Management Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Management Consultant
Location Basildon Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cardiff Cheltenham City of London County Antrim Durham East of England England Essex Gloucestershire Hertfordshire Home Counties Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North East North West Northern Ireland Reading Sale Scotland Somerset South East South Wales South West Stockton-on-Tees Surrey UK Uxbridge Wales Watford West Midlands West Yorkshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	406	463
Rank change on same period last year	+57
Matching contract IT job ads	158	177
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.225 %	0.183 %
As % of the category below	0.254 %	0.200 %
Daily rates quoted	60	47
Average minimum daily rate	£427	£453
Average daily rate	£452	£481
% change on same period last year	-6.07 %
Average maximum daily rate	£476	£509
UK excluding London average daily rate	£431	£467
% change on same period last year	-7.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£60.00	£28.00
Average hourly rate	£60.00	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+100.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£60.00	£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£60.00	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+100.00 %
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	62170	88312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.60 %	91.33 %
Daily rates quoted	20074	26422
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£388
Average daily rate	£396	£413
% change on same period last year	-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	5732	7812
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.72	£23.70
Average hourly rate	£24.20	£25.26
% change on same period last year	-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.69	£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %

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.

Management Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Management Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Management Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 15 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.

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
England	+69	135	£452	-7.41 %
London	+87	70	£463	-9.33 %
South East	+37	22	£392	-8.99 %
City of London	-5	12	£470	-6.00 %
North West	+15	10	£325	-49.21 %
West Midlands	+7	8	-	-
Berkshire	+36	8	£379	-10.99 %
Manchester	0	7	£325	-63.88 %
South West	+16	6	£469	+27.09 %
East of England	+34	5	£432	-33.58 %
North East	-	5	£175	-
Surrey	+19	4	-	-
Gloucestershire	-6	4	£425	+61.90 %
Cheltenham	-2	4	£425	-
Birmingham	+18	3	-	-
Bracknell	-	3	£425	-
Wolverhampton	-	3	-	-
Hertfordshire	+22	3	£350	-46.15 %
Yorkshire	+16	3	£700	+108.17 %
Middlesex	-10	2	£500	+5.26 %
Durham	-	2	£175	-
Essex	-	2	£595	-
Watford	-	2	£350	-
Stockton-on-Tees	-	2	£175	-
Uxbridge	-12	1	£550	+10.00 %
Milton Keynes	-	1	-	-
Newbury	+8	1	£450	-3.04 %
Reading	-4	1	£120	-
Sale	-	1	-	-
Bristol	+3	1	£556	-

Management Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title.

1 123 (34.36 %) SAP 2 73 (20.39 %) Finance 3 52 (14.53 %) ITIL 4 49 (13.69 %) Service Management 5 32 (8.939 %) Performance Management 5 32 (8.939 %) Windows 6 31 (8.659 %) Project Management 6 31 (8.659 %) Telecoms 6 31 (8.659 %) Banking 7 30 (8.380 %) Change Management 7 30 (8.380 %) Security Cleared 8 28 (7.821 %) Oracle 9 25 (6.983 %) UNIX 10 22 (6.145 %) SAP HR 11 21 (5.866 %) Microsoft

12 20 (5.587 %) Tivoli 12 20 (5.587 %) Government 13 19 (5.307 %) Hyperion 13 19 (5.307 %) TCP/IP 14 18 (5.028 %) Configuration Management 15 17 (4.749 %) SC Cleared 16 16 (4.469 %) Asset Management 16 16 (4.469 %) ITSM 16 16 (4.469 %) Risk Management 16 16 (4.469 %) SQL Server 17 15 (4.190 %) CMDB 18 14 (3.911 %) GGSN 18 14 (3.911 %) SGSN 18 14 (3.911 %) SQL 18 14 (3.911 %) 3GPP

Management Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 9 (2.514 %) XML 2 4 (1.117 %) .NET 2 4 (1.117 %) SAP XI 3 3 (0.838 %) XML Schema 4 2 (0.559 %) Middleware 4 2 (0.559 %) J2EE 4 2 (0.559 %) WebSphere 5 1 (0.279 %) SAP Business Workflow 5 1 (0.279 %) SAP ALE 5 1 (0.279 %) VXML	Application Platforms 1 12 (3.352 %) Apache 2 10 (2.793 %) SAP Web AS 3 6 (1.676 %) NetWeaver 4 3 (0.838 %) SharePoint 4 3 (0.838 %) IIS 4 3 (0.838 %) Lotus Notes 5 2 (0.559 %) Tomcat 6 1 (0.279 %) MS Exchange 6 1 (0.279 %) Documentum 6 1 (0.279 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 6 1 (0.279 %) Oracle Application Server 6 1 (0.279 %) Exchange Server 2003 6 1 (0.279 %) Office Project Server
Applications 1 9 (2.514 %) MS Visio 2 8 (2.235 %) MS Excel 3 6 (1.676 %) MS Office 4 4 (1.117 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (0.838 %) MS Project 6 1 (0.279 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 22 (6.145 %) SAP HR 2 13 (3.631 %) HFM 3 10 (2.793 %) Movex 3 10 (2.793 %) SAP IS-U 4 5 (1.397 %) SAP CRM 4 5 (1.397 %) SAP MDM 5 4 (1.117 %) SAP CO 5 4 (1.117 %) SAP PM 5 4 (1.117 %) Bankmaster 5 4 (1.117 %) SAP FI/CO 5 4 (1.117 %) SAP FI 5 4 (1.117 %) SAP MM 6 3 (0.838 %) Temenos T24 7 2 (0.559 %) SAP Payroll 7 2 (0.559 %) Oracle General Ledger 7 2 (0.559 %) Oracle Applications 7 2 (0.559 %) PeopleSoft Financials 8 1 (0.279 %) Oracle Financials 8 1 (0.279 %) SAP SD 8 1 (0.279 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 19 (5.307 %) TCP/IP 2 14 (3.911 %) 2.5G 2 14 (3.911 %) 3G 2 14 (3.911 %) GPRS 2 14 (3.911 %) 3GPP 2 14 (3.911 %) GGSN 2 14 (3.911 %) SGSN 3 7 (1.955 %) BSS 3 7 (1.955 %) Wireshark 4 4 (1.117 %) LAN 4 4 (1.117 %) LDAP 5 3 (0.838 %) SAN 6 2 (0.559 %) VoIP 6 2 (0.559 %) WAN 6 2 (0.559 %) HTTP 6 2 (0.559 %) Firewall 7 1 (0.279 %) Intrusion Detection 7 1 (0.279 %) NGN 7 1 (0.279 %) ADSL 7 1 (0.279 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (4.469 %) SQL Server 2 7 (1.955 %) ETL 3 6 (1.676 %) Data Cleansing 4 5 (1.397 %) Datawarehouse 5 4 (1.117 %) BusinessObjects 5 4 (1.117 %) EDRMS 5 4 (1.117 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 2 (0.559 %) OLAP 6 2 (0.559 %) Hyperion Essbase 6 2 (0.559 %) Oracle OLAP 7 1 (0.279 %) BusinessObjects XI 7 1 (0.279 %) Oracle Reports 7 1 (0.279 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.279 %) GIS 7 1 (0.279 %) RDBMS
Development Applications 1 2 (0.559 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.279 %) Subversion 2 1 (0.279 %) JIRA 2 1 (0.279 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.279 %) VSS/SourceSafe	General 1 73 (20.39 %) Finance 2 31 (8.659 %) Banking 2 31 (8.659 %) Telecoms 3 20 (5.587 %) Government 4 11 (3.073 %) Investment Banking 5 7 (1.955 %) Retail 6 6 (1.676 %) Legal 6 6 (1.676 %) FMCG 7 3 (0.838 %) Insurance 7 3 (0.838 %) Private Banking 8 2 (0.559 %) Marketing 8 2 (0.559 %) Local Government 8 2 (0.559 %) Pensions 8 2 (0.559 %) Manufacturing 8 2 (0.559 %) Criminal Justice 8 2 (0.559 %) Police 8 2 (0.559 %) Health 8 2 (0.559 %) Law 8 2 (0.559 %) Construction 8 2 (0.559 %) Education
Miscellaneous 1 15 (4.190 %) CMDB 2 4 (1.117 %) Management Information System 3 3 (0.838 %) Credit Risk 3 3 (0.838 %) E-Learning 4 2 (0.559 %) CLARiiON 4 2 (0.559 %) Clustering 5 1 (0.279 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.279 %) NHS 5 1 (0.279 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.279 %) Data Conversion 5 1 (0.279 %) Data Integration 5 1 (0.279 %) PKI 5 1 (0.279 %) IPTV	Operating Systems 1 32 (8.939 %) Windows 2 25 (6.983 %) UNIX 3 13 (3.631 %) Linux 4 7 (1.955 %) Windows Server 2003 5 3 (0.838 %) Solaris 6 2 (0.559 %) AIX 6 2 (0.559 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (0.279 %) zOS 7 1 (0.279 %) Windows Vista 7 1 (0.279 %) Red Hat Linux 7 1 (0.279 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 52 (14.53 %) ITIL 2 49 (13.69 %) Service Management 3 32 (8.939 %) Performance Management 4 31 (8.659 %) Project Management 5 30 (8.380 %) Change Management 5 30 (8.380 %) Security Cleared 6 18 (5.028 %) Configuration Management 7 17 (4.749 %) SC Cleared 8 16 (4.469 %) ITSM 8 16 (4.469 %) Risk Management 8 16 (4.469 %) Asset Management 9 14 (3.911 %) Data Management 10 13 (3.631 %) Identity Management 11 10 (2.793 %) Migration 11 10 (2.793 %) PRINCE2 11 10 (2.793 %) CRM 11 10 (2.793 %) Information Management 12 9 (2.514 %) Document Management 12 9 (2.514 %) Service Delivery 12 9 (2.514 %) DV Cleared	Programming Languages 1 14 (3.911 %) SQL 2 11 (3.073 %) Perl 3 8 (2.235 %) Java 4 7 (1.955 %) AWK 4 7 (1.955 %) C 5 4 (1.117 %) ABAP 5 4 (1.117 %) Shell Script 6 1 (0.279 %) C# 6 1 (0.279 %) PL/SQL
Qualifications 1 11 (3.073 %) CISSP 2 6 (1.676 %) ITIL Certification 3 4 (1.117 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (0.838 %) Degree 4 3 (0.838 %) Cisco Certification 5 2 (0.559 %) CIMA 5 2 (0.559 %) CCNA 5 2 (0.559 %) ISEB 5 2 (0.559 %) ISEB Practitioner 5 2 (0.559 %) EXIN 6 1 (0.279 %) Citrix Certification 6 1 (0.279 %) CCDP 6 1 (0.279 %) MCSE 6 1 (0.279 %) MCSA 6 1 (0.279 %) CCIE 6 1 (0.279 %) CCNP 6 1 (0.279 %) MBA 6 1 (0.279 %) ACCA 6 1 (0.279 %) CIPFA 6 1 (0.279 %) Microsoft Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (1.676 %) QA 2 5 (1.397 %) SLA 3 2 (0.559 %) BS7799 3 2 (0.559 %) BS15000 3 2 (0.559 %) COBIT 3 2 (0.559 %) ISO9000
System Software 1 6 (1.676 %) Active Directory 2 2 (0.559 %) Novell eDirectory 3 1 (0.279 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 20 (5.587 %) Tivoli 2 11 (3.073 %) OpenView 2 11 (3.073 %) AssetCenter 3 10 (2.793 %) ServiceCenter 4 9 (2.514 %) Netcool 5 6 (1.676 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 5 6 (1.676 %) Tivoli Monitoring 6 2 (0.559 %) CA SiteMinder 6 2 (0.559 %) Novell Identity Manager 6 2 (0.559 %) OVSD 6 2 (0.559 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 6 2 (0.559 %) OVOW 7 1 (0.279 %) NNM 7 1 (0.279 %) TeMIP 7 1 (0.279 %) Tivoli NetView 7 1 (0.279 %) Unicenter
Vendors 1 123 (34.36 %) SAP 2 28 (7.821 %) Oracle 3 21 (5.866 %) Microsoft 4 19 (5.307 %) Hyperion 5 13 (3.631 %) IBM 5 13 (3.631 %) HP 6 12 (3.352 %) Sun 7 11 (3.073 %) Peregrine 8 10 (2.793 %) Lawson 9 7 (1.955 %) Ericsson 9 7 (1.955 %) MetaSolv 9 7 (1.955 %) Sybase 9 7 (1.955 %) Progress 10 6 (1.676 %) BMC 11 5 (1.397 %) Cognos 12 4 (1.117 %) Business Objects 12 4 (1.117 %) CA 12 4 (1.117 %) EMC 13 3 (0.838 %) Cisco 13 3 (0.838 %) Altiris