The first table below looks at the demand for the Solutions 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 Solutions Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solution Consultant
Rank - 82 70
Contract jobs requiring a Solutions Consultant 0 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.154% 0.096%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.168% 0.102%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 1
Average daily rate - £675 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +28.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £496 £450 £500
% change year-on-year
+10.27% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.26 - -
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
858 1192 978
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.87% 91.62% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 399 587 427
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 74 75
Average hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.10% +12.12%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.98 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £87.50 £33.32 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Solutions Consultant
North West

Solutions Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Solutions Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Solutions Consultant
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) CCA
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
2 1 (50.00%) SAP FI-AP
2 1 (50.00%) Data Migration

Solutions Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP CO
1 1 (50.00%) SAP FI-AP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Data Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) SAP