Consultant IT Contracts in the North West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 14 11 13
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 201 291 268
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 8.623% 9.354% 8.787%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.250% 10.21% 9.514%
Number of daily rates quoted 106 124 123
Average daily rate £438 £386 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.26% -11.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £291 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £548 £529 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
Average hourly rate £50.00 £50.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.95%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.30 £50.00 £37.85
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £51.39 £50.00 £45.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
Search 94 Consultant jobs in the North West
All Job Titles
North West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 2173 2851 2817
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North West 93.22% 91.64% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1036 1402 1393
Average daily rate £338 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £225 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £468
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 171 189
Average hourly rate £17.50 £19.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.25% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £33.32 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
England

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North West 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
Cheshire +1 68 £450 +9.09%
Manchester -13 59 £450 +15.38%
Lancashire 0 23 £375 +15.38%
Cumbria - 9 £433 -
Merseyside -7 8 £350 +6.06%
Consultant
England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 165 (36.67%) SAP
2 114 (25.33%) Oracle
3 67 (14.89%) Finance
4 63 (14.00%) Migration
5 57 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
6 47 (10.44%) Windows
7 45 (10.00%) Microsoft
7 45 (10.00%) Security Cleared
8 42 (9.333%) SQL
8 42 (9.333%) SC Cleared
9 39 (8.667%) UNIX
10 34 (7.556%) CRM
11 30 (6.667%) Information Security
11 30 (6.667%) Oracle EBS R12
12 28 (6.222%) Data Warehouse
13 27 (6.000%) ITIL
13 27 (6.000%) Test Scripting
14 26 (5.778%) SAP HR
15 24 (5.333%) AIX
16 23 (5.111%) SQL Server
16 23 (5.111%) DB2
16 23 (5.111%) CISSP
16 23 (5.111%) Data Migration
17 22 (4.889%) Oracle 11g
18 21 (4.667%) Risk Analysis
18 21 (4.667%) Citrix
18 21 (4.667%) ETL
18 21 (4.667%) Open Text
19 20 (4.444%) SAP Basis
20 18 (4.000%) SAP BW

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 20 (4.444%) SAP Basis
2 16 (3.556%) .NET
3 9 (2.000%) WebSphere
4 8 (1.778%) Middleware
4 8 (1.778%) XML
4 8 (1.778%) SAP XI
5 7 (1.556%) Application Packaging
6 6 (1.333%) Web Services
7 5 (1.111%) HTML
8 4 (0.889%) SAP PI
8 4 (0.889%) SOAP
8 4 (0.889%) EDI
9 3 (0.667%) CSS
9 3 (0.667%) J2EE
9 3 (0.667%) BAPI
10 2 (0.444%) soapUI
10 2 (0.444%) REST
10 2 (0.444%) SAML
10 2 (0.444%) COM
10 2 (0.444%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 17 (3.778%) MS Exchange
2 15 (3.333%) Exchange Server 2010
3 13 (2.889%) SharePoint
4 9 (2.000%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (2.000%) IIS
5 8 (1.778%) NetWeaver
5 8 (1.778%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (1.556%) Tomcat
6 7 (1.556%) Apache
7 5 (1.111%) SAS
7 5 (1.111%) WebLogic
7 5 (1.111%) SharePoint 2010
8 4 (0.889%) LiveLink
9 3 (0.667%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (0.667%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 2 (0.444%) Lync
10 2 (0.444%) PowerExchange
10 2 (0.444%) WebSphere MQ
10 2 (0.444%) CMS
10 2 (0.444%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 18 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 10 (2.222%) MS Visio
3 7 (1.556%) Windchill
3 7 (1.556%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (1.111%) MS Project
4 5 (1.111%) MS Office
5 2 (0.444%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 30 (6.667%) Oracle EBS R12
2 26 (5.778%) SAP HR
3 17 (3.778%) Oracle EBS
4 16 (3.556%) Oracle Applications
5 14 (3.111%) Oracle Payroll
6 12 (2.667%) SAP GRC
7 11 (2.444%) Oracle Financials
7 11 (2.444%) SAP CRM
8 8 (1.778%) SAP BPC
8 8 (1.778%) Teamcenter
9 7 (1.556%) ENOVIA
9 7 (1.556%) SAP Payroll
9 7 (1.556%) SAP SD
9 7 (1.556%) SAP APO
9 7 (1.556%) SAP WM
10 6 (1.333%) SAP R/3
10 6 (1.333%) SAP FI
10 6 (1.333%) SAP MM
10 6 (1.333%) SAP FI/CO
10 6 (1.333%) SAP CO
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.889%) Internet
2 9 (2.000%) Firewall
3 8 (1.778%) HTTP
4 7 (1.556%) TCP/IP
4 7 (1.556%) LAN
5 6 (1.333%) DSL
5 6 (1.333%) WLAN
5 6 (1.333%) WAN
5 6 (1.333%) SSL
5 6 (1.333%) SAN
6 4 (0.889%) NetScaler
7 3 (0.667%) SMTP
7 3 (0.667%) Wireless
7 3 (0.667%) Intranet
8 2 (0.444%) NAS
8 2 (0.444%) LDAP
8 2 (0.444%) DNS
8 2 (0.444%) FTP
9 1 (0.222%) SSH
9 1 (0.222%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (6.222%) Data Warehouse
2 23 (5.111%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.111%) DB2
3 22 (4.889%) Oracle 11g
4 18 (4.000%) SAP BW
5 15 (3.333%) Oracle BI EE
6 14 (3.111%) BusinessObjects
7 10 (2.222%) SAP Data Services
7 10 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
8 8 (1.778%) Oracle Reports
8 8 (1.778%) MS Access
8 8 (1.778%) TOAD
8 8 (1.778%) Oracle 10g
9 7 (1.556%) PowerCenter
9 7 (1.556%) SAP BI
10 5 (1.111%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 3 (0.667%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 3 (0.667%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.667%) Oracle Discoverer
11 3 (0.667%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 4 (0.889%) LoadRunner
2 3 (0.667%) LSMW
2 3 (0.667%) MSI
3 2 (0.444%) ProC
3 2 (0.444%) Visual Studio
3 2 (0.444%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.444%) WATIR
3 2 (0.444%) Selenium
3 2 (0.444%) FitNesse
4 1 (0.222%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.222%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 67 (14.89%) Finance
2 15 (3.333%) Banking
3 14 (3.111%) Manufacturing
4 11 (2.444%) Retail
4 11 (2.444%) Legal
5 8 (1.778%) Pharmaceutical
6 6 (1.333%) Marketing
7 5 (1.111%) Local Government
8 4 (0.889%) Telecoms
9 3 (0.667%) General Ledger
10 2 (0.444%) Russian Language
11 1 (0.222%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.222%) Billing
11 1 (0.222%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.222%) French Language
11 1 (0.222%) Law
11 1 (0.222%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 9 (2.000%) NHS
1 9 (2.000%) Blackberry
1 9 (2.000%) Mobile App
2 6 (1.333%) Management Information System
2 6 (1.333%) Data Integration
2 6 (1.333%) Clustering
3 5 (1.111%) PKI
4 4 (0.889%) Cryptography
5 3 (0.667%) Fat Client
5 3 (0.667%) Thin Client
5 3 (0.667%) FMCG
5 3 (0.667%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.444%) Open Source
6 2 (0.444%) Life Science
6 2 (0.444%) E-Learning
7 1 (0.222%) Data Conversion
7 1 (0.222%) Data Extraction
7 1 (0.222%) iPhone
7 1 (0.222%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.222%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.44%) Windows
2 39 (8.667%) UNIX
3 24 (5.333%) AIX
4 17 (3.778%) Linux
5 16 (3.556%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (3.556%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (2.222%) Apple iOS
7 8 (1.778%) Solaris
8 6 (1.333%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.333%) HPUX
9 5 (1.111%) Android
9 5 (1.111%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.889%) Windows 8
10 4 (0.889%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.667%) Tru64
12 2 (0.444%) Windows Server 2012
12 2 (0.444%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (0.444%) zOS
12 2 (0.444%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.444%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (14.00%) Migration
2 57 (12.67%) Business Intelligence
3 34 (7.556%) CRM
4 30 (6.667%) Information Security
5 27 (6.000%) ITIL
5 27 (6.000%) Test Scripting
6 23 (5.111%) Data Migration
7 21 (4.667%) Risk Analysis
7 21 (4.667%) ETL
8 16 (3.556%) Risk Assessment
8 16 (3.556%) Service Management
9 15 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
10 12 (2.667%) Project Management
10 12 (2.667%) Change Management
10 12 (2.667%) ERP
11 10 (2.222%) Workflow
11 10 (2.222%) Unit Testing
11 10 (2.222%) Dimensional Modelling
12 8 (1.778%) Vulnerability Assessment
13 7 (1.556%) PLM
Programming Languages
1 42 (9.333%) SQL
2 17 (3.778%) PL/SQL
3 15 (3.333%) Java
4 11 (2.444%) C++
5 9 (2.000%) PowerShell
5 9 (2.000%) ABAP
6 8 (1.778%) Shell Script
7 7 (1.556%) VB
7 7 (1.556%) VB.NET
7 7 (1.556%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.333%) C
8 6 (1.333%) C#
9 5 (1.111%) VBScript
10 2 (0.444%) Perl
10 2 (0.444%) PHP
10 2 (0.444%) Python
10 2 (0.444%) Ruby
11 1 (0.222%) X++
11 1 (0.222%) VC++
11 1 (0.222%) VBA
Qualifications
1 45 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 42 (9.333%) SC Cleared
3 23 (5.111%) CISSP
4 10 (2.222%) ITIL Certification
5 7 (1.556%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.333%) Degree
7 4 (0.889%) CISM
7 4 (0.889%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (0.889%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.889%) SAP Certification
8 3 (0.667%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (0.667%) CCEA
8 3 (0.667%) CCA
8 3 (0.667%) MCSE
9 2 (0.444%) CCEE
9 2 (0.444%) CCIA
9 2 (0.444%) CISA
9 2 (0.444%) MCSA
9 2 (0.444%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.444%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (0.889%) BS7799
1 4 (0.889%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (0.667%) QA
2 3 (0.667%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.444%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.222%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.222%) SLA
4 1 (0.222%) Basel II
System Software
1 14 (3.111%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.444%) Oracle RAC
3 9 (2.000%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.778%) XenApp
4 8 (1.778%) XenDesktop
5 7 (1.556%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
5 7 (1.556%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.111%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.222%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.222%) Squid
7 1 (0.222%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.222%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (0.222%) XenServer
7 1 (0.222%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 14 (3.111%) Tivoli
2 11 (2.444%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 9 (2.000%) SCCM
4 7 (1.556%) Oracle Identity Management
5 5 (1.111%) SCOM
5 5 (1.111%) Unicenter
6 4 (0.889%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (0.889%) OpenView
7 2 (0.444%) Cisco UCCE
7 2 (0.444%) MOM
7 2 (0.444%) SCVMM
7 2 (0.444%) ServiceCenter
7 2 (0.444%) NetBackup
8 1 (0.222%) EMC NetWorker
8 1 (0.222%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.222%) Norton AntiVirus
8 1 (0.222%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
8 1 (0.222%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 165 (36.67%) SAP
2 114 (25.33%) Oracle
3 45 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 21 (4.667%) Citrix
4 21 (4.667%) Open Text
5 17 (3.778%) HP
5 17 (3.778%) Business Objects
6 12 (2.667%) Cisco
7 10 (2.222%) Informatica
7 10 (2.222%) VMware
8 9 (2.000%) Siemens
9 8 (1.778%) Dell
10 7 (1.556%) Siebel
11 6 (1.333%) Primavera
11 6 (1.333%) Red Hat
11 6 (1.333%) CA
11 6 (1.333%) IronPort
12 5 (1.111%) IBM
12 5 (1.111%) F5
13 4 (0.889%) Trillium
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