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This section looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSenior Consultant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank397466
Rank change on same period last yearUp+69
Matching contract IT job ads200197
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.267 %0.199 %
As % of the category below0.296 %0.217 %
Daily rates quoted6347
Average minimum daily rate£470£461
Average daily rate£505£482
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Average maximum daily rate£541£502
UK excluding London average daily rate£490£453
% change on same period last year+8.26 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£39.25
Average hourly rate-£44.63
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£36.00
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads6752690610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled90.01 %91.67 %
Daily rates quoted2212126824
Average minimum daily rate£378£390
Average daily rate£404£415
% change on same period last year-2.75 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted56807267
Average minimum hourly rate£22.08£24.52
Average hourly rate£23.72£26.04
% change on same period last year-8.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.36£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %

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.

Senior Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Senior Consultant Demand Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Senior Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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+72172£506+5.88 %
LondonUp+6483£516-4.40 %
South EastUp+4534£448+1.37 %
City of LondonDown-1415£456-20.69 %
BerkshireUp+318£492+4.05 %
South WestUp+217£600+24.13 %
ScotlandUp+337£513-
West MidlandsUp+97--
MidlandsUp+106£325-35.00 %
North WestDown-36£550+22.22 %
YorkshireUp+115£688-
West SussexUp+84--
West YorkshireDown-14£688-
East of EnglandDown-24--
BuckinghamshireUp+134£463-
MiddlesexNew entry-4--
HampshireUp+234£358-40.27 %
GlasgowNew entry-4--
LeedsDown-63£1,000-
SurreyDown-13£425+21.42 %
CambridgeshireUp+13--
SloughNew entry-2£625-
LiverpoolDown-22--
BristolUp+142--
CrawleyUp+22--
County AntrimNew entry-2--
BelfastNew entry-2--
BirminghamUp+182--
Northern IrelandNew entry-2--
East MidlandsUp+62--

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title.

1121 (27.25 %)SAP
272 (16.22 %)Finance
357 (12.84 %)Oracle
435 (7.883 %)Java
532 (7.207 %)Project Management
532 (7.207 %)Retail
630 (6.757 %)Business Analysis
729 (6.532 %)Migration
828 (6.306 %)UNIX
926 (5.856 %)Cisco
1025 (5.631 %)Windows
1025 (5.631 %)Banking
1124 (5.405 %)SQL
1124 (5.405 %)J2EE
1124 (5.405 %)Degree
1223 (5.180 %)Business Intelligence
1223 (5.180 %)Government
1320 (4.505 %)Cisco Certification
1320 (4.505 %)CRM
1419 (4.279 %)SAP FI
1518 (4.054 %)SAP HR
1518 (4.054 %)SQL Server
1617 (3.829 %)XML
1617 (3.829 %)Datawarehouse
1617 (3.829 %)Microsoft
1617 (3.829 %)Data Migration
1716 (3.604 %)Security Cleared
1716 (3.604 %)SAP CO
1716 (3.604 %)SAP FI/CO
1716 (3.604 %)Telecoms

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (5.405 %)J2EE
217 (3.829 %)XML
315 (3.378 %)WebServices
315 (3.378 %).NET
47 (1.577 %)OpenGL
47 (1.577 %)DirectX
56 (1.351 %)Hibernate
56 (1.351 %)SAP Basis
56 (1.351 %)WebSphere
56 (1.351 %)Spring
65 (1.126 %)CSS
65 (1.126 %)Struts
74 (0.901 %)ASP.NET
74 (0.901 %).NET Framework
83 (0.676 %)JFC
83 (0.676 %)JRules
83 (0.676 %)Middleware
83 (0.676 %)HTML
83 (0.676 %)Swing
92 (0.450 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (1.577 %)MS Exchange
17 (1.577 %)ATG Dynamo
25 (1.126 %)SharePoint
33 (0.676 %)Apache
33 (0.676 %)JBoss
33 (0.676 %)Oracle Application Server
33 (0.676 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (0.450 %)SharePoint Server 2007
42 (0.450 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (0.450 %)Lotus Notes
42 (0.450 %)Tomcat
42 (0.450 %)IIS
42 (0.450 %)NetWeaver
42 (0.450 %)BizTalk Server
51 (0.225 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (0.225 %)CMS
51 (0.225 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.225 %)CICS
51 (0.225 %)Lotus Domino
51 (0.225 %)WebSphere Application Server
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (1.577 %)Quicktime
26 (1.351 %)MS Office
35 (1.126 %)MS Project
44 (0.901 %)MS Excel
53 (0.676 %)MS Visio
62 (0.450 %)MS PowerPoint
62 (0.450 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
119 (4.279 %)SAP FI
218 (4.054 %)SAP HR
316 (3.604 %)SAP FI/CO
316 (3.604 %)SAP CO
412 (2.703 %)Endur
511 (2.477 %)SAP R/3
68 (1.802 %)Oracle Applications
77 (1.577 %)Oracle EBS
86 (1.351 %)Findur
86 (1.351 %)SAP MM
86 (1.351 %)SAP Payroll
95 (1.126 %)SAP CRM
95 (1.126 %)SAP MDM
95 (1.126 %)SAP PM
95 (1.126 %)SAP APO
95 (1.126 %)Movex
95 (1.126 %)Oracle ERP
104 (0.901 %)Oracle Financials
104 (0.901 %)SAP Oil and Gas
113 (0.676 %)Temenos T24
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (2.703 %)SAN
211 (2.477 %)WAN
211 (2.477 %)Firewall
39 (2.027 %)MPLS
47 (1.577 %)LAN
55 (1.126 %)SMS
64 (0.901 %)VPN
64 (0.901 %)DNS
64 (0.901 %)Internet
64 (0.901 %)IP Telephony
73 (0.676 %)Cisco IPT
73 (0.676 %)Network Security
73 (0.676 %)CTI
73 (0.676 %)LDAP
82 (0.450 %)VoIP
82 (0.450 %)TCP/IP
82 (0.450 %)Wireless
91 (0.225 %)IPCC
91 (0.225 %)DWDM
91 (0.225 %)BSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (4.054 %)SQL Server
217 (3.829 %)Datawarehouse
311 (2.477 %)ETL
410 (2.252 %)SAP BW
58 (1.802 %)DB2
58 (1.802 %)SQL Server 2005
67 (1.577 %)Oracle 9i
75 (1.126 %)OLAP
75 (1.126 %)Informix
75 (1.126 %)Oracle Reports
75 (1.126 %)BusinessObjects
75 (1.126 %)SAP BI
84 (0.901 %)PowerCenter
84 (0.901 %)RDBMS
84 (0.901 %)MySQL
93 (0.676 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (0.676 %)Oracle 10g
93 (0.676 %)Oracle Discoverer
93 (0.676 %)SQL Server 2000
93 (0.676 %)BusinessObjects XI
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (1.351 %)TestDirector
24 (0.901 %)Ant
24 (0.901 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.450 %)Rational Rose
41 (0.225 %)JIRA
41 (0.225 %)Atlassian Bamboo
41 (0.225 %)ClearCase
41 (0.225 %)JUnit
41 (0.225 %)Visual Studio
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
172 (16.22 %)Finance
232 (7.207 %)Retail
325 (5.631 %)Banking
423 (5.180 %)Government
516 (3.604 %)Telecoms
612 (2.703 %)Insurance
78 (1.802 %)Billing
87 (1.577 %)Multimedia
87 (1.577 %)Pensions
96 (1.351 %)Health
105 (1.126 %)Investment Banking
105 (1.126 %)FMCG
114 (0.901 %)Marketing
114 (0.901 %)Auditing
114 (0.901 %)Law
114 (0.901 %)Education
114 (0.901 %)Manufacturing
123 (0.676 %)Legal
123 (0.676 %)Financial Institution
132 (0.450 %)Automotive
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (2.027 %)NHS
27 (1.577 %)Derivative
36 (1.351 %)PKI
45 (1.126 %)Biometrics
53 (0.676 %)Blackberry
53 (0.676 %)Replication
53 (0.676 %)E-Learning
53 (0.676 %)EPoS
53 (0.676 %)Credit Derivative
53 (0.676 %)Data Integration
62 (0.450 %)Multithreading
62 (0.450 %)German Language
62 (0.450 %)Clustering
62 (0.450 %)CLARiiON
62 (0.450 %)AS400
62 (0.450 %)Smartcard
71 (0.225 %)Mainframe
71 (0.225 %)Management Information System
71 (0.225 %)Streaming Video
71 (0.225 %)AVVID
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
128 (6.306 %)UNIX
225 (5.631 %)Windows
311 (2.477 %)Linux
410 (2.252 %)AIX
58 (1.802 %)Windows NT
67 (1.577 %)Symbian OS
73 (0.676 %)Solaris
82 (0.450 %)Windows Server 2003
82 (0.450 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.225 %)Windows XP
91 (0.225 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
132 (7.207 %)Project Management
230 (6.757 %)Business Analysis
329 (6.532 %)Migration
423 (5.180 %)Business Intelligence
520 (4.505 %)CRM
617 (3.829 %)Data Migration
716 (3.604 %)Security Cleared
815 (3.378 %)ERP
914 (3.153 %)Change Management
1013 (2.928 %)GAP Analysis
1110 (2.252 %)Asset Management
129 (2.027 %)Logistics
129 (2.027 %)E-Commerce
138 (1.802 %)Service Management
138 (1.802 %)Validation
138 (1.802 %)Investment Management
147 (1.577 %)UML
147 (1.577 %)Data Modelling
156 (1.351 %)ITIL
156 (1.351 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (7.883 %)Java
224 (5.405 %)SQL
314 (3.153 %)C
411 (2.477 %)ABAP
59 (2.027 %)C++
68 (1.802 %)Perl
77 (1.577 %)Embedded C++
86 (1.351 %)PL/SQL
86 (1.351 %)C#
93 (0.676 %)VBA
93 (0.676 %)JCL
102 (0.450 %)Shell Script
102 (0.450 %)Transact-SQL
102 (0.450 %)VB
102 (0.450 %)VB.NET
102 (0.450 %)JavaScript
111 (0.225 %)COBOL
111 (0.225 %)VC++
111 (0.225 %)PL/1
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (5.405 %)Degree
220 (4.505 %)Cisco Certification
315 (3.378 %)CCIE
45 (1.126 %)CISSP
45 (1.126 %)ACCA
45 (1.126 %)CCVP
54 (0.901 %)CIMA
54 (0.901 %)ITIL Certification
63 (0.676 %)CIPD
63 (0.676 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (0.676 %)CCNP
72 (0.450 %)CCNA
72 (0.450 %)CCDA
72 (0.450 %)MCSE
72 (0.450 %)CCAB
81 (0.225 %)MBA
81 (0.225 %)CCSA
81 (0.225 %)CCSE
81 (0.225 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
81 (0.225 %)ICAEW
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.577 %)QA
24 (0.901 %)Basel II
33 (0.676 %)ISO27001
42 (0.450 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.225 %)WAI
51 (0.225 %)COBIT
51 (0.225 %)HL7
51 (0.225 %)SLA
51 (0.225 %)BS7799
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (3.378 %)Active Directory
24 (0.901 %)VMware ESX
24 (0.901 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.450 %)NetBackup
32 (0.450 %)Backup Exec
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.901 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (0.450 %)SCCM
22 (0.450 %)SCOM
22 (0.450 %)HP Data Protector
31 (0.225 %)CiscoWorks
31 (0.225 %)MOM
31 (0.225 %)Netcool
31 (0.225 %)MIIS
31 (0.225 %)MIMEsweeper
31 (0.225 %)MAILsweeper
31 (0.225 %)AssetCenter
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1121 (27.25 %)SAP
257 (12.84 %)Oracle
326 (5.856 %)Cisco
417 (3.829 %)Microsoft
512 (2.703 %)OpenLink
611 (2.477 %)IBM
611 (2.477 %)HP
79 (2.027 %)ATG
88 (1.802 %)VMware
97 (1.577 %)Symbian
106 (1.351 %)SimCorp
115 (1.126 %)Business Objects
115 (1.126 %)Siebel
115 (1.126 %)Citrix
115 (1.126 %)Juniper
115 (1.126 %)Lawson
124 (0.901 %)CA
124 (0.901 %)Vignette
124 (0.901 %)Sybase
133 (0.676 %)PeopleSoft
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