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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the Reading region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads9596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.102 %
As % of the category below10.02 %10.49 %
Daily rates quoted3227
Average minimum daily rate£369£363
Average daily rate£385£392
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£438£415
% change on same period last year+5.64 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£53.26-
Average hourly rate£53.26-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£53.26-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.63£27.47
% change on same period last year+18.77 %
Job Titles ReadingJob Titles
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads948915
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.250 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted279254
Average minimum daily rate£322£324
Average daily rate£340£344
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted9284
Average minimum hourly rate£21.28£29.02
Average hourly rate£22.98£30.67
% change on same period last year-25.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.69£32.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Consultant BerkshireConsultant
Berkshire

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 Consultant across the Reading region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Reading Consultant Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Reading Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Reading Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Reading region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Reading Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

152 (21.85 %)Microsoft
249 (20.59 %)SAP
339 (16.39 %)Windows
437 (15.55 %)SharePoint
535 (14.71 %)Finance
535 (14.71 %)SharePoint Server 2007
625 (10.50 %).NET
625 (10.50 %)C#
723 (9.664 %)Migration
723 (9.664 %)Security Cleared
822 (9.244 %)Active Directory
920 (8.403 %)SQL
1019 (7.983 %)NetWeaver
1117 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
1117 (7.143 %)Oracle
1216 (6.723 %)MS Exchange
1216 (6.723 %)Workflow
1315 (6.303 %)ASP.NET
1414 (5.882 %)XML
1414 (5.882 %)SQL Server
1414 (5.882 %)CRM
1414 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
1512 (5.042 %)MCSE
1611 (4.622 %)Windows XP
1611 (4.622 %)Cisco
1611 (4.622 %)SQL Server 2005
1710 (4.202 %)Exchange Server 2007
1710 (4.202 %)SAP FI-AR
1710 (4.202 %)Datawarehouse
189 (3.782 %)MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Reading region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
125 (10.50 %).NET
215 (6.303 %)ASP.NET
314 (5.882 %)XML
48 (3.361 %)WebServices
57 (2.941 %)WebSphere
57 (2.941 %).NET Framework
57 (2.941 %)CAML
66 (2.521 %)Windows SharePoint Services
75 (2.101 %)HTML
84 (1.681 %)SAP XI
84 (1.681 %)XSD
84 (1.681 %)XSLT
84 (1.681 %)XHTML
84 (1.681 %)J2EE
84 (1.681 %)WF
93 (1.261 %)CSS
93 (1.261 %)Middleware
93 (1.261 %)SAP Basis
93 (1.261 %)Application Packaging
102 (0.840 %)JSR 168
Application Platforms
137 (15.55 %)SharePoint
235 (14.71 %)SharePoint Server 2007
319 (7.983 %)NetWeaver
416 (6.723 %)MS Exchange
510 (4.202 %)Exchange Server 2007
69 (3.782 %)BizTalk Server
69 (3.782 %)Exchange Server 2003
75 (2.101 %)Oracle Workflow
75 (2.101 %)Exchange Server 2000
75 (2.101 %)Lotus Notes
84 (1.681 %)IIS
84 (1.681 %)SharePoint Portal Server
84 (1.681 %)Office Communications Server
93 (1.261 %)WPS
93 (1.261 %)Commerce Server
102 (0.840 %)Office Project Server
111 (0.420 %)Content Management Server
111 (0.420 %)Lotus Domino
111 (0.420 %)CICS
111 (0.420 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
19 (3.782 %)MS Office
27 (2.941 %)MS Excel
33 (1.261 %)MS Project
41 (0.420 %)MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
110 (4.202 %)SAP FI-AR
25 (2.101 %)Microsoft CRM
25 (2.101 %)SAP FI
34 (1.681 %)SAP FI/CO
34 (1.681 %)SAP CO
34 (1.681 %)Oracle EBS
43 (1.261 %)Oracle HRMS
43 (1.261 %)Oracle 11i
43 (1.261 %)SAP CRM
52 (0.840 %)SAP R/3
52 (0.840 %)SAP IS-U
61 (0.420 %)SAP WM
61 (0.420 %)SAP QM
61 (0.420 %)Dynamics CRM
61 (0.420 %)Oracle Financials
61 (0.420 %)Great Plains
61 (0.420 %)SAP SD
61 (0.420 %)Oracle ERP
61 (0.420 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
15 (2.101 %)WAN
15 (2.101 %)DNS
24 (1.681 %)LAN
24 (1.681 %)SMS
24 (1.681 %)X.509
33 (1.261 %)SAN
42 (0.840 %)CTI
42 (0.840 %)Intranet
42 (0.840 %)Firewall
42 (0.840 %)VoIP
42 (0.840 %)TCP/IP
42 (0.840 %)VPN
51 (0.420 %)WINS
51 (0.420 %)DHCP
51 (0.420 %)PBX
51 (0.420 %)Wireless
51 (0.420 %)Intrusion Detection
51 (0.420 %)Network Security
51 (0.420 %)Internet
51 (0.420 %)MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
114 (5.882 %)SQL Server
211 (4.622 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (4.202 %)Datawarehouse
49 (3.782 %)SQL Server 7
55 (2.101 %)SQL Server 2000
55 (2.101 %)SAP BI
64 (1.681 %)Oracle Reports
73 (1.261 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (1.261 %)Oracle Discoverer
82 (0.840 %)MSDE
82 (0.840 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.420 %)BODI
91 (0.420 %)ETL
91 (0.420 %)Oracle OLAP
91 (0.420 %)BusinessObjects XI
91 (0.420 %)Oracle 10g
91 (0.420 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.420 %)SAP BW
91 (0.420 %)OLAP
Development Applications
15 (2.101 %)JDeveloper
23 (1.261 %)Visual Studio
23 (1.261 %)Oracle Forms
23 (1.261 %)MSI
23 (1.261 %)FrontPage
32 (0.840 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.420 %)LoadRunner
41 (0.420 %)StarTeam
General
135 (14.71 %)Finance
29 (3.782 %)Telecoms
38 (3.361 %)Government
45 (2.101 %)Aerospace
45 (2.101 %)Electronics
54 (1.681 %)Publishing
63 (1.261 %)Retail
72 (0.840 %)Marketing
72 (0.840 %)Manufacturing
81 (0.420 %)Health
81 (0.420 %)Law
81 (0.420 %)Financial Institution
81 (0.420 %)Electric
81 (0.420 %)Billing
81 (0.420 %)Pensions
Miscellaneous
16 (2.521 %)PKI
25 (2.101 %)N-Tier
25 (2.101 %)Portuguese Language
25 (2.101 %)Spanish Language
34 (1.681 %)Biometrics
34 (1.681 %)Taxonomies
43 (1.261 %)Clustering
52 (0.840 %)E-Learning
52 (0.840 %)Smartcard
52 (0.840 %)CMDB
52 (0.840 %)HACMP
52 (0.840 %)French Language
52 (0.840 %)Celerra
61 (0.420 %)RIA
61 (0.420 %)Blackberry
61 (0.420 %)Mainframe
61 (0.420 %)Symmetrix
61 (0.420 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.420 %)Chip and PIN
61 (0.420 %)NHS
Operating Systems
139 (16.39 %)Windows
211 (4.622 %)Windows XP
37 (2.941 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (2.941 %)Windows 2000
43 (1.261 %)Windows Vista
52 (0.840 %)Unix
52 (0.840 %)AIX
52 (0.840 %)MVS
61 (0.420 %)Windows Mobile
61 (0.420 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
123 (9.664 %)Migration
123 (9.664 %)Security Cleared
216 (6.723 %)Workflow
314 (5.882 %)Business Intelligence
314 (5.882 %)CRM
49 (3.782 %)Content Management
49 (3.782 %)SC Cleared
58 (3.361 %)ITIL
58 (3.361 %)Project Management
65 (2.101 %)Information Security
65 (2.101 %)Supply Chain Management
65 (2.101 %)Test Scripting
74 (1.681 %)Security Testing
74 (1.681 %)OO
74 (1.681 %)Technical Architecture
74 (1.681 %)Network Load Balancing
74 (1.681 %)Service Management
83 (1.261 %)Change Management
83 (1.261 %)SAP Implementation
83 (1.261 %)BC Cleared
Programming Languages
125 (10.50 %)C#
220 (8.403 %)SQL
38 (3.361 %)Transact-SQL
38 (3.361 %)PL/SQL
46 (2.521 %)Java
46 (2.521 %)JavaScript
54 (1.681 %)SAPscript
63 (1.261 %)VBA
72 (0.840 %)C
72 (0.840 %)VB
72 (0.840 %)ABAP
81 (0.420 %)COBOL
81 (0.420 %)JCL
Qualifications
117 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
212 (5.042 %)MCSE
34 (1.681 %)Cisco Certification
43 (1.261 %)MCSA
43 (1.261 %)CCNA
52 (0.840 %)CCNP
61 (0.420 %)MCP
61 (0.420 %)CCIE
61 (0.420 %)ISEB
61 (0.420 %)CCA
61 (0.420 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.420 %)ITIL Certification
61 (0.420 %)MOS
61 (0.420 %)MCTS
61 (0.420 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.681 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
14 (1.681 %)ISO27001
23 (1.261 %)QA
23 (1.261 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.420 %)ISO9000
31 (0.420 %)SLA
31 (0.420 %)JSP 440
System Software
122 (9.244 %)Active Directory
26 (2.521 %)ISA Server
32 (0.840 %)NetBackup
41 (0.420 %)Backup Exec
Systems Management
16 (2.521 %)OpenView Configuration Management
16 (2.521 %)SCCM
23 (1.261 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.261 %)Tivoli
32 (0.840 %)WSUS
32 (0.840 %)SCOM
41 (0.420 %)MOM
Vendors
152 (21.85 %)Microsoft
249 (20.59 %)SAP
317 (7.143 %)Oracle
411 (4.622 %)Cisco
59 (3.782 %)MicroStrategy
66 (2.521 %)HP
75 (2.101 %)Adobe
75 (2.101 %)IBM
75 (2.101 %)Lotus
83 (1.261 %)Siebel
83 (1.261 %)VERITAS
92 (0.840 %)ATG
92 (0.840 %)Cognos
92 (0.840 %)Vignette
92 (0.840 %)PeopleSoft
92 (0.840 %)EMC
101 (0.420 %)Citrix
101 (0.420 %)Avaya
101 (0.420 %)Juniper
101 (0.420 %)Informatica
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