The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridge 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 17 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 Cambridge 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 26 29 27
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 15 20 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 4.386% 4.785% 2.000%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.886% 5.089% 2.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 4
Average daily rate £345 £388 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.96% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £290 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £468 £459 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £45.00 £37.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.71%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
307 393 245
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridge 89.77% 94.02% 98.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 198 124
Average daily rate £350 £310 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -0.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 51 47
Average hourly rate £35.00 £36.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-3.44% +168.51%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.75 £10.38 £11.78
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £52.50 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Consultant
Cambridgeshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 4 (13.79%) WebSphere
3 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Message Broker
3 3 (10.34%) Hedge funds
3 3 (10.34%) Cryptography
3 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
3 3 (10.34%) BMC
3 3 (10.34%) MPLS
3 3 (10.34%) Information Security
3 3 (10.34%) C#
3 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
3 3 (10.34%) SAP
3 3 (10.34%) UNIX
3 3 (10.34%) Python
3 3 (10.34%) Internet
3 3 (10.34%) Control-M
3 3 (10.34%) Shell Script
3 3 (10.34%) Middleware
4 2 (6.897%) NetApp
4 2 (6.897%) WAN
4 2 (6.897%) SNMP
4 2 (6.897%) Microsoft
4 2 (6.897%) EMC
4 2 (6.897%) Citrix
4 2 (6.897%) Windows
4 2 (6.897%) VMware
4 2 (6.897%) VMware ESX
4 2 (6.897%) Validation
4 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridge 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 4 (13.79%) WebSphere
2 3 (10.34%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.34%) WebLogic
1 3 (10.34%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.448%) Lync
2 1 (3.448%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.448%) MS Exchange
2 1 (3.448%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (3.448%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.448%) SAP SD
1 1 (3.448%) SAP PS
1 1 (3.448%) CODA-Financials
1 1 (3.448%) SAP CRM
1 1 (3.448%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Internet
1 3 (10.34%) MPLS
2 2 (6.897%) WAN
2 2 (6.897%) SNMP
3 1 (3.448%) VPN
3 1 (3.448%) Intranet
3 1 (3.448%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) Data Mart
Development Applications
1 1 (3.448%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.448%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 3 (10.34%) Financial Institution
3 1 (3.448%) Front Office
3 1 (3.448%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (3.448%) Aerospace
3 1 (3.448%) Advertising
3 1 (3.448%) Publishing
3 1 (3.448%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Cryptography
1 3 (10.34%) Hedge funds
2 1 (3.448%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) UNIX
2 2 (6.897%) Windows
3 1 (3.448%) Linux
3 1 (3.448%) Android
3 1 (3.448%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.448%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (10.34%) Information Security
2 2 (6.897%) Validation
2 2 (6.897%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (3.448%) Document Management
3 1 (3.448%) Network Design
3 1 (3.448%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (3.448%) System Testing
3 1 (3.448%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (3.448%) CRM
3 1 (3.448%) ERP
3 1 (3.448%) ETL
3 1 (3.448%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (3.448%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) C#
1 3 (10.34%) Python
1 3 (10.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
2 1 (3.448%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (6.897%) VMware ESX
2 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (10.34%) Control-M
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Oracle
1 3 (10.34%) SAP
1 3 (10.34%) BMC
2 2 (6.897%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.897%) EMC
2 2 (6.897%) Citrix
2 2 (6.897%) NetApp
2 2 (6.897%) VMware
3 1 (3.448%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.448%) CODA
3 1 (3.448%) CommVault
3 1 (3.448%) Cognos
3 1 (3.448%) Cisco
3 1 (3.448%) PeopleSoft