The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Chester 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 24 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 Chester 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Functional Consultant
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 1.439% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.515% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £50.70 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Chester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
132 112 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Chester 94.96% 95.73% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 39 50
Average daily rate £325 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £156 £238 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £451 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 1 6
Average hourly rate £40.00 £50.00 £45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £50.00 £10.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £50.00 £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
Cheshire

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Functional Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle HRMS
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle