Consultant IT Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited 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 Birmingham 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
Consultant
Rank 4 10 9
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 62 53 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 14.19% 8.466% 12.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 15.23% 8.908% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 13 40
Average daily rate £400 £425 £378
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.88% +12.58%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £263 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £528 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 407 595 468
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 93.14% 95.05% 90.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 202 322 258
Average daily rate £340 £325 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -2.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £220 £183 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £450 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 35 28
Average hourly rate £16.38 £14.00 £13.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+16.96% +7.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.68 £11.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £33.00 £127.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
West Midlands

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Birmingham Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 49 (42.61%) SAP
2 17 (14.78%) Migration
3 14 (12.17%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
4 13 (11.30%) SAP FI
5 12 (10.43%) ABAP
6 11 (9.565%) SAN
7 10 (8.696%) SAP HR
7 10 (8.696%) Data Migration
8 9 (7.826%) Java
8 9 (7.826%) CRM
8 9 (7.826%) Windows
9 8 (6.957%) ERP
9 8 (6.957%) NetWeaver
9 8 (6.957%) IBM
9 8 (6.957%) EMC
9 8 (6.957%) ResourceLink
10 7 (6.087%) Finance
10 7 (6.087%) SAP FI/CO
10 7 (6.087%) SAP CO
10 7 (6.087%) Project Management
10 7 (6.087%) SQL Server
11 6 (5.217%) Business Objects
11 6 (5.217%) Web Services
11 6 (5.217%) XML
11 6 (5.217%) SQL
11 6 (5.217%) UNIX
11 6 (5.217%) Cognos
11 6 (5.217%) Cisco
11 6 (5.217%) SAP APO

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 6 (5.217%) Web Services
1 6 (5.217%) XML
2 5 (4.348%) .NET
3 4 (3.478%) J2EE
3 4 (3.478%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.609%) Ajax
4 3 (2.609%) EDI
4 3 (2.609%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.739%) COM
5 2 (1.739%) JDBC
5 2 (1.739%) SOAP
5 2 (1.739%) JMS
5 2 (1.739%) Middleware
5 2 (1.739%) Web Dynpro
5 2 (1.739%) jQuery
6 1 (0.870%) HTML5
6 1 (0.870%) RESTful
6 1 (0.870%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.870%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.870%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 8 (6.957%) NetWeaver
2 5 (4.348%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.478%) MS Exchange
3 4 (3.478%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (2.609%) Lync
4 3 (2.609%) SharePoint Server
4 3 (2.609%) ESB
4 3 (2.609%) IBM HTTP Server
4 3 (2.609%) WebSphere Process Server
5 2 (1.739%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.739%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.739%) SAP EP
5 2 (1.739%) SAP Portal
6 1 (0.870%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (0.870%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 1 (0.870%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.870%) CMS
6 1 (0.870%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.870%) MQSeries
6 1 (0.870%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 3 (2.609%) InfoPath
1 3 (2.609%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.870%) Office 365
2 1 (0.870%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.870%) Acrobat
2 1 (0.870%) S-PLUS
2 1 (0.870%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.870%) MS Project
2 1 (0.870%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 13 (11.30%) SAP FI
2 10 (8.696%) SAP HR
3 8 (6.957%) ResourceLink
4 7 (6.087%) SAP FI/CO
4 7 (6.087%) SAP CO
5 6 (5.217%) SAP APO
6 5 (4.348%) SAP CRM
6 5 (4.348%) SAP PM
7 3 (2.609%) Google Analytics
7 3 (2.609%) SAP GRC
7 3 (2.609%) SAP PLM
7 3 (2.609%) SAP ERP
7 3 (2.609%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (2.609%) SAP PP
8 2 (1.739%) SAP PS
8 2 (1.739%) SAP SD
8 2 (1.739%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (1.739%) SAP SCM
9 1 (0.870%) SAP xRPM
9 1 (0.870%) SAP cProjects
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.565%) SAN
2 5 (4.348%) NAS
3 3 (2.609%) IPv6
3 3 (2.609%) LAN
3 3 (2.609%) WAN
3 3 (2.609%) HTTP
4 2 (1.739%) FTP
4 2 (1.739%) WLAN
4 2 (1.739%) DNS
4 2 (1.739%) VPN
4 2 (1.739%) Wireless
4 2 (1.739%) Internet
4 2 (1.739%) Extranet
5 1 (0.870%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (0.870%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.870%) VLAN
5 1 (0.870%) MPLS
5 1 (0.870%) Firewall
5 1 (0.870%) LDAP
5 1 (0.870%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.087%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.217%) QlikView
3 5 (4.348%) SAP BI
4 4 (3.478%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (3.478%) SAP BW
5 3 (2.609%) DB2
6 2 (1.739%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.870%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 1 (0.870%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.870%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.870%) BODI
7 1 (0.870%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (2.609%) NWDI
2 2 (1.739%) NWDS
3 1 (0.870%) PhoneGap
3 1 (0.870%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (0.870%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.870%) Serena SBM
3 1 (0.870%) LSMW
3 1 (0.870%) JDeveloper
General
1 7 (6.087%) Finance
2 5 (4.348%) Banking
3 4 (3.478%) Investment Banking
3 4 (3.478%) Corporate Banking
4 3 (2.609%) Retail
4 3 (2.609%) Advertising
5 2 (1.739%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.870%) French Language
6 1 (0.870%) German Language
6 1 (0.870%) Italian Language
6 1 (0.870%) Automotive
6 1 (0.870%) Law
6 1 (0.870%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.217%) Symmetrix
2 4 (3.478%) Replication
3 3 (2.609%) CLARiiON
3 3 (2.609%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.870%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.870%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.870%) Data Integration
4 1 (0.870%) FMCG
4 1 (0.870%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.870%) Clustering
4 1 (0.870%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.826%) Windows
2 6 (5.217%) UNIX
3 3 (2.609%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (2.609%) Linux
4 2 (1.739%) Android
4 2 (1.739%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (1.739%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.870%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.870%) HPUX
5 1 (0.870%) Solaris
5 1 (0.870%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.78%) Migration
2 14 (12.17%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (8.696%) Data Migration
4 9 (7.826%) CRM
5 8 (6.957%) ERP
6 7 (6.087%) Project Management
7 6 (5.217%) Business Analysis
8 5 (4.348%) Workflow
9 4 (3.478%) GAP Analysis
10 3 (2.609%) Business Transformation
10 3 (2.609%) Analytics
10 3 (2.609%) Release Management
10 3 (2.609%) User Acceptance Testing
10 3 (2.609%) Fund Management
10 3 (2.609%) Wealth Management
10 3 (2.609%) Project Planning
10 3 (2.609%) Pay per click
10 3 (2.609%) Content Management
10 3 (2.609%) Web Analytics
10 3 (2.609%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.43%) ABAP
2 9 (7.826%) Java
3 6 (5.217%) SQL
4 4 (3.478%) C#
5 2 (1.739%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.739%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.870%) Jython
6 1 (0.870%) SAPscript
6 1 (0.870%) Pascal
6 1 (0.870%) PowerHouse
6 1 (0.870%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.870%) C
6 1 (0.870%) Perl
6 1 (0.870%) C++
6 1 (0.870%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 4 (3.478%) Security Cleared
2 3 (2.609%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.609%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (2.609%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (2.609%) MCSE
3 2 (1.739%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.739%) CCNP
3 2 (1.739%) CCNA
3 2 (1.739%) MCITP
4 1 (0.870%) VCP4
4 1 (0.870%) Degree
4 1 (0.870%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.870%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.739%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.739%) QA
2 1 (0.870%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (3.478%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.609%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.609%) SRDF
3 1 (0.870%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.870%) XenApp
3 1 (0.870%) XenServer
3 1 (0.870%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.870%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (2.609%) EMC TimeFinder
1 3 (2.609%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 1 (0.870%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 49 (42.61%) SAP
2 14 (12.17%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.957%) IBM
3 8 (6.957%) EMC
4 6 (5.217%) Business Objects
4 6 (5.217%) Cognos
4 6 (5.217%) Cisco
5 5 (4.348%) HP
6 4 (3.478%) Sybase
6 4 (3.478%) Symantec
6 4 (3.478%) Citrix
7 3 (2.609%) Sencha
7 3 (2.609%) Google
7 3 (2.609%) VMware
7 3 (2.609%) Red Hat
7 3 (2.609%) Oracle
8 2 (1.739%) NetApp
8 2 (1.739%) Serena
8 2 (1.739%) Northgate
8 2 (1.739%) Tripwire
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