The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes 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 27 25 22
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 28 40 35
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.273% 5.731% 5.814%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.634% 6.070% 6.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 23
Average daily rate £455 £331 £370
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+37.35% -10.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £300 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £493 £411 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Average hourly rate - £47.50 £15.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +206.45%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
497 659 570
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 93.60% 94.41% 94.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 273 272 216
Average daily rate £325 £315 £324
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.17% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £173 £142
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 48 75
Average hourly rate £13.50 £14.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £13.00 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.50 £35.00 £16.75
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 Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 12 (21.05%) Windows
1 12 (21.05%) Finance
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) SAP
3 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
4 8 (14.04%) NetWeaver
4 8 (14.04%) SQL
4 8 (14.04%) MS Exchange
5 7 (12.28%) Active Directory
5 7 (12.28%) Citrix
5 7 (12.28%) Information Security
6 6 (10.53%) VMware
6 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (10.53%) CRM
6 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
6 6 (10.53%) DV Cleared
6 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (8.772%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (8.772%) Capacity Planning
7 5 (8.772%) SCCM
7 5 (8.772%) SCOM
7 5 (8.772%) ERP
7 5 (8.772%) ETL
7 5 (8.772%) SAP BI
7 5 (8.772%) Business Objects
7 5 (8.772%) IBM

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 3 (5.263%) SAP PI
1 3 (5.263%) SAP XI
2 2 (3.509%) Ajax
2 2 (3.509%) J2EE
2 2 (3.509%) WebSphere
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.754%) .NET
3 1 (1.754%) JDBC
3 1 (1.754%) SOAP
3 1 (1.754%) Web Services
3 1 (1.754%) XML
3 1 (1.754%) XSLT
3 1 (1.754%) JMS
3 1 (1.754%) Middleware
3 1 (1.754%) BAPI
3 1 (1.754%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.754%) SAP ALE
Application Platforms
1 8 (14.04%) NetWeaver
1 8 (14.04%) MS Exchange
2 6 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.018%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
5 2 (3.509%) Commerce Server
5 2 (3.509%) ESB
5 2 (3.509%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (1.754%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (1.754%) Lync
6 1 (1.754%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.754%) Documentum
6 1 (1.754%) FileNet
6 1 (1.754%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (3.509%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (3.509%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (8.772%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (3.509%) SAP CRM
2 2 (3.509%) SAP BPC
3 1 (1.754%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (1.754%) FileNet Content Manager
3 1 (1.754%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (1.754%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) Wireless
1 4 (7.018%) Firewall
1 4 (7.018%) WLAN
1 4 (7.018%) WAN
1 4 (7.018%) LAN
2 3 (5.263%) VoIP
3 2 (3.509%) SAN
3 2 (3.509%) Network Security
4 1 (1.754%) ATM
4 1 (1.754%) SS7
4 1 (1.754%) DHCP
4 1 (1.754%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.772%) SAP Data Services
2 5 (8.772%) SAP BI
2 5 (8.772%) BusinessObjects
2 5 (8.772%) SAP BW
3 4 (7.018%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (7.018%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (7.018%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (3.509%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 2 (3.509%) SAP HANA
5 1 (1.754%) DB2
5 1 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (1.754%) NonStop SQL
General
1 12 (21.05%) Finance
2 2 (3.509%) Marketing
3 1 (1.754%) Spanish Language
3 1 (1.754%) Banking
3 1 (1.754%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) Cloud Computing
1 3 (5.263%) EMC Centera
2 2 (3.509%) E-Learning
2 2 (3.509%) Replication
2 2 (3.509%) Animation
3 1 (1.754%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 12 (21.05%) Windows
2 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (10.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (7.018%) Linux
3 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.754%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (12.28%) Information Security
2 6 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (10.53%) CRM
3 5 (8.772%) Capacity Planning
3 5 (8.772%) ERP
3 5 (8.772%) ETL
4 4 (7.018%) ITIL
4 4 (7.018%) Compatibility Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Performance Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Change Management
5 3 (5.263%) Scrum
5 3 (5.263%) Logistics
6 2 (3.509%) Web Analytics
6 2 (3.509%) Data Management
6 2 (3.509%) SEO
6 2 (3.509%) Security Management
6 2 (3.509%) Migration
6 2 (3.509%) E-Commerce
6 2 (3.509%) UML
6 2 (3.509%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.04%) SQL
2 4 (7.018%) ABAP
3 2 (3.509%) C
3 2 (3.509%) Java
3 2 (3.509%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.754%) C++
Qualifications
1 12 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 11 (19.30%) SC Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.263%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.754%) Degree
5 1 (1.754%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.754%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.263%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.754%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.754%) PCI DSS
2 1 (1.754%) COSO
2 1 (1.754%) COBIT
2 1 (1.754%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.754%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.754%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 7 (12.28%) Active Directory
2 5 (8.772%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (7.018%) Hyper-V
4 3 (5.263%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 2 (3.509%) XenApp
5 2 (3.509%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (8.772%) SCCM
1 5 (8.772%) SCOM
2 4 (7.018%) Opalis
3 1 (1.754%) AppManager
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) SAP
2 10 (17.54%) Microsoft
3 7 (12.28%) Citrix
4 6 (10.53%) VMware
5 5 (8.772%) Business Objects
5 5 (8.772%) IBM
6 4 (7.018%) EMC
6 4 (7.018%) Oracle
7 3 (5.263%) Verint
8 2 (3.509%) Sybase
9 1 (1.754%) NetIQ
9 1 (1.754%) i2
9 1 (1.754%) JDA
9 1 (1.754%) Cisco
9 1 (1.754%) HP
9 1 (1.754%) Kofax
9 1 (1.754%) AppSense
9 1 (1.754%) Brocade
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