The first table below looks at the demand for the Sales 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 Sales Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Sales Consultant
Rank 523 563 573
Rank change year-on-year
+40 +10
Contract jobs requiring a Sales Consultant 10 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.021% 0.017% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.019% 0.027%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 5
Average daily rate £500 £375 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £500 £375 £450
% change year-on-year
+33.33% -16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
Average hourly rate £32.50 - £7.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 - £7.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42921 54032 55868
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.62% 92.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 24602 29796 30366
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £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 2138 2561 2889
Average hourly rate £18.53 £18.75 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-1.20% -6.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.74 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Sales Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sales Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Sales Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Sales Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Sales Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Sales Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Sales Consultant
Top 7 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Sales Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 +62 9 £500 +33.33%
South East +23 5 £500 +53.84%
London +20 3 £500 -
City of London +20 2 £500 +66.66%
Home Counties - 2 - -
Brighton - 1 - -
East Sussex - 1 - -

Sales Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Sales 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 Sales Consultant in their job title.

1 5 (29.41%) CRM
2 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 3 (17.65%) SAP
3 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 3 (17.65%) Degree
4 2 (11.76%) Time Management
4 2 (11.76%) LPAR
4 2 (11.76%) Cisco
4 2 (11.76%) IBM AIX Certification
4 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
4 2 (11.76%) AIX
4 2 (11.76%) HPUX
4 2 (11.76%) Solaris
4 2 (11.76%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Siebel
4 2 (11.76%) HP
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 2 (11.76%) SUSE
4 2 (11.76%) SAP CRM
5 1 (5.882%) Siebel EIM
5 1 (5.882%) VMware
5 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.882%) Change Management
5 1 (5.882%) Wireless
5 1 (5.882%) Front Office
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Automotive
5 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis

Sales Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) Web Services
1 1 (5.882%) XML
1 1 (5.882%) Middleware
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP CRM
2 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
2 1 (5.882%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.882%) SAN
1 1 (5.882%) MPLS
1 1 (5.882%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) Oracle 8/8i
1 1 (5.882%) Siebel EIM
General
1 4 (23.53%) Telecoms
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.882%) Front Office
4 1 (5.882%) Automotive
4 1 (5.882%) Local Government
4 1 (5.882%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) LPAR
2 1 (5.882%) SaaS
2 1 (5.882%) Social Media
2 1 (5.882%) IaaS
2 1 (5.882%) NHS
2 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.882%) FMCG
2 1 (5.882%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) AIX
1 2 (11.76%) HPUX
1 2 (11.76%) Solaris
1 2 (11.76%) Linux
1 2 (11.76%) SUSE
2 1 (5.882%) Android
2 1 (5.882%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) CRM
2 3 (17.65%) Project Management
3 2 (11.76%) Time Management
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
4 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
4 1 (5.882%) Logistics
4 1 (5.882%) Business Analysis
4 1 (5.882%) Business Development
4 1 (5.882%) E-Commerce
4 1 (5.882%) ERP
4 1 (5.882%) Data Modelling
4 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2
4 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) IBM AIX Certification
3 1 (5.882%) MCP
3 1 (5.882%) MCSE
3 1 (5.882%) CCNA
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) Siebel Certification
3 1 (5.882%) PRINCE2 Certification
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) SAP
2 2 (11.76%) Siebel
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco
2 2 (11.76%) HP
2 2 (11.76%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.882%) Salesforce.com
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) 3PAR
3 1 (5.882%) Eloqua
3 1 (5.882%) Pegasus
3 1 (5.882%) Oracle