The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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
Senior Consultant
Rank 186 204 239
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 17 14 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.266% 0.178% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.288% 0.195% 0.067%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 10 5
Average daily rate £525 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £375 £505
10% offered a daily rate of more than £675 £555 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +17.64%
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%
Senior Consultant
London

Senior Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Senior Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Consultant across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Senior Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Senior Consultant across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title.

1 10 (34.48%) SAP
2 6 (20.69%) FMCG
3 5 (17.24%) Banking
3 5 (17.24%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (17.24%) SAP BI
4 3 (10.34%) SAP Implementation
4 3 (10.34%) SAP MM
4 3 (10.34%) Pega
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (10.34%) SAP SD
4 3 (10.34%) IBM
4 3 (10.34%) Oracle
5 2 (6.897%) Java
5 2 (6.897%) CISSP
5 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (6.897%) Juniper
5 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
5 2 (6.897%) Middleware
5 2 (6.897%) Project Management
5 2 (6.897%) PRINCE
5 2 (6.897%) TIBCO
5 2 (6.897%) Six Sigma
5 2 (6.897%) Information Security
5 2 (6.897%) CISA
5 2 (6.897%) CISM
5 2 (6.897%) Legal
5 2 (6.897%) Information Security Management
5 2 (6.897%) Security Management
5 2 (6.897%) Risk Management

Senior 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 Senior 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 Senior Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) Middleware
1 2 (6.897%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.448%) Spring
2 1 (3.448%) Hibernate
2 1 (3.448%) SAP Basis
2 1 (3.448%) J2EE
2 1 (3.448%) JSP
2 1 (3.448%) Servlets
2 1 (3.448%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.448%) Lync
1 1 (3.448%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP MM
1 3 (10.34%) SAP SD
2 1 (3.448%) TIBCO iProcess
2 1 (3.448%) SAP Retail
2 1 (3.448%) Endur
2 1 (3.448%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (3.448%) SAP APO
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.448%) MPLS
1 1 (3.448%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) SAP BI
2 1 (3.448%) SAP BW
General
1 5 (17.24%) Banking
1 5 (17.24%) Finance
2 2 (6.897%) Legal
2 2 (6.897%) Telecoms
3 1 (3.448%) Retail
3 1 (3.448%) Investment Banking
3 1 (3.448%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (20.69%) FMCG
2 1 (3.448%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.448%) SaaS
2 1 (3.448%) IaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (10.34%) SAP Implementation
2 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2
3 2 (6.897%) Project Management
3 2 (6.897%) PRINCE
3 2 (6.897%) Six Sigma
3 2 (6.897%) Information Security
3 2 (6.897%) Information Security Management
3 2 (6.897%) Security Management
3 2 (6.897%) Risk Management
3 2 (6.897%) Information Assurance
3 2 (6.897%) Computer Security
3 2 (6.897%) Lean Six Sigma
4 1 (3.448%) Data Migration
4 1 (3.448%) Business Analysis
4 1 (3.448%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (3.448%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (3.448%) ETRM
4 1 (3.448%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.897%) Java
2 1 (3.448%) VB
2 1 (3.448%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (6.897%) CISSP
1 2 (6.897%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 2 (6.897%) CISA
1 2 (6.897%) CISM
1 2 (6.897%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.897%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (6.897%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.448%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.448%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Pega
2 3 (10.34%) IBM
2 3 (10.34%) Oracle
3 2 (6.897%) Juniper
3 2 (6.897%) TIBCO
3 2 (6.897%) Fortinet
4 1 (3.448%) SolarWinds
4 1 (3.448%) 3PAR
4 1 (3.448%) VMware
4 1 (3.448%) OpenLink
4 1 (3.448%) JDA
4 1 (3.448%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.448%) HP
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