Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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 9 February 2010 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.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank151012
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+2
Matching contract IT job ads330037996729
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.538 %8.260 %8.221 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.258 %9.100 %8.847 %
Daily rates quoted120511201755
Average daily rate£400£415£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.550 %-7.830 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£295£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575£578
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£400£450
% change year-on-year
--11.11 %
Hourly rates quoted7662101
Average hourly rate£28.00£35.00£28.52
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00 %+22.72 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.50£18.70£11.70
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£71.00£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.85£32.50£28.52
% change year-on-year
-14.30 %+13.95 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
399614174576056
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.29 %90.76 %92.92 %
Daily rates quoted178101304622755
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350£350
% change year-on-year
-7.140 %-
Hourly rates quoted245839516731
Average hourly rate£18.00£20.84£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.62 %-5.270 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.00£11.00£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.50£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£20.00£21.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50 %-4.760 %

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010.

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 9 February 2010. 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
EnglandDown-62851£401-2.07 %
LondonDown-111293£425-4.49 %
South EastDown-1626£401-3.66 %
City of LondonDown-23254£438-2.77 %
BerkshireNo change0215£400+0.06 %
North WestUp+6167£325-18.75 %
South WestDown-4163£390-2.50 %
West MidlandsUp+9158£400+6.66 %
ScotlandDown-8110£387-13.94 %
YorkshireDown-490£450+5.88 %
East of EnglandDown-386£400-
WalesUp+679£413+2.94 %
HampshireUp+675£500+7.52 %
ManchesterDown-666£300+3.00 %
East MidlandsUp+1065£413+10.00 %
BirminghamUp+562£438-2.77 %
West YorkshireNo change061£450-2.17 %
SurreyDown-1159£422-6.33 %
ReadingUp+256£450+12.50 %
EdinburghDown-552£386-14.22 %
HertfordshireUp+146£400-
BuckinghamshireDown-546£350-6.35 %
MidlandsDown-145£401-
MiddlesexUp+539£338-25.00 %
BristolUp+237£400+18.51 %
CheshireUp+1036£318-20.62 %
LeedsUp+436£450-2.17 %
WiltshireUp+136£325-25.71 %
Milton KeynesDown-135£375+5.11 %
SwanseaDown-535£438-

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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.

11980 (29.08 %)SAP
21067 (15.67 %)Finance
31047 (15.38 %)Oracle
4606 (8.900 %)Security Cleared
5585 (8.592 %)SQL
6543 (7.975 %)Business Intelligence
7504 (7.402 %)CRM
8482 (7.079 %)Migration
9453 (6.653 %)Windows
10412 (6.051 %)Microsoft
11381 (5.596 %)SC Cleared
12320 (4.700 %)Government
13317 (4.656 %)UNIX
14295 (4.333 %)Banking
15276 (4.053 %)Java
16272 (3.995 %)SQL Server
17244 (3.583 %)SAP FI
18240 (3.525 %)SharePoint
19233 (3.422 %)Workflow
20227 (3.334 %)Business Objects
20227 (3.334 %)BusinessObjects
21224 (3.290 %)Project Management
22221 (3.246 %)SAP BW
22221 (3.246 %)SAP HR
23214 (3.143 %)Datawarehouse
24210 (3.084 %)Retail
24210 (3.084 %)Billing
25207 (3.040 %)Data Migration
26205 (3.011 %).NET
27203 (2.981 %)C

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, 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
1205 (3.011 %).NET
2180 (2.644 %)XML
3116 (1.704 %)Web Services
496 (1.410 %)Middleware
594 (1.381 %)WebSphere
688 (1.292 %)J2EE
783 (1.219 %)ASP.NET
867 (0.984 %)HTML
962 (0.911 %)SAP XI
1058 (0.852 %)SAP Basis
1150 (0.734 %)EDI
1245 (0.661 %)Oracle Fusion
1340 (0.587 %)SOAP
1433 (0.485 %)BAPI
1433 (0.485 %)CSS
1531 (0.455 %)JSP
1628 (0.411 %)SAP BSP
1628 (0.411 %)Web Dynpro
1726 (0.382 %)SAP PI
1726 (0.382 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1240 (3.525 %)SharePoint
297 (1.425 %)SAS
395 (1.395 %)SharePoint Server 2007
488 (1.292 %)MS Exchange
565 (0.955 %)IIS
656 (0.822 %)NetWeaver
754 (0.793 %)WebLogic
853 (0.778 %)ESB
952 (0.764 %)SAP Portal
1051 (0.749 %)BizTalk Server
1143 (0.632 %)Oracle Workflow
1143 (0.632 %)Exchange Server 2003
1242 (0.617 %)CMS
1338 (0.558 %)Apache
1434 (0.499 %)TIBCO EMS
1533 (0.485 %)Tomcat
1630 (0.441 %)Exchange Server 2007
1727 (0.397 %)Oracle Application Server
1820 (0.294 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1820 (0.294 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1159 (2.335 %)MS Excel
270 (1.028 %)MS Office
358 (0.852 %)MS Visio
450 (0.734 %)MS Project
522 (0.323 %)InfoPath
522 (0.323 %)MS PowerPoint
614 (0.206 %)Spreadsheet
712 (0.176 %)Photoshop
88 (0.117 %)CA Clarity
97 (0.103 %)Adobe Illustrator
106 (0.088 %)SPSS
115 (0.073 %)Fireworks
124 (0.059 %)Adobe Captivate
132 (0.029 %)PrintSoft PReS
132 (0.029 %)CATIA
141 (0.015 %)DOC1
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1244 (3.583 %)SAP FI
2221 (3.246 %)SAP HR
3197 (2.893 %)SAP CO
4196 (2.879 %)SAP IS-U
5187 (2.746 %)SAP FI/CO
6168 (2.467 %)Oracle EBS R12
7165 (2.423 %)SAP CRM
8134 (1.968 %)SAP Oil and Gas
9131 (1.924 %)SAP SD
10120 (1.762 %)Oracle Applications
11113 (1.660 %)Oracle EBS
1294 (1.381 %)SAP MM
1384 (1.234 %)Oracle Financials
1469 (1.013 %)SAP R/3
1563 (0.925 %)Dynamics CRM
1659 (0.867 %)SAP Payroll
1757 (0.837 %)SAP APO
1855 (0.808 %)SAP PM
1952 (0.764 %)BusinessWorks
2048 (0.705 %)Dynamics AX
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1120 (1.762 %)SAN
2107 (1.571 %)Firewall
381 (1.190 %)LAN
470 (1.028 %)WAN
470 (1.028 %)Internet
552 (0.764 %)Intranet
644 (0.646 %)TCP/IP
740 (0.587 %)NAS
740 (0.587 %)DNS
839 (0.573 %)VPN
938 (0.558 %)Wireless
1034 (0.499 %)Network Security
1034 (0.499 %)LDAP
1131 (0.455 %)VoIP
1229 (0.426 %)CTI
1328 (0.411 %)DHCP
1425 (0.367 %)SSL
1523 (0.338 %)MPLS
1622 (0.323 %)Intrusion Detection
1720 (0.294 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1272 (3.995 %)SQL Server
2227 (3.334 %)BusinessObjects
3221 (3.246 %)SAP BW
4214 (3.143 %)Datawarehouse
5138 (2.027 %)ETL
6133 (1.953 %)SAP BI
7111 (1.630 %)Oracle Reports
882 (1.204 %)Oracle BI EE
978 (1.146 %)Oracle 10g
978 (1.146 %)SQL Server 2005
1073 (1.072 %)BusinessObjects XI
1162 (0.911 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1162 (0.911 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1247 (0.690 %)DB2
1344 (0.646 %)OLAP
1443 (0.632 %)Oracle 8/8i
1542 (0.617 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1634 (0.499 %)Oracle OWB
1731 (0.455 %)Oracle Discoverer
1731 (0.455 %)BODI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
140 (0.587 %)Oracle Forms
239 (0.573 %)JDeveloper
332 (0.470 %)LSMW
422 (0.323 %)ClearCase
521 (0.308 %)LoadRunner
617 (0.250 %)Visual Studio
716 (0.235 %)QuickTest Pro
815 (0.220 %)TestDirector
914 (0.206 %)Selenium
914 (0.206 %)Maven
1013 (0.191 %)Oracle APEX
1112 (0.176 %)Team Foundation Server
1210 (0.147 %)FitNesse
1210 (0.147 %)Subversion
1210 (0.147 %)Ant
139 (0.132 %)PeopleTools
139 (0.132 %)VSS/SourceSafe
139 (0.132 %)Eclipse
147 (0.103 %)ClearQuest
147 (0.103 %)WinRunner
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11067 (15.67 %)Finance
2320 (4.700 %)Government
3295 (4.333 %)Banking
4210 (3.084 %)Retail
4210 (3.084 %)Billing
5143 (2.100 %)Telecoms
6124 (1.821 %)Health
7116 (1.704 %)Marketing
7116 (1.704 %)Manufacturing
8111 (1.630 %)Investment Banking
981 (1.190 %)Insurance
1079 (1.160 %)Electric
1156 (0.822 %)Pharmaceutical
1251 (0.749 %)Back Office
1251 (0.749 %)General Ledger
1346 (0.676 %)Education
1445 (0.661 %)Front Office
1544 (0.646 %)Retail Banking
1642 (0.617 %)Legal
1737 (0.543 %)Pensions
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1112 (1.645 %)NHS
256 (0.822 %)FMCG
349 (0.720 %)RMADS
447 (0.690 %)Management Information System
539 (0.573 %)Replication
636 (0.529 %)CESG
735 (0.514 %)German Language
832 (0.470 %)Data Extraction
832 (0.470 %)PKI
832 (0.470 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
931 (0.455 %)Clustering
1028 (0.411 %)Derivative
1127 (0.397 %)CESG CLAS
1127 (0.397 %)Data Conversion
1226 (0.382 %)Blackberry
1325 (0.367 %)Equities
1325 (0.367 %)Open Source
1424 (0.352 %)Data Integration
1424 (0.352 %)Fixed Income
1522 (0.323 %)Mainframe
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1453 (6.653 %)Windows
2317 (4.656 %)UNIX
3167 (2.453 %)Linux
4132 (1.939 %)Windows Server 2003
594 (1.381 %)Solaris
677 (1.131 %)Windows Server 2008
771 (1.043 %)Windows XP
864 (0.940 %)AIX
953 (0.778 %)Windows Vista
1050 (0.734 %)HPUX
1139 (0.573 %)Windows 2000
1234 (0.499 %)Red Hat Linux
1326 (0.382 %)Windows 2000 Server
1411 (0.162 %)VMS
1411 (0.162 %)Windows 7
1510 (0.147 %)SUSE
169 (0.132 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
177 (0.103 %)Windows Mobile
186 (0.088 %)NetWare
186 (0.088 %)Tru64
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1543 (7.975 %)Business Intelligence
2504 (7.402 %)CRM
3482 (7.079 %)Migration
4233 (3.422 %)Workflow
5224 (3.290 %)Project Management
6207 (3.040 %)Data Migration
7199 (2.923 %)ERP
8171 (2.511 %)ITIL
9134 (1.968 %)Data Modelling
10130 (1.909 %)Business Analysis
11112 (1.645 %)Logistics
12106 (1.557 %)Change Management
1398 (1.439 %)User Acceptance Testing
1496 (1.410 %)Information Security
1595 (1.395 %)Time Management
1694 (1.381 %)SOA
1792 (1.351 %)Validation
1881 (1.190 %)Service Management
1980 (1.175 %)BPEL
2078 (1.146 %)Stakeholder Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1585 (8.592 %)SQL
2276 (4.053 %)Java
3203 (2.981 %)C
4194 (2.849 %)ABAP
5176 (2.585 %)PL/SQL
6130 (1.909 %)C#
778 (1.146 %)JavaScript
874 (1.087 %)Perl
953 (0.778 %)VB
1039 (0.573 %)VBA
1138 (0.558 %)Shell Script
1229 (0.426 %)VBScript
1326 (0.382 %)X++
1424 (0.352 %)T-SQL
1424 (0.352 %)C++
1522 (0.323 %)PHP
1619 (0.279 %)Python
1717 (0.250 %)COBOL
1717 (0.250 %)VB.NET
1812 (0.176 %)PowerShell
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1606 (8.900 %)Security Cleared
2381 (5.596 %)SC Cleared
3108 (1.586 %)DV Cleared
469 (1.013 %)Cisco Certification
566 (0.969 %)Microsoft Certification
665 (0.955 %)CISSP
763 (0.925 %)Degree
859 (0.867 %)BC Cleared
952 (0.764 %)Citrix Certification
1051 (0.749 %)MCSE
1136 (0.529 %)CCNP
1234 (0.499 %)CCNA
1323 (0.338 %)CCIE
1323 (0.338 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1418 (0.264 %)ISEB
1517 (0.250 %)CISM
1615 (0.220 %)ACCA
1714 (0.206 %)CIMA
1714 (0.206 %)CCDP
1714 (0.206 %)ITIL Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
189 (1.307 %)QA
276 (1.116 %)ISO27001
328 (0.411 %)SLA
425 (0.367 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
524 (0.352 %)PCI DSS
623 (0.338 %)COBIT
714 (0.206 %)BS7799
813 (0.191 %)ISO17799
910 (0.147 %)HMG Infosec
109 (0.132 %)GxP
109 (0.132 %)JSP 440
117 (0.103 %)Basel II
126 (0.088 %)ISO9000
135 (0.073 %)BS25999
144 (0.059 %)ISO9001
153 (0.044 %)GAAP
153 (0.044 %)GCP
153 (0.044 %)HL7
162 (0.029 %)COSO
162 (0.029 %)SNOMED CT
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1156 (2.291 %)Active Directory
2113 (1.660 %)VMware Infrastructure
354 (0.793 %)VMware ESX
435 (0.514 %)NetBackup
530 (0.441 %)XenApp
624 (0.352 %)AquaLogic
624 (0.352 %)Oracle RAC
722 (0.323 %)vSphere
820 (0.294 %)NFS
913 (0.191 %)XenDesktop
1012 (0.176 %)XenServer
1012 (0.176 %)Hyper-V
1111 (0.162 %)Xen
1210 (0.147 %)Citrix Presentation Server
139 (0.132 %)ISA Server
139 (0.132 %)Snort
148 (0.117 %)Backup Exec
157 (0.103 %)SRDF
166 (0.088 %)Veritas Cluster Server
166 (0.088 %)Terminal Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
183 (1.219 %)Tivoli
234 (0.499 %)OpenView
331 (0.455 %)SCOM
425 (0.367 %)SCCM
521 (0.308 %)Netcool
619 (0.279 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
715 (0.220 %)Tivoli Monitoring
814 (0.206 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
814 (0.206 %)MOM
912 (0.176 %)ServiceCenter
109 (0.132 %)CONTROL-M
109 (0.132 %)OVPI
118 (0.117 %)HP Data Protector
118 (0.117 %)WSUS
118 (0.117 %)EMC NetWorker
118 (0.117 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
127 (0.103 %)Norton AntiVirus
127 (0.103 %)Data Guard
136 (0.088 %)HP Quality Center
136 (0.088 %)Sun Identity Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11980 (29.08 %)SAP
21047 (15.38 %)Oracle
3412 (6.051 %)Microsoft
4227 (3.334 %)Business Objects
5185 (2.717 %)HP
6171 (2.511 %)VMware
7155 (2.276 %)Cisco
8151 (2.218 %)Siebel
9132 (1.939 %)Cognos
10119 (1.748 %)Citrix
11100 (1.469 %)IBM
1296 (1.410 %)PeopleSoft
1296 (1.410 %)Hyperion
1385 (1.248 %)TIBCO
1457 (0.837 %)Informatica
1554 (0.793 %)EMC
1652 (0.764 %)CA
1741 (0.602 %)Sun
1741 (0.602 %)Salesforce.com
1741 (0.602 %)Agresso