The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 57 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Support Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.306% 0.104% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.321% 0.111% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £350 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £26.25 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-52.38% +61.53%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
623 904 810
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 95.26% 93.87% 95.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 318 397 343
Average daily rate £400 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £247 £217
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 37 87 105
Average hourly rate £17.47 £22.00 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.59% +29.41%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £37.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Support Consultant
East of England

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Support Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Discoverer
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle