The first table below looks at the demand for the Data Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Data 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 Scotland 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
Data Consultant
Rank 118 106 105
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -1
Contract jobs requiring a Data Consultant 2 2 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.082% 0.076% 0.391%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.081% 0.416%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 3
Average daily rate £331 £613 £355
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-45.91% +72.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £583 £331
10% offered a daily rate of more than £406 £643 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £13.05 £127.50
% change year-on-year
- -89.76%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2266 2473 2646
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 92.83% 93.71% 94.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1095 1199 1298
Average daily rate £350 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £215 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 112 100
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £15.44
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% +45.77%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £10.00 £9.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.60 £34.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Data Consultant
UK

Data Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Data Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Data Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Data Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Data Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Scotland Data Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Data Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Data Consultant within the Scotland 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
Edinburgh +8 1 £425 -30.61%
Glasgow - 1 £238 -
Data Consultant
UK

Data Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Data 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 Data Consultant in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) Hyperion
2 2 (40.00%) DRM
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (20.00%) Highcharts JS
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Gephi
3 1 (20.00%) Inmon Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) CSS
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Ajax
3 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
3 1 (20.00%) JSON

Data Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region that cited Data 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 Data Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Highcharts JS
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) Ajax
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
1 1 (20.00%) jQuery
1 1 (20.00%) HTML5
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Gephi
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 1 (20.00%) Banking
1 1 (20.00%) Retail
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (40.00%) DRM
2 2 (40.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (20.00%) Web Application Development
3 1 (20.00%) Kimball Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Inmon Methodology
3 1 (20.00%) Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (20.00%) OO
3 1 (20.00%) ETL
3 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Hyperion
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