The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 17 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 Oxfordshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 11 15 24
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +9
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 41 52 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 9.491% 8.125% 6.982%
As % of the Job Titles category 10.07% 8.497% 7.260%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 35 8
Average daily rate £340 £450 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-24.44% +28.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £292 £385 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £515 £465
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.71%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
407 612 427
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.21% 95.63% 96.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 211 295 195
Average daily rate £340 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £179
10% offered a daily rate of more than £463 £500 £394
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 83 60
Average hourly rate £14.81 £16.80 £14.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-11.84% +15.87%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £11.00 £11.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.15 £30.00 £26.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Oxford -2 30 £340 -24.44%
Abingdon - 1 £425 -
Banbury - 1 £376 -
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 28 (38.89%) Migration
1 28 (38.89%) VMware
2 27 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 27 (37.50%) MS Exchange
2 27 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
3 25 (34.72%) SCOM
3 25 (34.72%) MCSE
3 25 (34.72%) Microsoft Certification
3 25 (34.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 23 (31.94%) Microsoft
4 23 (31.94%) vSphere
4 23 (31.94%) MobileIron
5 21 (29.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 20 (27.78%) Data Protection
7 19 (26.39%) Postini
8 15 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
9 13 (18.06%) SAP
9 13 (18.06%) Finance
10 9 (12.50%) Publishing
11 8 (11.11%) JIRA
11 8 (11.11%) Oracle
12 6 (8.333%) C#
12 6 (8.333%) Windows
12 6 (8.333%) ERP
13 5 (6.944%) Pegasus
13 5 (6.944%) Mercator
13 5 (6.944%) SAP ERP
13 5 (6.944%) Confluence
14 4 (5.556%) Lync
14 4 (5.556%) Office Communications Server

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (5.556%) .NET
1 4 (5.556%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.778%) XML
2 2 (2.778%) WCF
2 2 (2.778%) WF
2 2 (2.778%) AppFabric
3 1 (1.389%) COM
Application Platforms
1 27 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 27 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 27 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 25 (34.72%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 5 (6.944%) Confluence
4 4 (5.556%) Lync
4 4 (5.556%) Office Communications Server
4 4 (5.556%) Documentum
5 3 (4.167%) CMS
6 2 (2.778%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (2.778%) Windows Azure
7 1 (1.389%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 5 (6.944%) SAP ERP
2 4 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (4.167%) SAP MM
4 2 (2.778%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (2.778%) SAP SD
4 2 (2.778%) SAP FI
4 2 (2.778%) SAP WM
4 2 (2.778%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (2.778%) SAP CRM
4 2 (2.778%) SAP FI/CO
4 2 (2.778%) SAP CO
4 2 (2.778%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (1.389%) SAP PM
5 1 (1.389%) SAP PP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.167%) NAS
2 1 (1.389%) HTTP
2 1 (1.389%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.167%) SQL Server
1 3 (4.167%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (2.778%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (1.389%) TOAD
3 1 (1.389%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 8 (11.11%) JIRA
2 4 (5.556%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.778%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.778%) MSBuild
4 1 (1.389%) LSMW
4 1 (1.389%) eCATT
General
1 13 (18.06%) Finance
2 9 (12.50%) Publishing
3 3 (4.167%) Manufacturing
4 2 (2.778%) Banking
5 1 (1.389%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.167%) Data Conversion
2 1 (1.389%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.333%) Windows
2 2 (2.778%) Linux
2 2 (2.778%) Debian
2 2 (2.778%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (38.89%) Migration
2 20 (27.78%) Data Protection
3 15 (20.83%) Disaster Recovery
4 6 (8.333%) ERP
5 4 (5.556%) Content Management
5 4 (5.556%) Logistics
6 3 (4.167%) CRM
6 3 (4.167%) E-business
6 3 (4.167%) Test Scripting
6 3 (4.167%) Enterprise Content Management
7 2 (2.778%) Data Migration
7 2 (2.778%) Project Management
7 2 (2.778%) SOA
7 2 (2.778%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (2.778%) Unit Testing
8 1 (1.389%) Scrum
8 1 (1.389%) Problem Management
8 1 (1.389%) SAP Implementation
8 1 (1.389%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.389%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.333%) C#
2 4 (5.556%) SQL
3 3 (4.167%) C
4 2 (2.778%) Perl
5 1 (1.389%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.389%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 25 (34.72%) MCSE
1 25 (34.72%) Microsoft Certification
2 21 (29.17%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (1.389%) VCP4
3 1 (1.389%) CCEE
3 1 (1.389%) CCAA
3 1 (1.389%) CCIA
3 1 (1.389%) VCP5
3 1 (1.389%) CCA
3 1 (1.389%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (1.389%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.389%) QA
System Software
1 23 (31.94%) vSphere
2 3 (4.167%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.389%) XenApp
3 1 (1.389%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.389%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 25 (34.72%) SCOM
2 1 (1.389%) SCCM
Vendors
1 28 (38.89%) VMware
2 23 (31.94%) MobileIron
2 23 (31.94%) Microsoft
3 19 (26.39%) Postini
4 13 (18.06%) SAP
5 8 (11.11%) Oracle
6 5 (6.944%) Pegasus
6 5 (6.944%) Mercator
7 4 (5.556%) Atlassian
8 2 (2.778%) Informatica
9 1 (1.389%) Business Objects
9 1 (1.389%) Cognos
9 1 (1.389%) EMC
9 1 (1.389%) Citrix
9 1 (1.389%) Hyperion
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