The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications 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 currently tracked.

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
Application Consultant
Rank 490 533 540
Rank change year-on-year
+43 +7
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 39 51 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.084% 0.087% 0.072%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.095% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 25 19
Average daily rate £425 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.67% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £305 £288 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £511 £584 £510
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £431 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.44% +23.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £57.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -51.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £27.50 -
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42733 53947 56601
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.11% 92.50% 92.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 24507 29722 30764
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2112 2572 2930
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Applications Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Applications Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Consultant within the UK.

Applications Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Applications Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Consultant within the UK.

Applications Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Consultant
Top 25 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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
England +26 25 £450 +16.88%
London +29 11 £450 +50.00%
South East +16 6 £425 -5.55%
Scotland -4 5 £425 +6.25%
Hampshire -8 4 £463 -
East of England +17 3 £470 +10.58%
City of London +13 3 £490 +56.80%
North West +10 3 £300 -22.07%
Liverpool +9 2 £300 -9.09%
Merseyside +5 2 £300 -9.09%
Suffolk - 2 £470 -
South West +23 1 £550 -6.77%
Berkshire +15 1 £500 -
Manchester +8 1 £500 -
Hertfordshire +6 1 - -
Edinburgh +6 1 - -
Essex -2 1 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Sussex - 1 £425 -
Surrey - 1 £400 -
Staines - 1 £400 -
Glasgow - 1 - -
Crawley - 1 £425 -
Basingstoke - 1 £425 -

Applications Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 24 (22.64%) Finance
2 23 (21.70%) Oracle
3 20 (18.87%) Migration
4 16 (15.09%) Windows
4 16 (15.09%) SQL
5 14 (13.21%) Application Packaging
6 13 (12.26%) WebSphere
6 13 (12.26%) WebSphere Application Server
6 13 (12.26%) Dell
6 13 (12.26%) Citrix
7 12 (11.32%) SAP
8 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
8 11 (10.38%) Oracle Applications
9 10 (9.434%) Oracle EBS
10 9 (8.491%) IBM
11 8 (7.547%) zOS
11 8 (7.547%) Mainframe
11 8 (7.547%) DataPower
11 8 (7.547%) Oracle EBS R12
12 7 (6.604%) Problem Management
12 7 (6.604%) ISPF
12 7 (6.604%) REXX
12 7 (6.604%) JCL
12 7 (6.604%) SSL
12 7 (6.604%) Linux
12 7 (6.604%) ITIL
13 6 (5.660%) WebLogic
13 6 (5.660%) Java
13 6 (5.660%) Cognos
13 6 (5.660%) BMC

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (13.21%) Application Packaging
2 13 (12.26%) WebSphere
3 7 (6.604%) ISPF
4 5 (4.717%) .NET
5 4 (3.774%) J2EE
6 3 (2.830%) XML
7 2 (1.887%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.887%) XSL
8 1 (0.943%) HTML5
8 1 (0.943%) Spring
8 1 (0.943%) HTML
8 1 (0.943%) CSS
8 1 (0.943%) SOAP
8 1 (0.943%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 13 (12.26%) WebSphere Application Server
2 6 (5.660%) WebLogic
3 4 (3.774%) IIS
3 4 (3.774%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.830%) Apache
5 1 (0.943%) Windows Azure
5 1 (0.943%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.887%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.943%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.943%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 11 (10.38%) Oracle Applications
2 10 (9.434%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (7.547%) Oracle EBS R12
4 6 (5.660%) ResourceLink
5 5 (4.717%) SAP FI
5 5 (4.717%) SAP HR
6 3 (2.830%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (2.830%) Oracle Retail
7 2 (1.887%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (1.887%) SAP MDM
8 1 (0.943%) JDE World
8 1 (0.943%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.943%) JDE OneWorld
Communications & Networking
1 11 (10.38%) TCP/IP
2 7 (6.604%) SSL
3 6 (5.660%) DSL
4 2 (1.887%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.887%) SMTP
4 2 (1.887%) HTTP
5 1 (0.943%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.774%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (3.774%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (3.774%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (2.830%) MySQL
2 3 (2.830%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.830%) DB2
3 2 (1.887%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.887%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (0.943%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.943%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (0.943%) DataStage
4 1 (0.943%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.943%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.943%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 4 (3.774%) InstallShield
2 2 (1.887%) Oracle Forms
2 2 (1.887%) Wise Package Studio
3 1 (0.943%) PhoneGap
3 1 (0.943%) AdminStudio
3 1 (0.943%) MSI
3 1 (0.943%) ProC
General
1 24 (22.64%) Finance
2 5 (4.717%) Retail
3 3 (2.830%) Banking
3 3 (2.830%) Front Office
4 2 (1.887%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.887%) Investment Banking
5 1 (0.943%) General Ledger
5 1 (0.943%) Swedish Language
5 1 (0.943%) Local Government
5 1 (0.943%) Back Office
5 1 (0.943%) Automotive
5 1 (0.943%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.547%) Mainframe
1 8 (7.547%) DataPower
2 4 (3.774%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.774%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.830%) CMDB
4 2 (1.887%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.887%) SaaS
4 2 (1.887%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.943%) SWIFT
5 1 (0.943%) Open Source
5 1 (0.943%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.09%) Windows
2 8 (7.547%) zOS
3 7 (6.604%) Linux
4 5 (4.717%) Windows 7
4 5 (4.717%) UNIX
4 5 (4.717%) Solaris
5 3 (2.830%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (2.830%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (2.830%) AIX
6 1 (0.943%) Android
6 1 (0.943%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.943%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (18.87%) Migration
2 7 (6.604%) Problem Management
2 7 (6.604%) ITIL
3 6 (5.660%) Data Migration
4 4 (3.774%) CRM
4 4 (3.774%) Workflow
4 4 (3.774%) Ethical Hacking
4 4 (3.774%) Automated Testing
5 3 (2.830%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (2.830%) Systems Analysis
5 3 (2.830%) Information Security
5 3 (2.830%) Change Management
6 2 (1.887%) E-Commerce
6 2 (1.887%) Configuration Management
6 2 (1.887%) Project Management
6 2 (1.887%) Process Management
6 2 (1.887%) Service Delivery
6 2 (1.887%) Penetration Testing
6 2 (1.887%) Data Management
6 2 (1.887%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (15.09%) SQL
2 7 (6.604%) REXX
2 7 (6.604%) JCL
3 6 (5.660%) Java
4 4 (3.774%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.830%) C++
6 2 (1.887%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.887%) C#
6 2 (1.887%) Bash shell
7 1 (0.943%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.943%) VBScript
7 1 (0.943%) VB
Qualifications
1 6 (5.660%) Security Cleared
2 4 (3.774%) CEH
2 4 (3.774%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.943%) CCEE
3 1 (0.943%) CCIA
3 1 (0.943%) MCITP
3 1 (0.943%) CISM
3 1 (0.943%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (0.943%) CCEA
3 1 (0.943%) CISSP
3 1 (0.943%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.943%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.887%) SLA
2 1 (0.943%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.943%) COBIT
2 1 (0.943%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.887%) Terminal Services
1 2 (1.887%) Microsoft App-V
1 2 (1.887%) XenDesktop
1 2 (1.887%) XenApp
2 1 (0.943%) XenServer
2 1 (0.943%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.943%) VMware Workstation
2 1 (0.943%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.774%) OpenView
1 4 (3.774%) SolarWinds Orion
2 2 (1.887%) Nagios
2 2 (1.887%) SCCM
3 1 (0.943%) SCOM
3 1 (0.943%) CA Wily
3 1 (0.943%) AppDNA
3 1 (0.943%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 23 (21.70%) Oracle
2 13 (12.26%) Dell
2 13 (12.26%) Citrix
3 12 (11.32%) SAP
4 9 (8.491%) IBM
5 6 (5.660%) Cognos
5 6 (5.660%) BMC
6 5 (4.717%) OPNET
6 5 (4.717%) HP
6 5 (4.717%) Microsoft
7 4 (3.774%) JBoss
7 4 (3.774%) SolarWinds
8 3 (2.830%) VMware
8 3 (2.830%) Remedy
8 3 (2.830%) Salesforce.com
8 3 (2.830%) CA
8 3 (2.830%) Compuware
9 2 (1.887%) Retek
9 2 (1.887%) Charles River
9 2 (1.887%) NetScout
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