The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Exeter 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 Exeter 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 17 16 22
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 6 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 5.882% 3.509% 1.205%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.122% 3.846% 1.235%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.64% -
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
Exeter
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
98 52 81
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Exeter 96.08% 91.23% 97.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 29 38
Average daily rate £325 £419 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-22.43% +44.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £225 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £650 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 11
Average hourly rate £19.39 £16.25 £29.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.32% -44.91%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Devon

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Exeter Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Exeter Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
1 4 (36.36%) Remedy
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
1 4 (36.36%) CMDB
1 4 (36.36%) Remedy ITSM
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) Solaris
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Web Services
3 2 (18.18%) XML
3 2 (18.18%) SLA
3 2 (18.18%) Cisco
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (18.18%) BMC
3 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
3 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (18.18%) Firewall
3 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
3 2 (18.18%) vSphere
3 2 (18.18%) FalconStor
3 2 (18.18%) Fat Client

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Exeter 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 2 (18.18%) Web Services
1 2 (18.18%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) ClearQuest
General
1 1 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) CMDB
2 2 (18.18%) Thin Client
2 2 (18.18%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (36.36%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Solaris
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) ITSM
2 3 (27.27%) PRINCE2
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) Process Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (9.091%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (36.36%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (18.18%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (9.091%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Remedy
1 4 (36.36%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
2 2 (18.18%) Cisco
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) BMC
2 2 (18.18%) CheckPoint
2 2 (18.18%) FalconStor
3 1 (9.091%) SAP