00 %)Content Management
11 (20.00 %)Logistics
11 (20.00 %)Computer Security
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (20.00 %)C
21 (20.00 %)C#
21 (20.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)JavaScript
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)SC Cleared
12 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Active Directory
21 (20.00 %)Citrix Presentation Server
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (20.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft
21 (20.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Oracle
21 (20.00 %)Cisco