The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Staines 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 24 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 Staines 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 15 6 20
Rank change year-on-year
-9 +14
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 4 16 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 3.125% 12.31% 6.356%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.252% 13.01% 6.944%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 1
Average daily rate £400 £500 £465
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% +7.52%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
123 123 216
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 96.09% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 40 58
Average daily rate £375 £377 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.53% -11.29%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £517 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
Average hourly rate £13.00 £41.50 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.67% +196.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Surrey

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staines Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (20.00%) CCNA
3 2 (20.00%) Aprimo
3 2 (20.00%) Unica
3 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
3 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 2 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) ABAP
3 2 (20.00%) UNIX
3 2 (20.00%) CRM
3 2 (20.00%) Chordiant
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (20.00%) NetWeaver
3 2 (20.00%) Teradata
3 2 (20.00%) SAP Basis
3 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (10.00%) COBIT
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Network Design
4 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payroll

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 (20.00%) SAP Basis
2 1 (10.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) NetWeaver
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 3 (30.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Banking
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (20.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (20.00%) CRM
2 2 (20.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Network Design
3 1 (10.00%) Supplier Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) Java
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
1 2 (20.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) CCNA
1 2 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCDA
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (10.00%) COBIT
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Aprimo
2 2 (20.00%) Unica
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
2 2 (20.00%) Chordiant
2 2 (20.00%) Teradata
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco