The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Scottish Borders 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 22 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 Scottish Borders 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
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 £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
Scottish Borders
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4 0 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Scottish Borders 80.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 2
Average daily rate £225 - £175
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Scotland

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scottish Borders Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Clearswift
1 1 (100.00%) MAILsweeper
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scottish Borders 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.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 1 (100.00%) Clearswift