The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications 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 Edinburgh 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
Application Consultant
Rank 56 62 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 1 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.120% 0.092% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.127% 0.098% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £431 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.44% +23.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 -
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
785 1022 1226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 94.24% 94.02% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 338 508 595
Average daily rate £400 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.67% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £238 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £530
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 36
Average hourly rate £13.93 £23.00 £15.29
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.43% +50.42%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £32.00 £28.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Consultant
Scotland

Applications Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Edinburgh Applications Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (50.00%) XML
2 2 (50.00%) XSL
3 1 (25.00%) Front Office
3 1 (25.00%) Workflow
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Banking
3 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
3 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (25.00%) SSL
3 1 (25.00%) IBM
3 1 (25.00%) REXX
3 1 (25.00%) zOS
3 1 (25.00%) JCL
3 1 (25.00%) Charles River
3 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
3 1 (25.00%) ISPF
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
3 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (25.00%) DataPower
3 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) XML
1 2 (50.00%) XSL
2 1 (25.00%) ISPF
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (25.00%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (25.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Front Office
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mainframe
1 1 (25.00%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
1 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) REXX
2 1 (25.00%) JCL
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) IBM
1 1 (25.00%) Charles River
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