The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 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 City of London 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
Business Consultant
Rank 189 199 218
Rank change year-on-year
+10 +19
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 14 19 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.219% 0.242% 0.276%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.238% 0.264% 0.300%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 18
Average daily rate £510 £475 £470
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.36% +1.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £373 £410 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £630 £545 £600
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5894 7192 8993
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 92.40% 91.44% 91.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 4333 5169 6545
Average daily rate £450 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £275 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 186 197
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +2.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £133.00 £41.28 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
London

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Consultant across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Business Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Business Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Marketing
3 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (14.71%) Business Objects
4 4 (11.76%) Change Management
4 4 (11.76%) SAP
5 3 (8.824%) CRM
5 3 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
5 3 (8.824%) Financial Institution
5 3 (8.824%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.824%) Legal
6 2 (5.882%) Tableau
6 2 (5.882%) Derivative
6 2 (5.882%) Business Transformation
6 2 (5.882%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 2 (5.882%) Credit Risk
6 2 (5.882%) Market Risk
6 2 (5.882%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (5.882%) Digital Marketing
6 2 (5.882%) Banking
6 2 (5.882%) Retail
6 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
6 2 (5.882%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
6 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (5.882%) Process Management
6 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
6 2 (5.882%) Workflow
6 2 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
6 2 (5.882%) Identity Management

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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.

Application Development
1 1 (2.941%) JSP
1 1 (2.941%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.941%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (2.941%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Project
2 1 (2.941%) PowerPivot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Endur
2 1 (2.941%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.941%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (2.941%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.882%) CTI
2 1 (2.941%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.824%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (5.882%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (5.882%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.941%) SAP BI
3 1 (2.941%) SAP BW
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (2.941%) BusinessObjects XI
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 13 (38.24%) Finance
2 7 (20.59%) Marketing
3 3 (8.824%) Financial Institution
3 3 (8.824%) Legal
4 2 (5.882%) Banking
4 2 (5.882%) Retail
4 2 (5.882%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.941%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.941%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.882%) Derivative
1 2 (5.882%) Credit Risk
1 2 (5.882%) Market Risk
2 1 (2.941%) NHS
2 1 (2.941%) iPad
2 1 (2.941%) SWIFT
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (11.76%) Change Management
3 3 (8.824%) CRM
3 3 (8.824%) Risk Management
4 2 (5.882%) Business Transformation
4 2 (5.882%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (5.882%) Business Analysis
4 2 (5.882%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 2 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (5.882%) Process Management
4 2 (5.882%) Workflow
4 2 (5.882%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (5.882%) Identity Management
4 2 (5.882%) Project Management
5 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.941%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.941%) Data Modelling
5 1 (2.941%) SOA
5 1 (2.941%) ETL
5 1 (2.941%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.882%) SQL
2 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) MCSD
1 1 (2.941%) MCDBA
1 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (2.941%) MBA
1 1 (2.941%) MCITP
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
1 1 (2.941%) BC Cleared
1 1 (2.941%) DV Cleared
1 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (5.882%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Business Objects
2 4 (11.76%) SAP
3 3 (8.824%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.882%) Tableau
4 2 (5.882%) OpenLink
4 2 (5.882%) Siebel
4 2 (5.882%) Oracle
5 1 (2.941%) JDA
5 1 (2.941%) IBM
5 1 (2.941%) Northgate
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