The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 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 Yorkshire 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
Consultant
Rank 22 28 31
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 3.788% 2.308% 2.000%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.082% 2.429% 2.105%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 3
Average daily rate £425 £413 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.03% -23.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £365 £428
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £488 £788
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 247 285
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 92.80% 95.00% 95.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 141 132 170
Average daily rate £300 £288 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.34% -11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £160 £165 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £485 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 21 31
Average hourly rate £14.50 £22.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.55% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £30.00 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Yorkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
Sheffield +1 4 £388 +3.33%
Doncaster - 4 £500 -
Consultant
Yorkshire

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 10 (38.46%) Oracle
2 7 (26.92%) Manufacturing
3 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
3 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
3 5 (19.23%) SharePoint 2010
4 4 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
4 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
4 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (11.54%) Intranet
5 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
5 3 (11.54%) Hitachi
5 3 (11.54%) C#
5 3 (11.54%) SQL
5 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
5 3 (11.54%) .NET
5 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (7.692%) Web Development
6 2 (7.692%) SharePoint 2013
6 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
6 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
6 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
6 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
6 2 (7.692%) LoadRunner
6 2 (7.692%) Lotus
6 2 (7.692%) WAN
6 2 (7.692%) SSL
6 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
6 2 (7.692%) LAN
6 2 (7.692%) E-business

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) HTML
2 1 (3.846%) CSS
2 1 (3.846%) HTML5
2 1 (3.846%) Ajax
2 1 (3.846%) jQuery
2 1 (3.846%) CAML
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (19.23%) SharePoint
1 5 (19.23%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (7.692%) SharePoint 2013
2 2 (7.692%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (3.846%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (3.846%) WebSphere Message Broker
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (15.38%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (7.692%) Oracle SCM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Intranet
2 2 (7.692%) WAN
2 2 (7.692%) SSL
2 2 (7.692%) LAN
2 2 (7.692%) Wireless
2 2 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (3.846%) MPLS
3 1 (3.846%) H.323
3 1 (3.846%) Internet
3 1 (3.846%) Firewall
3 1 (3.846%) PSTN
3 1 (3.846%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.846%) Visual Studio
General
1 7 (26.92%) Manufacturing
2 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.846%) Finance
2 1 (3.846%) Legal
2 1 (3.846%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) NHS
1 1 (3.846%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (11.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (7.692%) Web Development
3 2 (7.692%) E-business
3 2 (7.692%) EAM
3 2 (7.692%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.846%) Risk Management
4 1 (3.846%) Migration
4 1 (3.846%) Service Management
4 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.846%) Change Management
4 1 (3.846%) ERP
4 1 (3.846%) CRM
4 1 (3.846%) ITIL
4 1 (3.846%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (3.846%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (3.846%) Supplier Management
4 1 (3.846%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (3.846%) Data Analysis
4 1 (3.846%) Supply Chain Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) C#
1 3 (11.54%) SQL
2 2 (7.692%) T-SQL
2 2 (7.692%) VB.NET
3 1 (3.846%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.846%) CCIE
1 1 (3.846%) CCSP
1 1 (3.846%) CCNP
1 1 (3.846%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 2 (7.692%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Cisco IPCC
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Hitachi
4 2 (7.692%) Lotus
5 1 (3.846%) SAP
5 1 (3.846%) Lagan