West Midlands Senior Consultant Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Andover Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire City of London County Antrim Crawley Dorset East Midlands East of England England Essex Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Knutsford Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Scotland Slough South East South West Southend-on-Sea Staffordshire Surrey Swansea Swindon UK Wales West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wolverhampton Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	123
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	9	10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.012 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	0.292 %	0.305 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£486	£444
% change on same period last year	+9.37 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	3081	3275
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.066 %	3.262 %
Daily rates quoted	782	755
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£320
Average daily rate	£341	£341
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£354
% change on same period last year	+0.35 %
Hourly rates quoted	292	467
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.92	£21.96
Average hourly rate	£20.49	£23.70
% change on same period last year	-13.58 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£22.05	£25.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.68	£25.69
% change on same period last year	-7.85 %
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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 Senior 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 Senior Consultant across the West Midlands region.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 Senior Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 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	+11	3	-	-
Staffordshire	-	1	-	-
Herefordshire	-	1	-	-
Wolverhampton	-8	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

1 6 (28.57 %) SAP 1 6 (28.57 %) Project Management 2 5 (23.81 %) Datawarehouse 3 4 (19.05 %) SAP HR 4 3 (14.29 %) Microsoft 4 3 (14.29 %) MS Project 5 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2005 5 2 (9.524 %) SAP BW 5 2 (9.524 %) Business Intelligence 5 2 (9.524 %) ASP.NET 5 2 (9.524 %) WebServices 5 2 (9.524 %) SQL 5 2 (9.524 %) Transact-SQL 5 2 (9.524 %) .NET 5 2 (9.524 %) C#

5 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 5 2 (9.524 %) IIS 5 2 (9.524 %) SAP Payroll 5 2 (9.524 %) Change Management 5 2 (9.524 %) SAP R/3 6 1 (4.762 %) Blue Coat 6 1 (4.762 %) Spring 6 1 (4.762 %) Firewall 6 1 (4.762 %) Health 6 1 (4.762 %) Migration 6 1 (4.762 %) CheckPoint 6 1 (4.762 %) Hibernate 6 1 (4.762 %) E-Learning 6 1 (4.762 %) Java 6 1 (4.762 %) J2EE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

Application Development 1 2 (9.524 %) ASP.NET 1 2 (9.524 %) WebServices 1 2 (9.524 %) .NET 2 1 (4.762 %) Spring 2 1 (4.762 %) Hibernate 2 1 (4.762 %) J2EE 2 1 (4.762 %) JAAS 2 1 (4.762 %) WS-I	Application Platforms 1 2 (9.524 %) IIS 2 1 (4.762 %) Lotus Notes 2 1 (4.762 %) Lotus Domino 2 1 (4.762 %) MS Exchange
Applications 1 3 (14.29 %) MS Project 2 1 (4.762 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 4 (19.05 %) SAP HR 2 2 (9.524 %) SAP Payroll 2 2 (9.524 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 1 (4.762 %) Firewall 1 1 (4.762 %) SMTP 1 1 (4.762 %) VPN 1 1 (4.762 %) Network Security	Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (23.81 %) Datawarehouse 2 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 2005 2 2 (9.524 %) SAP BW 2 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 3 1 (4.762 %) RDBMS
General 1 1 (4.762 %) Health	Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) E-Learning 1 1 (4.762 %) NHS
Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (28.57 %) Project Management 2 2 (9.524 %) Business Intelligence 2 2 (9.524 %) Change Management 3 1 (4.762 %) Migration 3 1 (4.762 %) Project Planning	Programming Languages 1 2 (9.524 %) SQL 1 2 (9.524 %) Transact-SQL 1 2 (9.524 %) C# 2 1 (4.762 %) Java
Qualifications 1 1 (4.762 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (4.762 %) WAI
System Software 1 1 (4.762 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 1 (4.762 %) MIMEsweeper 1 1 (4.762 %) MAILsweeper
Vendors 1 6 (28.57 %) SAP 2 3 (14.29 %) Microsoft 3 1 (4.762 %) Blue Coat 3 1 (4.762 %) CheckPoint 3 1 (4.762 %) Lotus