The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the North East 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 North East 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 33 42 43
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 1 5 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 0.357% 1.012% 0.458%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.382% 1.106% 0.498%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 1
Average daily rate £375 £563 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-33.33% +87.50%
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
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
262 452 402
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 93.57% 91.50% 91.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 231 180
Average daily rate £300 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 39 27
Average hourly rate £11.00 £20.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-45.00% +14.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.08 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.25 £35.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East 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 North East region.

North East 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 North East region.

North East Technical Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the North East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Tyne and Wear +13 1 £375 -11.76%
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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 North East 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