The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions 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 Solutions 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
Solution Consultant
Rank 361 409 432
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +23
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 16 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.074% 0.022% 0.032%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.024% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
Average daily rate £500 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £496 £501 £488
% change year-on-year
-0.84% +2.61%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £75.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.26 - -
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%
Solutions Consultant
England

Solutions Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Solutions Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Solutions Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Solutions Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Solutions Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Solutions Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Solutions Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Solutions 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 - 3 £600 -
Southwark - 1 - -
Solutions Consultant
England

Solutions Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (30.30%) VMware
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
1 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (24.24%) Oracle
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
3 7 (21.21%) Finance
4 6 (18.18%) SAP
5 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
5 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
5 5 (15.15%) Windows XP
5 5 (15.15%) UNIX
5 5 (15.15%) Banking
5 5 (15.15%) TOGAF
6 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
6 4 (12.12%) Clustering
6 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (12.12%) Internet
6 4 (12.12%) MPLS
6 4 (12.12%) VPN
6 4 (12.12%) MS Excel
6 4 (12.12%) Apache
6 4 (12.12%) SQL
6 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
6 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
6 4 (12.12%) SaaS
6 4 (12.12%) IaaS
7 3 (9.091%) Windows 7
7 3 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
7 3 (9.091%) PaaS
7 3 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server

Solutions Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (6.061%) Middleware
1 2 (6.061%) .NET
2 1 (3.030%) JSP
2 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.030%) SAP XI
Application Platforms
1 4 (12.12%) Apache
2 3 (9.091%) IIS
3 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (6.061%) MS Exchange
3 2 (6.061%) SharePoint
3 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.030%) Lync
4 1 (3.030%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (3.030%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.030%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 4 (12.12%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.030%) SAP BPC
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (3.030%) SAP EHS
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.12%) Internet
1 4 (12.12%) MPLS
1 4 (12.12%) VPN
2 3 (9.091%) LAN
2 3 (9.091%) SAN
2 3 (9.091%) Firewall
3 2 (6.061%) Wireless
3 2 (6.061%) DNS
3 2 (6.061%) WAN
3 2 (6.061%) Ethernet
3 2 (6.061%) TCP/IP
3 2 (6.061%) VoIP
3 2 (6.061%) NAS
4 1 (3.030%) HSRP
4 1 (3.030%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (3.030%) LDAP
4 1 (3.030%) ADSL
4 1 (3.030%) WLAN
4 1 (3.030%) PBX
4 1 (3.030%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.15%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.091%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.030%) MySQL
3 1 (3.030%) DB2
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) JDeveloper
General
1 7 (21.21%) Finance
2 5 (15.15%) Banking
3 4 (12.12%) Telecoms
4 2 (6.061%) Military
4 2 (6.061%) Retail
4 2 (6.061%) Dutch Language
4 2 (6.061%) German Language
5 1 (3.030%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.030%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Clustering
1 4 (12.12%) SaaS
1 4 (12.12%) IaaS
2 3 (9.091%) PaaS
3 2 (6.061%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (3.030%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.030%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.030%) IBM Mainframe
4 1 (3.030%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (3.030%) Mainframe
4 1 (3.030%) Chip and PIN
4 1 (3.030%) PKI
4 1 (3.030%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows XP
2 5 (15.15%) UNIX
3 4 (12.12%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (9.091%) Windows 7
4 3 (9.091%) Windows 2000 Server
4 3 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.061%) Ubuntu
5 2 (6.061%) AIX
5 2 (6.061%) CentOS
6 1 (3.030%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.030%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) E-Commerce
1 5 (15.15%) TOGAF
2 4 (12.12%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
3 3 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
3 3 (9.091%) Load Balancing
3 3 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (6.061%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.061%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (6.061%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.061%) SOA
5 1 (3.030%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (3.030%) Test Strategy
5 1 (3.030%) Business Transformation
5 1 (3.030%) Data Protection
5 1 (3.030%) Time Management
5 1 (3.030%) ITIL
5 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.030%) ERP
5 1 (3.030%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) SQL
2 2 (6.061%) Java
3 1 (3.030%) Perl
3 1 (3.030%) PL/SQL
3 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (9.091%) DV Cleared
1 3 (9.091%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.061%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.030%) MCSE
3 1 (3.030%) MCSA
3 1 (3.030%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.030%) CCSP
3 1 (3.030%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (3.030%) MCITP
3 1 (3.030%) CCSE
3 1 (3.030%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (3.030%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.030%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (30.30%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (12.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (9.091%) Active Directory
4 2 (6.061%) XenApp
5 1 (3.030%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (3.030%) vCloud
5 1 (3.030%) XenServer
5 1 (3.030%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (3.030%) UAG
5 1 (3.030%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (3.030%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (3.030%) VMware ESX
5 1 (3.030%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (3.030%) Plesk
Vendors
1 10 (30.30%) VMware
2 8 (24.24%) Oracle
3 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
4 6 (18.18%) SAP
5 3 (9.091%) Cisco
5 3 (9.091%) NetApp
5 3 (9.091%) Red Hat
6 2 (6.061%) CheckPoint
6 2 (6.061%) HP
6 2 (6.061%) EMC
6 2 (6.061%) Citrix
6 2 (6.061%) 3PAR
7 1 (3.030%) Polycom
7 1 (3.030%) IBM
7 1 (3.030%) Hitachi
7 1 (3.030%) ATG
7 1 (3.030%) Ensim