The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 27 16 19
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 17 44 52
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 3.991% 7.719% 7.879%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.271% 8.271% 8.553%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 8 24
Average daily rate £400 £445 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% +31.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £320 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £560 £434
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £400
% change year-on-year
- +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.75 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -6.42%
All Job Titles
Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
398 532 608
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales 93.43% 93.33% 92.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 236 257 279
Average daily rate £350 £350 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £175 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 27 31
Average hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+3.44% -34.09%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.35 £10.75 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £20.00 £59.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
UK

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Wales Consultant Daily Rate Histogram

Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Wales region 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
South Wales -11 12 £388 -22.50%
West Wales +8 3 £400 -
Consultant
UK

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 36 (56.25%) SAP
2 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
3 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
4 9 (14.06%) Oracle
4 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
5 8 (12.50%) ABAP
5 8 (12.50%) Finance
6 7 (10.94%) Test Scripting
7 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (7.813%) Use Case
8 5 (7.813%) Integration Testing
9 4 (6.250%) Oracle EBS R12
9 4 (6.250%) Degree
9 4 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
9 4 (6.250%) SAP CO
9 4 (6.250%) Manufacturing
9 4 (6.250%) Oracle Payroll
9 4 (6.250%) Open Text
9 4 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
9 4 (6.250%) Telecoms
9 4 (6.250%) Firewall
9 4 (6.250%) BusinessObjects
9 4 (6.250%) SAP SD
9 4 (6.250%) SAP PP
9 4 (6.250%) SAP BW
9 4 (6.250%) SAP FI
9 4 (6.250%) Business Objects
9 4 (6.250%) Web Services
10 3 (4.688%) Java

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (6.250%) Web Services
2 2 (3.125%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.563%) ASP
3 1 (1.563%) .NET
3 1 (1.563%) JMS
3 1 (1.563%) Middleware
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.563%) MDX
Application Platforms
1 3 (4.688%) LiveLink
2 2 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (3.125%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.125%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.563%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.563%) Apache
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle Workflow
3 1 (1.563%) SharePoint Server
3 1 (1.563%) Mule
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2013
3 1 (1.563%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.563%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (1.563%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (6.250%) Oracle EBS R12
1 4 (6.250%) SAP FI/CO
1 4 (6.250%) SAP CO
1 4 (6.250%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (6.250%) SAP SD
1 4 (6.250%) SAP PP
1 4 (6.250%) SAP FI
2 2 (3.125%) SAP LE
2 2 (3.125%) SAP HCM
2 2 (3.125%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (3.125%) SAP QM
2 2 (3.125%) SAP CRM
2 2 (3.125%) SAP HR
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.563%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.563%) Maximo
3 1 (1.563%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.563%) FRx
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.250%) Firewall
2 1 (1.563%) HTTP
2 1 (1.563%) VPN
2 1 (1.563%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.250%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (6.250%) SAP BW
2 3 (4.688%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.563%) MySQL
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.563%) DB2
3 1 (1.563%) OLAP
3 1 (1.563%) Informix
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.563%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.563%) GIS
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.563%) Xcelsius
3 1 (1.563%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.563%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 2 (3.125%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 10 (15.63%) Pharmaceutical
2 8 (12.50%) Finance
3 4 (6.250%) Manufacturing
3 4 (6.250%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.563%) Replication
1 1 (1.563%) CESG
1 1 (1.563%) CESG CLAS
1 1 (1.563%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.688%) Windows
2 2 (3.125%) Linux
3 1 (1.563%) UNIX
3 1 (1.563%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.563%) VMS
3 1 (1.563%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (10.94%) Test Scripting
3 6 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (7.813%) Use Case
4 5 (7.813%) Integration Testing
5 3 (4.688%) CRM
5 3 (4.688%) Data Modelling
5 3 (4.688%) SOA
5 3 (4.688%) ETL
5 3 (4.688%) Regression Testing
5 3 (4.688%) Logistics
6 2 (3.125%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (3.125%) Test Automation
6 2 (3.125%) Data Migration
6 2 (3.125%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (3.125%) Data Management
6 2 (3.125%) Migration
6 2 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (3.125%) ITIL
7 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 8 (12.50%) ABAP
2 3 (4.688%) Java
3 2 (3.125%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Security Cleared
2 9 (14.06%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.250%) Degree
4 1 (1.563%) CISSP
4 1 (1.563%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.563%) CISM
4 1 (1.563%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.563%) SLA
1 1 (1.563%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.688%) XenApp
2 1 (1.563%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.563%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.563%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.563%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 1 (1.563%) MOM
1 1 (1.563%) SCOM
Vendors
1 36 (56.25%) SAP
2 9 (14.06%) Oracle
3 4 (6.250%) Open Text
3 4 (6.250%) Business Objects
4 3 (4.688%) Microsoft
5 2 (3.125%) Adobe
5 2 (3.125%) Cisco
5 2 (3.125%) Citrix
6 1 (1.563%) JBoss
6 1 (1.563%) Sophos
6 1 (1.563%) Genesys
6 1 (1.563%) Sage
6 1 (1.563%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.563%) HP
6 1 (1.563%) VMware
6 1 (1.563%) AppSense
6 1 (1.563%) WatchGuard
South Wales
building data warehouse systems using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or 2008, providing both skills and experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008, SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, MDX, Business Intelligence ,...
Sanderson
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013