Support Consultant Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 438 506 456
Rank change year-on-year
+68 -50
Contract jobs requiring a Support Consultant 96 80 130
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.204% 0.135% 0.216%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.221% 0.146% 0.233%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 48 54
Average daily rate £338 £363 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.89% +11.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £220 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £450 £474
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
- +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 4
Average hourly rate £15.26 £22.50 £16.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-32.20% +38.46%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.05 £18.50 £12.35
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.05 £26.50 £33.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £12.50 £27.50 £16.25
% change year-on-year
-54.54% +69.23%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
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 2155 2623 2895
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 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Support Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Support Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Support Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Support Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Support Consultant
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +61 78 £325 -10.34%
London +42 38 £325 -18.75%
South East +19 11 £388 +16.10%
South West +29 10 £260 -28.27%
Devon - 6 £260 -
Plymouth - 6 £260 -
Berkshire +18 5 £425 -
Scotland -14 5 £400 +14.28%
Yorkshire - 5 - -
West Yorkshire - 5 - -
Leeds - 5 - -
City of London +6 4 £325 -18.75%
Midlands - 4 £450 -
East of England +14 3 £350 -7.89%
North West +4 3 £550 +358.33%
Hertfordshire +12 2 £350 -
Cheshire +1 2 - -
Glasgow -16 2 - -
Bournemouth - 2 £280 -
Warrington - 2 - -
Dorset - 2 £280 -
West Midlands - 2 £400 -
West Sussex +14 1 £425 +25.92%
Manchester +13 1 £550 -
Wiltshire +5 1 - -
Edinburgh +3 1 - -
Buckinghamshire +3 1 - -
Cambridgeshire - 1 £350 -
Marlow - 1 - -
Bromley - 1 £475 -

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title.

1 39 (24.53%) Windows
2 25 (15.72%) MS Exchange
2 25 (15.72%) VMware
2 25 (15.72%) Finance
3 24 (15.09%) Active Directory
4 23 (14.47%) Oracle
5 22 (13.84%) Exchange Server 2010
6 20 (12.58%) SAP
7 19 (11.95%) Microsoft
8 18 (11.32%) Windows Server 2008
9 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
10 16 (10.06%) ITIL
10 16 (10.06%) SQL
11 15 (9.434%) Banking
12 14 (8.805%) UNIX
12 14 (8.805%) Exchange Server 2007
13 12 (7.547%) Oracle EBS R12
13 12 (7.547%) MS Excel
13 12 (7.547%) Windows Server 2003
14 11 (6.918%) Migration
15 9 (5.660%) ERP
15 9 (5.660%) LAN
15 9 (5.660%) WAN
15 9 (5.660%) SQL Server
16 8 (5.031%) MS Office
16 8 (5.031%) Cisco
16 8 (5.031%) Citrix
16 8 (5.031%) Blackberry
16 8 (5.031%) Firewall
16 8 (5.031%) Change Management

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (4.403%) XML
2 6 (3.774%) Web Services
3 4 (2.516%) .NET
4 3 (1.887%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.258%) XSL
5 2 (1.258%) XSLT
5 2 (1.258%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.258%) STL
5 2 (1.258%) J2EE
5 2 (1.258%) WSDL
5 2 (1.258%) Django
6 1 (0.629%) Murex MxML
6 1 (0.629%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
6 1 (0.629%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.629%) FIX Protocol
6 1 (0.629%) ISPF
6 1 (0.629%) EDIFACT
6 1 (0.629%) Middleware
6 1 (0.629%) HTML
6 1 (0.629%) EDI
Application Platforms
1 25 (15.72%) MS Exchange
2 22 (13.84%) Exchange Server 2010
3 14 (8.805%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (3.774%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (3.145%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 5 (3.145%) SharePoint
6 4 (2.516%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (1.887%) Office Communications Server
7 3 (1.887%) Lotus Domino
8 2 (1.258%) SAS
8 2 (1.258%) Apache
9 1 (0.629%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.629%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
9 1 (0.629%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (0.629%) Captiva
9 1 (0.629%) Gentran
9 1 (0.629%) WebSphere MQ
9 1 (0.629%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.629%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.629%) MQSeries
Applications
1 12 (7.547%) MS Excel
2 8 (5.031%) MS Office
3 3 (1.887%) Office 365
4 2 (1.258%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.629%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (7.547%) Oracle EBS R12
2 7 (4.403%) Oracle Financials
3 6 (3.774%) SAP FI
3 6 (3.774%) SAP FI/CO
3 6 (3.774%) SAP CO
4 5 (3.145%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (2.516%) Taleo
6 3 (1.887%) Dynamics NAV
7 2 (1.258%) Oracle 11i
7 2 (1.258%) SAP APO
7 2 (1.258%) CODA-Financials
7 2 (1.258%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (1.258%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.629%) Oracle iProcurement
8 1 (0.629%) ION MarketView
8 1 (0.629%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.629%) Cerner Millennium
8 1 (0.629%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.629%) Oracle Financial Analyzer
8 1 (0.629%) Sage 1000
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.660%) LAN
1 9 (5.660%) WAN
2 8 (5.031%) Firewall
3 7 (4.403%) TCP/IP
4 5 (3.145%) DNS
4 5 (3.145%) WLAN
5 4 (2.516%) GPRS
5 4 (2.516%) SMTP
5 4 (2.516%) DHCP
5 4 (2.516%) SAN
5 4 (2.516%) NetScaler
5 4 (2.516%) GGSN
5 4 (2.516%) SGSN
6 3 (1.887%) SSL
6 3 (1.887%) LDAP
6 3 (1.887%) POP3
7 2 (1.258%) BGP
7 2 (1.258%) OSPF
8 1 (0.629%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.629%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.660%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.887%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (1.887%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (1.258%) MS Access
3 2 (1.258%) SAP BW
3 2 (1.258%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (1.258%) Base SAS
3 2 (1.258%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 2 (1.258%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.629%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 1 (0.629%) Data Mart
4 1 (0.629%) Essbase
4 1 (0.629%) Crystal Analysis
4 1 (0.629%) GIS
4 1 (0.629%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.629%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.629%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (0.629%) MySQL
4 1 (0.629%) OLAP
4 1 (0.629%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (1.258%) Eclipse
1 2 (1.258%) Visual Studio
1 2 (1.258%) Subversion
2 1 (0.629%) Hudson
General
1 25 (15.72%) Finance
2 15 (9.434%) Banking
3 7 (4.403%) Investment Banking
4 6 (3.774%) Front Office
5 5 (3.145%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.145%) Telecoms
6 3 (1.887%) Retail
6 3 (1.887%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.258%) Billing
7 2 (1.258%) French Language
8 1 (0.629%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (0.629%) Online Betting
8 1 (0.629%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.031%) Blackberry
2 5 (3.145%) Hedge funds
3 4 (2.516%) CMDB
4 3 (1.887%) iPad
4 3 (1.887%) iPhone
4 3 (1.887%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.258%) NHS
5 2 (1.258%) Clustering
5 2 (1.258%) Credit Risk
5 2 (1.258%) Data Integration
6 1 (0.629%) PACS
6 1 (0.629%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.629%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.629%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 39 (24.53%) Windows
2 18 (11.32%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (8.805%) UNIX
4 12 (7.547%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (3.774%) Solaris
5 6 (3.774%) Linux
6 5 (3.145%) Windows 7
7 4 (2.516%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.258%) AIX
8 2 (1.258%) Mac OS X
8 2 (1.258%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (1.258%) Android
9 1 (0.629%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.629%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.629%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (10.06%) ITIL
2 11 (6.918%) Migration
3 9 (5.660%) ERP
4 8 (5.031%) Change Management
5 7 (4.403%) Service Delivery
5 7 (4.403%) Project Management
6 6 (3.774%) Incident Management
6 6 (3.774%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (3.145%) Workflow
8 4 (2.516%) SOA
8 4 (2.516%) OO
8 4 (2.516%) Risk Management
8 4 (2.516%) Service Management
8 4 (2.516%) ITSM
9 3 (1.887%) ITIL V3
9 3 (1.887%) Root Cause Analysis
9 3 (1.887%) Business Intelligence
10 2 (1.258%) CRM
10 2 (1.258%) UML
10 2 (1.258%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (10.06%) SQL
2 6 (3.774%) Java
3 5 (3.145%) PowerShell
3 5 (3.145%) C#
4 4 (2.516%) C++
5 3 (1.887%) Shell Script
5 3 (1.887%) VB
5 3 (1.887%) Perl
5 3 (1.887%) C
6 2 (1.258%) Python
6 2 (1.258%) PHP
6 2 (1.258%) PL/SQL
6 2 (1.258%) XQuery
6 2 (1.258%) XPath
7 1 (0.629%) REXX
7 1 (0.629%) ABAP
7 1 (0.629%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.629%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (5.031%) Security Cleared
2 6 (3.774%) MCSE
2 6 (3.774%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (3.774%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.516%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.258%) MCSA
4 2 (1.258%) MCP
4 2 (1.258%) CCIE
4 2 (1.258%) CCNP
4 2 (1.258%) CCNA
4 2 (1.258%) Degree
5 1 (0.629%) MCITP
5 1 (0.629%) CCDP
5 1 (0.629%) CCIP
5 1 (0.629%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.629%) CCA
5 1 (0.629%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.887%) ISO 9001
2 2 (1.258%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (15.09%) Active Directory
2 17 (10.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (4.403%) vSphere
4 6 (3.774%) VMware ESX
5 5 (3.145%) UAG
6 4 (2.516%) XenApp
6 4 (2.516%) XenDesktop
7 3 (1.887%) Hyper-V
7 3 (1.887%) ISA Server
8 2 (1.258%) Forefront TMG
9 1 (0.629%) XenServer
9 1 (0.629%) PowerHA
9 1 (0.629%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.629%) NFS
Systems Management
1 6 (3.774%) Tivoli
1 6 (3.774%) SCOM
2 5 (3.145%) MAILsweeper
3 4 (2.516%) Backup Exec
3 4 (2.516%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 3 (1.887%) SCCM
4 3 (1.887%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.258%) Tivoli Monitoring
6 1 (0.629%) McAfee ePO
6 1 (0.629%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.629%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.629%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 1 (0.629%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 25 (15.72%) VMware
2 23 (14.47%) Oracle
3 20 (12.58%) SAP
4 19 (11.95%) Microsoft
5 8 (5.031%) Cisco
5 8 (5.031%) Citrix
6 5 (3.145%) FalconStor
6 5 (3.145%) Symantec
6 5 (3.145%) Remedy
6 5 (3.145%) Veritas
6 5 (3.145%) EMC
7 4 (2.516%) Sun
7 4 (2.516%) HP
7 4 (2.516%) Ericsson
7 4 (2.516%) Sage
7 4 (2.516%) NetApp
7 4 (2.516%) McAfee
7 4 (2.516%) AppSense
8 3 (1.887%) Lotus
8 3 (1.887%) BMC
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