The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional 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 Functional 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Consultant
Rank - 31 -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 0 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff - 0.455% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.485% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £700 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Cardiff
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
153 206 220
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cardiff 93.29% 93.64% 96.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 92 121 133
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 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £495 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 9 10
Average hourly rate £17.00 £14.25 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.29% +18.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.88 £14.00 £9.17
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £15.50 £100.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Functional Consultant
South Wales

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff Functional Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle ASCP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Functional 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 Functional Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP