The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 23 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 Northamptonshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 21 29 18
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 9 13 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.571% 3.110% 5.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.782% 3.291% 5.469%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 10
Average daily rate £363 £300 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.07% -25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £244 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £412 £633 £554
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
238 395 256
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.44% 94.50% 92.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 262 144
Average daily rate £400 £338 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.51% +9.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £150 £165
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 17 26
Average hourly rate £13.50 £13.50 £17.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -20.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £8.50 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £18.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Kettering - 3 £400 -
Northampton +4 2 - -
Consultant
East Midlands

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (42.86%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) SAP
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 3 (21.43%) Migration
3 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
4 1 (7.143%) Information Security
4 1 (7.143%) IVR
4 1 (7.143%) Legal
4 1 (7.143%) VB6
4 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
4 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (7.143%) HP
4 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (7.143%) Avaya
4 1 (7.143%) SAN
4 1 (7.143%) Novell
4 1 (7.143%) Lotus
4 1 (7.143%) Sage
4 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
4 1 (7.143%) SAP HR
4 1 (7.143%) SAP MM
4 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
4 1 (7.143%) E-business
4 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
4 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.143%) Oracle Applications

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 1 (7.143%) .NET
1 1 (7.143%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (7.143%) Lotus Domino
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (7.143%) SAP HR
1 1 (7.143%) SAP MM
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Payroll
1 1 (7.143%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SAP Data Services
1 1 (7.143%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (7.143%) Legal
2 1 (7.143%) Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) IVR
1 1 (7.143%) Fat Client
1 1 (7.143%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.143%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.143%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Migration
2 1 (7.143%) Information Security
2 1 (7.143%) E-business
2 1 (7.143%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (7.143%) Risk Management
2 1 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (7.143%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (7.143%) OO
2 1 (7.143%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) VB6
1 1 (7.143%) C#
1 1 (7.143%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.143%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) SAP
1 3 (21.43%) Oracle
2 1 (7.143%) HP
2 1 (7.143%) Avaya
2 1 (7.143%) Novell
2 1 (7.143%) Lotus
2 1 (7.143%) Sage
2 1 (7.143%) VMware
2 1 (7.143%) Business Objects
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft
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