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 17 March 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
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank15914
Rank change year-on-year
Down-6Up+5
Matching contract IT job ads363935016626
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK7.525 %8.808 %8.113 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.225 %9.636 %8.718 %
Daily rates quoted134711021716
Average daily rate£405£425£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.700 %-5.550 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£275£298£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£588£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£404£438
% change year-on-year
-0.860 %-7.770 %
Hourly rates quoted8148115
Average hourly rate£28.50£32.50£28.52
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.30 %+13.95 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£21.30£11.85£12.45
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£50.00£53.15£50.00
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
442443633176008
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK91.49 %91.40 %93.07 %
Daily rates quoted201801157423442
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£213£238
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted253630426701
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00£22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-9.090 %
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£38.00£37.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %

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 17 March 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 17 March 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 17 March 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-93131£413-2.94 %
LondonDown-111411£425-5.55 %
South EastDown-1678£400-
City of LondonDown-23295£440+3.40 %
South WestDown-1218£419+4.68 %
BerkshireUp+2212£400-
West MidlandsUp+6174£400-10.61 %
North WestDown-1163£353-21.66 %
ScotlandDown-2134£375-6.25 %
East of EnglandDown-3104£400-
YorkshireUp+395£420-8.69 %
HampshireUp+493£488+8.81 %
WalesUp+292£400-
East MidlandsUp+578£400+45.45 %
SurreyDown-1167£419-4.77 %
BuckinghamshireDown-464£325-7.14 %
West YorkshireDown-762£420-9.18 %
ManchesterDown-1159£286-28.43 %
WiltshireUp+257£400-2.37 %
BirminghamUp+856£418-7.22 %
ReadingDown-151£450+12.50 %
HertfordshireUp+1348£425-5.55 %
EdinburghDown-548£400-15.78 %
MidlandsDown-146£401+33.50 %
BristolUp+643£400+23.07 %
South WalesDown-142£263-36.36 %
Milton KeynesDown-338£363+3.64 %
LeedsDown-137£420-20.00 %
CheshireDown-1537£300-33.33 %
SwindonUp+1436£400-4.70 %

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 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.

12004 (28.63 %)SAP
21131 (16.16 %)Finance
31044 (14.92 %)Oracle
4604 (8.630 %)SQL
5558 (7.973 %)Business Intelligence
6555 (7.930 %)Security Cleared
7532 (7.601 %)Migration
8519 (7.415 %)CRM
9451 (6.444 %)Windows
10440 (6.287 %)Microsoft
11357 (5.101 %)SC Cleared
12335 (4.786 %)Banking
13333 (4.758 %)Government
14302 (4.315 %)UNIX
15296 (4.229 %)SQL Server
16283 (4.043 %)Project Management
17268 (3.829 %)Java
18261 (3.729 %)Datawarehouse
19255 (3.643 %)SharePoint
20247 (3.529 %)Workflow
21242 (3.458 %)SAP FI
22238 (3.400 %)Business Objects
22238 (3.400 %)BusinessObjects
23233 (3.329 %)SAP BW
23233 (3.329 %)SAP HR
24229 (3.272 %)Data Migration
25216 (3.086 %)ABAP
26215 (3.072 %).NET
27212 (3.029 %)ERP
28211 (3.015 %)C

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 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
1215 (3.072 %).NET
2168 (2.400 %)XML
3114 (1.629 %)Web Services
4107 (1.529 %)Middleware
594 (1.343 %)WebSphere
686 (1.229 %)ASP.NET
778 (1.114 %)HTML
877 (1.100 %)J2EE
975 (1.072 %)SAP XI
1068 (0.972 %)SAP Basis
1151 (0.729 %)EDI
1238 (0.543 %)SOAP
1336 (0.514 %)Oracle Fusion
1336 (0.514 %)CSS
1435 (0.500 %)JSP
1529 (0.414 %)BAPI
1529 (0.414 %)SAP BSP
1529 (0.414 %)SAP PI
1624 (0.343 %)AJAX
1624 (0.343 %)XSLT
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1255 (3.643 %)SharePoint
2122 (1.743 %)SAS
397 (1.386 %)MS Exchange
495 (1.357 %)SharePoint Server 2007
566 (0.943 %)NetWeaver
661 (0.872 %)IIS
752 (0.743 %)WebLogic
752 (0.743 %)BizTalk Server
851 (0.729 %)Oracle Workflow
949 (0.700 %)ESB
949 (0.700 %)SAP Portal
1045 (0.643 %)CMS
1144 (0.629 %)Exchange Server 2003
1240 (0.572 %)Exchange Server 2007
1331 (0.443 %)LiveLink
1430 (0.429 %)AquaLogic
1528 (0.400 %)Oracle Application Server
1623 (0.329 %)Apache
1722 (0.314 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1722 (0.314 %)Lotus Notes
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1152 (2.172 %)MS Excel
284 (1.200 %)MS Office
364 (0.914 %)MS Visio
444 (0.629 %)MS Project
521 (0.300 %)InfoPath
620 (0.286 %)MS PowerPoint
715 (0.214 %)Spreadsheet
811 (0.157 %)Photoshop
910 (0.143 %)CA Clarity
107 (0.100 %)SPSS
116 (0.086 %)Adobe Illustrator
124 (0.057 %)Fireworks
133 (0.043 %)Adobe Captivate
142 (0.029 %)PrintSoft PReS
151 (0.014 %)DOC1
151 (0.014 %)GIMP
151 (0.014 %)Inkscape
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1242 (3.458 %)SAP FI
2233 (3.329 %)SAP HR
3194 (2.772 %)SAP CO
4186 (2.658 %)SAP FI/CO
5175 (2.500 %)SAP CRM
6169 (2.415 %)Oracle EBS R12
7163 (2.329 %)SAP IS-U
8132 (1.886 %)SAP SD
9130 (1.857 %)Oracle EBS
10118 (1.686 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1197 (1.386 %)SAP MM
1287 (1.243 %)Oracle Financials
1386 (1.229 %)Oracle Applications
1471 (1.014 %)SAP R/3
1567 (0.957 %)Dynamics CRM
1661 (0.872 %)Dynamics AX
1758 (0.829 %)SAP Payroll
1855 (0.786 %)SAP PM
1950 (0.714 %)SAP BPC
2045 (0.643 %)SAP APO
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1125 (1.786 %)SAN
2105 (1.500 %)Firewall
378 (1.114 %)LAN
470 (1.000 %)WAN
569 (0.986 %)Internet
652 (0.743 %)Intranet
743 (0.614 %)TCP/IP
743 (0.614 %)Network Security
838 (0.543 %)NAS
838 (0.543 %)Wireless
838 (0.543 %)DNS
933 (0.471 %)VPN
1032 (0.457 %)CTI
1131 (0.443 %)LDAP
1228 (0.400 %)VoIP
1325 (0.357 %)DHCP
1422 (0.314 %)SSL
1521 (0.300 %)MPLS
1620 (0.286 %)Intrusion Detection
1719 (0.271 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1296 (4.229 %)SQL Server
2261 (3.729 %)Datawarehouse
3238 (3.400 %)BusinessObjects
4233 (3.329 %)SAP BW
5180 (2.572 %)ETL
6132 (1.886 %)SAP BI
795 (1.357 %)Oracle Reports
888 (1.257 %)Oracle BI EE
978 (1.114 %)SQL Server 2005
1075 (1.072 %)BusinessObjects XI
1168 (0.972 %)DB2
1266 (0.943 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1365 (0.929 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1462 (0.886 %)Oracle 10g
1550 (0.714 %)Oracle 8/8i
1644 (0.629 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1741 (0.586 %)Oracle OWB
1839 (0.557 %)BODI
1937 (0.529 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2035 (0.500 %)OLAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
132 (0.457 %)ClearCase
132 (0.457 %)Oracle Forms
229 (0.414 %)LSMW
323 (0.329 %)LoadRunner
421 (0.300 %)JDeveloper
519 (0.271 %)Visual Studio
616 (0.229 %)QuickTest Pro
715 (0.214 %)Subversion
715 (0.214 %)Selenium
814 (0.200 %)Oracle APEX
814 (0.200 %)Maven
814 (0.200 %)TestDirector
913 (0.186 %)ClearQuest
913 (0.186 %)Team Foundation Server
1011 (0.157 %)Eclipse
1110 (0.143 %)FitNesse
1110 (0.143 %)Ant
129 (0.129 %)ProC
138 (0.114 %)JIRA
138 (0.114 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11131 (16.16 %)Finance
2335 (4.786 %)Banking
3333 (4.758 %)Government
4209 (2.986 %)Retail
5173 (2.472 %)Billing
6149 (2.129 %)Telecoms
7126 (1.800 %)Marketing
8125 (1.786 %)Investment Banking
9122 (1.743 %)Health
10118 (1.686 %)Manufacturing
11102 (1.457 %)Insurance
1268 (0.972 %)Pharmaceutical
1367 (0.957 %)Electric
1453 (0.757 %)Back Office
1550 (0.714 %)Retail Banking
1646 (0.657 %)General Ledger
1742 (0.600 %)Front Office
1839 (0.557 %)Legal
1839 (0.557 %)Financial Institution
1935 (0.500 %)Local Government
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1105 (1.500 %)NHS
261 (0.872 %)FMCG
351 (0.729 %)RMADS
443 (0.614 %)Replication
542 (0.600 %)CESG
638 (0.543 %)Management Information System
638 (0.543 %)Clustering
737 (0.529 %)German Language
836 (0.514 %)Data Extraction
836 (0.514 %)PKI
836 (0.514 %)CESG CLAS
932 (0.457 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1029 (0.414 %)Equities
1029 (0.414 %)Derivative
1128 (0.400 %)Data Integration
1225 (0.357 %)Mainframe
1225 (0.357 %)Smart Meter
1225 (0.357 %)Open Source
1324 (0.343 %)Data Conversion
1324 (0.343 %)French Language
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1451 (6.444 %)Windows
2302 (4.315 %)UNIX
3169 (2.415 %)Linux
4130 (1.857 %)Windows Server 2003
599 (1.414 %)Solaris
680 (1.143 %)Windows Server 2008
767 (0.957 %)AIX
863 (0.900 %)Windows XP
949 (0.700 %)Windows Vista
1042 (0.600 %)HPUX
1141 (0.586 %)Red Hat Linux
1234 (0.486 %)Windows 2000
1332 (0.457 %)Windows 2000 Server
1412 (0.171 %)Windows 7
1511 (0.157 %)Windows NT
169 (0.129 %)NetWare
178 (0.114 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
178 (0.114 %)VMS
186 (0.086 %)Tru64
186 (0.086 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1558 (7.973 %)Business Intelligence
2532 (7.601 %)Migration
3519 (7.415 %)CRM
4283 (4.043 %)Project Management
5247 (3.529 %)Workflow
6229 (3.272 %)Data Migration
7212 (3.029 %)ERP
8176 (2.515 %)ITIL
9126 (1.800 %)Business Analysis
10118 (1.686 %)Logistics
11112 (1.600 %)Change Management
12109 (1.557 %)Data Modelling
13107 (1.529 %)User Acceptance Testing
1499 (1.414 %)Information Security
1597 (1.386 %)Time Management
1694 (1.343 %)SOA
1789 (1.272 %)PRINCE2
1887 (1.243 %)Stakeholder Management
1984 (1.200 %)Asset Management
2083 (1.186 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1604 (8.630 %)SQL
2268 (3.829 %)Java
3216 (3.086 %)ABAP
4211 (3.015 %)C
5174 (2.486 %)PL/SQL
6145 (2.072 %)C#
785 (1.214 %)JavaScript
881 (1.157 %)Perl
956 (0.800 %)VB
1042 (0.600 %)Shell Script
1137 (0.529 %)VBA
1233 (0.471 %)T-SQL
1329 (0.414 %)VBScript
1424 (0.343 %)X++
1520 (0.286 %)SAS Macro
1520 (0.286 %)PHP
1618 (0.257 %)Python
1715 (0.214 %)C++
1814 (0.200 %)Apex Code
1913 (0.186 %)Groovy
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1555 (7.930 %)Security Cleared
2357 (5.101 %)SC Cleared
3100 (1.429 %)DV Cleared
474 (1.057 %)Cisco Certification
566 (0.943 %)Microsoft Certification
665 (0.929 %)Degree
763 (0.900 %)CISSP
855 (0.786 %)MCSE
952 (0.743 %)Citrix Certification
1045 (0.643 %)BC Cleared
1137 (0.529 %)CCNP
1137 (0.529 %)CCNA
1226 (0.371 %)CCIE
1321 (0.300 %)ISEB
1321 (0.300 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1420 (0.286 %)CISM
1519 (0.271 %)ITIL Certification
1617 (0.243 %)CISA
1714 (0.200 %)MCP
1813 (0.186 %)SAP Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
189 (1.272 %)ISO27001
285 (1.214 %)QA
331 (0.443 %)SLA
430 (0.429 %)PCI DSS
529 (0.414 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
626 (0.371 %)COBIT
716 (0.229 %)BS7799
815 (0.214 %)ISO17799
99 (0.129 %)HMG Infosec
108 (0.114 %)Basel II
117 (0.100 %)GxP
126 (0.086 %)BS25999
126 (0.086 %)JSP 440
135 (0.071 %)ISO9001
144 (0.057 %)HL7
153 (0.043 %)GAAP
153 (0.043 %)GCP
153 (0.043 %)ISO9000
153 (0.043 %)CESG Infosec
162 (0.029 %)COSO
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1157 (2.243 %)Active Directory
2132 (1.886 %)VMware Infrastructure
356 (0.800 %)VMware ESX
427 (0.386 %)vSphere
526 (0.371 %)XenApp
620 (0.286 %)Oracle RAC
620 (0.286 %)NFS
714 (0.200 %)Hyper-V
813 (0.186 %)XenDesktop
910 (0.143 %)Snort
910 (0.143 %)ISA Server
109 (0.129 %)XenServer
117 (0.100 %)Xen
126 (0.086 %)SRDF
126 (0.086 %)Citrix Presentation Server
126 (0.086 %)Terminal Services
135 (0.071 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
135 (0.071 %)Tivoli Directory Server
144 (0.057 %)Veritas Cluster Server
144 (0.057 %)MetaFrame
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
171 (1.014 %)Tivoli
240 (0.572 %)NetBackup
336 (0.514 %)OpenView
434 (0.486 %)SCOM
526 (0.371 %)SCCM
618 (0.257 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
717 (0.243 %)MOM
717 (0.243 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
813 (0.186 %)Legato
912 (0.171 %)OVSD
912 (0.171 %)Netcool
1010 (0.143 %)WSUS
1010 (0.143 %)MSI
118 (0.114 %)TIBCO Hawk
127 (0.100 %)BMC PATROL
127 (0.100 %)CONTROL-M
136 (0.086 %)OVOW
136 (0.086 %)Backup Exec
136 (0.086 %)Unicenter
136 (0.086 %)CA SiteMinder
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12004 (28.63 %)SAP
21044 (14.92 %)Oracle
3440 (6.287 %)Microsoft
4238 (3.400 %)Business Objects
5196 (2.800 %)VMware
6175 (2.500 %)HP
7155 (2.215 %)Siebel
8153 (2.186 %)Cisco
9133 (1.900 %)Cognos
10126 (1.800 %)IBM
11111 (1.586 %)Citrix
1293 (1.329 %)PeopleSoft
1386 (1.229 %)Hyperion
1482 (1.172 %)TIBCO
1576 (1.086 %)Informatica
1666 (0.943 %)EMC
1755 (0.786 %)CA
1852 (0.743 %)Salesforce.com
1950 (0.714 %)NetApp
2047 (0.672 %)Remedy