Consultant IT Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 16 22 18
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 158 227 182
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 7.666% 6.873% 6.589%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.149% 7.385% 6.987%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 126 87
Average daily rate £401 £450 £415
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.00% +8.43%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £281 £350 £320
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £575 £504
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Average hourly rate - £19.25 £28.03
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -31.32%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1939 3074 2605
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.08% 93.07% 94.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 1165 1846 1291
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 143 191 237
Average hourly rate £15.30 £22.50 £21.96
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +2.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £11.93
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.35 £38.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
England

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South West 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 South West region.

South West Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the South West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol +9 39 £350 -20.00%
Wiltshire +3 38 £461 +8.52%
Gloucestershire +22 25 £325 -43.47%
Devon +8 13 £260 -25.71%
Dorset -10 12 £395 -9.71%
Somerset -5 3 £401 -5.58%
Consultant
England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 97 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 78 (21.20%) Finance
3 73 (19.84%) SC Cleared
4 68 (18.48%) Oracle
5 47 (12.77%) Windows
6 46 (12.50%) SQL
7 40 (10.87%) Migration
8 39 (10.60%) VMware
8 39 (10.60%) SAP
9 32 (8.696%) HP
10 29 (7.880%) Retail
11 28 (7.609%) ERP
12 27 (7.337%) Data Modelling
12 27 (7.337%) Oracle EBS R12
13 26 (7.065%) Business Intelligence
14 25 (6.793%) Linux
14 25 (6.793%) DV Cleared
15 23 (6.250%) IBM
16 22 (5.978%) ITIL
17 21 (5.707%) SQL Server
17 21 (5.707%) UNIX
17 21 (5.707%) Oracle EBS
17 21 (5.707%) Data Quality
18 20 (5.435%) PL/SQL
19 19 (5.163%) Workflow
19 19 (5.163%) Service Management
19 19 (5.163%) Business Analysis
20 18 (4.891%) VMware Infrastructure
20 18 (4.891%) VB
20 18 (4.891%) ETL

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 15 (4.076%) Web Services
2 12 (3.261%) XML
2 12 (3.261%) .NET
3 11 (2.989%) WebSphere
4 7 (1.902%) Middleware
5 6 (1.630%) WebCenter
6 5 (1.359%) SAP Basis
7 4 (1.087%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (1.087%) J2EE
7 4 (1.087%) CSS
8 3 (0.815%) XSLT
8 3 (0.815%) HTML
9 2 (0.543%) ISPF
9 2 (0.543%) WCF
9 2 (0.543%) SOAP
9 2 (0.543%) JDBC
9 2 (0.543%) ASP.NET
10 1 (0.272%) REST
10 1 (0.272%) SAP XI
10 1 (0.272%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.804%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.902%) Exchange Server 2010
2 7 (1.902%) SharePoint 2010
2 7 (1.902%) MS Exchange
2 7 (1.902%) Oracle Application Server
3 5 (1.359%) Oracle Workflow
3 5 (1.359%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (1.087%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.815%) WebSphere MQ
5 3 (0.815%) NetWeaver
5 3 (0.815%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 2 (0.543%) ESB
6 2 (0.543%) MS Project Server
6 2 (0.543%) IIS
6 2 (0.543%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (0.543%) Lync
7 1 (0.272%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.272%) SharePoint 2013
7 1 (0.272%) MQSeries
7 1 (0.272%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (1.359%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.815%) Office 365
2 3 (0.815%) MS Project
2 3 (0.815%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.272%) MS Office
3 1 (0.272%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.272%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (7.337%) Oracle EBS R12
2 21 (5.707%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.174%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (2.174%) Oracle CRM
4 7 (1.902%) Oracle 11i
5 6 (1.630%) Agresso
6 5 (1.359%) Oracle Payroll
7 4 (1.087%) Remedy ITSM
7 4 (1.087%) Maximo
8 3 (0.815%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.815%) SAP MM
8 3 (0.815%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.815%) Oracle HRMS
8 3 (0.815%) Oracle Applications
8 3 (0.815%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.815%) SAP SRM
8 3 (0.815%) Oracle General Ledger
8 3 (0.815%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.815%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.815%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.446%) SAN
2 7 (1.902%) Firewall
2 7 (1.902%) NAS
3 5 (1.359%) SSL
3 5 (1.359%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.359%) HTTP
4 3 (0.815%) WAN
5 2 (0.543%) Cisco PIX
5 2 (0.543%) LAN
5 2 (0.543%) LDAP
5 2 (0.543%) NetScaler
5 2 (0.543%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (0.272%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.272%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.272%) Intranet
6 1 (0.272%) Internet
6 1 (0.272%) X.509
6 1 (0.272%) Wireless
6 1 (0.272%) VPN
6 1 (0.272%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.707%) SQL Server
2 16 (4.348%) Oracle 11g
3 13 (3.533%) Oracle Reports
4 11 (2.989%) Oracle BI EE
5 10 (2.717%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (2.717%) Oracle 9i
6 8 (2.174%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (2.174%) Oracle 10g
6 8 (2.174%) SAP Data Services
7 7 (1.902%) DB2
7 7 (1.902%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (1.902%) TOAD
7 7 (1.902%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (1.630%) OLAP
9 4 (1.087%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 3 (0.815%) IBM InfoSphere
10 3 (0.815%) Essbase
10 3 (0.815%) Oracle Discoverer
10 3 (0.815%) RDBMS
10 3 (0.815%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 12 (3.261%) Oracle Forms
1 12 (3.261%) ERwin
2 4 (1.087%) Rational Performance Tester
2 4 (1.087%) Visual Studio
3 3 (0.815%) Balsamiq Mockups
3 3 (0.815%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.815%) Subversion
4 2 (0.543%) LSMW
4 2 (0.543%) JDeveloper
5 1 (0.272%) ClearQuest
5 1 (0.272%) InstallShield
5 1 (0.272%) AdminStudio
5 1 (0.272%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 1 (0.272%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.272%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.272%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 78 (21.20%) Finance
2 29 (7.880%) Retail
3 17 (4.620%) Banking
4 16 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 11 (2.989%) Corporate Banking
6 8 (2.174%) Billing
7 5 (1.359%) Legal
7 5 (1.359%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.815%) Military
9 2 (0.543%) Marketing
9 2 (0.543%) Back Office
10 1 (0.272%) Electronics
10 1 (0.272%) Local Government
10 1 (0.272%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.272%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 14 (3.804%) RMADS
2 7 (1.902%) Management Information System
2 7 (1.902%) NHS
2 7 (1.902%) CESG
3 5 (1.359%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (1.359%) CESG CLAS
4 4 (1.087%) CMDB
4 4 (1.087%) Mainframe
5 3 (0.815%) SaaS
6 2 (0.543%) PKI
6 2 (0.543%) DataPower
6 2 (0.543%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (0.543%) Reference Data
6 2 (0.543%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.543%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (0.543%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.272%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.272%) Smartcard
7 1 (0.272%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.272%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 47 (12.77%) Windows
2 25 (6.793%) Linux
3 21 (5.707%) UNIX
4 10 (2.717%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (2.717%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (1.630%) HPUX
6 5 (1.359%) AIX
7 3 (0.815%) Solaris
7 3 (0.815%) zOS
7 3 (0.815%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.543%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.543%) Oracle Linux
9 1 (0.272%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.272%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (10.87%) Migration
2 28 (7.609%) ERP
3 27 (7.337%) Data Modelling
4 26 (7.065%) Business Intelligence
5 22 (5.978%) ITIL
6 19 (5.163%) Workflow
6 19 (5.163%) Service Management
6 19 (5.163%) Business Analysis
7 18 (4.891%) ETL
8 16 (4.348%) Data Management
9 15 (4.076%) Data Migration
9 15 (4.076%) Information Assurance
9 15 (4.076%) Information Management
10 14 (3.804%) CRM
10 14 (3.804%) Information Security
11 13 (3.533%) Zachman Framework
11 13 (3.533%) TOGAF
11 13 (3.533%) Waterfall
11 13 (3.533%) Kimball Methodology
12 12 (3.261%) Inmon Methodology
Programming Languages
1 46 (12.50%) SQL
2 20 (5.435%) PL/SQL
3 18 (4.891%) VB
4 12 (3.261%) Java
5 11 (2.989%) C#
6 9 (2.446%) C
6 9 (2.446%) VBScript
7 6 (1.630%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.087%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.087%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.815%) JavaScript
9 3 (0.815%) ABAP
10 2 (0.543%) XPath
10 2 (0.543%) REXX
10 2 (0.543%) XQuery
10 2 (0.543%) JCL
Qualifications
1 97 (26.36%) Security Cleared
2 73 (19.84%) SC Cleared
3 25 (6.793%) DV Cleared
4 7 (1.902%) Degree
5 4 (1.087%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (1.087%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.815%) CISM
6 3 (0.815%) MCSE
6 3 (0.815%) CISSP
6 3 (0.815%) MCITP
7 2 (0.543%) CCA
7 2 (0.543%) HNC
8 1 (0.272%) CRISC
8 1 (0.272%) CISA
8 1 (0.272%) MCP
8 1 (0.272%) MCSA
8 1 (0.272%) CCNP
8 1 (0.272%) Citrix Certification
8 1 (0.272%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.272%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.707%) Data Quality
2 12 (3.261%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.087%) SLA
4 2 (0.543%) PCI DSS
4 2 (0.543%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.272%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (0.272%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.272%) QA
System Software
1 18 (4.891%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (4.348%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.446%) vSphere
4 7 (1.902%) XenApp
5 6 (1.630%) XenDesktop
5 6 (1.630%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.815%) UAG
6 3 (0.815%) VMware ESX
7 2 (0.543%) VMware Server
7 2 (0.543%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.543%) ISA Server
8 1 (0.272%) PowerHA
8 1 (0.272%) VMware Workstation
8 1 (0.272%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.272%) NFS
8 1 (0.272%) Terminal Server
8 1 (0.272%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 12 (3.261%) SCOM
2 8 (2.174%) MOM
3 5 (1.359%) WMI
4 4 (1.087%) SolarWinds Orion
4 4 (1.087%) SCCM
4 4 (1.087%) OpenView
4 4 (1.087%) NetBackup
4 4 (1.087%) Backup Exec
5 3 (0.815%) Tivoli
5 3 (0.815%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 2 (0.543%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.543%) Netcool
6 2 (0.543%) BMC PATROL
6 2 (0.543%) Nagios
7 1 (0.272%) AppDNA
7 1 (0.272%) Norton AntiVirus
7 1 (0.272%) Veritas Storage Foundation
7 1 (0.272%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 68 (18.48%) Oracle
2 39 (10.60%) VMware
2 39 (10.60%) SAP
3 32 (8.696%) HP
4 23 (6.250%) IBM
5 17 (4.620%) Microsoft
6 16 (4.348%) Citrix
7 12 (3.261%) Mercator
8 11 (2.989%) Siebel
9 9 (2.446%) FalconStor
9 9 (2.446%) Business Objects
9 9 (2.446%) Informatica
10 8 (2.174%) DataFlux
10 8 (2.174%) Symantec
11 7 (1.902%) CA
11 7 (1.902%) NetApp
12 6 (1.630%) EMC
12 6 (1.630%) Cisco
12 6 (1.630%) Ab Initio
13 5 (1.359%) Hyperion
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