The first table below looks at the demand for the Junior 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 Junior 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
Junior Consultant
Rank 511 576 572
Rank change year-on-year
+65 -4
Contract jobs requiring a Junior Consultant 18 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.039% 0.014% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.015% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 6
Average daily rate £288 £345 £303
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +14.04%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £329 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £469 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £275 £335 £303
% change year-on-year
-17.91% +10.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £20.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £30.00
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%

Junior Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Junior Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Junior Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Junior Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Junior Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Junior Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Junior Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Junior Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Junior Consultant
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Junior 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 +55 16 £288 -16.66%
London +40 6 £300 -40.00%
South East +17 4 - -
Berkshire - 3 - -
Reading - 3 - -
North East - 2 £275 -
Surrey +14 1 - -
North West +14 1 £350 +1.44%
West Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 £200 -
East Midlands - 1 £335 -
Shropshire - 1 - -
Derbyshire - 1 £335 -
Cheshire - 1 £350 -
Uxbridge - 1 £300 -
Telford - 1 - -
Chesterfield - 1 £335 -

Junior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 13 (50.00%) SAP
2 8 (30.77%) Degree
3 5 (19.23%) Finance
3 5 (19.23%) ERP
4 4 (15.38%) Java
4 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (15.38%) Retail
4 4 (15.38%) Logistics
5 3 (11.54%) SAP PM
5 3 (11.54%) Quality Management
5 3 (11.54%) E-Procurement
5 3 (11.54%) SAP EP
5 3 (11.54%) PLM
5 3 (11.54%) PDM
5 3 (11.54%) C#
5 3 (11.54%) .NET
5 3 (11.54%) Oracle
5 3 (11.54%) Web Services
5 3 (11.54%) XML
5 3 (11.54%) SAP EHS
5 3 (11.54%) SAP PLM
5 3 (11.54%) SAP ALE
5 3 (11.54%) SAP xRPM
5 3 (11.54%) SAP cProjects
6 2 (7.692%) SAP Data Services
6 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (7.692%) XPath
6 2 (7.692%) Korean Language
6 2 (7.692%) XSL

Junior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) .NET
1 3 (11.54%) Web Services
1 3 (11.54%) XML
1 3 (11.54%) SAP ALE
2 2 (7.692%) XSL
3 1 (3.846%) HTML
3 1 (3.846%) J2EE
3 1 (3.846%) Murex MxML
Application Platforms
1 3 (11.54%) SAP EP
2 1 (3.846%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (3.846%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 3 (11.54%) SAP PM
1 3 (11.54%) SAP EHS
1 3 (11.54%) SAP PLM
1 3 (11.54%) SAP xRPM
1 3 (11.54%) SAP cProjects
2 1 (3.846%) SAP CO
2 1 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (3.846%) SAP SD
2 1 (3.846%) SAP FI
2 1 (3.846%) SAP GRC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (3.846%) Data Mart
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (7.692%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.846%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (3.846%) Hudson
General
1 5 (19.23%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Retail
3 2 (7.692%) Korean Language
4 1 (3.846%) Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.846%) Dutch Language
4 1 (3.846%) French Language
4 1 (3.846%) Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.846%) Blackberry
1 1 (3.846%) iPhone
1 1 (3.846%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.846%) Android
1 1 (3.846%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) ERP
2 4 (15.38%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (15.38%) Logistics
3 3 (11.54%) Quality Management
3 3 (11.54%) E-Procurement
3 3 (11.54%) PLM
3 3 (11.54%) PDM
4 2 (7.692%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (7.692%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Project Management
4 2 (7.692%) Change Management
4 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.846%) Software Testing
5 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.846%) Data Modelling
5 1 (3.846%) CRM
5 1 (3.846%) SAP Security
5 1 (3.846%) Security Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (3.846%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 4 (15.38%) Java
2 3 (11.54%) C#
3 2 (7.692%) XPath
3 2 (7.692%) SQL
3 2 (7.692%) XQuery
4 1 (3.846%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (30.77%) Degree
2 1 (3.846%) ISTQB
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 13 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (11.54%) Oracle
3 1 (3.846%) Murex
3 1 (3.846%) HP
3 1 (3.846%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.846%) Baan
3 1 (3.846%) JD Edwards
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.846%) PeopleSoft