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The table below looks at the demand for the Implementation Consultant role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Implementation Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Implementation Consultant
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank480477
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads79196
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.198 %
As % of the category below0.126 %0.217 %
Daily rates quoted3255
Average minimum daily rate£360£405
Average daily rate£399£443
% change on same period last year-9.89 %
Average maximum daily rate£438£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£394£390
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted05
Average minimum hourly rate-£29.27
Average hourly rate-£31.37
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£33.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£28.58
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6293890413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.61 %91.37 %
Daily rates quoted2039027188
Average minimum daily rate£371£388
Average daily rate£397£413
% change on same period last year-3.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£422£437
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted57347929
Average minimum hourly rate£22.77£23.81
Average hourly rate£24.29£25.37
% change on same period last year-4.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.81£26.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %

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.

Implementation Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Implementation Consultant Demand Trend

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the UK.

Implementation Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Implementation Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Implementation Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Implementation Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Implementation Consultant within the UK.

Implementation Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Implementation 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 Implementation Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 10 October 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
EnglandDown-2669£401-9.95 %
LondonDown-1831£411-11.41 %
South EastUp+3215£412-6.42 %
South WestUp+3413£368+12.44 %
City of LondonDown-1110£363-9.16 %
PlymouthUp+49£369+45.53 %
DevonUp+249£369+45.53 %
ScotlandNew entry-5£383-
BuckinghamshireUp+235£334-
High WycombeNew entry-3£334-
East of EnglandUp+253£325-
North EastUp+83£450-
EdinburghNew entry-2--
CambridgeshireNew entry-2£325-
Milton KeynesNew entry-2--
BracknellNew entry-2£319-
OxfordshireNew entry-2--
BerkshireUp+272£319-20.16 %
KentNew entry-2--
GloucestershireNew entry-1£319-
WiltshireNew entry-1£400-
YorkshireUp+151--
TeddingtonNew entry-1£550-
SurreyUp+141--
HuntingdonNew entry-1--
CheltenhamNew entry-1£319-
NottinghamDown-31£500-
BanburyNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1£400-
NottinghamshireUp+21£500-

Implementation Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Implementation 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 Implementation Consultant in their job title.

131 (20.95 %)Finance
221 (14.19 %)Microsoft
221 (14.19 %)SQL
315 (10.14 %)Cisco
315 (10.14 %)Project Management
414 (9.459 %)Oracle
414 (9.459 %)Windows
513 (8.784 %)SQL Server
612 (8.108 %).NET
612 (8.108 %)SAP
612 (8.108 %)SharePoint
612 (8.108 %)UNIX
612 (8.108 %)VMware
711 (7.432 %)Clustering
711 (7.432 %)Migration
711 (7.432 %)Cisco Certification
711 (7.432 %)VMware Server
810 (6.757 %)Business Intelligence
99 (6.081 %)HTML
99 (6.081 %)Security Cleared
108 (5.405 %)ITSM
108 (5.405 %)CRM
108 (5.405 %)Active Directory
108 (5.405 %)Agresso
117 (4.730 %)Intranet
117 (4.730 %)CCNA
117 (4.730 %)MS Excel
117 (4.730 %)J2EE
117 (4.730 %)C
117 (4.730 %)XML

Implementation Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Implementation 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 Implementation Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (8.108 %).NET
29 (6.081 %)HTML
37 (4.730 %)XML
37 (4.730 %)J2EE
42 (1.351 %)SOAP
42 (1.351 %)WebServices
42 (1.351 %)UDDI
42 (1.351 %)WSDL
42 (1.351 %)XML Schema
42 (1.351 %)Windows SharePoint Services
42 (1.351 %)XSD
51 (0.676 %)XSLT
51 (0.676 %)Adobe Flex
51 (0.676 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (8.108 %)SharePoint
26 (4.054 %)MS Exchange
35 (3.378 %)BizTalk Server
35 (3.378 %)SharePoint Server 2007
35 (3.378 %)Exchange Server 2007
42 (1.351 %)Office Communications Server
42 (1.351 %)ESB
42 (1.351 %)SAS
42 (1.351 %)IIS
51 (0.676 %)Apache
51 (0.676 %)ArcGIS
51 (0.676 %)CMS
51 (0.676 %)Oracle Spatial
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (4.730 %)MS Excel
23 (2.027 %)MS Visio
23 (2.027 %)MS Project
23 (2.027 %)MS Office
31 (0.676 %)AutoCAD
31 (0.676 %)DOC1
31 (0.676 %)PrintSoft PReS
31 (0.676 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (4.054 %)SAP HR
24 (2.703 %)Line 500
33 (2.027 %)SAP Payroll
33 (2.027 %)Kondor+
42 (1.351 %)SAP Business One
42 (1.351 %)HFM
42 (1.351 %)FLEXCUBE
42 (1.351 %)RMDS
42 (1.351 %)Microsoft CRM
51 (0.676 %)CODA Dream
51 (0.676 %)Hyperion Planning
51 (0.676 %)assyst
51 (0.676 %)Dynamics NAV
51 (0.676 %)Dynamics GP
51 (0.676 %)Line 100
51 (0.676 %)ResourceLink
51 (0.676 %)MAXIMO
51 (0.676 %)Summit
51 (0.676 %)JDE OneWorld
51 (0.676 %)Oracle Financials
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (4.730 %)Intranet
26 (4.054 %)Internet
35 (3.378 %)Extranet
44 (2.703 %)LAN
44 (2.703 %)Wireless
53 (2.027 %)SAN
53 (2.027 %)VLAN
62 (1.351 %)HTTPS
62 (1.351 %)WAN
62 (1.351 %)Ethernet
62 (1.351 %)FTP
62 (1.351 %)HTTP
62 (1.351 %)SNMP
62 (1.351 %)SSH
62 (1.351 %)Cisco PIX
71 (0.676 %)VPN
71 (0.676 %)LDAP
71 (0.676 %)ATM
71 (0.676 %)Cisco IPT
71 (0.676 %)Reverse Proxy
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (8.784 %)SQL Server
25 (3.378 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.351 %)OLAP
32 (1.351 %)Crystal Reports
32 (1.351 %)Datawarehouse
32 (1.351 %)ETL
32 (1.351 %)Oracle 10g
32 (1.351 %)BusinessObjects
32 (1.351 %)Base SAS
32 (1.351 %)SAS Enterprise Guide
41 (0.676 %)Data Cleansing
41 (0.676 %)SAP BW
41 (0.676 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (0.676 %)Hyperion Essbase
41 (0.676 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
41 (0.676 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
41 (0.676 %)Oracle 9i
41 (0.676 %)MS Access
41 (0.676 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (0.676 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (1.351 %)JDeveloper
21 (0.676 %)ProC
21 (0.676 %)StarTeam
21 (0.676 %)Flash
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (20.95 %)Finance
27 (4.730 %)Banking
27 (4.730 %)Telecoms
35 (3.378 %)Education
44 (2.703 %)Government
44 (2.703 %)Health
53 (2.027 %)Back Office
53 (2.027 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.676 %)Marketing
61 (0.676 %)FMCG
61 (0.676 %)Retail
61 (0.676 %)Billing
61 (0.676 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.676 %)Automotive
61 (0.676 %)Legal
61 (0.676 %)Manufacturing
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (7.432 %)Clustering
26 (4.054 %)NHS
33 (2.027 %)Derivative
42 (1.351 %)Credit Risk
42 (1.351 %)Data Integration
42 (1.351 %)N-Tier
42 (1.351 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (1.351 %)EPoS
42 (1.351 %)EMV
51 (0.676 %)Management Information System
51 (0.676 %)BBC
51 (0.676 %)APACS
51 (0.676 %)PKI
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (9.459 %)Windows
212 (8.108 %)UNIX
36 (4.054 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (3.378 %)AIX
54 (2.703 %)Solaris
54 (2.703 %)Windows 2000 Server
63 (2.027 %)Windows XP
72 (1.351 %)Tru64
72 (1.351 %)Windows Vista
72 (1.351 %)Linux
81 (0.676 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (10.14 %)Project Management
211 (7.432 %)Migration
310 (6.757 %)Business Intelligence
49 (6.081 %)Security Cleared
58 (5.405 %)CRM
58 (5.405 %)ITSM
66 (4.054 %)DV Cleared
75 (3.378 %)Data Migration
75 (3.378 %)ERP
75 (3.378 %)Content Management
84 (2.703 %)PRINCE2
84 (2.703 %)SOA
93 (2.027 %)Data Modelling
93 (2.027 %)Risk Management
93 (2.027 %)Workflow
93 (2.027 %)Web Development
93 (2.027 %)Data Analysis
93 (2.027 %)Business Analysis
102 (1.351 %)Web Analytics
102 (1.351 %)BPEL
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (14.19 %)SQL
27 (4.730 %)C
34 (2.703 %)Transact-SQL
43 (2.027 %)Java
52 (1.351 %)JavaScript
52 (1.351 %)C++
52 (1.351 %)VB
52 (1.351 %)PL/SQL
61 (0.676 %)ABAP
61 (0.676 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (7.432 %)Cisco Certification
27 (4.730 %)CCNA
34 (2.703 %)CCIE
43 (2.027 %)Degree
52 (1.351 %)CCNP
52 (1.351 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61 (0.676 %)ACCA
61 (0.676 %)CIMA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (7.432 %)VMware Server
28 (5.405 %)Active Directory
32 (1.351 %)NetBackup
32 (1.351 %)Backup Exec
41 (0.676 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.676 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.676 %)VMware Workstation
41 (0.676 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (3.378 %)OVPI
24 (2.703 %)Tivoli
32 (1.351 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (1.351 %)Legato
41 (0.676 %)MAILsweeper
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (14.19 %)Microsoft
215 (10.14 %)Cisco
314 (9.459 %)Oracle
412 (8.108 %)SAP
412 (8.108 %)VMware
58 (5.405 %)Agresso
65 (3.378 %)Citrix
74 (2.703 %)Sage
74 (2.703 %)Symantec
74 (2.703 %)PeopleSoft
82 (1.351 %)Sun
82 (1.351 %)Cognos
82 (1.351 %)Sybase
82 (1.351 %)Business Objects
82 (1.351 %)Hyperion
82 (1.351 %)Mapinfo
82 (1.351 %)TIBCO
82 (1.351 %)Juniper
91 (0.676 %)Cerner
91 (0.676 %)Avaya