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The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 326 331 359
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 247 283 240
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.507% 0.487% 0.386%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.551% 0.527% 0.417%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 147 107
Average daily rate £415 £430 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.48% +7.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £430 £400
% change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 5
Average hourly rate £28.25 £16.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+71.21% -54.79%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.65 £16.50 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.85 £16.50 £53.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £16.50 £35.75
% change year-on-year
+36.36% -53.84%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 44867 53712 57592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.17% 92.50% 92.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 25887 29609 31515
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2132 2587 2980
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.25 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Technical Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Technical Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical 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 Technical Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
England +19 227 £415 -2.35% 77
London +19 102 £450 +5.88% 24
South East +15 41 £350 -26.31% 31
City of London +19 28 £450 +5.88% 10
South West +39 24 £363 -19.44% 1
North West +14 15 £425 +23.63% 7
West Midlands +13 14 £350 +33.33% 6
Hampshire -4 13 £365 -15.11% 3
Berkshire +30 12 £408 +10.50% 5
East Midlands -3 9 £475 -13.63% 1
East of England +6 8 £415 -3.48% 4
Yorkshire 0 8 £390 -4.00% 2
Lancashire +18 7 £356 +9.61%
Wiltshire +2 7 £525 +16.66%
Leicestershire -1 7 - -
Hertfordshire +24 6 £401 -10.83% 1
Bristol +24 6 £450 -
Surrey +7 6 £235 -53.00% 10
Leicester 0 6 - -
Swindon -6 6 £525 +16.66%
West Yorkshire +2 5 £349 -17.82% 2
Buckinghamshire +1 5 £425 -22.72% 4
Birmingham +7 4 £375 +42.85% 4
Leeds +1 4 £349 -17.82% 2
Guildford -6 4 £235 - 4
Manchester +11 3 £500 +45.45% 4
Edinburgh 0 3 £413 +3.12%
Scotland -22 3 £413 -9.58% 4
Watford - 3 £415 -
Newbury - 3 £400 -

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 86 (20.72%) Oracle
2 84 (20.24%) Windows
3 76 (18.31%) Microsoft
4 69 (16.63%) Finance
5 68 (16.39%) SQL
6 66 (15.90%) VMware
7 58 (13.98%) Java
8 53 (12.77%) Migration
9 49 (11.81%) SAP
10 46 (11.08%) VMware Infrastructure
11 43 (10.36%) HP
12 42 (10.12%) CRM
13 40 (9.639%) UNIX
13 40 (9.639%) Linux
14 35 (8.434%) Citrix
15 34 (8.193%) Business Intelligence
15 34 (8.193%) Security Cleared
16 33 (7.952%) SC Cleared
16 33 (7.952%) Windows Server 2008
16 33 (7.952%) XML
16 33 (7.952%) Active Directory
16 33 (7.952%) Workflow
17 32 (7.711%) PL/SQL
17 32 (7.711%) MS Exchange
18 30 (7.229%) SQL Server
19 29 (6.988%) Banking
19 29 (6.988%) vSphere
20 27 (6.506%) SharePoint
20 27 (6.506%) SAN
21 26 (6.265%) SCOM

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (7.952%) XML
2 21 (5.060%) Web Services
3 16 (3.855%) J2EE
4 15 (3.614%) .NET
5 10 (2.410%) WebSphere
6 9 (2.169%) Middleware
7 7 (1.687%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.446%) XSL
8 6 (1.446%) JDBC
8 6 (1.446%) Spring
8 6 (1.446%) HTML5
9 5 (1.205%) Application Packaging
9 5 (1.205%) .NET Framework
9 5 (1.205%) Web Dynpro
9 5 (1.205%) HTML
9 5 (1.205%) XSLT
10 4 (0.964%) JSP
10 4 (0.964%) JMS
10 4 (0.964%) Ajax
10 4 (0.964%) SAML
Application Platforms
1 32 (7.711%) MS Exchange
2 27 (6.506%) SharePoint
3 19 (4.578%) SAS
4 16 (3.855%) Exchange Server 2010
5 14 (3.373%) Lync
6 12 (2.892%) Apache
6 12 (2.892%) Tomcat
7 11 (2.651%) WebLogic
8 10 (2.410%) SharePoint 2010
9 8 (1.928%) Exchange Server 2003
10 7 (1.687%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (1.205%) NetWeaver
11 5 (1.205%) Exchange Server 2007
12 4 (0.964%) WebSphere Application Server
13 3 (0.723%) FileNet
13 3 (0.723%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.723%) SAP Portal
14 2 (0.482%) Oracle Spatial
14 2 (0.482%) TIBCO EMS
14 2 (0.482%) OpenStack
Applications
1 22 (5.301%) MS Excel
2 6 (1.446%) Office 365
3 3 (0.723%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.482%) Acrobat
4 2 (0.482%) S-PLUS
4 2 (0.482%) MS Office
4 2 (0.482%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (0.482%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.241%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.241%) MS Project
5 1 (0.241%) PaintShop Pro
Business Applications
1 17 (4.096%) Oracle EBS R12
2 14 (3.373%) Oracle EBS
3 12 (2.892%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.892%) Oracle Retail
4 7 (1.687%) SAP HCM
5 6 (1.446%) SAP IS-U
5 6 (1.446%) Misys Midas
5 6 (1.446%) Oracle Financials
5 6 (1.446%) SAP BPC
6 5 (1.205%) SAP HR
6 5 (1.205%) BusinessWorks
6 5 (1.205%) Oracle Applications
6 5 (1.205%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (0.964%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 4 (0.964%) SAP CRM
8 3 (0.723%) JDE World
9 2 (0.482%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.482%) Oracle Payroll
9 2 (0.482%) Maximo
9 2 (0.482%) Oracle HRMS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.506%) SAN
2 15 (3.614%) WAN
3 14 (3.373%) LAN
3 14 (3.373%) Firewall
4 9 (2.169%) Wireless
5 8 (1.928%) NAS
6 6 (1.446%) Internet
6 6 (1.446%) TCP/IP
7 5 (1.205%) SSL
7 5 (1.205%) LDAP
8 4 (0.964%) VPN
8 4 (0.964%) IPsec
8 4 (0.964%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.964%) HTTP
9 3 (0.723%) Network Security
9 3 (0.723%) DNS
9 3 (0.723%) DHCP
10 2 (0.482%) Ethernet
10 2 (0.482%) IPv4
10 2 (0.482%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.229%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.855%) DB2
3 12 (2.892%) SAP BW
4 11 (2.651%) Oracle BI EE
5 8 (1.928%) Oracle 11g
5 8 (1.928%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (1.687%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (1.446%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (1.446%) Oracle 10g
8 5 (1.205%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (0.723%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 3 (0.723%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.723%) Big Data
9 3 (0.723%) TOAD
10 2 (0.482%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (0.482%) BusinessObjects
10 2 (0.482%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.482%) Oracle 8/8i
10 2 (0.482%) MS Access
10 2 (0.482%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (1.928%) JUnit
1 8 (1.928%) Oracle Forms
2 6 (1.446%) ClearCase
2 6 (1.446%) Mercurial
3 5 (1.205%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.205%) LoadRunner
3 5 (1.205%) MSI
3 5 (1.205%) JMeter
4 3 (0.723%) Maven
4 3 (0.723%) Rational Rose
5 2 (0.482%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.482%) Ant
5 2 (0.482%) jMock
5 2 (0.482%) TeamCity
5 2 (0.482%) EasyMock
6 1 (0.241%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.241%) PROIV
6 1 (0.241%) PeopleTools
6 1 (0.241%) ProC
6 1 (0.241%) JDeveloper
General
1 69 (16.63%) Finance
2 29 (6.988%) Banking
3 19 (4.578%) Retail
4 14 (3.373%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.446%) Billing
6 5 (1.205%) Manufacturing
7 4 (0.964%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.723%) Advertising
8 3 (0.723%) Publishing
8 3 (0.723%) Investment Banking
8 3 (0.723%) Marketing
8 3 (0.723%) French Language
9 2 (0.482%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.482%) Automotive
10 1 (0.241%) Law
10 1 (0.241%) Legal
10 1 (0.241%) Back Office
10 1 (0.241%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.241%) Wholesale Banking
10 1 (0.241%) Military
Miscellaneous
1 10 (2.410%) SaaS
2 9 (2.169%) Clustering
3 8 (1.928%) Computer Science
3 8 (1.928%) CMDB
4 7 (1.687%) Management Information System
5 6 (1.446%) Mathematics
5 6 (1.446%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.205%) LPAR
6 5 (1.205%) E-Learning
6 5 (1.205%) Open Source
7 3 (0.723%) SWIFT
7 3 (0.723%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.482%) EqualLogic
8 2 (0.482%) Telematics
8 2 (0.482%) Physics
8 2 (0.482%) Data Conversion
8 2 (0.482%) PACS
8 2 (0.482%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.482%) AS400
8 2 (0.482%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 84 (20.24%) Windows
2 40 (9.639%) UNIX
2 40 (9.639%) Linux
3 33 (7.952%) Windows Server 2008
4 20 (4.819%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (3.855%) Solaris
6 13 (3.133%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 12 (2.892%) HPUX
7 12 (2.892%) Windows XP
8 11 (2.651%) AIX
8 11 (2.651%) Windows 7
9 7 (1.687%) Windows Vista
10 5 (1.205%) SUSE
10 5 (1.205%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.482%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.482%) Android
11 2 (0.482%) zOS
11 2 (0.482%) VMS
11 2 (0.482%) NetWare
12 1 (0.241%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (12.77%) Migration
2 42 (10.12%) CRM
3 34 (8.193%) Business Intelligence
4 33 (7.952%) Workflow
5 15 (3.614%) ITIL
5 15 (3.614%) Project Management
6 13 (3.133%) Configuration Management
7 12 (2.892%) PRINCE2
7 12 (2.892%) ERP
8 11 (2.651%) ETL
8 11 (2.651%) Use Case
8 11 (2.651%) Analytics
9 10 (2.410%) Test Scripting
9 10 (2.410%) ITSM
10 9 (2.169%) SOA
10 9 (2.169%) OO
10 9 (2.169%) Technical Architecture
10 9 (2.169%) Data Migration
11 8 (1.928%) Logistics
12 7 (1.687%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 68 (16.39%) SQL
2 58 (13.98%) Java
3 32 (7.711%) PL/SQL
4 20 (4.819%) C
5 15 (3.614%) JavaScript
6 13 (3.133%) ABAP
7 10 (2.410%) C++
7 10 (2.410%) XPath
8 9 (2.169%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.169%) RPG
9 8 (1.928%) VB
9 8 (1.928%) C#
9 8 (1.928%) Perl
10 7 (1.687%) VBScript
10 7 (1.687%) R
11 6 (1.446%) Shell Script
12 5 (1.205%) PHP
13 3 (0.723%) VBA
13 3 (0.723%) REXX
14 2 (0.482%) JCL
Qualifications
1 34 (8.193%) Security Cleared
2 33 (7.952%) SC Cleared
3 12 (2.892%) Degree
4 7 (1.687%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (1.687%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.446%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.205%) MCSE
6 5 (1.205%) DV Cleared
7 4 (0.964%) CCNP
7 4 (0.964%) CCNA
8 3 (0.723%) SAP Certification
8 3 (0.723%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.723%) VCP4
9 2 (0.482%) VCP5
9 2 (0.482%) PMP
9 2 (0.482%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.241%) IBM Certification
10 1 (0.241%) IBM AIX Certification
10 1 (0.241%) CCDA
10 1 (0.241%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.410%) QA
2 6 (1.446%) SLA
3 3 (0.723%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.241%) Solvency II
System Software
1 46 (11.08%) VMware Infrastructure
2 33 (7.952%) Active Directory
3 29 (6.988%) vSphere
4 10 (2.410%) Hyper-V
5 9 (2.169%) Microsoft App-V
6 7 (1.687%) XenDesktop
7 6 (1.446%) XenApp
8 5 (1.205%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 5 (1.205%) UAG
9 4 (0.964%) ISA Server
10 3 (0.723%) Shibboleth
10 3 (0.723%) Forefront TMG
10 3 (0.723%) VMware ESX
11 2 (0.482%) VMware ESXi
11 2 (0.482%) IAG
11 2 (0.482%) Xen
12 1 (0.241%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.241%) Novell eDirectory
12 1 (0.241%) Citrix Presentation Server
12 1 (0.241%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 26 (6.265%) SCOM
2 25 (6.024%) SCCM
3 15 (3.614%) MOM
4 12 (2.892%) Unicenter
4 12 (2.892%) Tivoli
5 11 (2.651%) Netcool
6 9 (2.169%) BMC PATROL
6 9 (2.169%) HP SIM
7 6 (1.446%) Backup Exec
8 5 (1.205%) WMI
8 5 (1.205%) Veritas Storage Foundation
9 3 (0.723%) NetBackup
10 2 (0.482%) ZENworks
10 2 (0.482%) Novell Identity Manager
10 2 (0.482%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.482%) Control-M
10 2 (0.482%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 2 (0.482%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.482%) HP Operations Orchestration
11 1 (0.241%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 86 (20.72%) Oracle
2 76 (18.31%) Microsoft
3 66 (15.90%) VMware
4 49 (11.81%) SAP
5 43 (10.36%) HP
6 35 (8.434%) Citrix
7 25 (6.024%) Cisco
8 19 (4.578%) Siebel
9 18 (4.337%) Red Hat
10 16 (3.855%) NetApp
11 14 (3.373%) Dell
12 11 (2.651%) CA
13 10 (2.410%) JDA
13 10 (2.410%) IBM
14 9 (2.169%) BMC
14 9 (2.169%) Veritas
15 8 (1.928%) TIBCO
15 8 (1.928%) Symantec
16 7 (1.687%) FalconStor
16 7 (1.687%) Juniper
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