The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Newport 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 Newport 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 14 3 7
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 1 18 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 1.852% 21.18% 15.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.961% 23.38% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £400 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Newport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
51 77 54
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 94.44% 90.59% 90.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 34 16
Average daily rate £380 £330 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.15% +4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £190 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £453 £513 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 7
Average hourly rate - £10.75 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -74.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
South Wales

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Newport Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle
3 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing
4 2 (22.22%) SAP
5 1 (11.11%) SAP QM
5 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
5 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
5 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (11.11%) Use Case
5 1 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
5 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
5 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint
5 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
5 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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.

Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (11.11%) SAP QM
2 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
2 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
General
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Test Scripting
2 4 (44.44%) Integration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Manual Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
3 1 (11.11%) SAP Implementation
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Regression Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) CheckPoint