The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth 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 10 12 23
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 7 6 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 8.333% 6.000% 6.410%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.091% 6.000% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 5
Average daily rate £375 £375 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £269 £375 £311
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £467
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
77 100 140
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Portsmouth 91.67% 100.00% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 40 42
Average daily rate £370 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.71% +12.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £545 £418
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 28 52
Average hourly rate £26.98 £21.75 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.02% -6.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.88 £14.25 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £34.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Hampshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 7 (63.64%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (36.36%) ETL
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (36.36%) QlikView
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
4 3 (27.27%) Retail
4 3 (27.27%) SAP
5 2 (18.18%) SAP MM
5 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (9.091%) SAP BI
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (9.091%) Maximo
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
6 1 (9.091%) SQL
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (9.091%) Workflow
6 1 (9.091%) Finance
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Portsmouth 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP MM
1 2 (18.18%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (9.091%) Maximo
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
1 4 (36.36%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 4 (36.36%) QlikView
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (9.091%) SAP BI
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle Discoverer
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (9.091%) SAP BW
General
1 3 (27.27%) Retail
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Migration
2 6 (54.55%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (36.36%) ETL
4 3 (27.27%) Data Migration
5 1 (9.091%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) PL/SQL
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (27.27%) SAP
2 1 (9.091%) Oracle