The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 Newcastle upon Tyne 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
Technical Consultant
Rank 25 32 28
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 1 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.654% 0.752% 0.500%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.719% 0.794% 0.543%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £375 £425 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.76% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -52.85%
All Job Titles
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
139 252 184
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 90.85% 94.74% 92.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 55 142 82
Average daily rate £300 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £219 £176
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £550 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 8
Average hourly rate £10.50 £35.00 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-70.00% +115.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £16.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £36.50 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Consultant
Tyne and Wear

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newcastle upon Tyne Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JSP
1 1 (100.00%) Struts
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (100.00%) Apache
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Maven
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle