The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Cardiff 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 22 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 Cardiff 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Consultant
Rank 27 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 0.538% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.575% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
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
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
174 216 228
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 93.55% 95.15% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 128 137
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £175 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 £500 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 9 9
Average hourly rate £17.60 £14.25 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+23.50% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.72 £14.00 £10.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £15.50 £103.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
South Wales

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff Business Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Xcelsius
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Xcelsius
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP BW
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (50.00%) Data Management
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) SAP