The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Livingston 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 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 Livingston 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
Consultant
Rank - 10 3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 0 1 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Livingston - 2.381% 16.07%
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.778% 19.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
Average daily rate - - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
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
Livingston
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
35 36 47
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Livingston 100.00% 85.71% 83.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 21 24
Average daily rate £360 £325 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -23.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £150 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £17.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
West Lothian

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Livingston 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 Livingston region.

Livingston Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Livingston 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 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
1 1 (50.00%) Altiris
1 1 (50.00%) Netezza
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Livingston 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Business Objects
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Symantec
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
1 1 (50.00%) Altiris
1 1 (50.00%) Netezza