The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Consultant
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank161817
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-1
Matching contract IT job ads439844013874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.431 %7.172 %7.036 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.029 %7.737 %7.654 %
Number of daily rates quoted192419861537
Average daily rate£425£430£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.16 %+4.24 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£275
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£550£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£406£400
% change year-on-year
+4.61 %+1.56 %
Number of hourly rates quoted364449
Average hourly rate£35.25£35.00£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+0.71 %+9.37 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.50£12.60£20.90
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£62.00£70.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.00£35.00£32.00
% change year-on-year
-5.71 %+9.37 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
547785688250613
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK92.55 %92.70 %91.92 %
Number of daily rates quoted302013092924313
Average daily rate£400£425£410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88 %+3.65 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£240£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£600£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£350£325
% change year-on-year
-+7.69 %
Number of hourly rates quoted259529252766
Average hourly rate£18.75£20.00£19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25 %+2.56 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£11.00£10.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£40.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£18.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %+11.11 %

Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 within the UK.

Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

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 within the UK.

Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+23723£425-2.07 %
LondonUp+71675£450-
South EastNo change0697£400-
City of LondonUp+10350£445-1.05 %
North WestUp+2290£388-6.06 %
East of EnglandUp+17227£400-
South WestDown-8226£434+2.96 %
West MidlandsDown-1186£401+0.12 %
ScotlandUp+3177£420-1.17 %
BerkshireDown-8165£400-5.88 %
YorkshireUp+8159£425+6.25 %
HampshireUp+4130£385-9.41 %
ManchesterNo change0114£390-13.33 %
West YorkshireUp+3109£435+0.23 %
SurreyUp+1398£500+24.84 %
East MidlandsDown-397£400-6.43 %
HertfordshireUp+1281£400-3.03 %
CheshireUp+368£400+6.66 %
BuckinghamshireUp+761£350-6.66 %
LeedsUp+558£445+0.22 %
ReadingDown-1158£450+5.88 %
EdinburghUp+156£425-7.60 %
BirminghamDown-256£438+15.13 %
OxfordshireUp+552£450+28.57 %
WiltshireDown-150£425+6.25 %
CambridgeshireUp+1149£428+6.87 %
Milton KeynesUp+543£331-10.47 %
WalesUp+343£423+25.18 %
EssexUp+1642£400+6.66 %
LancashireDown-240£325-16.93 %

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

12084 (24.96 %)SAP
21634 (19.57 %)Finance
31578 (18.90 %)Oracle
4824 (9.869 %)Migration
5743 (8.899 %)Windows
6723 (8.660 %)Microsoft
7682 (8.169 %)SQL
8631 (7.558 %)Security Cleared
9616 (7.378 %)CRM
10515 (6.168 %)Oracle EBS R12
11489 (5.857 %)Business Intelligence
12455 (5.450 %)SQL Server
13453 (5.426 %)UNIX
14380 (4.551 %)VMware
15379 (4.539 %)Banking
16368 (4.408 %)SC Cleared
17353 (4.228 %)Project Management
18351 (4.204 %)Java
19343 (4.108 %)SharePoint
20334 (4.000 %).NET
20334 (4.000 %)Cisco
21323 (3.869 %)Active Directory
21323 (3.869 %)ERP
22317 (3.797 %)Linux
23303 (3.629 %)Citrix
24302 (3.617 %)Telecoms
25296 (3.545 %)SAP FI
26280 (3.354 %)ITIL
27277 (3.318 %)SAP CO
28267 (3.198 %)SAP FI/CO

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1334 (4.000 %).NET
2246 (2.946 %)XML
3209 (2.503 %)Web Services
4130 (1.557 %)WebSphere
5121 (1.449 %)Middleware
6120 (1.437 %)SAP Basis
7119 (1.425 %)HTML
8114 (1.365 %)CSS
999 (1.186 %)J2EE
1091 (1.090 %)ASP.NET
1163 (0.755 %)Ajax
1257 (0.683 %)XSLT
1356 (0.671 %)SAP XI
1449 (0.587 %)Oracle Fusion
1548 (0.575 %)EDI
1642 (0.503 %)SOAP
1739 (0.467 %)SAP PI
1837 (0.443 %)jQuery
1935 (0.419 %)JSP
2030 (0.359 %)WCF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1343 (4.108 %)SharePoint
2181 (2.168 %)SharePoint 2010
3174 (2.084 %)MS Exchange
4105 (1.258 %)IIS
5104 (1.246 %)Exchange Server 2010
6103 (1.234 %)WebLogic
786 (1.030 %)SharePoint Server
884 (1.006 %)NetWeaver
981 (0.970 %)BizTalk Server
1066 (0.791 %)Apache
1155 (0.659 %)SAS
1251 (0.611 %)Oracle Workflow
1347 (0.563 %)Exchange Server 2003
1443 (0.515 %)Exchange Server 2007
1539 (0.467 %)Oracle SOA Suite
1635 (0.419 %)Tomcat
1635 (0.419 %)CMS
1732 (0.383 %)WebSphere Application Server
1732 (0.383 %)ESB
1831 (0.371 %)Oracle Service Bus
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1264 (3.162 %)MS Excel
2140 (1.677 %)MS Office
3128 (1.533 %)MS Visio
451 (0.611 %)MS PowerPoint
544 (0.527 %)MS Project
620 (0.240 %)InfoPath
717 (0.204 %)Office 365
815 (0.180 %)Spreadsheet
914 (0.168 %)Photoshop
1013 (0.156 %)Adobe Illustrator
1110 (0.120 %)OmniGraffle
1110 (0.120 %)PowerPivot
125 (0.060 %)Adobe Captivate
125 (0.060 %)AutoCAD
134 (0.048 %)CATIA
134 (0.048 %)Windchill
134 (0.048 %)MATLAB
143 (0.036 %)Open Workbench
143 (0.036 %)NASTRAN
152 (0.024 %)SPSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1515 (6.168 %)Oracle EBS R12
2296 (3.545 %)SAP FI
3277 (3.318 %)SAP CO
4267 (3.198 %)SAP FI/CO
5253 (3.030 %)Oracle EBS
6203 (2.431 %)Oracle Financials
7190 (2.276 %)Dynamics CRM
8189 (2.264 %)SAP SD
9180 (2.156 %)SAP MM
10132 (1.581 %)SAP IS-U
11127 (1.521 %)Oracle Applications
12120 (1.437 %)SAP Oil and Gas
13109 (1.306 %)SAP PP
14107 (1.282 %)SAP CRM
15104 (1.246 %)Dynamics AX
1698 (1.174 %)SAP HR
1781 (0.970 %)SAP WM
1879 (0.946 %)SAP APO
1971 (0.850 %)Hyperion Planning
2069 (0.826 %)HFM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1208 (2.491 %)Firewall
2170 (2.036 %)SAN
3111 (1.330 %)TCP/IP
497 (1.162 %)DNS
594 (1.126 %)Internet
693 (1.114 %)LAN
693 (1.114 %)WAN
792 (1.102 %)Network Security
873 (0.874 %)VPN
969 (0.826 %)SSL
1062 (0.743 %)VoIP
1159 (0.707 %)LDAP
1248 (0.575 %)NetScaler
1347 (0.563 %)Wireless
1446 (0.551 %)DHCP
1446 (0.551 %)HTTP
1446 (0.551 %)NAS
1543 (0.515 %)Cisco ASA
1639 (0.467 %)MPLS
1639 (0.467 %)BGP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1455 (5.450 %)SQL Server
2191 (2.288 %)ETL
3188 (2.252 %)Data Warehouse
4163 (1.952 %)SAP BW
5145 (1.737 %)Oracle 11g
6134 (1.605 %)Oracle BI EE
7127 (1.521 %)SQL Server 2008
8118 (1.413 %)Oracle 8/8i
9105 (1.258 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
10101 (1.210 %)Oracle Reports
1199 (1.186 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1287 (1.042 %)SAP BI
1386 (1.030 %)BusinessObjects
1483 (0.994 %)SQL Server 2005
1570 (0.838 %)Essbase
1669 (0.826 %)RDBMS
1766 (0.791 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1860 (0.719 %)Oracle 10g
1953 (0.635 %)DB2
2042 (0.503 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
163 (0.755 %)Visual Studio
245 (0.539 %)Oracle Forms
343 (0.515 %)LSMW
435 (0.419 %)Subversion
532 (0.383 %)Team Foundation Server
625 (0.299 %)Axure RP
625 (0.299 %)MSI
722 (0.264 %)Ant
820 (0.240 %)QuickTest Pro
820 (0.240 %)LoadRunner
919 (0.228 %)Mercurial
1018 (0.216 %)JUnit
1115 (0.180 %)Selenium
1214 (0.168 %)Git (software)
1214 (0.168 %)TeamCity
1312 (0.144 %)JIRA
1312 (0.144 %)Balsamiq Mockups
1411 (0.132 %)Eclipse
1411 (0.132 %)ClearCase
1510 (0.120 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11634 (19.57 %)Finance
2379 (4.539 %)Banking
3302 (3.617 %)Telecoms
4250 (2.994 %)Retail
5237 (2.839 %)Manufacturing
6154 (1.845 %)Billing
7119 (1.425 %)Marketing
8107 (1.282 %)General Ledger
994 (1.126 %)Investment Banking
1092 (1.102 %)Pharmaceutical
1167 (0.802 %)Advertising
1251 (0.611 %)Legal
1348 (0.575 %)German Language
1445 (0.539 %)French Language
1543 (0.515 %)Law
1641 (0.491 %)Financial Institution
1739 (0.467 %)Automotive
1835 (0.419 %)Dutch Language
1835 (0.419 %)Publishing
1933 (0.395 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1105 (1.258 %)FMCG
2102 (1.222 %)Management Information System
385 (1.018 %)Clustering
467 (0.802 %)CESG
565 (0.779 %)CESG CLAS
657 (0.683 %)PKI
752 (0.623 %)NHS
846 (0.551 %)SaaS
942 (0.503 %)Replication
1040 (0.479 %)RMADS
1134 (0.407 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1233 (0.395 %)Derivative
1331 (0.371 %)Data Integration
1331 (0.371 %)CMDB
1429 (0.347 %)Data Conversion
1429 (0.347 %)Open Source
1429 (0.347 %)Computer Science
1528 (0.335 %)Blackberry
1626 (0.311 %)Data Extraction
1725 (0.299 %)Learning Management System
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1743 (8.899 %)Windows
2453 (5.426 %)UNIX
3317 (3.797 %)Linux
4219 (2.623 %)Windows Server 2008
5177 (2.120 %)Windows Server 2003
6142 (1.701 %)Solaris
7111 (1.330 %)Windows 7
8103 (1.234 %)AIX
950 (0.599 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1044 (0.527 %)Windows XP
1132 (0.383 %)HPUX
1222 (0.264 %)Android
1317 (0.204 %)Windows 2000
1413 (0.156 %)Windows 2000 Server
1413 (0.156 %)Windows Vista
1413 (0.156 %)zOS
1413 (0.156 %)VMS
1510 (0.120 %)Apple iOS
168 (0.096 %)Ubuntu
177 (0.084 %)Oracle Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1824 (9.869 %)Migration
2616 (7.378 %)CRM
3489 (5.857 %)Business Intelligence
4353 (4.228 %)Project Management
5323 (3.869 %)ERP
6280 (3.354 %)ITIL
7259 (3.102 %)Data Migration
8257 (3.078 %)Workflow
9194 (2.324 %)Logistics
10189 (2.264 %)SOA
11179 (2.144 %)Stakeholder Management
12176 (2.108 %)User Acceptance Testing
13169 (2.024 %)Information Security
14159 (1.904 %)Change Management
15151 (1.809 %)Business Analysis
16148 (1.773 %)Risk Management
17139 (1.665 %)Service Management
18131 (1.569 %)PRINCE2
19130 (1.557 %)E-Commerce
20122 (1.461 %)SAP Implementation
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1682 (8.169 %)SQL
2351 (4.204 %)Java
3261 (3.126 %)C#
4189 (2.264 %)ABAP
5165 (1.976 %)PL/SQL
6122 (1.461 %)JavaScript
7121 (1.449 %)C
893 (1.114 %)Perl
980 (0.958 %)VB
1069 (0.826 %)Shell Script
1167 (0.802 %)PowerShell
1244 (0.527 %)VBScript
1343 (0.515 %)Python
1438 (0.455 %)C++
1529 (0.347 %)Apex Code
1627 (0.323 %)X++
1726 (0.311 %)T-SQL
1822 (0.264 %)VBA
1918 (0.216 %)PHP
2017 (0.204 %)VB.NET
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1631 (7.558 %)Security Cleared
2368 (4.408 %)SC Cleared
3193 (2.312 %)Degree
4166 (1.988 %)Cisco Certification
5165 (1.976 %)CISSP
6154 (1.845 %)DV Cleared
794 (1.126 %)Microsoft Certification
870 (0.838 %)CCNA
966 (0.791 %)CCNP
1060 (0.719 %)CCIE
1060 (0.719 %)CCA
1060 (0.719 %)CISM
1156 (0.671 %)Citrix Certification
1253 (0.635 %)MCSE
1351 (0.611 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1446 (0.551 %)CISA
1530 (0.359 %)BC Cleared
1629 (0.347 %)PMI Certification
1728 (0.335 %)CCSA
1728 (0.335 %)SAP Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1121 (1.449 %)QA
2104 (1.246 %)ISO/IEC 27001
372 (0.862 %)SLA
451 (0.611 %)PCI DSS
542 (0.503 %)Data Quality
624 (0.287 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
720 (0.240 %)HL7
816 (0.192 %)ISO 9001
914 (0.168 %)GxP
914 (0.168 %)Solvency II
1012 (0.144 %)GAAP
1012 (0.144 %)COBIT
119 (0.108 %)JSP 440
127 (0.084 %)Basel II
127 (0.084 %)BS7799
134 (0.048 %)ISO/IEC 17799
143 (0.036 %)MiFID
152 (0.024 %)21 CFR Part 11
152 (0.024 %)ISO 9000
152 (0.024 %)Basel III
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1323 (3.869 %)Active Directory
2200 (2.395 %)VMware Infrastructure
3116 (1.389 %)XenApp
4101 (1.210 %)XenDesktop
569 (0.826 %)vSphere
662 (0.743 %)VMware ESX
757 (0.683 %)Hyper-V
837 (0.443 %)XenServer
927 (0.323 %)Oracle RAC
1020 (0.240 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1119 (0.228 %)Terminal Services
1217 (0.204 %)VMware ESXi
1310 (0.120 %)NFS
1310 (0.120 %)UAG
149 (0.108 %)Xen
149 (0.108 %)ISA Server
158 (0.096 %)MetaFrame
167 (0.084 %)EMC RecoverPoint
167 (0.084 %)VMware Server
167 (0.084 %)Oracle RMAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
189 (1.066 %)SCCM
242 (0.503 %)SCOM
341 (0.491 %)Tivoli
439 (0.467 %)NetBackup
532 (0.383 %)HP Quality Center
630 (0.359 %)OpenView
726 (0.311 %)BladeLogic
820 (0.240 %)Backup Exec
820 (0.240 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
917 (0.204 %)Oracle Identity Management
917 (0.204 %)Cisco CUCM
1015 (0.180 %)MOM
1114 (0.168 %)EMC NetWorker
1213 (0.156 %)Oracle Identity Manager
1213 (0.156 %)HP Data Protector
1213 (0.156 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1312 (0.144 %)McAfee ePO
1410 (0.120 %)Nagios
1410 (0.120 %)Netcool
1410 (0.120 %)AppDNA
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12084 (24.96 %)SAP
21578 (18.90 %)Oracle
3723 (8.660 %)Microsoft
4380 (4.551 %)VMware
5334 (4.000 %)Cisco
6303 (3.629 %)Citrix
7236 (2.827 %)HP
8209 (2.503 %)IBM
9170 (2.036 %)Hyperion
10155 (1.857 %)Business Objects
11109 (1.306 %)CheckPoint
12106 (1.270 %)Cognos
13105 (1.258 %)PeopleSoft
14104 (1.246 %)Siebel
1595 (1.138 %)EMC
1692 (1.102 %)Salesforce.com
1785 (1.018 %)Juniper
1875 (0.898 %)CA
1971 (0.850 %)Remedy
2069 (0.826 %)NetApp