The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire 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 17 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 Hampshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 21 11 18
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 125 130 134
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 8.075% 8.110% 7.243%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.663% 8.621% 7.741%
Number of daily rates quoted 75 67 60
Average daily rate £380 £388 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.93% -8.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £265 £329
10% offered a daily rate of more than £505 £525 £528
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Average hourly rate £37.50 £41.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.63% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.71%
All Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1443 1508 1731
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 93.22% 94.07% 93.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 795 700 725
Average daily rate £350 £355 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 162 221 241
Average hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-19.54% -22.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.49 £11.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £40.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hampshire 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 Hampshire region.

Hampshire Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Southampton +12 19 £500 +53.84%
Basingstoke -14 18 £420 +5.00%
Portsmouth +5 7 £375 -
Gosport +5 4 £354 -
Winchester 0 4 £376 -
Eastleigh +3 3 £375 -
Aldershot -6 3 £380 -
Fareham +9 2 £288 -23.33%
Havant +5 2 £338 -
Andover +3 2 £375 +7.14%
Farnborough +1 1 - -
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 69 (32.39%) Oracle
2 38 (17.84%) Finance
3 37 (17.37%) Security Cleared
4 36 (16.90%) Windows
5 34 (15.96%) SAP
6 31 (14.55%) Oracle EBS
7 29 (13.62%) SC Cleared
8 27 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
8 27 (12.68%) Microsoft
9 26 (12.21%) Migration
10 24 (11.27%) VMware
10 24 (11.27%) Oracle 11g
11 22 (10.33%) Linux
12 21 (9.859%) Oracle BI EE
13 20 (9.390%) Data Warehouse
13 20 (9.390%) HP
14 19 (8.920%) VMware Infrastructure
14 19 (8.920%) Oracle EBS R12
15 18 (8.451%) Retail
15 18 (8.451%) SQL
16 16 (7.512%) SQL Server
17 15 (7.042%) MS Excel
18 14 (6.573%) Active Directory
19 13 (6.103%) Informatica
19 13 (6.103%) AIX
19 13 (6.103%) Management Information System
20 12 (5.634%) SharePoint
20 12 (5.634%) ETL
20 12 (5.634%) Java
20 12 (5.634%) ITIL

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire 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 7 (3.286%) .NET
2 4 (1.878%) SAML
3 3 (1.408%) Middleware
3 3 (1.408%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.408%) COM
4 2 (0.939%) J2EE
4 2 (0.939%) XML
4 2 (0.939%) WebSphere
4 2 (0.939%) Web Dynpro
4 2 (0.939%) HTML
5 1 (0.469%) SAP Smart Forms
5 1 (0.469%) BAPI
5 1 (0.469%) SAP Basis
5 1 (0.469%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.469%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.469%) Application Packaging
5 1 (0.469%) Software Packaging
5 1 (0.469%) jQuery
5 1 (0.469%) Oracle Fusion
5 1 (0.469%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 12 (5.634%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.817%) IIS
3 4 (1.878%) Apache
3 4 (1.878%) MS Exchange
3 4 (1.878%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.408%) SAS
4 3 (1.408%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (1.408%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.408%) GlassFish
4 3 (1.408%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (0.939%) Lync
5 2 (0.939%) Oracle UPK
5 2 (0.939%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (0.469%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.469%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.469%) WebSphere Process Server
6 1 (0.469%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.469%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.469%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.469%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 15 (7.042%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.939%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (0.939%) MS Office
3 1 (0.469%) Office 365
3 1 (0.469%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.469%) SPSS
3 1 (0.469%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 31 (14.55%) Oracle EBS
2 19 (8.920%) Oracle EBS R12
3 11 (5.164%) Remedy ITSM
4 9 (4.225%) SAP FI
5 8 (3.756%) Oracle HRMS
6 7 (3.286%) SAP FI/CO
6 7 (3.286%) SAP CO
7 5 (2.347%) SAP MM
8 4 (1.878%) Oracle iProcurement
8 4 (1.878%) Oracle Payroll
9 3 (1.408%) Oracle Financials
10 2 (0.939%) SAP HR
10 2 (0.939%) SAP SD
10 2 (0.939%) Maximo
10 2 (0.939%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.939%) SAP Retail
10 2 (0.939%) Dynamics NAV
10 2 (0.939%) Google Analytics
10 2 (0.939%) SAP FI-GL
11 1 (0.469%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.225%) ATM
2 8 (3.756%) LAN
3 7 (3.286%) WAN
4 5 (2.347%) SAN
5 4 (1.878%) IPsec
5 4 (1.878%) FTP
5 4 (1.878%) LDAP
5 4 (1.878%) SSL
5 4 (1.878%) Unified Communications
6 3 (1.408%) HTTP
6 3 (1.408%) Firewall
6 3 (1.408%) Wireless
6 3 (1.408%) MPLS
7 2 (0.939%) SS7
7 2 (0.939%) 2G
7 2 (0.939%) SIGTRAN
7 2 (0.939%) HSPA
7 2 (0.939%) LTE
7 2 (0.939%) NAS
7 2 (0.939%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (11.27%) Oracle 11g
2 21 (9.859%) Oracle BI EE
3 20 (9.390%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (7.512%) SQL Server
5 11 (5.164%) Oracle Reports
6 9 (4.225%) Oracle 8/8i
7 7 (3.286%) OLTP
7 7 (3.286%) Oracle 10g
7 7 (3.286%) SAP BW
7 7 (3.286%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (3.286%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 7 (3.286%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 7 (3.286%) QlikView
8 5 (2.347%) SQL Server 2005
8 5 (2.347%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (1.878%) Oracle OWB
10 3 (1.408%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.939%) BusinessObjects
11 2 (0.939%) OLAP
11 2 (0.939%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (3.286%) QuickTest Pro
1 7 (3.286%) Rational Performance Tester
2 6 (2.817%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (1.878%) LoadRunner
4 3 (1.408%) JMeter
4 3 (1.408%) Selenium
5 1 (0.469%) Ant
5 1 (0.469%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.469%) NUnit
5 1 (0.469%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.469%) Moq
5 1 (0.469%) Hudson
General
1 38 (17.84%) Finance
2 18 (8.451%) Retail
3 12 (5.634%) Marketing
4 10 (4.695%) Telecoms
5 9 (4.225%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.408%) Billing
7 2 (0.939%) Local Government
8 1 (0.469%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.469%) Banking
8 1 (0.469%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.469%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 13 (6.103%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.756%) CMDB
3 4 (1.878%) Open Source
4 3 (1.408%) CESG
4 3 (1.408%) CESG CLAS
4 3 (1.408%) SaaS
4 3 (1.408%) Digital Media
5 2 (0.939%) Mathematics
5 2 (0.939%) Handset
5 2 (0.939%) Replication
5 2 (0.939%) Clustering
6 1 (0.469%) IVR
6 1 (0.469%) RMADS
6 1 (0.469%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (0.469%) LPAR
6 1 (0.469%) Inversion of Control
6 1 (0.469%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 36 (16.90%) Windows
2 22 (10.33%) Linux
3 13 (6.103%) AIX
4 11 (5.164%) UNIX
5 10 (4.695%) Solaris
6 7 (3.286%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.878%) Windows XP
7 4 (1.878%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (1.408%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (1.408%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.939%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.939%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.469%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.469%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (12.68%) Business Intelligence
2 26 (12.21%) Migration
3 12 (5.634%) ETL
3 12 (5.634%) ITIL
3 12 (5.634%) Continuous Improvement
3 12 (5.634%) Analytics
4 11 (5.164%) Project Management
4 11 (5.164%) Performance Testing
5 10 (4.695%) CRM
5 10 (4.695%) ERP
5 10 (4.695%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (4.225%) Data Analysis
7 8 (3.756%) Agile Software Development
7 8 (3.756%) Data Migration
7 8 (3.756%) Marketing Analytics
8 7 (3.286%) Dimensional Modelling
8 7 (3.286%) Test Scripting
9 6 (2.817%) Asset Management
9 6 (2.817%) Automated Testing
9 6 (2.817%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 18 (8.451%) SQL
2 12 (5.634%) Java
3 7 (3.286%) Perl
4 4 (1.878%) PHP
4 4 (1.878%) PL/SQL
4 4 (1.878%) C#
5 3 (1.408%) C
5 3 (1.408%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.408%) Korn
6 2 (0.939%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.939%) ABAP
6 2 (0.939%) Python
6 2 (0.939%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.469%) Jython
7 1 (0.469%) VBA
7 1 (0.469%) XPath
7 1 (0.469%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (17.37%) Security Cleared
2 29 (13.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.878%) HP AIS
4 3 (1.408%) CCIE
4 3 (1.408%) ISEB
4 3 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.408%) ISEB Practitioner
5 2 (0.939%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 2 (0.939%) CCNP
5 2 (0.939%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.469%) VCP5
6 1 (0.469%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.469%) Degree
6 1 (0.469%) SAP Certification
6 1 (0.469%) IBM Certification
6 1 (0.469%) ACCA
6 1 (0.469%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.408%) QA
2 1 (0.469%) JSP 440
2 1 (0.469%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.469%) SLA
2 1 (0.469%) TickIT
2 1 (0.469%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 19 (8.920%) VMware Infrastructure
2 14 (6.573%) Active Directory
3 9 (4.225%) vSphere
4 5 (2.347%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.878%) XenApp
6 3 (1.408%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.408%) Shibboleth
7 2 (0.939%) VMware Server
8 1 (0.469%) Nmap
8 1 (0.469%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 1 (0.469%) XenServer
8 1 (0.469%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (5.164%) HP Quality Center
2 6 (2.817%) HP SIM
3 3 (1.408%) Oracle Identity Management
3 3 (1.408%) Tivoli
3 3 (1.408%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 3 (1.408%) Control-M
4 2 (0.939%) SCOM
4 2 (0.939%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.469%) HP UCMDB
5 1 (0.469%) CiscoWorks
5 1 (0.469%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.469%) Netcool
5 1 (0.469%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 69 (32.39%) Oracle
2 34 (15.96%) SAP
3 27 (12.68%) Microsoft
4 24 (11.27%) VMware
5 20 (9.390%) HP
6 13 (6.103%) Informatica
7 12 (5.634%) IBM
8 11 (5.164%) BMC
8 11 (5.164%) Remedy
9 10 (4.695%) Siebel
10 8 (3.756%) Citrix
11 7 (3.286%) Cisco
12 6 (2.817%) NetApp
13 4 (1.878%) Juniper
14 3 (1.408%) Red Hat
14 3 (1.408%) Primavera
14 3 (1.408%) Capita
15 2 (0.939%) Google
15 2 (0.939%) Hyperion
15 2 (0.939%) Dell
Havant, Hampshire
Our client are looking for an experienced Oracle Financials Package Solutions Consultant for an initial 6 month contract based in Havant, Hampshire. The ideal candidate will have a...
Experis IT
Rate: £300 - £375 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Hampshire
Essential technical skills: * Advanced Windows 2008 Server skills * Active Directory and Group Policy design and implmentation * Citrix XenApp 5/6.5 * VMWare VSphere 4/5 * IIS 7 * A...
Experis IT
Rate: £275 - £300 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hook, Hampshire
The Senior Consultant will have strong Information Assurance experience and will be expected to support and deliver Information Assurance and IT Security services directly to clients... You will...
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 13 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
The successful Engineering Consultant/Technical Solution Designer (VMWare - Microsoft Server solutions - Linux) will need to have a broad understanding of networking, change management and development tools and techniques.
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £400 - £450 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
The Senior Consultant - Information Assurance will be expected to support and deliver Information Assurance and IT Security services directly to our clients... He/she will have at least...
ANSON MCCADE
Rate: From £450 to £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Hyperion Planning Consultant (EPM)My client is searching for a well seasoned Hyperion Planning Consultant (EPM) who will be responsible for the Hyperion Planning Administration across their applications...
Rate: £450 - £525 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
Systems Consultant required Hampshire My client based in Hampshire is looking for System Consultant for a contract position. They are planning to replace the legacy, bespoke payroll application...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Southampton, South East
Our excited, class leading client are planning to replace their legacy, bespoke payroll application with a new global process and application, either as an in-house or outsourced...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £350 per annum + negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013