The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Functional 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 Leeds 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
Functional Consultant
Rank 71 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 1 9 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 0.132% 1.011% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.139% 1.066% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 0
Average daily rate - £475 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
All Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
718 844 580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 94.85% 94.83% 95.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 377 482 272
Average daily rate £300 £335 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.44% -1.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £200 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £460 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 48 45
Average hourly rate £12.50 £12.75 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.96% -15.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.50 £10.00 £6.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.25 £35.60 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Functional Consultant
West Yorkshire

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Functional Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

1 3 (50.00%) Billing
1 3 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (33.33%) Hyperion
2 2 (33.33%) NHS
2 2 (33.33%) GAAP
2 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (33.33%) CCAB
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 3 (50.00%) SAP IS-U
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle Reports
1 2 (33.33%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle BI EE
1 2 (33.33%) Oracle 11g
General
1 3 (50.00%) Billing
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
1 2 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (16.67%) Business Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) GAAP
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) SAP
2 2 (33.33%) Hyperion