The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Marlow 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 23 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 Marlow 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 3 1 6
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 2 2 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 25.00% 28.57% 15.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 25.00% 33.33% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
Average daily rate £801 - £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
Marlow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8 6 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Marlow 100.00% 85.71% 92.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 12
Average daily rate £275 £175 £353
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% -50.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £175 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £801 £175 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £12.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Marlow 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 Marlow region.

Marlow Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
1 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) SAP SD
2 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Windows

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Marlow 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 Platforms
1 7 (70.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (70.00%) Data Warehouse
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) SAP