The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 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 advertised for the Berkshire region.

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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Consultant
Rank 118 132 117
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 3 6 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.125% 0.190% 0.595%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.137% 0.209% 0.660%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 16
Average daily rate £350 £388 £430
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.67% -9.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2185 2877 2728
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 91.00% 91.30% 90.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 902 1030 1038
Average daily rate £363 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 126 188
Average hourly rate £24.50 £19.00 £30.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.94% -37.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
South East

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Business Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Consultant across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Consultant across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire Business Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Reading +11 1 £350 -13.84%
Business Consultant
South East

Business Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
3 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
3 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
3 2 (33.33%) 3G
3 2 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (16.67%) BS25999
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (16.67%) ETL
4 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (16.67%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (83.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Business Continuity
1 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
1 2 (33.33%) Lean Six Sigma
1 2 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 2 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Dimensional Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) ETL
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) BS25999
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle