Functional Consultant Contracts in Cheshire
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire 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 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 Cheshire 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
Functional Consultant
Rank 55 63 67
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 7 3 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.958% 0.376% 0.505%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.053% 0.412% 0.554%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 0
Average daily rate £425 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £51.39 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 665 729 902
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 90.97% 91.35% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 378 494
Average daily rate £375 £345 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.69% -1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £488 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 20 35
Average hourly rate £38.25 £25.00 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+53.00% +61.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £34.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
North West

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Functional Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Functional Consultant within the Cheshire 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
Chester - 2 - -
Warrington -4 1 £400 -
Functional Consultant
North West

Functional Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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 9 (56.25%) SAP
2 7 (43.75%) Open Text
2 7 (43.75%) Oracle
2 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
2 7 (43.75%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (31.25%) Oracle Applications
3 5 (31.25%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (31.25%) Finance
4 4 (25.00%) PL/SQL
4 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (18.75%) SAP HR
5 3 (18.75%) SAP FI-AP
5 3 (18.75%) Local Government
6 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
7 1 (6.250%) LiveLink
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle HRMS
7 1 (6.250%) Change Management
7 1 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (6.250%) Supply Chain Management
7 1 (6.250%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
7 1 (6.250%) SAP FI
7 1 (6.250%) SAP WM
7 1 (6.250%) Legal
7 1 (6.250%) Migration

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) LiveLink
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle Application Server
Business Applications
1 7 (43.75%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle Applications
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (18.75%) Oracle Financials
3 3 (18.75%) SAP HR
3 3 (18.75%) SAP FI-AP
4 2 (12.50%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (6.250%) SAP FI
5 1 (6.250%) SAP WM
5 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (6.250%) SAP CO
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Local Government
3 1 (6.250%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Test Scripting
2 3 (18.75%) PRINCE2
3 1 (6.250%) Change Management
3 1 (6.250%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (6.250%) Supply Chain Management
3 1 (6.250%) Supplier Management
3 1 (6.250%) Migration
3 1 (6.250%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 4 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 4 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.250%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) SAP
2 7 (43.75%) Open Text
2 7 (43.75%) Oracle
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