The first table below looks at the demand for the Functional 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 Functional 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
Functional Consultant
Rank - 40 -
Contract jobs requiring a Functional Consultant 0 14 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wales - 2.456% -
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.632% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £550 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £465 £450
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £51.39 - £30.00
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%
Functional Consultant
UK

Functional Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales Functional Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Functional Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Functional Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Functional Consultant
Top 24 Related IT Skills

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

1 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Oracle
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle Payroll
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) SAP
5 1 (10.00%) SLA
5 1 (10.00%) SAP PP
5 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Use Case
5 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
5 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
5 1 (10.00%) Rational Functional Tester

Functional Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Payroll
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (10.00%) SAP PP
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Applications
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Rational Functional Tester
General
1 4 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) Integration Testing
3 2 (20.00%) Regression Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (10.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
4 1 (10.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (50.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) SAP