The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Consultant
Rank 424 433 443
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 89 126 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.214% 0.236% 0.228%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.232% 0.255% 0.246%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 75 71
Average daily rate £500 £475 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £365
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £600 £725
UK excluding London average daily rate £475 £500 £425
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +17.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38421 49352 52077
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.41% 92.53% 92.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 22588 27902 28893
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £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 1983 2412 2765
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 £11.21 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.86 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Consultant
UK

Senior Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Senior Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Senior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Senior Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Senior Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the England 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
London +25 59 £525 +12.90%
South East +4 12 £476 -4.75%
West Midlands +12 6 £475 +5.55%
South West +26 3 £475 +5.55%
North West +13 3 £525 +7.69%
Yorkshire +3 3 - -
East Midlands -7 3 £475 -5.00%
East of England +13 1 £400 -15.78%
Senior Consultant
UK

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 61 (30.96%) SAP
2 37 (18.78%) Finance
3 24 (12.18%) Oracle
4 20 (10.15%) Windows
5 19 (9.645%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (9.137%) Banking
7 17 (8.629%) Microsoft
8 14 (7.107%) CRM
8 14 (7.107%) SQL
9 12 (6.091%) Citrix
9 12 (6.091%) VMware
10 11 (5.584%) Migration
10 11 (5.584%) Project Management
11 10 (5.076%) SAP FI
11 10 (5.076%) PRINCE2
11 10 (5.076%) SharePoint
11 10 (5.076%) Analytics
11 10 (5.076%) Security Cleared
12 9 (4.569%) HP
12 9 (4.569%) NHS
12 9 (4.569%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (4.569%) SAP CO
12 9 (4.569%) SAP FI/CO
13 8 (4.061%) SAP Basis
13 8 (4.061%) Telecoms
13 8 (4.061%) SAP BW
13 8 (4.061%) SAN
13 8 (4.061%) EMC
13 8 (4.061%) Java
13 8 (4.061%) QA

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 8 (4.061%) SAP Basis
2 7 (3.553%) .NET
3 5 (2.538%) Spring
3 5 (2.538%) J2EE
3 5 (2.538%) Middleware
4 4 (2.030%) WDK
4 4 (2.030%) Java EE
5 3 (1.523%) Web Services
6 2 (1.015%) HTML
6 2 (1.015%) MDX
6 2 (1.015%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.508%) Kendo UI
7 1 (0.508%) HTML5
7 1 (0.508%) Memcached
7 1 (0.508%) Visualforce
7 1 (0.508%) Mason
7 1 (0.508%) Application Packaging
7 1 (0.508%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.508%) CSS
7 1 (0.508%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 10 (5.076%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.030%) NetWeaver
2 4 (2.030%) Documentum
2 4 (2.030%) MSMQ
2 4 (2.030%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.030%) Captiva
3 3 (1.523%) Lync
4 2 (1.015%) WorkSite
5 1 (0.508%) Exchange Server 2013
5 1 (0.508%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.508%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.508%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (0.508%) nginx
5 1 (0.508%) Apache
5 1 (0.508%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 5 (2.538%) MS Excel
2 4 (2.030%) MS Office
3 1 (0.508%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.508%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.508%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.508%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 10 (5.076%) SAP FI
2 9 (4.569%) SAP CO
2 9 (4.569%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (3.046%) SAP SD
4 4 (2.030%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (2.030%) SAP MM
4 4 (2.030%) SAP APO
5 3 (1.523%) SAP BPC
5 3 (1.523%) SAP HR
5 3 (1.523%) SAP WM
5 3 (1.523%) SAP CRM
5 3 (1.523%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (1.015%) BusinessWorks
6 2 (1.015%) SAP Retail
6 2 (1.015%) TIBCO iProcess
7 1 (0.508%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.508%) SAP GTS
7 1 (0.508%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.508%) SAP FI-AP
7 1 (0.508%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.061%) SAN
2 7 (3.553%) Firewall
3 4 (2.030%) Intranet
3 4 (2.030%) VPN
3 4 (2.030%) Network Security
4 3 (1.523%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (1.523%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.523%) SSL
4 3 (1.523%) DNS
5 2 (1.015%) MPLS
5 2 (1.015%) Internet
5 2 (1.015%) VoIP
5 2 (1.015%) SMTP
5 2 (1.015%) VLAN
5 2 (1.015%) BIG-IP
6 1 (0.508%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.508%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.508%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.508%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.508%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.061%) SAP BW
2 7 (3.553%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (3.553%) SAP BI
3 6 (3.046%) Oracle BI EE
4 5 (2.538%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 5 (2.538%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.030%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (2.030%) SQL Server
5 4 (2.030%) Oracle 11g
5 4 (2.030%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.523%) SQL Server 2008
6 3 (1.523%) DB2
6 3 (1.523%) OLTP
6 3 (1.523%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (1.015%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.508%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 1 (0.508%) MySQL
8 1 (0.508%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.508%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.508%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 4 (2.030%) QuickTest Pro
1 4 (2.030%) Selenium
2 1 (0.508%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.508%) NWDI
2 1 (0.508%) ERwin
General
1 37 (18.78%) Finance
2 18 (9.137%) Banking
3 8 (4.061%) Telecoms
3 8 (4.061%) Marketing
4 7 (3.553%) Investment Banking
4 7 (3.553%) Legal
5 5 (2.538%) Retail
6 4 (2.030%) Automotive
6 4 (2.030%) Local Government
7 3 (1.523%) Back Office
7 3 (1.523%) Law
8 2 (1.015%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.508%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (0.508%) German Language
9 1 (0.508%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.508%) Front Office
9 1 (0.508%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.508%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.569%) NHS
2 7 (3.553%) FMCG
3 6 (3.046%) Clustering
4 3 (1.523%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.523%) Open Source
5 2 (1.015%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.015%) Smartcard
5 2 (1.015%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.015%) Derivative
5 2 (1.015%) Fat Client
5 2 (1.015%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (1.015%) Social Media
6 1 (0.508%) Mobile Payment
6 1 (0.508%) IaaS
6 1 (0.508%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.508%) SaaS
6 1 (0.508%) EqualLogic
6 1 (0.508%) SWIFT
6 1 (0.508%) Visualisation
6 1 (0.508%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.15%) Windows
2 6 (3.046%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (2.030%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (2.030%) Linux
4 3 (1.523%) UNIX
5 2 (1.015%) AIX
5 2 (1.015%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.508%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.508%) CentOS
6 1 (0.508%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.508%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.508%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.508%) Solaris
6 1 (0.508%) FreeBSD
6 1 (0.508%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.508%) Fedora
6 1 (0.508%) SUSE
6 1 (0.508%) Debian
6 1 (0.508%) OpenBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (9.645%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (7.107%) CRM
3 11 (5.584%) Migration
3 11 (5.584%) Project Management
4 10 (5.076%) PRINCE2
4 10 (5.076%) Analytics
5 9 (4.569%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (3.553%) Business Analysis
6 7 (3.553%) ITIL
6 7 (3.553%) Data Modelling
7 6 (3.046%) Document Management
7 6 (3.046%) Data Management
8 5 (2.538%) Test Automation
8 5 (2.538%) Data Migration
8 5 (2.538%) SAP Implementation
8 5 (2.538%) Data Analysis
8 5 (2.538%) ERP
8 5 (2.538%) Six Sigma
9 4 (2.030%) Change Management
9 4 (2.030%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.107%) SQL
2 8 (4.061%) Java
3 3 (1.523%) ABAP
4 2 (1.015%) VBA
5 1 (0.508%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.508%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.508%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.508%) VB
5 1 (0.508%) PHP
5 1 (0.508%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.508%) C
5 1 (0.508%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (5.076%) Security Cleared
2 8 (4.061%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.046%) ISEB
3 6 (3.046%) ISTQB
3 6 (3.046%) Degree
4 3 (1.523%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.015%) CISA
5 2 (1.015%) CISM
5 2 (1.015%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.015%) CISSP
5 2 (1.015%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.015%) CCA
5 2 (1.015%) MCSE
5 2 (1.015%) MCP
6 1 (0.508%) VCP5
6 1 (0.508%) ISACA
6 1 (0.508%) VCP4
6 1 (0.508%) NCIE
6 1 (0.508%) BC Cleared
6 1 (0.508%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.061%) QA
2 5 (2.538%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.523%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.508%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.508%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.046%) XenDesktop
1 6 (3.046%) SRDF
2 4 (2.030%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.030%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (2.030%) XenApp
2 4 (2.030%) vSphere
3 3 (1.523%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.523%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (1.015%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.508%) vCloud
5 1 (0.508%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.508%) IAG
5 1 (0.508%) UAG
5 1 (0.508%) XenServer
5 1 (0.508%) Squid
5 1 (0.508%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 5 (2.538%) SCCM
2 4 (2.030%) Backup Exec
3 2 (1.015%) Tivoli
3 2 (1.015%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 2 (1.015%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (1.015%) Nagios
3 2 (1.015%) OpenView
3 2 (1.015%) SCOM
3 2 (1.015%) SolarWinds Orion
4 1 (0.508%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 1 (0.508%) HP SIM
4 1 (0.508%) Puppet
4 1 (0.508%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.508%) WSUS
4 1 (0.508%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (0.508%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 61 (30.96%) SAP
2 24 (12.18%) Oracle
3 17 (8.629%) Microsoft
4 12 (6.091%) Citrix
4 12 (6.091%) VMware
5 9 (4.569%) HP
6 8 (4.061%) EMC
7 7 (3.553%) Siebel
7 7 (3.553%) Cisco
8 6 (3.046%) Informatica
8 6 (3.046%) Sybase
9 4 (2.030%) Juniper
9 4 (2.030%) NetApp
9 4 (2.030%) IBM
9 4 (2.030%) Fujitsu
9 4 (2.030%) F5
10 3 (1.523%) Pega
10 3 (1.523%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.523%) Brocade
10 3 (1.523%) JDA
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