The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex 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 Essex 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 - 44 45
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 0 1 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex - 0.241% 1.276%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.256% 1.348%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -52.85%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
365 391 371
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 90.80% 94.22% 94.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 185 184 168
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 65 58 68
Average hourly rate £28.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.54% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.00 £41.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Consultant
East of England

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

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 Essex region.

Essex Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Compaq
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
1 2 (100.00%) ADIC
1 2 (100.00%) CommVault
1 2 (100.00%) Veritas
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (100.00%) PACS
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Clustering
1 2 (100.00%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) VBScript
1 2 (100.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (100.00%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Oracle
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) HP
1 2 (100.00%) Compaq
1 2 (100.00%) Dell
1 2 (100.00%) ADIC
1 2 (100.00%) CommVault
1 2 (100.00%) Veritas