The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire 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 12 12 19
Rank change year-on-year
0 +7
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 23 14 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 10.90% 6.542% 6.466%
As % of the Job Titles category 11.44% 7.107% 6.757%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 10 8
Average daily rate £443 £400 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.62% -2.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £429 £330 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £529 £555 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £32.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
201 197 222
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 95.26% 92.06% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 50 60
Average daily rate £325 £313 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -0.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £150 £190
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £520 £515
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 31 32
Average hourly rate £13.00 £11.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -66.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £8.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicester +1 14 £550 +51.72%
Hinckley - 3 - -
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 19 (70.37%) SAP
2 13 (48.15%) SAP IS-U
3 11 (40.74%) CRM
4 3 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 3 (11.11%) SAP CRM
4 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
4 3 (11.11%) Billing
4 3 (11.11%) SAP HCM
5 2 (7.407%) Migration
5 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
5 2 (7.407%) ERP
5 2 (7.407%) Finance
5 2 (7.407%) Time Management
6 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.704%) Xcelsius
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (3.704%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (3.704%) Cash Management
6 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
6 1 (3.704%) Online Marketing
6 1 (3.704%) SaaS
6 1 (3.704%) Social Media
6 1 (3.704%) Search Engine Marketing
6 1 (3.704%) Google Analytics
6 1 (3.704%) Email Marketing
6 1 (3.704%) LSMW
6 1 (3.704%) General Ledger
6 1 (3.704%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (3.704%) Google
6 1 (3.704%) Dynamics AX

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 1 (3.704%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.704%) SAS
Business Applications
1 13 (48.15%) SAP IS-U
2 3 (11.11%) SAP CRM
2 3 (11.11%) SAP HCM
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (3.704%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.704%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (3.704%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.704%) SAP CO
3 1 (3.704%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (3.704%) SAP HR
3 1 (3.704%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.704%) Xcelsius
3 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 1 (3.704%) LSMW
General
1 3 (11.11%) Billing
2 2 (7.407%) Finance
3 1 (3.704%) General Ledger
3 1 (3.704%) Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.704%) Advertising
3 1 (3.704%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.704%) SaaS
1 1 (3.704%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.704%) Windows 7
1 1 (3.704%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) CRM
2 2 (7.407%) Migration
2 2 (7.407%) ERP
2 2 (7.407%) Time Management
3 1 (3.704%) Data Migration
3 1 (3.704%) Cash Management
3 1 (3.704%) Online Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) Search Engine Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) Email Marketing
3 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce
3 1 (3.704%) E-business
3 1 (3.704%) SEO
3 1 (3.704%) OO
3 1 (3.704%) Analytics
3 1 (3.704%) Social Media Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.704%) ABAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 19 (70.37%) SAP
2 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
3 1 (3.704%) Google
3 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.704%) Oracle