The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Telford 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 Telford 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 12 - 15
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 6 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 6.897% - 1.786%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.108% - 2.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
Average daily rate £288 - £275
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
Telford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
74 88 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Telford 85.06% 95.65% 85.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 70 22
Average daily rate £315 £338 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -3.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £260 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
Shropshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford 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 Telford region.

Telford Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 3 (33.33%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 2 (22.22%) VB
3 2 (22.22%) .NET
3 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (22.22%) C#
3 2 (22.22%) Tomcat
4 1 (11.11%) SCCM
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
4 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
4 1 (11.11%) SAP
4 1 (11.11%) UNIX
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Telford 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 (22.22%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (22.22%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI/CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP CO
1 1 (11.11%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) LAN
1 4 (44.44%) WAN
1 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Java
1 3 (33.33%) SQL
2 2 (22.22%) VB
2 2 (22.22%) C#
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) SAP