The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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
Technical Consultant
Rank 320 345 380
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 202 227 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.486% 0.426% 0.356%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.526% 0.460% 0.384%
Number of daily rates quoted 100 125 94
Average daily rate £425 £425 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £310 £316
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
Average hourly rate - £16.50 £47.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -65.26%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -52.85%
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%
Technical Consultant
UK

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Technical Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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 +27 93 £450 -2.70%
South East +3 41 £408 -5.23%
South West +33 21 £463 +2.77%
North West +17 11 £418 +21.45%
West Midlands +5 9 £313 +19.04%
East Midlands +2 9 £475 +35.71%
Yorkshire +4 8 £345 -13.75%
East of England +10 5 £401 -8.80%
North East +9 1 £375 -33.33%
Midlands 0 1 - -
Technical Consultant
UK

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 73 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.44%) Oracle
2 70 (19.44%) Windows
3 63 (17.50%) Finance
4 53 (14.72%) VMware
4 53 (14.72%) SQL
5 47 (13.06%) Java
5 47 (13.06%) Migration
6 46 (12.78%) Linux
7 41 (11.39%) UNIX
8 38 (10.56%) CRM
9 35 (9.722%) HP
9 35 (9.722%) SAP
10 33 (9.167%) VMware Infrastructure
11 32 (8.889%) MS Exchange
12 30 (8.333%) Security Cleared
13 29 (8.056%) SC Cleared
13 29 (8.056%) Citrix
14 28 (7.778%) Business Intelligence
15 27 (7.500%) SQL Server
16 25 (6.944%) Windows Server 2008
16 25 (6.944%) Workflow
16 25 (6.944%) Banking
17 24 (6.667%) SCOM
18 23 (6.389%) XML
18 23 (6.389%) SharePoint
18 23 (6.389%) vSphere
19 22 (6.111%) Cisco
20 21 (5.833%) PL/SQL
20 21 (5.833%) SAN

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 23 (6.389%) XML
2 16 (4.444%) .NET
2 16 (4.444%) Web Services
3 15 (4.167%) J2EE
4 7 (1.944%) WebSphere
5 6 (1.667%) HTML5
5 6 (1.667%) ASP.NET
5 6 (1.667%) Spring
6 5 (1.389%) Application Packaging
7 4 (1.111%) SAML
7 4 (1.111%) JSP
7 4 (1.111%) XSLT
7 4 (1.111%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.833%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.833%) Web Dynpro
8 3 (0.833%) Ajax
8 3 (0.833%) JMS
8 3 (0.833%) HTML
8 3 (0.833%) JDBC
8 3 (0.833%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 32 (8.889%) MS Exchange
2 23 (6.389%) SharePoint
3 18 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 16 (4.444%) SAS
5 14 (3.889%) Lync
6 12 (3.333%) Apache
7 11 (3.056%) Tomcat
8 9 (2.500%) WebLogic
9 7 (1.944%) SharePoint 2010
10 6 (1.667%) Exchange Server 2003
11 5 (1.389%) Oracle Workflow
11 5 (1.389%) Exchange Server 2007
12 3 (0.833%) FileNet
12 3 (0.833%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.833%) SAP Portal
13 2 (0.556%) WebSphere MQ
13 2 (0.556%) WebSphere Application Server
13 2 (0.556%) Oracle Spatial
13 2 (0.556%) TIBCO EMS
14 1 (0.278%) CMS
Applications
1 18 (5.000%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.389%) Office 365
3 2 (0.556%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.556%) MS Office
4 1 (0.278%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.278%) InfoPath
4 1 (0.278%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.278%) Acrobat
4 1 (0.278%) S-PLUS
Business Applications
1 14 (3.889%) Dynamics CRM
2 11 (3.056%) Oracle EBS R12
2 11 (3.056%) Oracle Retail
3 7 (1.944%) SAP IS-U
4 5 (1.389%) SAP CRM
4 5 (1.389%) SAP HCM
4 5 (1.389%) Oracle Financials
5 4 (1.111%) Agresso
5 4 (1.111%) SAP HR
5 4 (1.111%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (1.111%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (1.111%) Oracle Applications
6 3 (0.833%) JDE World
7 2 (0.556%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.556%) Oracle 11i
7 2 (0.556%) Dynamics SL
7 2 (0.556%) Maximo
8 1 (0.278%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.278%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 1 (0.278%) SAP FI-GL
Communications & Networking
1 21 (5.833%) SAN
2 14 (3.889%) Firewall
3 12 (3.333%) WAN
4 11 (3.056%) LAN
5 9 (2.500%) Wireless
6 8 (2.222%) NAS
7 7 (1.944%) TCP/IP
8 6 (1.667%) Internet
8 6 (1.667%) SSL
9 5 (1.389%) LDAP
10 4 (1.111%) VPN
10 4 (1.111%) HTTP
10 4 (1.111%) IPsec
11 3 (0.833%) DNS
11 3 (0.833%) DHCP
11 3 (0.833%) Cisco ASA
12 2 (0.556%) Cisco Nexus
12 2 (0.556%) Radio Access Network
12 2 (0.556%) Fibre Channel
12 2 (0.556%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.500%) SQL Server
2 13 (3.611%) DB2
3 10 (2.778%) Oracle BI EE
4 9 (2.500%) SAP BW
5 7 (1.944%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (1.667%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (1.389%) Oracle 10g
7 5 (1.389%) SQL Server 2008
8 4 (1.111%) Oracle Reports
8 4 (1.111%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (0.833%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 3 (0.833%) Crystal Reports
9 3 (0.833%) EDRMS
9 3 (0.833%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.833%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.833%) Big Data
10 2 (0.556%) MarkLogic
10 2 (0.556%) NoSQL
10 2 (0.556%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.556%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 8 (2.222%) JUnit
2 6 (1.667%) Mercurial
2 6 (1.667%) ClearCase
3 5 (1.389%) JMeter
3 5 (1.389%) Eclipse
3 5 (1.389%) LoadRunner
3 5 (1.389%) MSI
4 4 (1.111%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.833%) Maven
5 3 (0.833%) Rational Rose
6 2 (0.556%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.556%) EasyMock
6 2 (0.556%) Ant
6 2 (0.556%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.556%) jMock
7 1 (0.278%) Oracle APEX
7 1 (0.278%) PeopleTools
7 1 (0.278%) OpenDeploy
7 1 (0.278%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 63 (17.50%) Finance
2 25 (6.944%) Banking
3 17 (4.722%) Retail
4 12 (3.333%) Telecoms
5 6 (1.667%) Billing
6 4 (1.111%) Financial Institution
6 4 (1.111%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.833%) Advertising
7 3 (0.833%) General Ledger
7 3 (0.833%) Investment Banking
7 3 (0.833%) Marketing
8 2 (0.556%) Automotive
9 1 (0.278%) Law
9 1 (0.278%) Legal
9 1 (0.278%) Publishing
9 1 (0.278%) French Language
9 1 (0.278%) German Language
9 1 (0.278%) Wholesale Banking
9 1 (0.278%) Back Office
9 1 (0.278%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.500%) Clustering
1 9 (2.500%) SaaS
2 7 (1.944%) CMDB
2 7 (1.944%) Computer Science
3 6 (1.667%) Mainframe
3 6 (1.667%) Management Information System
3 6 (1.667%) Thin Client
3 6 (1.667%) Fat Client
4 5 (1.389%) E-Learning
4 5 (1.389%) Mathematics
4 5 (1.389%) LPAR
4 5 (1.389%) Open Source
5 3 (0.833%) PACS
5 3 (0.833%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.833%) Data Integration
5 3 (0.833%) SWIFT
5 3 (0.833%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.556%) Telematics
6 2 (0.556%) Blackberry
6 2 (0.556%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 70 (19.44%) Windows
2 46 (12.78%) Linux
3 41 (11.39%) UNIX
4 25 (6.944%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (4.167%) Windows Server 2003
5 15 (4.167%) Solaris
6 12 (3.333%) HPUX
7 11 (3.056%) AIX
7 11 (3.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 10 (2.778%) Windows XP
9 8 (2.222%) Windows 7
10 6 (1.667%) Windows Vista
10 6 (1.667%) SUSE
11 5 (1.389%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.556%) zOS
13 1 (0.278%) Nucleus RTOS
13 1 (0.278%) Windows 2000
13 1 (0.278%) Mac OS X
13 1 (0.278%) Android
13 1 (0.278%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (13.06%) Migration
2 38 (10.56%) CRM
3 28 (7.778%) Business Intelligence
4 25 (6.944%) Workflow
5 14 (3.889%) ITIL
6 13 (3.611%) Project Management
7 11 (3.056%) Use Case
7 11 (3.056%) ETL
7 11 (3.056%) PRINCE2
7 11 (3.056%) Analytics
8 9 (2.500%) ERP
8 9 (2.500%) Configuration Management
8 9 (2.500%) ITSM
9 8 (2.222%) E-Commerce
9 8 (2.222%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (1.944%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (1.944%) Data Migration
10 7 (1.944%) System Testing
10 7 (1.944%) Technical Architecture
10 7 (1.944%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 53 (14.72%) SQL
2 47 (13.06%) Java
3 21 (5.833%) PL/SQL
4 18 (5.000%) C
5 12 (3.333%) JavaScript
6 11 (3.056%) C++
7 8 (2.222%) PowerShell
7 8 (2.222%) C#
7 8 (2.222%) VB
7 8 (2.222%) ABAP
8 7 (1.944%) VBScript
9 6 (1.667%) R
9 6 (1.667%) Perl
10 5 (1.389%) XPath
10 5 (1.389%) PHP
10 5 (1.389%) Shell Script
11 4 (1.111%) RPG
12 3 (0.833%) VBA
13 2 (0.556%) RPG/400
13 2 (0.556%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 30 (8.333%) Security Cleared
2 29 (8.056%) SC Cleared
3 11 (3.056%) Degree
4 8 (2.222%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.667%) MCSE
5 6 (1.667%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.389%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 5 (1.389%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.111%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.833%) CCNP
8 3 (0.833%) CCNA
9 2 (0.556%) VCP5
9 2 (0.556%) VCP4
9 2 (0.556%) PMP
9 2 (0.556%) PMI Certification
9 2 (0.556%) MCITP
10 1 (0.278%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.278%) CCDA
10 1 (0.278%) MCSA
10 1 (0.278%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (2.500%) QA
2 6 (1.667%) SLA
3 1 (0.278%) HL7
3 1 (0.278%) DICOM
3 1 (0.278%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.278%) Solvency II
System Software
1 33 (9.167%) VMware Infrastructure
2 23 (6.389%) vSphere
3 20 (5.556%) Active Directory
4 9 (2.500%) Hyper-V
4 9 (2.500%) XenDesktop
5 7 (1.944%) Microsoft App-V
6 6 (1.667%) XenApp
7 5 (1.389%) Veritas Cluster Server
8 4 (1.111%) UAG
8 4 (1.111%) ISA Server
9 3 (0.833%) Forefront TMG
9 3 (0.833%) Shibboleth
10 2 (0.556%) vCloud
10 2 (0.556%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.278%) VMware ESX
11 1 (0.278%) Novell eDirectory
11 1 (0.278%) Xen
11 1 (0.278%) XenServer
11 1 (0.278%) IAG
11 1 (0.278%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 24 (6.667%) SCOM
2 17 (4.722%) SCCM
3 14 (3.889%) MOM
4 12 (3.333%) Tivoli
4 12 (3.333%) Unicenter
5 9 (2.500%) BMC PATROL
6 8 (2.222%) HP SIM
6 8 (2.222%) Netcool
7 5 (1.389%) Backup Exec
7 5 (1.389%) Veritas Storage Foundation
7 5 (1.389%) WMI
8 3 (0.833%) NetBackup
9 2 (0.556%) Control-M
10 1 (0.278%) SCVMM
10 1 (0.278%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.278%) WSUS
10 1 (0.278%) Nagios
10 1 (0.278%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 1 (0.278%) Norton AntiVirus
10 1 (0.278%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 73 (20.28%) Microsoft
2 70 (19.44%) Oracle
3 53 (14.72%) VMware
4 35 (9.722%) HP
4 35 (9.722%) SAP
5 29 (8.056%) Citrix
6 22 (6.111%) Cisco
7 16 (4.444%) Siebel
7 16 (4.444%) Red Hat
8 15 (4.167%) NetApp
9 14 (3.889%) Dell
10 9 (2.500%) JDA
11 8 (2.222%) BMC
11 8 (2.222%) IBM
12 7 (1.944%) CA
12 7 (1.944%) Juniper
12 7 (1.944%) Veritas
12 7 (1.944%) Symantec
13 6 (1.667%) F5
13 6 (1.667%) TIBCO
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GSA Techsource
Rate: GBP295 per day
Posted: 8 May 2013
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Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Rate: GBP400 to GBP425 per day
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South East
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Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Rate: From £400 to £450 per day all inclusive
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Rate: £1 per day + neg
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Posted: 8 May 2013
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