The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Consultant
Rank 114 132 120
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -12
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 3 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 0.126% 0.066% 0.165%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.134% 0.072% 0.180%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
Average daily rate £300 £376 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.26% +0.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £456 £325
% change year-on-year
-12.32% +40.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 -
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2232 2786 2784
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.51% 91.71% 92.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 1055 1409 1431
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £180
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 169 169 209
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.42 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.88% +4.97%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £36.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Applications Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Consultant across the North West region.

North West Applications Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Consultant across the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

North West Applications Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Applications Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Manchester - 1 £500 - 1
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 6 (46.15%) Migration
1 6 (46.15%) Dell
1 6 (46.15%) Citrix
1 6 (46.15%) DSL
1 6 (46.15%) Application Packaging
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (15.38%) Process Management
3 2 (15.38%) Change Management
3 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
3 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (15.38%) CRM
3 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
3 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (7.692%) Cash Management
4 1 (7.692%) General Ledger
4 1 (7.692%) SQL
4 1 (7.692%) ProC
4 1 (7.692%) TOAD
4 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (46.15%) Application Packaging
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
Business Applications
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (23.08%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) ProC
General
1 3 (23.08%) Finance
2 1 (7.692%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (46.15%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Process Management
2 2 (15.38%) Change Management
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (7.692%) Cash Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Dell
1 6 (46.15%) Citrix
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle