The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the East Sussex 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 Sussex 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 20 33 23
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -10
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 11 8 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 4.701% 2.500% 3.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.955% 2.548% 3.191%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 4
Average daily rate £535 £400 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.75% +3.22%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £27.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
222 314 188
As % of all contract IT jobs located in East Sussex 94.87% 98.13% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 155 116
Average daily rate £363 £375 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.33% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £200 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £500 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 26 8
Average hourly rate £17.00 £22.00 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-22.72% +62.96%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £13.30 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.50 £175.00 £20.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 Sussex region.

East Sussex Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
Brighton +5 6 £535 +33.75%
Hove +1 1 £535 +29.69%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 5 (33.33%) NHS
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (20.00%) Data Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Alfresco
3 2 (13.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Social Media
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Taxonomies
3 2 (13.33%) MDX
3 2 (13.33%) QA
3 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 2 (13.33%) Content Management
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (13.33%) MS Office
3 2 (13.33%) C
3 2 (13.33%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) CRM
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
3 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (13.33%) Documentum
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) IBM
3 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Sussex 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 (13.33%) MDX
2 1 (6.667%) SAP Basis
2 1 (6.667%) Middleware
2 1 (6.667%) Mason
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Alfresco
1 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
1 2 (13.33%) Documentum
1 2 (13.33%) FileNet
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (13.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (13.33%) EDRMS
3 1 (6.667%) SAP BW
General
1 2 (13.33%) Legal
2 1 (6.667%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (13.33%) Social Media
2 2 (13.33%) Taxonomies
3 1 (6.667%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Migration
2 3 (20.00%) Project Management
2 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Management
2 3 (20.00%) Data Validation
2 3 (20.00%) Validation
3 2 (13.33%) Dimensional Modelling
3 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Process Improvement
3 2 (13.33%) Content Management
3 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (13.33%) CRM
3 2 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma
4 1 (6.667%) Business Analysis
4 1 (6.667%) Performance Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Load Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Stress Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) C
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) IBM
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
1 2 (13.33%) EMC
1 2 (13.33%) McKesson
1 2 (13.33%) Open Text
1 2 (13.33%) Kofax
2 1 (6.667%) SAP
2 1 (6.667%) Salesforce.com