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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.

LinkManagement Consultant
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank406463
Rank change on same period last yearUp+57
Matching contract IT job ads158177
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.225 %0.183 %
As % of the category below0.254 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted6047
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 quoted11
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 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6217088312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled88.60 %91.33 %
Daily rates quoted2007426422
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 quoted57327812
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 Demand Trend

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 Trend

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 Daily Rate Histogram

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.

Management Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Management 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 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.

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
EnglandUp+69135£452-7.41 %
LondonUp+8770£463-9.33 %
South EastUp+3722£392-8.99 %
City of LondonDown-512£470-6.00 %
North WestUp+1510£325-49.21 %
West MidlandsUp+78--
BerkshireUp+368£379-10.99 %
ManchesterNo change07£325-63.88 %
South WestUp+166£469+27.09 %
East of EnglandUp+345£432-33.58 %
North EastNew entry-5£175-
SurreyUp+194--
GloucestershireDown-64£425+61.90 %
CheltenhamDown-24£425-
BirminghamUp+183--
BracknellNew entry-3£425-
WolverhamptonNew entry-3--
HertfordshireUp+223£350-46.15 %
YorkshireUp+163£700+108.17 %
MiddlesexDown-102£500+5.26 %
DurhamNew entry-2£175-
EssexNew entry-2£595-
WatfordNew entry-2£350-
Stockton-on-TeesNew entry-2£175-
UxbridgeDown-121£550+10.00 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-1--
NewburyUp+81£450-3.04 %
ReadingDown-41£120-
SaleNew entry-1--
BristolUp+31£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.

1123 (34.36 %)SAP
273 (20.39 %)Finance
352 (14.53 %)ITIL
449 (13.69 %)Service Management
532 (8.939 %)Performance Management
532 (8.939 %)Windows
631 (8.659 %)Project Management
631 (8.659 %)Telecoms
631 (8.659 %)Banking
730 (8.380 %)Change Management
730 (8.380 %)Security Cleared
828 (7.821 %)Oracle
925 (6.983 %)UNIX
1022 (6.145 %)SAP HR
1121 (5.866 %)Microsoft
1220 (5.587 %)Tivoli
1220 (5.587 %)Government
1319 (5.307 %)Hyperion
1319 (5.307 %)TCP/IP
1418 (5.028 %)Configuration Management
1517 (4.749 %)SC Cleared
1616 (4.469 %)Asset Management
1616 (4.469 %)ITSM
1616 (4.469 %)Risk Management
1616 (4.469 %)SQL Server
1715 (4.190 %)CMDB
1814 (3.911 %)GGSN
1814 (3.911 %)SGSN
1814 (3.911 %)SQL
1814 (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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (2.514 %)XML
24 (1.117 %).NET
24 (1.117 %)SAP XI
33 (0.838 %)XML Schema
42 (0.559 %)Middleware
42 (0.559 %)J2EE
42 (0.559 %)WebSphere
51 (0.279 %)SAP Business Workflow
51 (0.279 %)SAP ALE
51 (0.279 %)VXML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (3.352 %)Apache
210 (2.793 %)SAP Web AS
36 (1.676 %)NetWeaver
43 (0.838 %)SharePoint
43 (0.838 %)IIS
43 (0.838 %)Lotus Notes
52 (0.559 %)Tomcat
61 (0.279 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.279 %)Documentum
61 (0.279 %)Oracle Collaboration Suite
61 (0.279 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (0.279 %)Office Project Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
19 (2.514 %)MS Visio
28 (2.235 %)MS Excel
36 (1.676 %)MS Office
44 (1.117 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.838 %)MS Project
61 (0.279 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (6.145 %)SAP HR
213 (3.631 %)HFM
310 (2.793 %)Movex
310 (2.793 %)SAP IS-U
45 (1.397 %)SAP CRM
45 (1.397 %)SAP MDM
54 (1.117 %)SAP CO
54 (1.117 %)SAP PM
54 (1.117 %)Bankmaster
54 (1.117 %)SAP FI/CO
54 (1.117 %)SAP FI
54 (1.117 %)SAP MM
63 (0.838 %)Temenos T24
72 (0.559 %)SAP Payroll
72 (0.559 %)Oracle General Ledger
72 (0.559 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.559 %)PeopleSoft Financials
81 (0.279 %)Oracle Financials
81 (0.279 %)SAP SD
81 (0.279 %)SAP R/3
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (5.307 %)TCP/IP
214 (3.911 %)2.5G
214 (3.911 %)3G
214 (3.911 %)GPRS
214 (3.911 %)3GPP
214 (3.911 %)GGSN
214 (3.911 %)SGSN
37 (1.955 %)BSS
37 (1.955 %)Wireshark
44 (1.117 %)LAN
44 (1.117 %)LDAP
53 (0.838 %)SAN
62 (0.559 %)VoIP
62 (0.559 %)WAN
62 (0.559 %)HTTP
62 (0.559 %)Firewall
71 (0.279 %)Intrusion Detection
71 (0.279 %)NGN
71 (0.279 %)ADSL
71 (0.279 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (4.469 %)SQL Server
27 (1.955 %)ETL
36 (1.676 %)Data Cleansing
45 (1.397 %)Datawarehouse
54 (1.117 %)BusinessObjects
54 (1.117 %)EDRMS
54 (1.117 %)Oracle 8/8i
62 (0.559 %)OLAP
62 (0.559 %)Hyperion Essbase
62 (0.559 %)Oracle OLAP
71 (0.279 %)BusinessObjects XI
71 (0.279 %)Oracle Reports
71 (0.279 %)MS Access
71 (0.279 %)GIS
71 (0.279 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (0.559 %)TestDirector
21 (0.279 %)Subversion
21 (0.279 %)JIRA
21 (0.279 %)Visual Studio
21 (0.279 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
173 (20.39 %)Finance
231 (8.659 %)Banking
231 (8.659 %)Telecoms
320 (5.587 %)Government
411 (3.073 %)Investment Banking
57 (1.955 %)Retail
66 (1.676 %)Legal
66 (1.676 %)FMCG
73 (0.838 %)Insurance
73 (0.838 %)Private Banking
82 (0.559 %)Marketing
82 (0.559 %)Local Government
82 (0.559 %)Pensions
82 (0.559 %)Manufacturing
82 (0.559 %)Criminal Justice
82 (0.559 %)Police
82 (0.559 %)Health
82 (0.559 %)Law
82 (0.559 %)Construction
82 (0.559 %)Education
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (4.190 %)CMDB
24 (1.117 %)Management Information System
33 (0.838 %)Credit Risk
33 (0.838 %)E-Learning
42 (0.559 %)CLARiiON
42 (0.559 %)Clustering
51 (0.279 %)Client/Server
51 (0.279 %)NHS
51 (0.279 %)Mainframe
51 (0.279 %)Data Conversion
51 (0.279 %)Data Integration
51 (0.279 %)PKI
51 (0.279 %)IPTV
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
132 (8.939 %)Windows
225 (6.983 %)UNIX
313 (3.631 %)Linux
47 (1.955 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.838 %)Solaris
62 (0.559 %)AIX
62 (0.559 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.279 %)zOS
71 (0.279 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.279 %)Red Hat Linux
71 (0.279 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
152 (14.53 %)ITIL
249 (13.69 %)Service Management
332 (8.939 %)Performance Management
431 (8.659 %)Project Management
530 (8.380 %)Change Management
530 (8.380 %)Security Cleared
618 (5.028 %)Configuration Management
717 (4.749 %)SC Cleared
816 (4.469 %)ITSM
816 (4.469 %)Risk Management
816 (4.469 %)Asset Management
914 (3.911 %)Data Management
1013 (3.631 %)Identity Management
1110 (2.793 %)Migration
1110 (2.793 %)PRINCE2
1110 (2.793 %)CRM
1110 (2.793 %)Information Management
129 (2.514 %)Document Management
129 (2.514 %)Service Delivery
129 (2.514 %)DV Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (3.911 %)SQL
211 (3.073 %)Perl
38 (2.235 %)Java
47 (1.955 %)AWK
47 (1.955 %)C
54 (1.117 %)ABAP
54 (1.117 %)Shell Script
61 (0.279 %)C#
61 (0.279 %)PL/SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (3.073 %)CISSP
26 (1.676 %)ITIL Certification
34 (1.117 %)PRINCE2 Certification
43 (0.838 %)Degree
43 (0.838 %)Cisco Certification
52 (0.559 %)CIMA
52 (0.559 %)CCNA
52 (0.559 %)ISEB
52 (0.559 %)ISEB Practitioner
52 (0.559 %)EXIN
61 (0.279 %)Citrix Certification
61 (0.279 %)CCDP
61 (0.279 %)MCSE
61 (0.279 %)MCSA
61 (0.279 %)CCIE
61 (0.279 %)CCNP
61 (0.279 %)MBA
61 (0.279 %)ACCA
61 (0.279 %)CIPFA
61 (0.279 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (1.676 %)QA
25 (1.397 %)SLA
32 (0.559 %)BS7799
32 (0.559 %)BS15000
32 (0.559 %)COBIT
32 (0.559 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (1.676 %)Active Directory
22 (0.559 %)Novell eDirectory
31 (0.279 %)Oracle RAC
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
120 (5.587 %)Tivoli
211 (3.073 %)OpenView
211 (3.073 %)AssetCenter
310 (2.793 %)ServiceCenter
49 (2.514 %)Netcool
56 (1.676 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
56 (1.676 %)Tivoli Monitoring
62 (0.559 %)CA SiteMinder
62 (0.559 %)Novell Identity Manager
62 (0.559 %)OVSD
62 (0.559 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.559 %)OVOW
71 (0.279 %)NNM
71 (0.279 %)TeMIP
71 (0.279 %)Tivoli NetView
71 (0.279 %)Unicenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1123 (34.36 %)SAP
228 (7.821 %)Oracle
321 (5.866 %)Microsoft
419 (5.307 %)Hyperion
513 (3.631 %)IBM
513 (3.631 %)HP
612 (3.352 %)Sun
711 (3.073 %)Peregrine
810 (2.793 %)Lawson
97 (1.955 %)Ericsson
97 (1.955 %)MetaSolv
97 (1.955 %)Sybase
97 (1.955 %)Progress
106 (1.676 %)BMC
115 (1.397 %)Cognos
124 (1.117 %)Business Objects
124 (1.117 %)CA
124 (1.117 %)EMC
133 (0.838 %)Cisco
133 (0.838 %)Altiris