The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester 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 Manchester 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 26 13 9
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 59 117 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 6.324% 9.056% 10.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.766% 9.832% 10.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 47 52
Average daily rate £450 £390 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £343 £273 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £557 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
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
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
North West

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester 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 Manchester 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
Stockport - 2 - -
Salford - 1 - -
Consultant
North West

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 59 (44.36%) SAP
2 30 (22.56%) Finance
3 23 (17.29%) Oracle
3 23 (17.29%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (16.54%) CRM
5 14 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
6 13 (9.774%) Migration
7 10 (7.519%) SAP CRM
7 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
7 10 (7.519%) Oracle BI EE
8 9 (6.767%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (6.767%) Oracle 11g
9 8 (6.015%) Data Migration
10 7 (5.263%) Oracle EBS R12
10 7 (5.263%) ETL
10 7 (5.263%) Siebel
10 7 (5.263%) Information Security
10 7 (5.263%) Retail
11 6 (4.511%) MS Excel
11 6 (4.511%) ERP
11 6 (4.511%) HP
11 6 (4.511%) .NET
11 6 (4.511%) JavaScript
11 6 (4.511%) Citrix
11 6 (4.511%) SC Cleared
11 6 (4.511%) XenApp
11 6 (4.511%) Security Cleared
12 5 (3.759%) Integration Testing
12 5 (3.759%) XenDesktop
12 5 (3.759%) Vulnerability Management

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 6 (4.511%) .NET
2 2 (1.504%) SAP Basis
2 2 (1.504%) HTML
2 2 (1.504%) CSS
2 2 (1.504%) XML
2 2 (1.504%) COM
3 1 (0.752%) HTML5
3 1 (0.752%) CSS3
3 1 (0.752%) Middleware
3 1 (0.752%) EDIFACT
3 1 (0.752%) JCE
3 1 (0.752%) DCOM
3 1 (0.752%) ADO
3 1 (0.752%) ADO.NET
3 1 (0.752%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.752%) XSL
3 1 (0.752%) ODBC
3 1 (0.752%) Web Services
3 1 (0.752%) J2EE
3 1 (0.752%) ActiveX
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.759%) WebLogic
2 4 (3.008%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.256%) SAS
4 1 (0.752%) SharePoint 2010
4 1 (0.752%) Lync
4 1 (0.752%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (0.752%) Gentran
4 1 (0.752%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (0.752%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.752%) IIS
4 1 (0.752%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.752%) CMS
4 1 (0.752%) WorkSite
4 1 (0.752%) ESB
4 1 (0.752%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (4.511%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.504%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (7.519%) SAP CRM
2 7 (5.263%) Oracle EBS R12
3 5 (3.759%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (3.759%) SAP QM
4 4 (3.008%) SAP SD
5 3 (2.256%) SAP FI
5 3 (2.256%) SAP HR
5 3 (2.256%) SAP WM
5 3 (2.256%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (2.256%) SAP CO
5 3 (2.256%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (2.256%) SAP HCM
5 3 (2.256%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (1.504%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (1.504%) SAP SCM
6 2 (1.504%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (1.504%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (1.504%) JDE OneWorld
6 2 (1.504%) SAP APO
6 2 (1.504%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.008%) SSL
2 2 (1.504%) HTTP
3 1 (0.752%) NetScaler
3 1 (0.752%) Wireless
3 1 (0.752%) LDAP
3 1 (0.752%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.53%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (7.519%) Oracle BI EE
3 9 (6.767%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (3.759%) PowerCenter
4 5 (3.759%) SAP BW
4 5 (3.759%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (3.008%) TOAD
6 3 (2.256%) SAP Data Services
6 3 (2.256%) BusinessObjects
6 3 (2.256%) OLAP
6 3 (2.256%) SQL Server
6 3 (2.256%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (1.504%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.504%) Base SAS
8 1 (0.752%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
8 1 (0.752%) GIS
8 1 (0.752%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.752%) DB2
8 1 (0.752%) MS Access
8 1 (0.752%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 2 (1.504%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.504%) ProC
2 1 (0.752%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (0.752%) MSI
2 1 (0.752%) LoadRunner
General
1 30 (22.56%) Finance
2 7 (5.263%) Retail
3 5 (3.759%) Banking
4 4 (3.008%) Marketing
5 3 (2.256%) Manufacturing
5 3 (2.256%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.256%) General Ledger
6 2 (1.504%) Russian Language
6 2 (1.504%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.752%) Advertising
7 1 (0.752%) Law
7 1 (0.752%) Legal
7 1 (0.752%) Billing
7 1 (0.752%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.759%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.008%) PKI
3 3 (2.256%) Thin Client
3 3 (2.256%) Fat Client
3 3 (2.256%) Cryptography
4 2 (1.504%) NHS
4 2 (1.504%) Open Source
4 2 (1.504%) Data Integration
4 2 (1.504%) FMCG
5 1 (0.752%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.752%) LPAR
5 1 (0.752%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.752%) Smartcard
5 1 (0.752%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.752%) Grid Computing
5 1 (0.752%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.752%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.008%) Windows
2 3 (2.256%) AIX
2 3 (2.256%) UNIX
2 3 (2.256%) Linux
3 2 (1.504%) SUSE
4 1 (0.752%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.752%) HPUX
4 1 (0.752%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (17.29%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (16.54%) CRM
3 13 (9.774%) Migration
4 9 (6.767%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (6.015%) Data Migration
6 7 (5.263%) ETL
6 7 (5.263%) Information Security
7 6 (4.511%) ERP
8 5 (3.759%) Integration Testing
8 5 (3.759%) Vulnerability Management
8 5 (3.759%) Security Testing
8 5 (3.759%) Penetration Testing
9 4 (3.008%) Data Analysis
9 4 (3.008%) Unit Testing
9 4 (3.008%) Six Sigma
9 4 (3.008%) Dimensional Modelling
10 3 (2.256%) SAP Security
10 3 (2.256%) Project Planning
10 3 (2.256%) SAP Implementation
10 3 (2.256%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (4.511%) JavaScript
2 5 (3.759%) SQL
3 3 (2.256%) ABAP
3 3 (2.256%) C#
3 3 (2.256%) C++
4 2 (1.504%) VB
5 1 (0.752%) Shell Script
5 1 (0.752%) C
5 1 (0.752%) VBScript
5 1 (0.752%) Java
5 1 (0.752%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (4.511%) SC Cleared
1 6 (4.511%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.008%) DV Cleared
3 3 (2.256%) CISSP
4 2 (1.504%) Degree
5 1 (0.752%) CCEE
5 1 (0.752%) CCIA
5 1 (0.752%) ISEB
5 1 (0.752%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.752%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.752%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.752%) CCA
5 1 (0.752%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.752%) CCEA
5 1 (0.752%) CCDA
5 1 (0.752%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.504%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (0.752%) Basel II
2 1 (0.752%) QA
System Software
1 6 (4.511%) XenApp
2 5 (3.759%) XenDesktop
3 2 (1.504%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.752%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.008%) OpenView
2 2 (1.504%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (0.752%) SCCM
3 1 (0.752%) SCOM
3 1 (0.752%) HP UCMDB
3 1 (0.752%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.752%) MOM
Vendors
1 59 (44.36%) SAP
2 23 (17.29%) Oracle
3 10 (7.519%) Microsoft
4 7 (5.263%) Siebel
5 6 (4.511%) HP
5 6 (4.511%) Citrix
6 5 (3.759%) Informatica
7 4 (3.008%) Business Objects
8 3 (2.256%) Wyse
9 2 (1.504%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (1.504%) JD Edwards
10 1 (0.752%) Salesforce.com
10 1 (0.752%) Epicor
10 1 (0.752%) Siemens
10 1 (0.752%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.752%) Ariba
10 1 (0.752%) CA
10 1 (0.752%) JBoss
10 1 (0.752%) Cisco
10 1 (0.752%) IBM
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