The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Business 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 advertised for the Wales 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Business Consultant
Rank 42 46 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 0.243% 0.537% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.260% 0.577% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £419
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -4.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
384 520 592
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.20% 93.02% 92.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 253 269
Average daily rate £330 £340 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% +0.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £155 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £477 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 37
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -23.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.65 £9.36
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.50 £20.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
UK

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Business Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Business Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Business Consultant across the Wales region.

Wales Business Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Business Consultant across the Wales region.

Wales Business Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Business Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Consultant within the Wales region 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
South Wales +5 1 £325 -
Business Consultant
UK

Business Consultant
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title.

1 1 (33.33%) E-business
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Xcelsius
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
1 1 (33.33%) SAP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited Business 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 Business Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ASCP
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle EBS R12
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (33.33%) SAP BW
1 1 (33.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Xcelsius
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) E-business
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Cash Management
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PL/SQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
1 1 (33.33%) SAP