The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 19 June 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 Southampton 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 13 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 24 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 7.164% 2.724% 2.139%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.477% 2.893% 2.247%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 3 2
Average daily rate £426 £375 £248
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.66% +51.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £284 £335 £136
10% offered a daily rate of more than £520 £475 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
Average hourly rate £20.00 £41.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-51.80% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £31.25 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
321 242 178
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 95.82% 94.16% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 176 123 75
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £475 £521
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 58 24
Average hourly rate £14.00 £20.00 £12.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-30.00% +61.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £10.07 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.65 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Consultant
Hampshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 8 (28.57%) Oracle
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (25.00%) Retail
2 7 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 7 (25.00%) Informatica
3 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (17.86%) Finance
4 5 (17.86%) ETL
5 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
5 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
6 3 (10.71%) EPiServer
6 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
6 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
6 3 (10.71%) SAP BW
6 3 (10.71%) Siebel
6 3 (10.71%) SAP MM
6 3 (10.71%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (10.71%) Workflow
7 2 (7.143%) Migration
7 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (7.143%) CESG
7 2 (7.143%) Maximo
7 2 (7.143%) .NET
7 2 (7.143%) CRM
7 2 (7.143%) Windows
7 2 (7.143%) SQL Server

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 2 (7.143%) .NET
2 1 (3.571%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.571%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 2 (7.143%) MS Exchange
1 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (3.571%) EPiServer CMS
2 1 (3.571%) Lync
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (3.571%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (3.571%) WebSphere Process Server
2 1 (3.571%) SAS
2 1 (3.571%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.571%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) InfoPath
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) SAP MM
1 3 (10.71%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (7.143%) Maximo
2 2 (7.143%) SAP FI
3 1 (3.571%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (3.571%) Siebel Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle BI EE
2 7 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (10.71%) SAP BW
4 2 (7.143%) SQL Server
4 2 (7.143%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (3.571%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (3.571%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (3.571%) OLTP
5 1 (3.571%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (3.571%) OLAP
5 1 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (3.571%) Crystal Analysis
Development Applications
1 1 (3.571%) Hudson
1 1 (3.571%) Ant
General
1 7 (25.00%) Retail
2 5 (17.86%) Finance
3 2 (7.143%) Marketing
4 1 (3.571%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) CESG
2 1 (3.571%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Windows
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (3.571%) UNIX
2 1 (3.571%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (21.43%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (17.86%) ETL
3 4 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Integration Testing
4 3 (10.71%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.71%) Workflow
5 2 (7.143%) Migration
5 2 (7.143%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.143%) CRM
5 2 (7.143%) Use Case
5 2 (7.143%) Dimensional Modelling
5 2 (7.143%) Analytics
6 1 (3.571%) Performance Improvement
6 1 (3.571%) Test Strategy
6 1 (3.571%) Marketing Analytics
6 1 (3.571%) Data Migration
6 1 (3.571%) SAP Implementation
6 1 (3.571%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.571%) C#
1 1 (3.571%) SQL
1 1 (3.571%) ABAP
1 1 (3.571%) Jython
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 4 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.571%) ISTQB
3 1 (3.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.143%) JSP 440
2 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (3.571%) XenApp
1 1 (3.571%) XenServer
1 1 (3.571%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.571%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (3.571%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Oracle
2 7 (25.00%) SAP
2 7 (25.00%) Informatica
3 3 (10.71%) EPiServer
3 3 (10.71%) Siebel
4 2 (7.143%) HP
4 2 (7.143%) RedPrairie
5 1 (3.571%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.571%) Citrix
5 1 (3.571%) BMC
5 1 (3.571%) JDA
5 1 (3.571%) Business Objects
5 1 (3.571%) VMware
5 1 (3.571%) Remedy
Southampton, Hampshire
The Network Security Consultant will be required to evaluate and audit my clients current network infrastructure through requirements gathering, site visits, use cases and business analysis... * Requirements gathering...
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Posted: 13 June 2013