IT Consultant Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited IT Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 England 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Consultant
Rank 470 528 527
Rank change year-on-year
+58 -1
Contract jobs requiring an IT Consultant 44 42 37
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.104% 0.077% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.113% 0.084% 0.072%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 23 18
Average daily rate £450 £400 £463
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -13.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £189 £290
10% offered a daily rate of more than £599 £600 £975
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £304 £338
% change year-on-year
+15.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £33.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +371.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £33.00 £7.00
% change year-on-year
- +371.42%
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 39040 50214 51349
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.49% 92.56% 92.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 22971 28392 28508
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2022 2460 2732
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.13 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
IT Consultant
UK

IT Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England IT Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England IT Consultant Daily Rate Trend

IT Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing IT Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England IT Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

IT Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England IT Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

IT Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
London +39 28 £500 -16.66%
North West +12 9 £350 +13.82%
South East +7 3 £288 +4.54%
Yorkshire - 3 £370 -
South West - 1 £350 -
IT Consultant
UK

IT Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title.

1 28 (29.47%) Finance
2 23 (24.21%) Windows
3 16 (16.84%) Information Security
4 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
5 12 (12.63%) MS Exchange
5 12 (12.63%) Banking
6 11 (11.58%) Exchange Server 2010
6 11 (11.58%) CISSP
7 10 (10.53%) MS Excel
7 10 (10.53%) Project Management
8 9 (9.474%) LAN
8 9 (9.474%) Security Cleared
9 8 (8.421%) CISM
9 8 (8.421%) Change Management
9 8 (8.421%) Firewall
10 7 (7.368%) VMware
10 7 (7.368%) Internet
10 7 (7.368%) WAN
10 7 (7.368%) Citrix
10 7 (7.368%) Windows Server 2003
10 7 (7.368%) Active Directory
10 7 (7.368%) Penetration Testing
10 7 (7.368%) MS PowerPoint
10 7 (7.368%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (6.316%) Mobile App
11 6 (6.316%) SC Cleared
11 6 (6.316%) Investment Banking
11 6 (6.316%) Risk Assessment
11 6 (6.316%) HTTP
11 6 (6.316%) CISA

IT Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.158%) HTML
2 2 (2.105%) HTML5
2 2 (2.105%) Apache Flex
2 2 (2.105%) Flash
3 1 (1.053%) OLE
3 1 (1.053%) ASP
3 1 (1.053%) Ajax
3 1 (1.053%) SQLAlchemy
Application Platforms
1 12 (12.63%) MS Exchange
2 11 (11.58%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2007
3 5 (5.263%) Lync
4 3 (3.158%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.158%) IIS
5 2 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (2.105%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.105%) WorkSite
5 2 (2.105%) FileNet
6 1 (1.053%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.053%) Documentum
6 1 (1.053%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 10 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.368%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (5.263%) MS Office
4 2 (2.105%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (2.105%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 1 (1.053%) Maximo
1 1 (1.053%) Adaptiv
1 1 (1.053%) Front Arena
Communications & Networking
1 9 (9.474%) LAN
2 8 (8.421%) Firewall
3 7 (7.368%) Internet
3 7 (7.368%) WAN
4 6 (6.316%) HTTP
5 5 (5.263%) WLAN
6 4 (4.211%) HTTPS
7 3 (3.158%) DNS
7 3 (3.158%) TCP/IP
7 3 (3.158%) SAN
8 2 (2.105%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (2.105%) VLAN
8 2 (2.105%) SMTP
8 2 (2.105%) DHCP
8 2 (2.105%) VPN
8 2 (2.105%) 3G
8 2 (2.105%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (1.053%) MPLS
9 1 (1.053%) Kerberos
9 1 (1.053%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.053%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.053%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.105%) GitHub
1 2 (2.105%) Subversion
1 2 (2.105%) Eclipse
General
1 28 (29.47%) Finance
2 12 (12.63%) Banking
3 6 (6.316%) Investment Banking
3 6 (6.316%) Back Office
4 5 (5.263%) Legal
5 4 (4.211%) Telecoms
5 4 (4.211%) Law
6 3 (3.158%) Marketing
7 2 (2.105%) International Banking
7 2 (2.105%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.053%) Publishing
8 1 (1.053%) German Language
8 1 (1.053%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.316%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.211%) PKI
3 3 (3.158%) Mathematics
4 2 (2.105%) Open Source
4 2 (2.105%) RIA
4 2 (2.105%) Cryptography
4 2 (2.105%) Firmware
4 2 (2.105%) Blackberry
4 2 (2.105%) Mainframe
4 2 (2.105%) E-Learning
4 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.053%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.053%) SCADA
5 1 (1.053%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.053%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.053%) iSeries
5 1 (1.053%) Smart Meter
5 1 (1.053%) SaaS
5 1 (1.053%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 23 (24.21%) Windows
2 7 (7.368%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (7.368%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (4.211%) Windows 7
3 4 (4.211%) Linux
3 4 (4.211%) UNIX
4 3 (3.158%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.053%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.053%) Windows 8
5 1 (1.053%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.84%) Information Security
2 10 (10.53%) Project Management
3 8 (8.421%) Change Management
4 7 (7.368%) Penetration Testing
5 6 (6.316%) Risk Assessment
5 6 (6.316%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (5.263%) Risk Management
6 5 (5.263%) Logistics
7 4 (4.211%) Portfolio Management
7 4 (4.211%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (4.211%) Data Architecture
7 4 (4.211%) Security Testing
7 4 (4.211%) Business Analysis
7 4 (4.211%) CRM
8 3 (3.158%) Security Management
8 3 (3.158%) Migration
8 3 (3.158%) Service Management
8 3 (3.158%) ITIL
8 3 (3.158%) ISMS
8 3 (3.158%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.158%) SQL
1 3 (3.158%) Java
2 2 (2.105%) ActionScript
2 2 (2.105%) Python
2 2 (2.105%) Objective-C
3 1 (1.053%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.053%) Perl
3 1 (1.053%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (11.58%) CISSP
2 9 (9.474%) Security Cleared
3 8 (8.421%) CISM
4 6 (6.316%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.316%) CISA
5 5 (5.263%) DV Cleared
6 4 (4.211%) Degree
6 4 (4.211%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (3.158%) MCSE
7 3 (3.158%) MCITP
8 2 (2.105%) CEH
8 2 (2.105%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (2.105%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (2.105%) MBA
9 1 (1.053%) CCSA
9 1 (1.053%) CCSP
9 1 (1.053%) CCNP
9 1 (1.053%) Check Point Certification
9 1 (1.053%) MCT
9 1 (1.053%) CHFI
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.211%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.158%) SLA
3 2 (2.105%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.053%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.053%) BS7799
System Software
1 7 (7.368%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.211%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.158%) Hyper-V
3 3 (3.158%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (3.158%) UAG
4 1 (1.053%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.053%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (1.053%) XenApp
4 1 (1.053%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (3.158%) SCOM
1 3 (3.158%) McAfee ePO
2 1 (1.053%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (1.053%) WSUS
2 1 (1.053%) SCVMM
2 1 (1.053%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 7 (7.368%) VMware
2 7 (7.368%) Citrix
3 5 (5.263%) Cisco
3 5 (5.263%) IBM
3 5 (5.263%) Juniper
4 4 (4.211%) Twitter
5 3 (3.158%) McAfee
5 3 (3.158%) CommVault
5 3 (3.158%) Q1 Labs
6 2 (2.105%) Sonus
6 2 (2.105%) SolarWinds
6 2 (2.105%) Civica
6 2 (2.105%) Fortinet
6 2 (2.105%) NetApp
6 2 (2.105%) Lotus
6 2 (2.105%) Alcatel-Lucent
6 2 (2.105%) Dell
6 2 (2.105%) Nortel
6 2 (2.105%) Adobe
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