The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Epsom 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 Epsom 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 - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Epsom - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Epsom
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
13 15 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Epsom 100.00% 100.00% 79.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 7
Average daily rate £350 £600 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-41.66% +84.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £290 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 2
Average hourly rate £11.00 £30.00 £10.15
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-63.33% +195.56%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Surrey

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Epsom 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 Epsom region.

Epsom Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom 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 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (60.00%) Web Services
2 3 (60.00%) XML
2 3 (60.00%) XSD
2 3 (60.00%) XSL
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
2 3 (60.00%) C#
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) SalesLogix
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Sage
3 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (40.00%) Silverlight
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
4 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (20.00%) DNA
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Epsom 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 3 (60.00%) .NET
1 3 (60.00%) Web Services
1 3 (60.00%) XML
1 3 (60.00%) XSD
1 3 (60.00%) XSL
2 2 (40.00%) Silverlight
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (60.00%) SalesLogix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) NetScreen
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 1 (20.00%) Wealth Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) DNA
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Sage
3 1 (20.00%) Blue Coat
3 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
3 1 (20.00%) Juniper
3 1 (20.00%) Nokia
3 1 (20.00%) F5