The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Sheffield 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 Sheffield 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 20 20 30
Rank change year-on-year
0 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 4 3 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 2.667% 2.069% 0.617%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.941% 2.158% 0.649%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
Average daily rate £388 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.33% -
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
Sheffield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
136 139 154
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sheffield 90.67% 95.86% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 71 76
Average daily rate £300 £275 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £165 £165 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 11 20
Average hourly rate £12.44 £20.06 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-37.98% -45.04%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.79 £12.00 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
South Yorkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Intranet
3 3 (30.00%) .NET
3 3 (30.00%) C#
3 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Web Development
5 1 (10.00%) jQuery
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (10.00%) CAML
5 1 (10.00%) Cisco IPCC
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
5 1 (10.00%) Ajax
5 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
5 1 (10.00%) HTML5
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sheffield 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 3 (30.00%) .NET
1 3 (30.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (10.00%) jQuery
2 1 (10.00%) CAML
2 1 (10.00%) Ajax
2 1 (10.00%) HTML5
2 1 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 5 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) Intranet
2 1 (10.00%) Wireless
2 1 (10.00%) IPsec
2 1 (10.00%) Internet
2 1 (10.00%) MPLS
2 1 (10.00%) H.323
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) PSTN
2 1 (10.00%) WAN
2 1 (10.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 2 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) LoadRunner
1 1 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (20.00%) Web Development
2 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
2 1 (10.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Change Management
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C#
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) T-SQL
2 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (10.00%) Java
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Lotus