The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London 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 21 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 Docklands, 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 24 26 54
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +28
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 6 6 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 3.448% 2.740% 1.363%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.614% 3.030% 1.465%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
Average daily rate £500 £503 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.49% -8.63%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
166 198 546
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 95.40% 90.41% 93.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 127 263
Average daily rate £475 £488 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.56% -11.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £350 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 £27.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+63.63% +44.73%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
London

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
2 3 (42.86%) UNIX
2 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Equities
3 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Derivative
3 2 (28.57%) JIRA
3 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (28.57%) QA
3 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
3 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
3 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
3 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (28.57%) Confluence
4 1 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
4 1 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
4 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
4 1 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
4 1 (14.29%) Java
4 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 1 (14.29%) LDAP
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) IBM
4 1 (14.29%) Active Directory

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Confluence
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LDAP
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Investment Banking
2 3 (42.86%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
3 1 (14.29%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Equities
1 2 (28.57%) Derivative
2 1 (14.29%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Regression Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Test Scripting
1 2 (28.57%) Automated Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Asset Management
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Management
2 1 (14.29%) Cash Management
2 1 (14.29%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) Shell Script
2 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 1 (14.29%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Tivoli Directory Server
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) Tivoli
1 2 (28.57%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (14.29%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Business Objects
1 1 (14.29%) IBM