The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business 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 London 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
Business Consultant
Rank 317 338 358
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +20
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 60 77 84
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.277% 0.286% 0.270%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.301% 0.309% 0.292%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 36 37
Average daily rate £500 £450 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £335 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £700 £550 £610
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
19942 24907 28750
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.08% 92.46% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13399 16045 18461
Average daily rate £450 £445 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.12% -6.31%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 450 624 677
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Business Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Business Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Business Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Business Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the London 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
City of London +10 14 £510 +7.36%
Business Consultant
England

Business Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title.

1 38 (30.40%) Finance
2 24 (19.20%) Business Objects
3 21 (16.80%) SAP
4 18 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (12.80%) Marketing
6 14 (11.20%) Banking
6 14 (11.20%) Oracle
6 14 (11.20%) SQL
7 12 (9.600%) Project Management
7 12 (9.600%) Business Analysis
8 11 (8.800%) CRM
9 10 (8.000%) SQL Server
9 10 (8.000%) Change Management
9 10 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
10 9 (7.200%) BusinessObjects
11 8 (6.400%) BusinessObjects XI
11 8 (6.400%) Retail
11 8 (6.400%) Asset Management
11 8 (6.400%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 8 (6.400%) Risk Management
12 7 (5.600%) Front Office
12 7 (5.600%) Fixed Income
12 7 (5.600%) Investment Banking
12 7 (5.600%) Degree
12 7 (5.600%) Business Transformation
13 6 (4.800%) User Acceptance Testing
13 6 (4.800%) Investment Management
13 6 (4.800%) Logistics
13 6 (4.800%) Legal
13 6 (4.800%) Validation

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (0.800%) CORBA
1 1 (0.800%) EJB
1 1 (0.800%) JSP
1 1 (0.800%) XML
1 1 (0.800%) XSD
1 1 (0.800%) WSDL
1 1 (0.800%) MDX
1 1 (0.800%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (1.600%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (1.600%) Oracle Workflow
1 2 (1.600%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.800%) Apache
2 1 (0.800%) AquaLogic
Applications
1 4 (3.200%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.600%) CPLEX
2 2 (1.600%) PowerPivot
3 1 (0.800%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.000%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (4.000%) Oracle EBS R12
2 4 (3.200%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.400%) SAP APO
4 2 (1.600%) SAP HR
4 2 (1.600%) Endur
5 1 (0.800%) PeopleSoft Financials
5 1 (0.800%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.800%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.800%) Maximo
5 1 (0.800%) SAP SD
5 1 (0.800%) assyst
5 1 (0.800%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.800%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.800%) Taleo
5 1 (0.800%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.800%) SAP EHS
5 1 (0.800%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.800%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.600%) CTI
1 2 (1.600%) HTTP
2 1 (0.800%) LDAP
2 1 (0.800%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.800%) Intranet
2 1 (0.800%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.000%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.200%) BusinessObjects
3 8 (6.400%) BusinessObjects XI
3 8 (6.400%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 6 (4.800%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.000%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
6 4 (3.200%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 4 (3.200%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.400%) MS Access
7 3 (2.400%) Oracle Reports
7 3 (2.400%) SAP BW
7 3 (2.400%) SAP Data Services
8 2 (1.600%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (1.600%) SQL Server 2008
8 2 (1.600%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.800%) Big Data
9 1 (0.800%) SAP HANA
9 1 (0.800%) DTS
9 1 (0.800%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.800%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 4 (3.200%) Rational Rose
2 1 (0.800%) Oracle Forms
General
1 38 (30.40%) Finance
2 16 (12.80%) Marketing
3 14 (11.20%) Banking
4 8 (6.400%) Retail
5 7 (5.600%) Front Office
5 7 (5.600%) Investment Banking
6 6 (4.800%) Legal
7 5 (4.000%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.200%) Back Office
8 4 (3.200%) Telecoms
9 3 (2.400%) Financial Institution
9 3 (2.400%) Retail Banking
10 2 (1.600%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.800%) Local Government
11 1 (0.800%) French Language
11 1 (0.800%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.800%) Swedish Language
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.600%) Fixed Income
2 5 (4.000%) Credit Risk
2 5 (4.000%) Derivative
3 4 (3.200%) FMCG
4 3 (2.400%) Social Media
4 3 (2.400%) Market Risk
5 1 (0.800%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.800%) NHS
5 1 (0.800%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (0.800%) Clustering
5 1 (0.800%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.800%) iPad
5 1 (0.800%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.800%) SaaS
5 1 (0.800%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.800%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.600%) Linux
2 1 (0.800%) UNIX
2 1 (0.800%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (14.40%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (9.600%) Project Management
2 12 (9.600%) Business Analysis
3 11 (8.800%) CRM
4 10 (8.000%) Change Management
4 10 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (6.400%) Asset Management
5 8 (6.400%) Risk Management
6 7 (5.600%) Business Transformation
7 6 (4.800%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (4.800%) Investment Management
7 6 (4.800%) Logistics
7 6 (4.800%) Validation
7 6 (4.800%) GAP Analysis
7 6 (4.800%) Data Modelling
8 5 (4.000%) E-Commerce
8 5 (4.000%) Six Sigma
8 5 (4.000%) Migration
8 5 (4.000%) Use Case
9 4 (3.200%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) SQL
2 2 (1.600%) PL/SQL
3 1 (0.800%) T-SQL
3 1 (0.800%) ABAP
3 1 (0.800%) C
3 1 (0.800%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (5.600%) Degree
2 3 (2.400%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.600%) DV Cleared
3 2 (1.600%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.800%) MCDBA
4 1 (0.800%) MCSD
4 1 (0.800%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.800%) MBA
4 1 (0.800%) MCITP
4 1 (0.800%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.800%) ISO 9000
1 1 (0.800%) GxP
System Software
1 2 (1.600%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.600%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 24 (19.20%) Business Objects
2 21 (16.80%) SAP
3 14 (11.20%) Oracle
4 6 (4.800%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.000%) Siebel
6 4 (3.200%) HP
7 3 (2.400%) PeopleSoft
7 3 (2.400%) IBM
7 3 (2.400%) Casewise
8 2 (1.600%) Tableau
8 2 (1.600%) ATG
8 2 (1.600%) OpenLink
8 2 (1.600%) ILOG
8 2 (1.600%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.600%) Sybase
9 1 (0.800%) Twitter
9 1 (0.800%) Calypso
9 1 (0.800%) Baan
9 1 (0.800%) BMC
9 1 (0.800%) JDA
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