The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Sussex 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 Sussex 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 3 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 3 4 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 17.65% 10.81% 11.76%
As % of the Job Titles category 18.75% 12.90% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £500 -
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
Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
16 31 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Sussex 94.12% 83.78% 94.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 18
Average daily rate £450 £320 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.62% -28.88%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 3 (75.00%) EDRMS
2 2 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle SCM
3 1 (25.00%) Oracle

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Sussex 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle iProcurement
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle SCM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) EDRMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle