The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the East Anglia 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 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 East Anglia 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
Consultant
Rank 7 - 4
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 0 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia 5.263% - 16.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.263% - 16.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
Average daily rate - - £400
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 £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
East Anglia
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19 56 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Anglia 100.00% 82.35% 98.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 16 28
Average daily rate £300 £425 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.41% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £400 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -23.07%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
East of England

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Anglia 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 East Anglia region.

East Anglia Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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 2 (66.67%) SAP SD
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) System Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
2 1 (33.33%) Finance

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Anglia 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) SAP SD
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (33.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (33.33%) SAP PP
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) System Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) SAP
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle