The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the West Sussex 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 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 West Sussex 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
Consultant
Rank 18 26 20
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 26 30 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 6.878% 4.651% 7.534%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.407% 4.862% 8.128%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 21 15
Average daily rate £410 £275 £410
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+49.09% -32.92%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £375 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £401
% change year-on-year
- +6.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £33.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.71%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
351 617 406
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Sussex 92.86% 95.66% 92.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 366 189
Average daily rate £380 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.57% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £490 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 24 46
Average hourly rate £25.38 £22.00 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.34% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £11.75 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £44.25 £32.50 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Sussex 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 West Sussex region.

West Sussex Consultant Hourly Rate Trend

Consultant
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Consultant across the West Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Sussex Consultant Hourly Rate Histogram

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 West Sussex 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
Crawley +12 12 £410 +49.09%
Horsham +9 5 - -
Gatwick +4 2 £431 +56.81%
Worthing 0 2 - -
Chichester -1 1 £288 -4.16%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 15 (28.85%) SAP
2 13 (25.00%) Finance
3 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 8 (15.38%) CA
3 8 (15.38%) SAP PSCD
3 8 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
4 7 (13.46%) SAP FI-CA
4 7 (13.46%) SAP FI
4 7 (13.46%) ERP
4 7 (13.46%) VMware
5 6 (11.54%) Telecoms
5 6 (11.54%) webMethods
5 6 (11.54%) CRM
5 6 (11.54%) Windows
5 6 (11.54%) Test Management
5 6 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (9.615%) SAP ERP
6 5 (9.615%) Revenue Management
6 5 (9.615%) General Ledger
6 5 (9.615%) SharePoint
6 5 (9.615%) IBM
6 5 (9.615%) Workflow
7 4 (7.692%) Migration
7 4 (7.692%) FileNet
7 4 (7.692%) Firewall
7 4 (7.692%) VPN
7 4 (7.692%) DNS
7 4 (7.692%) CCA
7 4 (7.692%) Juniper
7 4 (7.692%) LAN

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex 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 3 (5.769%) Web Services
1 3 (5.769%) Middleware
1 3 (5.769%) SAP XI
1 3 (5.769%) Dojo
1 3 (5.769%) REST
2 2 (3.846%) XML
2 2 (3.846%) XML Schema
2 2 (3.846%) WS-I
2 2 (3.846%) JDBC
2 2 (3.846%) SOAP
3 1 (1.923%) .NET
3 1 (1.923%) CSS
3 1 (1.923%) RSS
3 1 (1.923%) HTML5
3 1 (1.923%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.923%) Application Packaging
3 1 (1.923%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (9.615%) SharePoint
2 4 (7.692%) FileNet
3 2 (3.846%) Documentum
3 2 (3.846%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (3.846%) IIS
3 2 (3.846%) MQSeries
4 1 (1.923%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (5.769%) MS Office
2 2 (3.846%) MS Visio
2 2 (3.846%) MS Project
3 1 (1.923%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 8 (15.38%) SAP PSCD
2 7 (13.46%) SAP FI
2 7 (13.46%) SAP FI-CA
3 5 (9.615%) SAP ERP
4 2 (3.846%) SAP CO
4 2 (3.846%) SAP CRM
4 2 (3.846%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (1.923%) Maximo
5 1 (1.923%) SAP PP
5 1 (1.923%) SAP QM
5 1 (1.923%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.692%) LAN
1 4 (7.692%) WAN
1 4 (7.692%) DHCP
1 4 (7.692%) VPN
1 4 (7.692%) DNS
1 4 (7.692%) Firewall
2 3 (5.769%) VLAN
2 3 (5.769%) SAN
2 3 (5.769%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.846%) MPLS
3 2 (3.846%) Wireless
4 1 (1.923%) Intranet
4 1 (1.923%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.846%) BusinessObjects
1 2 (3.846%) QlikView
2 1 (1.923%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.923%) SAP BW
2 1 (1.923%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.923%) LSMW
1 1 (1.923%) PhoneGap
General
1 13 (25.00%) Finance
2 6 (11.54%) Telecoms
3 5 (9.615%) General Ledger
4 2 (3.846%) Aerospace
5 1 (1.923%) Legal
5 1 (1.923%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.923%) Online Betting
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.769%) Clustering
2 2 (3.846%) Blackberry
2 2 (3.846%) Mathematics
2 2 (3.846%) Computer Science
3 1 (1.923%) Smart Meter
3 1 (1.923%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.923%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Windows
2 2 (3.846%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.923%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.923%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.923%) Linux
3 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
3 1 (1.923%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
3 1 (1.923%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (13.46%) ERP
3 6 (11.54%) Test Management
3 6 (11.54%) CRM
4 5 (9.615%) Revenue Management
4 5 (9.615%) Workflow
5 4 (7.692%) Migration
5 4 (7.692%) ITIL
6 3 (5.769%) Configuration Management
6 3 (5.769%) Workflow Management
7 2 (3.846%) Service Management
7 2 (3.846%) Business Analysis
7 2 (3.846%) Software Testing
7 2 (3.846%) Requirements Management
7 2 (3.846%) Web Development
7 2 (3.846%) SOA
7 2 (3.846%) EAI
7 2 (3.846%) Information Security
7 2 (3.846%) Change Management
8 1 (1.923%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.692%) Java
2 1 (1.923%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.923%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.692%) CCA
2 2 (3.846%) Degree
3 1 (1.923%) ISACA
3 1 (1.923%) VCP5
3 1 (1.923%) CISSP
3 1 (1.923%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.923%) IBM Certification
3 1 (1.923%) CISM
3 1 (1.923%) CCAB
3 1 (1.923%) CEH
3 1 (1.923%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.769%) QA
2 2 (3.846%) DO-254
3 1 (1.923%) SLA
3 1 (1.923%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (11.54%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (5.769%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (3.846%) XenApp
3 2 (3.846%) vSphere
3 2 (3.846%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.923%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.923%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (1.923%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (3.846%) Backup Exec
1 2 (3.846%) WSUS
1 2 (3.846%) SCCM
1 2 (3.846%) HP SIM
2 1 (1.923%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 15 (28.85%) SAP
2 8 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.38%) CA
3 7 (13.46%) VMware
4 6 (11.54%) webMethods
5 5 (9.615%) IBM
6 4 (7.692%) Juniper
7 3 (5.769%) HP
7 3 (5.769%) Dell
8 2 (3.846%) Oracle
8 2 (3.846%) Business Objects
8 2 (3.846%) Citrix
8 2 (3.846%) NetApp
8 2 (3.846%) CheckPoint
8 2 (3.846%) ProCurve
9 1 (1.923%) Riverbed
9 1 (1.923%) Verint
9 1 (1.923%) PlateSpin
9 1 (1.923%) Wyse
9 1 (1.923%) 3Com