The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Technical 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 Somerset 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
Technical Consultant
Rank - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £415 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
-2.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £16.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -52.85%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
155 164 165
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.18% 96.47% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 62 90 75
Average daily rate £301 £320 £340
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.93% -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £230 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £433 £445
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 22
Average hourly rate £10.00 £12.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Technical Consultant
South West

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Technical Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Channel

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) SAN
1 1 (100.00%) Fibre Channel
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) NetApp
1 1 (100.00%) Brocade