The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Newbury 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 Newbury 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 10 8 8
Rank change year-on-year
-2 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 9 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 7.759% 7.500% 7.547%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.654% 8.182% 8.333%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
Average daily rate £450 £290 £440
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.17% -34.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
Newbury
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
104 110 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newbury 89.66% 91.67% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 44 27
Average daily rate £375 £330 £333
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -0.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £110 £145
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 15
Average hourly rate £60.00 £23.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+155.31% +17.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.00 £11.50 £14.34
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £72.50 £45.00 £56.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Berkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury 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 Newbury region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Newbury 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 Newbury region.

Newbury Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 2 (20.00%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (20.00%) SS7
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) Siebel
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) Netcool
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) CCIE
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) WLAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Cognos
2 1 (10.00%) Essbase
2 1 (10.00%) CCVP
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
2 1 (10.00%) Sourcefire

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newbury 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 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Cognos Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) SIGTRAN
1 2 (20.00%) SS7
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) VoIP
2 1 (10.00%) WLAN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) NetScreen
2 1 (10.00%) INAP
2 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
2 1 (10.00%) 4G
2 1 (10.00%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (10.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Essbase
General
1 2 (20.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
1 1 (10.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) Project Management
2 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
2 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (10.00%) Workflow
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) CCIE
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (10.00%) CCVP
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Netcool
1 1 (10.00%) Splunk
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle
1 2 (20.00%) Siebel
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco
1 2 (20.00%) Alcatel-Lucent
2 1 (10.00%) Hyperion
2 1 (10.00%) Apple
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Juniper
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Cognos
2 1 (10.00%) Sourcefire
2 1 (10.00%) Google
2 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (10.00%) Imperva
2 1 (10.00%) Tufin
2 1 (10.00%) ArcSight
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