The first table below looks at the demand for the Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Management Consultant
Rank 108 138 121
Rank change year-on-year
+30 -17
Contract jobs requiring a Management Consultant 3 3 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.149% 0.092% 0.209%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.159% 0.099% 0.222%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
Average daily rate £419 £500 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.25% +53.84%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £475 £450
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1891 3019 2707
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.08% 93.04% 94.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1135 1811 1344
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 136 187 244
Average hourly rate £15.30 £22.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.00% +2.27%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.80 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £38.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Management Consultant
England

Management Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Management Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Management Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Management Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Management Consultant across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West Management Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Management Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Management Consultant across the South West region.

South West Management Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Management Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Management Consultant within the South West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Wiltshire +3 2 £513 -
Management Consultant
England

Management Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title.

1 5 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (50.00%) Data Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 2 (20.00%) Reference Data
4 2 (20.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) PKI
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) RMADS
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
5 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
5 1 (10.00%) XenApp
5 1 (10.00%) HNC
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix
5 1 (10.00%) CA
5 1 (10.00%) Smartcard
5 1 (10.00%) X.509
5 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (10.00%) Validation

Management Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Management 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 Management Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) X.509
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (20.00%) Reference Data
3 1 (10.00%) PKI
3 1 (10.00%) RMADS
3 1 (10.00%) Smartcard
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Data Modelling
1 5 (50.00%) Data Management
2 4 (40.00%) Data Architecture
3 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Information Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (10.00%) Data Mapping
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) Validation
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
5 1 (10.00%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (10.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (10.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) XenApp
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) CA