The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior 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 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Consultant
Rank 332 337 372
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +35
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Consultant 57 68 58
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.259% 0.252% 0.189%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.281% 0.272% 0.204%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 44 34
Average daily rate £525 £458 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.75% -8.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £455 £375 £340
10% offered a daily rate of more than £675 £568 £820
UK excluding London average daily rate £460 £500 £440
% change year-on-year
-8.00% +13.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £65.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20317 24960 28380
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 92.22% 92.51% 92.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 13701 16102 18232
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 456 621 671
Average hourly rate £20.00 £20.00 £20.00
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.50 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Senior Consultant
England

Senior Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Senior Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Senior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Senior Consultant across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Senior Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Senior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Senior Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Consultant within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +18 17 £525 +5.00%
Senior Consultant
England

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 36 (30.25%) SAP
2 30 (25.21%) Finance
3 15 (12.61%) Banking
4 13 (10.92%) SQL
5 12 (10.08%) Oracle
5 12 (10.08%) Windows
6 10 (8.403%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (5.882%) Investment Banking
7 7 (5.882%) Business Analysis
7 7 (5.882%) Telecoms
7 7 (5.882%) Microsoft
7 7 (5.882%) PRINCE2
7 7 (5.882%) Project Management
7 7 (5.882%) QA
8 6 (5.042%) ISTQB
8 6 (5.042%) FMCG
8 6 (5.042%) SRDF
8 6 (5.042%) Analytics
8 6 (5.042%) SAP BI
8 6 (5.042%) SAP BW
8 6 (5.042%) ITIL
8 6 (5.042%) SharePoint
8 6 (5.042%) Sybase
8 6 (5.042%) Java
8 6 (5.042%) ISEB
8 6 (5.042%) Clustering
8 6 (5.042%) Document Management
9 5 (4.202%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (4.202%) Citrix
9 5 (4.202%) EMC

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (4.202%) .NET
2 4 (3.361%) Java EE
2 4 (3.361%) WDK
2 4 (3.361%) Middleware
2 4 (3.361%) J2EE
2 4 (3.361%) SAP Basis
2 4 (3.361%) Spring
3 2 (1.681%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.681%) MDX
3 2 (1.681%) HTML
3 2 (1.681%) Web Services
4 1 (0.840%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.840%) Application Packaging
4 1 (0.840%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.840%) HTML5 Canvas
Application Platforms
1 6 (5.042%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.361%) Captiva
2 4 (3.361%) MSMQ
2 4 (3.361%) Documentum
3 3 (2.521%) MS Exchange
3 3 (2.521%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.840%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.840%) Lync
4 1 (0.840%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.840%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (0.840%) Amazon AWS
4 1 (0.840%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 2 (1.681%) MS Office
2 1 (0.840%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.840%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (4.202%) SAP SD
2 4 (3.361%) SAP APO
3 3 (2.521%) SAP CO
3 3 (2.521%) SAP FI/CO
3 3 (2.521%) SAP FI
3 3 (2.521%) SAP MM
3 3 (2.521%) SAP BPC
4 2 (1.681%) SAP WM
4 2 (1.681%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.840%) HFM
5 1 (0.840%) Pivotal CRM
5 1 (0.840%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.840%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.840%) Endur
5 1 (0.840%) BusinessWorks
5 1 (0.840%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.840%) SAP SRM
5 1 (0.840%) TIBCO iProcess
5 1 (0.840%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.840%) SAP GTS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.361%) Intranet
1 4 (3.361%) SAN
1 4 (3.361%) Firewall
2 3 (2.521%) VPN
2 3 (2.521%) Network Security
3 2 (1.681%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (1.681%) DNS
3 2 (1.681%) VoIP
3 2 (1.681%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.840%) SSH
4 1 (0.840%) LAN
4 1 (0.840%) SMTP
4 1 (0.840%) DHCP
4 1 (0.840%) Kerberos
4 1 (0.840%) MPLS
4 1 (0.840%) DMZ
4 1 (0.840%) CTI
4 1 (0.840%) VLAN
4 1 (0.840%) NFC
4 1 (0.840%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.042%) SAP BI
1 6 (5.042%) SAP BW
2 4 (3.361%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.361%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (2.521%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.681%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.681%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (1.681%) Siebel EIM
4 2 (1.681%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.840%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.840%) Essbase
5 1 (0.840%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (0.840%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.840%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.840%) DB2
5 1 (0.840%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.840%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (0.840%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 4 (3.361%) Selenium
1 4 (3.361%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (0.840%) ERwin
General
1 30 (25.21%) Finance
2 15 (12.61%) Banking
3 7 (5.882%) Investment Banking
3 7 (5.882%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.361%) Marketing
4 4 (3.361%) Legal
4 4 (3.361%) Local Government
5 3 (2.521%) Retail
6 2 (1.681%) Back Office
7 1 (0.840%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.840%) Publishing
7 1 (0.840%) Front Office
7 1 (0.840%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.840%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.840%) Corporate Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.042%) FMCG
1 6 (5.042%) Clustering
2 5 (4.202%) NHS
3 2 (1.681%) Social Media
3 2 (1.681%) Derivative
4 1 (0.840%) Economics
4 1 (0.840%) Cryptography
4 1 (0.840%) Replication
4 1 (0.840%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.840%) EMV
4 1 (0.840%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (0.840%) Informatics
4 1 (0.840%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.840%) Blog
4 1 (0.840%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.840%) SaaS
4 1 (0.840%) Digital Media
4 1 (0.840%) SWIFT
4 1 (0.840%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.840%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.08%) Windows
2 3 (2.521%) Linux
3 2 (1.681%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.681%) UNIX
4 1 (0.840%) SUSE
4 1 (0.840%) Solaris
4 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.840%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.840%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (8.403%) Business Intelligence
2 7 (5.882%) Business Analysis
2 7 (5.882%) PRINCE2
2 7 (5.882%) Project Management
3 6 (5.042%) Analytics
3 6 (5.042%) ITIL
3 6 (5.042%) Document Management
4 5 (4.202%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (4.202%) ERP
4 5 (4.202%) Data Modelling
4 5 (4.202%) Test Automation
4 5 (4.202%) SAP Implementation
5 4 (3.361%) Risk Analysis
5 4 (3.361%) Six Sigma
5 4 (3.361%) Change Management
5 4 (3.361%) CRM
5 4 (3.361%) Risk Management
5 4 (3.361%) Automated Testing
5 4 (3.361%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (2.521%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (10.92%) SQL
2 6 (5.042%) Java
3 3 (2.521%) ABAP
4 2 (1.681%) VBA
5 1 (0.840%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.840%) VB
5 1 (0.840%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.840%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.840%) C
5 1 (0.840%) C#
5 1 (0.840%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.840%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (5.042%) ISTQB
1 6 (5.042%) ISEB
2 5 (4.202%) Degree
3 3 (2.521%) CISSP
3 3 (2.521%) CISA
3 3 (2.521%) CISM
4 2 (1.681%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.681%) MCP
4 2 (1.681%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.840%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.840%) CCIE
5 1 (0.840%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.840%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.840%) MCSE
5 1 (0.840%) QiCA
5 1 (0.840%) ACCA
5 1 (0.840%) MCITP
5 1 (0.840%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 1 (0.840%) VCP4
5 1 (0.840%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.882%) QA
2 3 (2.521%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.521%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.840%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (5.042%) SRDF
2 4 (3.361%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.521%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.681%) XenDesktop
4 2 (1.681%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.840%) Microsoft App-V
5 1 (0.840%) XenApp
5 1 (0.840%) XenServer
5 1 (0.840%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (2.521%) SCCM
2 2 (1.681%) SCOM
2 2 (1.681%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.840%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.840%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.840%) WSUS
3 1 (0.840%) SCVMM
3 1 (0.840%) HP SIM
3 1 (0.840%) Puppet
3 1 (0.840%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 36 (30.25%) SAP
2 12 (10.08%) Oracle
3 7 (5.882%) Microsoft
4 6 (5.042%) Sybase
5 5 (4.202%) Citrix
5 5 (4.202%) EMC
6 4 (3.361%) Fujitsu
6 4 (3.361%) IBM
6 4 (3.361%) VMware
7 3 (2.521%) Juniper
7 3 (2.521%) Cisco
7 3 (2.521%) NetApp
7 3 (2.521%) Informatica
7 3 (2.521%) JDA
7 3 (2.521%) F5
7 3 (2.521%) Pega
8 2 (1.681%) MobileIron
8 2 (1.681%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.681%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.681%) Salesforce.com
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