The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Slough 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 18 June 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 Slough 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 26 21 26
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 12 11 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 5.042% 5.612% 3.871%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.310% 6.011% 4.110%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
Average daily rate £363 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.53% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £305 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £375 £508
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 £31.25 £33.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -5.30%
All Job Titles
Slough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
226 183 292
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Slough 94.96% 93.37% 94.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 107 102 137
Average daily rate £338 £450 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-25.00% +50.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £133 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 3 41
Average hourly rate £35.00 £14.40 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+143.05% -66.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Berkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough 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 Slough region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
3 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 4 (23.53%) SAP
3 4 (23.53%) CRM
3 4 (23.53%) UNIX
3 4 (23.53%) Linux
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
4 3 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (17.65%) SAP FI
4 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (17.65%) SAP CO
4 3 (17.65%) CMDB
5 2 (11.76%) Web Application Development
5 2 (11.76%) SWIFT
5 2 (11.76%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (11.76%) WebSphere
5 2 (11.76%) iSeries
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.76%) RPG/400
5 2 (11.76%) RPG IV
5 2 (11.76%) 3PAR
5 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.76%) AS400
5 2 (11.76%) Misys Midas

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) WebSphere MQ
1 2 (11.76%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) MQSeries
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (17.65%) SAP FI
1 3 (17.65%) SAP FI/CO
1 3 (17.65%) SAP CO
2 2 (11.76%) Misys Midas
3 1 (5.882%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) FTP
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 2 (11.76%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) NetScreen
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) Junos
2 1 (5.882%) VPN
2 1 (5.882%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
1 2 (11.76%) DB2
1 2 (11.76%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (11.76%) DataStage
2 1 (5.882%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.882%) BusinessObjects XI
2 1 (5.882%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) ERwin
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.882%) Law
3 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) CMDB
2 2 (11.76%) iSeries
2 2 (11.76%) SWIFT
2 2 (11.76%) Mainframe
2 2 (11.76%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) UNIX
1 4 (23.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.882%) Nucleus RTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) ITIL
2 5 (29.41%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (29.41%) Service Management
2 5 (29.41%) Migration
2 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
3 4 (23.53%) CRM
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
5 2 (11.76%) Six Sigma
5 2 (11.76%) OOP
5 2 (11.76%) OO
5 2 (11.76%) DSDM
5 2 (11.76%) TOGAF
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) Waterfall
5 2 (11.76%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (11.76%) Web Application Development
6 1 (5.882%) Change Control
6 1 (5.882%) Time Management
6 1 (5.882%) Network Architecture
6 1 (5.882%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) RPG
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
1 2 (11.76%) RPG/400
1 2 (11.76%) RPG IV
2 1 (5.882%) C
2 1 (5.882%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (5.882%) CIPD
2 1 (5.882%) CCNP
2 1 (5.882%) CCNA
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) XenApp
1 1 (5.882%) XenServer
1 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Control-M
1 2 (11.76%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Symantec
2 2 (11.76%) IBM
2 2 (11.76%) 3PAR
2 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 1 (5.882%) F5
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix
3 1 (5.882%) Nokia
3 1 (5.882%) CheckPoint
3 1 (5.882%) Blue Coat
3 1 (5.882%) TippingPoint
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco
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