The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 21 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 Tyne and Wear 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 19 20 25
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 10 21 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 5.525% 6.402% 4.563%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.061% 6.863% 4.878%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 13 6
Average daily rate £513 £413 £319
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+24.24% +29.41%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £395 £288 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £445 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
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
Tyne and Wear
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
165 306 246
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 91.16% 93.29% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 154 118
Average daily rate £301 £350 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-14.14% +12.90%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £237 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 16
Average hourly rate £13.11 £22.50 £15.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.73% +44.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.00 £10.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.60 £35.00 £21.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
North East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 21 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
Newcastle upon Tyne 0 8 £513 +24.24%
Sunderland - 1 - -
Consultant
North East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (52.63%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Oracle
3 6 (31.58%) SQL
3 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (21.05%) Essbase
4 4 (21.05%) Hyperion
5 3 (15.79%) Banking
5 3 (15.79%) DRM
5 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) SAN
6 2 (10.53%) Replication
6 2 (10.53%) VMware
6 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
6 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
6 2 (10.53%) UNIX
6 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (10.53%) .NET
6 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
6 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
6 2 (10.53%) SAP
6 2 (10.53%) Degree
6 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
6 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (10.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
6 2 (10.53%) Oracle BI EE
7 1 (5.263%) Data Quality
7 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
7 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
7 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 (10.53%) .NET
2 1 (5.263%) Spring
2 1 (5.263%) JSP
2 1 (5.263%) Struts
2 1 (5.263%) Web Services
2 1 (5.263%) XML
2 1 (5.263%) HTML
2 1 (5.263%) J2EE
2 1 (5.263%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.263%) Apache
1 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
1 1 (5.263%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) SAP SRM
1 1 (5.263%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) SAN
2 1 (5.263%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (21.05%) Essbase
2 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
4 1 (5.263%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Selenium
1 1 (5.263%) Maven
1 1 (5.263%) JUnit
1 1 (5.263%) Bugzilla
General
1 10 (52.63%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 1 (5.263%) Law
3 1 (5.263%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Replication
1 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
2 1 (5.263%) Data Extraction
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) UNIX
2 1 (5.263%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (15.79%) DRM
2 3 (15.79%) Business Analysis
3 2 (10.53%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.263%) Automation Testing
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Web Testing
4 1 (5.263%) System Testing
4 1 (5.263%) Dimensional Modelling
4 1 (5.263%) Logistics
4 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.263%) Service Management
4 1 (5.263%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.263%) C#
3 1 (5.263%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (10.53%) VMware ESX
1 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.53%) EMC RecoverPoint
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Oracle
2 4 (21.05%) Hyperion
3 2 (10.53%) VMware
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
4 1 (5.263%) Business Objects
4 1 (5.263%) Siebel
4 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.263%) EMC
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