The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Derbyshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Derbyshire 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 2 8 18
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 33 21 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 20.89% 12.28% 6.918%
As % of the Job Titles category 22.92% 13.46% 7.885%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 11
Average daily rate £450 £413 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% +3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.25 £32.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -2.34%
All Job Titles
Derbyshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
144 156 279
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Derbyshire 91.14% 91.23% 87.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 65 128
Average daily rate £280 £300 £379
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -20.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £115 £225 £88
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £455 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 21 28
Average hourly rate £20.00 £12.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.00% -70.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.60 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £49.10 £65.00 £90.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Derbyshire Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Derbyshire Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Derbyshire Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Derbyshire Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Chesterfield +4 16 £550 - 3
Derby -1 10 £213 -52.77% 1
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 22 (48.89%) SAP
2 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 10 (22.22%) NHS
3 9 (20.00%) Process Management
3 9 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 9 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 8 (17.78%) System Testing
4 8 (17.78%) GAP Analysis
5 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
5 7 (15.56%) Credit Risk
5 7 (15.56%) Market Risk
5 7 (15.56%) Data Mapping
5 7 (15.56%) Migration
6 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
6 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
8 4 (8.889%) Oracle
8 4 (8.889%) SAP Basis
8 4 (8.889%) Capacity Planning
9 3 (6.667%) Advertising
9 3 (6.667%) ERP
9 3 (6.667%) Finance
9 3 (6.667%) DB2
9 3 (6.667%) AIX
9 3 (6.667%) Primavera
10 2 (4.444%) Project Management
10 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
10 2 (4.444%) COM
10 2 (4.444%) C
10 2 (4.444%) ABAP

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (8.889%) SAP Basis
2 2 (4.444%) COM
2 2 (4.444%) .NET
2 2 (4.444%) SAP PI
2 2 (4.444%) SAP CO-PA
3 1 (2.222%) Silverlight
3 1 (2.222%) CAML
3 1 (2.222%) jQuery
3 1 (2.222%) HTML5
3 1 (2.222%) HTML
3 1 (2.222%) CSS
3 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.222%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (2.222%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 1 (2.222%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 2 (4.444%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (2.222%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.222%) SAP BPC
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (2.222%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle SCM
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (2.222%) SAP CRM
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle 11i
2 1 (2.222%) SAP HR
2 1 (2.222%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.444%) Network Security
2 1 (2.222%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.222%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.667%) DB2
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (6.667%) Advertising
1 3 (6.667%) Finance
2 1 (2.222%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.22%) NHS
2 7 (15.56%) Credit Risk
2 7 (15.56%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.222%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.222%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.667%) AIX
2 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (2.222%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (20.00%) Process Management
2 9 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 9 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
3 8 (17.78%) System Testing
3 8 (17.78%) GAP Analysis
4 7 (15.56%) Risk Management
4 7 (15.56%) Data Mapping
4 7 (15.56%) Migration
5 4 (8.889%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (6.667%) ERP
7 2 (4.444%) Project Management
8 1 (2.222%) Lean Six Sigma
8 1 (2.222%) Supplier Management
8 1 (2.222%) Data Migration
8 1 (2.222%) Test Management
8 1 (2.222%) Test Strategy
8 1 (2.222%) ITIL
8 1 (2.222%) CRM
8 1 (2.222%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.444%) C
1 2 (4.444%) ABAP
2 1 (2.222%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
1 6 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.444%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.222%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.222%) QA
1 1 (2.222%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.444%) Snort
2 1 (2.222%) Hyper-V
2 1 (2.222%) XenServer
2 1 (2.222%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.222%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) EMC NetWorker
1 1 (2.222%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (48.89%) SAP
2 5 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.889%) Oracle
4 3 (6.667%) Primavera
5 2 (4.444%) Sourcefire
6 1 (2.222%) ProCurve
6 1 (2.222%) VMware
6 1 (2.222%) HP
6 1 (2.222%) EMC
6 1 (2.222%) Citrix
6 1 (2.222%) Pegasus
6 1 (2.222%) Lotus