West Midlands Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Addlestone Aldershot Andover Avon Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bootle Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Channel Islands Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chorley City of London Clackmannanshire Corby Cornwall Corsham County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Daresbury Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Dudley Dundee Durham East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fife Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenock Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Highlands Home Counties Horsham Huddersfield Hull Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leek Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Melrose Merseyside Mid Wales Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Powys Preston Pudsey Reading Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Rochdale Rugby Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Sandwich Scotland Scottish Borders Sheffield Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark Spalding St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Woking Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing Wrexham York Yorkshire	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	11	8
Rank change on same period last year	-3
Matching contract IT job ads	258	330
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.343 %	0.335 %
As % of the category below	8.713 %	10.47 %
Daily rates quoted	68	104
Average minimum daily rate	£410	£381
Average daily rate	£446	£405
% change on same period last year	+10.32 %
Average maximum daily rate	£483	£429
UK excluding London average daily rate	£437	£414
% change on same period last year	+5.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	6	9
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.00	£25.00
Average hourly rate	£31.42	£28.28
% change on same period last year	+11.10 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.83	£31.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.10	£28.81
% change on same period last year	+11.40 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	2961	3153
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	3.941 %	3.196 %
Daily rates quoted	722	681
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£328
Average daily rate	£346	£345
% change on same period last year	+0.25 %
Average maximum daily rate	£367	£362
UK excluding London average daily rate	£357	£352
% change on same period last year	+1.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	272	429
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.61	£22.58
Average hourly rate	£21.13	£24.42
% change on same period last year	-13.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.66	£26.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.50	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-9.09 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Consultant across the West Midlands region.

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Consultant across the West Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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.

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
Birmingham	-3	74	£408	-2.83 %
Shropshire	+2	29	£464	+44.27 %
Warwickshire	-5	22	£448	+2.77 %
Staffordshire	-3	17	£350	-6.66 %
Coventry	-18	12	-	-
Herefordshire	+22	11	£575	+94.91 %
Worcestershire	-1	2	£525	-
Wolverhampton	-	1	-	-
Dudley	-5	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 220 (37.74 %) SAP 2 69 (11.84 %) Finance 3 50 (8.576 %) Migration 4 46 (7.890 %) Government 5 45 (7.719 %) Oracle 6 43 (7.376 %) SQL 6 43 (7.376 %) CRM 7 42 (7.204 %) SQL Server 8 36 (6.175 %) Business Intelligence 9 31 (5.317 %) BusinessObjects 9 31 (5.317 %) Business Objects 10 29 (4.974 %) SAP FI 11 28 (4.803 %) SAP CO 11 28 (4.803 %) NHS 11 28 (4.803 %) Data Migration

12 27 (4.631 %) Microsoft 12 27 (4.631 %) SAP FI/CO 13 26 (4.460 %) SAP CRM 13 26 (4.460 %) Datawarehouse 14 24 (4.117 %) SQL Server 2005 14 24 (4.117 %) Pensions 15 23 (3.945 %) Active Directory 16 22 (3.774 %) .NET 16 22 (3.774 %) Windows 16 22 (3.774 %) SAP HR 16 22 (3.774 %) Security Cleared 17 21 (3.602 %) SAP SD 18 20 (3.431 %) Logistics 19 18 (3.087 %) Business Analysis 19 18 (3.087 %) SAP Implementation

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 22 (3.774 %) .NET 2 16 (2.744 %) ASP.NET 3 11 (1.887 %) WebServices 3 11 (1.887 %) XML 4 9 (1.544 %) J2EE 5 7 (1.201 %) HTML 6 5 (0.858 %) Middleware 7 4 (0.686 %) CSS 7 4 (0.686 %) WCF 7 4 (0.686 %) SAP XI 7 4 (0.686 %) LAMP 8 3 (0.515 %) Windows SharePoint Services 8 3 (0.515 %) XSLT 8 3 (0.515 %) XHTML 9 2 (0.343 %) EDI 9 2 (0.343 %) ADO.NET 9 2 (0.343 %) ASP 9 2 (0.343 %) XSD 9 2 (0.343 %) XSL 9 2 (0.343 %) Hibernate	Application Platforms 1 10 (1.715 %) SharePoint 2 9 (1.544 %) BizTalk Server 3 8 (1.372 %) MS Exchange 3 8 (1.372 %) NetWeaver 4 6 (1.029 %) Lotus Notes 5 5 (0.858 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 5 (0.858 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 3 (0.515 %) Lotus Domino 6 3 (0.515 %) IIS 7 2 (0.343 %) SAS 7 2 (0.343 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 2 (0.343 %) Office Project Server 7 2 (0.343 %) SharePoint Portal Server 8 1 (0.172 %) ESB 8 1 (0.172 %) Oracle Workflow 8 1 (0.172 %) WPS 8 1 (0.172 %) CICS 8 1 (0.172 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 8 (1.372 %) MS Excel 2 6 (1.029 %) MS Project 3 3 (0.515 %) MS Office 3 3 (0.515 %) Spreadsheet 4 2 (0.343 %) CA Clarity 4 2 (0.343 %) InfoPath 5 1 (0.172 %) ArcView 5 1 (0.172 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 29 (4.974 %) SAP FI 2 28 (4.803 %) SAP CO 3 27 (4.631 %) SAP FI/CO 4 26 (4.460 %) SAP CRM 5 22 (3.774 %) SAP HR 6 21 (3.602 %) SAP SD 7 11 (1.887 %) SAP MM 8 9 (1.544 %) SAP MDM 9 8 (1.372 %) SAP APO 9 8 (1.372 %) SAP SRM 10 6 (1.029 %) SAP R/3 10 6 (1.029 %) SAP PP 10 6 (1.029 %) Oracle EBS 11 5 (0.858 %) SAP Payroll 12 4 (0.686 %) Oracle Financials 12 4 (0.686 %) Navision 13 3 (0.515 %) Oracle Applications 13 3 (0.515 %) SAP PM 13 3 (0.515 %) Dynamics CRM 13 3 (0.515 %) SAP EHS
Communications & Networking 1 6 (1.029 %) Firewall 1 6 (1.029 %) Network Security 2 5 (0.858 %) Internet 2 5 (0.858 %) LAN 2 5 (0.858 %) SAN 3 3 (0.515 %) VPN 4 2 (0.343 %) SSL 4 2 (0.343 %) LDAP 4 2 (0.343 %) Intranet 4 2 (0.343 %) TACACS 4 2 (0.343 %) Cisco IOS 5 1 (0.172 %) Extranet 5 1 (0.172 %) MPLS 5 1 (0.172 %) IPCC 5 1 (0.172 %) Symposium 5 1 (0.172 %) IP Telephony 5 1 (0.172 %) Nortel Meridian 5 1 (0.172 %) NGN 5 1 (0.172 %) CTI 5 1 (0.172 %) SMTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 42 (7.204 %) SQL Server 2 31 (5.317 %) BusinessObjects 3 26 (4.460 %) Datawarehouse 4 24 (4.117 %) SQL Server 2005 5 16 (2.744 %) BusinessObjects XI 5 16 (2.744 %) SAP BW 6 14 (2.401 %) SAP BI 7 12 (2.058 %) ETL 7 12 (2.058 %) OLAP 8 10 (1.715 %) SQL Server 2000 8 10 (1.715 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 10 (1.715 %) BODI 9 9 (1.544 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 10 8 (1.372 %) SQL Server Integration Services 10 8 (1.372 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 11 5 (0.858 %) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence 12 4 (0.686 %) SQL Server 7 12 4 (0.686 %) Crystal Reports 12 4 (0.686 %) RDBMS 12 4 (0.686 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 5 (0.858 %) Visual Studio 2 1 (0.172 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.172 %) Eclipse 2 1 (0.172 %) NUnit	General 1 69 (11.84 %) Finance 2 46 (7.890 %) Government 3 24 (4.117 %) Pensions 4 17 (2.916 %) Manufacturing 5 15 (2.573 %) Health 6 14 (2.401 %) Local Government 7 11 (1.887 %) Retail 8 10 (1.715 %) Financial Institution 8 10 (1.715 %) Telecoms 9 9 (1.544 %) Automotive 9 9 (1.544 %) Education 9 9 (1.544 %) Legal 10 5 (0.858 %) FMCG 11 4 (0.686 %) Billing 11 4 (0.686 %) Insurance 12 3 (0.515 %) Marketing 13 2 (0.343 %) General Ledger 13 2 (0.343 %) Police 13 2 (0.343 %) Construction 14 1 (0.172 %) Law
Miscellaneous 1 28 (4.803 %) NHS 2 13 (2.230 %) RMADS 3 7 (1.201 %) Mainframe 4 5 (0.858 %) AS400 4 5 (0.858 %) Taxonomies 4 5 (0.858 %) French Language 5 4 (0.686 %) IBM Mainframe 5 4 (0.686 %) Web 2.0 5 4 (0.686 %) Data Extraction 5 4 (0.686 %) Data Integration 6 3 (0.515 %) E-Learning 6 3 (0.515 %) W3C 7 2 (0.343 %) Thin Client 7 2 (0.343 %) PKI 7 2 (0.343 %) Fat Client 8 1 (0.172 %) Statistics 8 1 (0.172 %) Data Protection Act 8 1 (0.172 %) SCADA 8 1 (0.172 %) Client/Server 8 1 (0.172 %) Foreign Exchange (FX)	Operating Systems 1 22 (3.774 %) Windows 2 14 (2.401 %) UNIX 3 10 (1.715 %) Windows 2000 4 8 (1.372 %) AIX 5 7 (1.201 %) Windows XP 6 5 (0.858 %) Solaris 7 3 (0.515 %) Linux 7 3 (0.515 %) Windows Server 2003 8 2 (0.343 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.172 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 50 (8.576 %) Migration 2 43 (7.376 %) CRM 3 36 (6.175 %) Business Intelligence 4 28 (4.803 %) Data Migration 5 22 (3.774 %) Security Cleared 6 20 (3.431 %) Logistics 7 18 (3.087 %) Business Analysis 7 18 (3.087 %) SAP Implementation 8 16 (2.744 %) SC Cleared 8 16 (2.744 %) Project Management 9 15 (2.573 %) Performance Management 10 13 (2.230 %) Stakeholder Management 11 12 (2.058 %) ITIL 12 11 (1.887 %) Risk Assessment 12 11 (1.887 %) Information Security 13 10 (1.715 %) Change Management 13 10 (1.715 %) Data Security 14 9 (1.544 %) Workflow 15 8 (1.372 %) PRINCE2 16 7 (1.201 %) ERP	Programming Languages 1 43 (7.376 %) SQL 2 15 (2.573 %) C# 2 15 (2.573 %) Java 3 13 (2.230 %) PL/SQL 4 11 (1.887 %) ABAP 5 10 (1.715 %) C 6 7 (1.201 %) JavaScript 7 4 (0.686 %) PHP 8 3 (0.515 %) RPG 8 3 (0.515 %) COBOL 8 3 (0.515 %) VBA 8 3 (0.515 %) VB 9 2 (0.343 %) Transact-SQL 9 2 (0.343 %) Shell Script 10 1 (0.172 %) JCL 10 1 (0.172 %) Jython 10 1 (0.172 %) LotusScript 10 1 (0.172 %) Korn 10 1 (0.172 %) SAS Macro 10 1 (0.172 %) VBScript
Qualifications 1 12 (2.058 %) CISSP 2 8 (1.372 %) Degree 3 6 (1.029 %) Microsoft Certification 4 5 (0.858 %) MCSE 5 4 (0.686 %) Citrix Certification 6 3 (0.515 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 3 (0.515 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 7 2 (0.343 %) CIMA 7 2 (0.343 %) Cisco Certification 8 1 (0.172 %) CCEA 8 1 (0.172 %) CCNP 8 1 (0.172 %) CCNA 8 1 (0.172 %) CCDA 8 1 (0.172 %) MBA 8 1 (0.172 %) CCSA 8 1 (0.172 %) CCSE 8 1 (0.172 %) ACCA 8 1 (0.172 %) CIPFA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (2.230 %) BS7799 1 13 (2.230 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 11 (1.887 %) PCI DSS 3 9 (1.544 %) QA 4 7 (1.201 %) SLA 5 3 (0.515 %) ISO9001 6 2 (0.343 %) ISO17799 6 2 (0.343 %) ISO9000 6 2 (0.343 %) ISO27001 7 1 (0.172 %) WAI
System Software 1 23 (3.945 %) Active Directory 2 4 (0.686 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 2 (0.343 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 1 (0.172 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 4 1 (0.172 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.172 %) NetBackup 4 1 (0.172 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 4 (0.686 %) Tivoli 2 3 (0.515 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 3 2 (0.343 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 2 (0.343 %) Legato 3 2 (0.343 %) CONTROL-M 3 2 (0.343 %) EMC NetWorker 3 2 (0.343 %) SCCM 4 1 (0.172 %) ServiceCenter 4 1 (0.172 %) MIMEsweeper 4 1 (0.172 %) MAILsweeper 4 1 (0.172 %) CiscoWorks 4 1 (0.172 %) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors 1 220 (37.74 %) SAP 2 45 (7.719 %) Oracle 3 31 (5.317 %) Business Objects 4 27 (4.631 %) Microsoft 5 16 (2.744 %) IBM 6 14 (2.401 %) Cognos 7 10 (1.715 %) Cisco 8 9 (1.544 %) HP 8 9 (1.544 %) VMware 9 6 (1.029 %) Citrix 9 6 (1.029 %) Lotus 10 5 (0.858 %) Hyperion 10 5 (0.858 %) Remedy 10 5 (0.858 %) Brocade 11 4 (0.686 %) Novell 12 3 (0.515 %) CheckPoint 12 3 (0.515 %) Geac 12 3 (0.515 %) Sun 12 3 (0.515 %) Infor 12 3 (0.515 %) Symantec