South West Project Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Project Consultant role in IT contracts within the South 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 Project Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cheltenham City of London East Midlands England Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Kent Liverpool London Maidenhead Manchester Margate Marlow Merseyside Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North West Northern Ireland Reading South East South West Surrey Swindon Thames Valley UK West Midlands Wiltshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	127	160
Rank change on same period last year	+33
Matching contract IT job ads	8	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	0.203 %	0.056 %
Daily rates quoted	3	1
Average minimum daily rate	£362	£300
Average daily rate	£362	£300
% change on same period last year	+20.77 %
Average maximum daily rate	£362	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£392	£311
% change on same period last year	+26.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£15.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+100.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£30.00	£15.00
% change on same period last year	+100.00 %
Job Titles South West
Matching contract IT job ads	3950	5371
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	6.222 %	5.755 %
Daily rates quoted	1138	1373
Average minimum daily rate	£346	£342
Average daily rate	£367	£362
% change on same period last year	+1.61 %
Average maximum daily rate	£389	£381
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£351
% change on same period last year	+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted	557	675
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.34	£25.38
Average hourly rate	£24.90	£27.00
% change on same period last year	-7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.46	£28.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.37	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-4.31 %
Project 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Project Consultant across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Project Consultant across the South 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 Project Consultant within the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
Gloucestershire	-	2	£381	-
Bristol	+5	1	-	-
Wiltshire	-4	1	£325	+8.33 %

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Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Project 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 Project Consultant in their job title.

1 7 (46.67 %) Security Cleared 2 6 (40.00 %) DV Cleared 3 5 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 4 4 (26.67 %) Migration 4 4 (26.67 %) Cisco 4 4 (26.67 %) Avaya 5 3 (20.00 %) PRINCE2 5 3 (20.00 %) Pensions 6 2 (13.33 %) VLAN 6 2 (13.33 %) LAN 6 2 (13.33 %) QA 6 2 (13.33 %) Network Design 6 2 (13.33 %) Wireless 6 2 (13.33 %) Finance 6 2 (13.33 %) PRINCE

6 2 (13.33 %) Project Management 6 2 (13.33 %) C 6 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 7 1 (6.667 %) MS Project 7 1 (6.667 %) MS Office 7 1 (6.667 %) Lotus 7 1 (6.667 %) Agresso 7 1 (6.667 %) Lotus Notes 7 1 (6.667 %) MS Excel 7 1 (6.667 %) Legal 7 1 (6.667 %) Insurance

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Project 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 Project Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 1 (6.667 %) Lotus Notes	Applications 1 1 (6.667 %) MS Project 1 1 (6.667 %) MS Office 1 1 (6.667 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 2 (13.33 %) VLAN 1 2 (13.33 %) LAN 1 2 (13.33 %) Wireless	General 1 3 (20.00 %) Pensions 2 2 (13.33 %) Finance 3 1 (6.667 %) Legal 3 1 (6.667 %) Insurance
Processes & Methodologies 1 7 (46.67 %) Security Cleared 2 6 (40.00 %) DV Cleared 3 5 (33.33 %) SC Cleared 4 4 (26.67 %) Migration 5 3 (20.00 %) PRINCE2 6 2 (13.33 %) Network Design 6 2 (13.33 %) PRINCE 6 2 (13.33 %) Project Management	Programming Languages 1 2 (13.33 %) C
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (13.33 %) QA	Vendors 1 4 (26.67 %) Cisco 1 4 (26.67 %) Avaya 2 2 (13.33 %) Oracle 3 1 (6.667 %) Lotus 3 1 (6.667 %) Agresso