The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 South West 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Consultant
Rank 116 136 116
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -20
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 1 4 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.049% 0.122% 0.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.052% 0.131% 0.115%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Average daily rate £550 £700 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £375
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1937 3058 2599
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.26% 93.00% 94.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1160 1831 1283
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £230 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 140 190 243
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.34 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-34.01% +11.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.04
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Applications Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Applications Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 4 (44.44%) OPNET
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 4 (44.44%) OpenView
1 4 (44.44%) HP
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds Orion
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
2 3 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (22.22%) DataPower
3 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
3 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) BMC
3 2 (22.22%) CA
3 2 (22.22%) REXX
3 2 (22.22%) zOS
3 2 (22.22%) Terminal Services
3 2 (22.22%) Nagios
3 2 (22.22%) JCL
3 2 (22.22%) SSL
3 2 (22.22%) IBM
3 2 (22.22%) Compuware
3 2 (22.22%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL
3 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Finance
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) ISPF

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (22.22%) ISPF
1 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
2 1 (11.11%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) TCP/IP
2 2 (22.22%) SSL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) InstallShield
1 1 (11.11%) AdminStudio
General
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 1 (11.11%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Mainframe
1 2 (22.22%) DataPower
1 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
2 2 (22.22%) zOS
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
1 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
1 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
1 2 (22.22%) Business Development
1 2 (22.22%) Problem Management
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) REXX
1 2 (22.22%) JCL
2 1 (11.11%) VBScript
2 1 (11.11%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Terminal Services
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 4 (44.44%) OpenView
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (22.22%) Nagios
3 1 (11.11%) SCCM
3 1 (11.11%) AppDNA
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) HP
1 4 (44.44%) OPNET
1 4 (44.44%) SolarWinds
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) NetScout
3 2 (22.22%) SAP
3 2 (22.22%) IBM
3 2 (22.22%) Compuware
3 2 (22.22%) Citrix
3 2 (22.22%) BMC
3 2 (22.22%) CA