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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the South East 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads10851542
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.446 %1.560 %
As % of the category below9.073 %9.356 %
Daily rates quoted256370
Average minimum daily rate£404£390
Average daily rate£433£412
% change on same period last year+5.17 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£435£414
% change on same period last year+5.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2358
Average minimum hourly rate£26.89£23.94
Average hourly rate£28.65£26.47
% change on same period last year+8.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.41£29.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.39£29.55
% change on same period last year+6.23 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching contract IT job ads1195816482
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled15.94 %16.68 %
Daily rates quoted29914002
Average minimum daily rate£336£334
Average daily rate£356£352
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted14801956
Average minimum hourly rate£21.78£26.68
Average hourly rate£23.27£28.01
% change on same period last year-16.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.77£29.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Consultant EnglandConsultant
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.

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

South East Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
BerkshireDown-1281£425+2.36 %
SurreyDown-10114£500+23.74 %
BuckinghamshireUp+12113£368-0.09 %
HampshireNo change0108£434-0.55 %
Thames ValleyUp+1459£463+4.33 %
West SussexUp+952£478+12.27 %
MiddlesexUp+151£402+36.94 %
OxfordshireDown-632£444+11.69 %
M4 CorridorDown-123--
KentDown-1223£547+49.88 %
East SussexUp+1714£450-6.00 %
Home CountiesUp+213£438-12.50 %
SussexUp+1310£567+62.04 %
Consultant EnglandConsultant
England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1701 (27.86 %)SAP
2296 (11.76 %)Finance
3281 (11.17 %)Security Cleared
4278 (11.05 %)Oracle
5225 (8.943 %)Migration
6222 (8.824 %)Windows
7202 (8.029 %)Telecoms
8177 (7.035 %)Microsoft
9172 (6.836 %)CRM
10166 (6.598 %)SC Cleared
11154 (6.121 %)SQL
12130 (5.167 %)Government
13124 (4.928 %).NET
14115 (4.571 %)Cisco
15110 (4.372 %)SAP FI
16103 (4.094 %)SharePoint
17101 (4.014 %)Business Intelligence
1892 (3.657 %)SQL Server
1892 (3.657 %)Project Management
1988 (3.498 %)CA
2085 (3.378 %)UNIX
2183 (3.299 %)C#
2282 (3.259 %)Active Directory
2380 (3.180 %)Java
2380 (3.180 %)SharePoint Server 2007
2475 (2.981 %)Retail
2574 (2.941 %)ABAP
2670 (2.782 %)WAN
2670 (2.782 %)Workflow
2769 (2.742 %)LAN

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (4.928 %).NET
261 (2.424 %)J2EE
360 (2.385 %)XML
441 (1.630 %)HTML
540 (1.590 %)ASP.NET
637 (1.471 %)SAP XI
730 (1.192 %)SAP Basis
828 (1.113 %)WebServices
926 (1.033 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1025 (0.994 %)JSP
1121 (0.835 %)EDI
1216 (0.636 %)WebSphere
1314 (0.556 %)CSS
1412 (0.477 %)Middleware
1511 (0.437 %)XHTML
1511 (0.437 %)XSLT
1511 (0.437 %).NET Framework
1610 (0.397 %)CAML
1610 (0.397 %)XSD
1610 (0.397 %)ASP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1103 (4.094 %)SharePoint
280 (3.180 %)SharePoint Server 2007
362 (2.464 %)MS Exchange
449 (1.948 %)Exchange Server 2007
537 (1.471 %)Exchange Server 2003
537 (1.471 %)Exchange Server 5.5
636 (1.431 %)NetWeaver
732 (1.272 %)BizTalk Server
822 (0.874 %)IIS
822 (0.874 %)ArcGIS
919 (0.755 %)Exchange Server 2000
919 (0.755 %)Oracle Workflow
1017 (0.676 %)ArcSDE
1112 (0.477 %)Lotus Notes
1211 (0.437 %)Apache
1211 (0.437 %)SAS
1310 (0.397 %)ATG Dynamo
147 (0.278 %)Tomcat
147 (0.278 %)Office Communications Server
156 (0.238 %)SharePoint Portal Server
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
147 (1.868 %)MS Excel
246 (1.828 %)MS Office
325 (0.994 %)MS PowerPoint
420 (0.795 %)MS Project
59 (0.358 %)Spreadsheet
67 (0.278 %)MS Visio
76 (0.238 %)InfoPath
85 (0.199 %)CA Clarity
91 (0.040 %)Acrobat
91 (0.040 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.040 %)MATLAB
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1110 (4.372 %)SAP FI
266 (2.623 %)SAP HR
363 (2.504 %)SAP SD
462 (2.464 %)SAP FI/CO
462 (2.464 %)SAP CO
549 (1.948 %)SAP IS-U
645 (1.789 %)SAP CRM
736 (1.431 %)Microsoft CRM
834 (1.351 %)SAP APO
928 (1.113 %)SAP FI-CA
1024 (0.954 %)Oracle EBS
1123 (0.914 %)SAP MM
1219 (0.755 %)Oracle Financials
1318 (0.715 %)SAP R/3
1416 (0.636 %)SAP SRM
1515 (0.596 %)Oracle Applications
1614 (0.556 %)Dynamics CRM
1614 (0.556 %)Oracle 11i
1713 (0.517 %)SAP Payroll
1811 (0.437 %)SAP MDM
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
170 (2.782 %)WAN
269 (2.742 %)LAN
361 (2.424 %)Internet
459 (2.345 %)SAN
554 (2.146 %)Firewall
646 (1.828 %)3GPP
732 (1.272 %)3G
732 (1.272 %)MPLS
830 (1.192 %)TCP/IP
830 (1.192 %)VPN
928 (1.113 %)Intranet
1023 (0.914 %)DNS
1122 (0.874 %)GPRS
1122 (0.874 %)VLAN
1122 (0.874 %)SGSN
1221 (0.835 %)GGSN
1320 (0.795 %)Broadband
1417 (0.676 %)2.5G
1417 (0.676 %)Network Security
1516 (0.636 %)SSL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (3.657 %)SQL Server
261 (2.424 %)Oracle 10g
360 (2.385 %)Datawarehouse
440 (1.590 %)SAP BW
537 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2005
631 (1.232 %)BusinessObjects
730 (1.192 %)Oracle Reports
827 (1.073 %)Oracle 8/8i
924 (0.954 %)SQL Server 2000
1022 (0.874 %)SAP BI
1022 (0.874 %)ETL
1120 (0.795 %)SQL Server 7
1120 (0.795 %)GIS
1217 (0.676 %)Oracle Discoverer
1316 (0.636 %)BusinessObjects XI
1414 (0.556 %)MySQL
1513 (0.517 %)Oracle 9i
1612 (0.477 %)OLAP
1711 (0.437 %)DB2
1810 (0.397 %)Data Cleansing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (0.874 %)TestDirector
220 (0.795 %)LSMW
317 (0.676 %)Rational Rose
414 (0.556 %)Oracle Forms
59 (0.358 %)Visual Studio
67 (0.278 %)ClearCase
67 (0.278 %)JDeveloper
67 (0.278 %)MSI
75 (0.199 %)Eclipse
84 (0.159 %)LoadRunner
93 (0.119 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.119 %)PVCS
93 (0.119 %)Ant
93 (0.119 %)JUnit
93 (0.119 %)FrontPage
102 (0.079 %)StarTeam
102 (0.079 %)TestPartner
102 (0.079 %)InstallShield
102 (0.079 %)Flash
102 (0.079 %)ClearQuest
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1296 (11.76 %)Finance
2202 (8.029 %)Telecoms
3130 (5.167 %)Government
475 (2.981 %)Retail
563 (2.504 %)Billing
647 (1.868 %)Marketing
741 (1.630 %)FMCG
836 (1.431 %)Manufacturing
836 (1.431 %)Pharmaceutical
928 (1.113 %)Legal
928 (1.113 %)Insurance
1026 (1.033 %)Banking
1117 (0.676 %)Automotive
1216 (0.636 %)Health
1216 (0.636 %)Auditing
1314 (0.556 %)Local Government
149 (0.358 %)Pensions
158 (0.318 %)Advertising
158 (0.318 %)Chemicals
158 (0.318 %)Financial Institution
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (0.596 %)Replication
214 (0.556 %)PKI
312 (0.477 %)Data Conversion
411 (0.437 %)Clustering
510 (0.397 %)Symmetrix
510 (0.397 %)NHS
510 (0.397 %)French Language
69 (0.358 %)N-Tier
76 (0.238 %)Mainframe
76 (0.238 %)AS400
76 (0.238 %)Spanish Language
85 (0.199 %)Taxonomies
94 (0.159 %)CMDB
94 (0.159 %)Computer Science
94 (0.159 %)Celerra
94 (0.159 %)Data Extraction
94 (0.159 %)IBM Mainframe
94 (0.159 %)HACMP
94 (0.159 %)Biometrics
94 (0.159 %)Smartcard
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1222 (8.824 %)Windows
285 (3.378 %)UNIX
365 (2.583 %)Linux
440 (1.590 %)Windows Server 2003
533 (1.312 %)Solaris
630 (1.192 %)Windows 2000
726 (1.033 %)AIX
825 (0.994 %)Windows XP
923 (0.914 %)Windows NT
1022 (0.874 %)HPUX
1022 (0.874 %)Windows Vista
1112 (0.477 %)VMS
125 (0.199 %)SUSE
133 (0.119 %)Ubuntu
133 (0.119 %)Tru64
142 (0.079 %)Windows Mobile
142 (0.079 %)MVS
142 (0.079 %)FreeBSD
151 (0.040 %)OS/400
151 (0.040 %)NetWare
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1281 (11.17 %)Security Cleared
2225 (8.943 %)Migration
3172 (6.836 %)CRM
4166 (6.598 %)SC Cleared
5101 (4.014 %)Business Intelligence
692 (3.657 %)Project Management
770 (2.782 %)Workflow
868 (2.703 %)Data Migration
956 (2.226 %)ERP
1055 (2.186 %)DV Cleared
1151 (2.027 %)ITIL
1247 (1.868 %)Logistics
1343 (1.709 %)Network Design
1442 (1.669 %)Performance Management
1539 (1.550 %)Business Analysis
1539 (1.550 %)Data Modelling
1539 (1.550 %)Change Management
1635 (1.391 %)Network Planning
1729 (1.153 %)SAP Implementation
1827 (1.073 %)Service Management
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1154 (6.121 %)SQL
283 (3.299 %)C#
380 (3.180 %)Java
474 (2.941 %)ABAP
546 (1.828 %)PL/SQL
622 (0.874 %)Perl
720 (0.795 %)Transact-SQL
819 (0.755 %)C
917 (0.676 %)VB
917 (0.676 %)JavaScript
1013 (0.517 %)COBOL
1013 (0.517 %)VB.NET
1112 (0.477 %)VBScript
1112 (0.477 %)VBA
1210 (0.397 %)AWK
139 (0.358 %)Shell Script
147 (0.278 %)C++
156 (0.238 %)JCL
165 (0.199 %)PHP
174 (0.159 %)FoxPro (VFP)
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (2.305 %)Cisco Certification
254 (2.146 %)Microsoft Certification
341 (1.630 %)MCSE
438 (1.510 %)Degree
536 (1.431 %)CCNP
617 (0.676 %)CCNA
715 (0.596 %)Citrix Certification
715 (0.596 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
813 (0.517 %)CCIE
911 (0.437 %)ISEB
911 (0.437 %)CISSP
1010 (0.397 %)CIPD
116 (0.238 %)CNE
116 (0.238 %)Novell Certification
125 (0.199 %)CCVP
125 (0.199 %)CCA
125 (0.199 %)MCP
134 (0.159 %)CCSE
134 (0.159 %)CCSA
143 (0.119 %)MOS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (1.431 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
212 (0.477 %)SLA
311 (0.437 %)QA
410 (0.397 %)ISO27001
56 (0.238 %)BS7799
65 (0.199 %)PCI DSS
74 (0.159 %)GAAP
82 (0.079 %)ISO9000
82 (0.079 %)GxP
82 (0.079 %)COBIT
91 (0.040 %)HL7
91 (0.040 %)JSP 440
91 (0.040 %)ISO9001
91 (0.040 %)ISO17799
91 (0.040 %)GMP
91 (0.040 %)BS15000
91 (0.040 %)TickIT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
182 (3.259 %)Active Directory
222 (0.874 %)NetBackup
321 (0.835 %)VMware Infrastructure
413 (0.517 %)Oracle RAC
59 (0.358 %)ISA Server
68 (0.318 %)VMware ESX
75 (0.199 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
75 (0.199 %)Backup Exec
84 (0.159 %)Citrix Presentation Server
84 (0.159 %)NFS
92 (0.079 %)MetaFrame
92 (0.079 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.079 %)AquaLogic
92 (0.079 %)MailMarshal
101 (0.040 %)PowerConvert
101 (0.040 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
101 (0.040 %)Terminal Services
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
145 (1.789 %)OpenView Configuration Management
225 (0.994 %)OpenView
323 (0.914 %)Tivoli
415 (0.596 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
514 (0.556 %)SCCM
612 (0.477 %)OVOW
711 (0.437 %)MOM
89 (0.358 %)HP Data Protector
97 (0.278 %)EMC TimeFinder
106 (0.238 %)SCOM
106 (0.238 %)WSUS
115 (0.199 %)OVPI
115 (0.199 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
124 (0.159 %)Netcool
124 (0.159 %)Tivoli Monitoring
124 (0.159 %)Tivoli NetView
124 (0.159 %)Legato
133 (0.119 %)EMC NetWorker
133 (0.119 %)OVPA
133 (0.119 %)CiscoWorks
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1701 (27.86 %)SAP
2278 (11.05 %)Oracle
3177 (7.035 %)Microsoft
4115 (4.571 %)Cisco
588 (3.498 %)CA
665 (2.583 %)HP
746 (1.828 %)IBM
835 (1.391 %)VMware
931 (1.232 %)Business Objects
1030 (1.192 %)ATG
1128 (1.113 %)Siebel
1227 (1.073 %)VERITAS
1326 (1.033 %)Cognos
1326 (1.033 %)EMC
1424 (0.954 %)Citrix
1424 (0.954 %)Ericsson
1520 (0.795 %)ESRI
1619 (0.755 %)Cramer
1718 (0.715 %)Sun
1816 (0.636 %)Juniper
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