The first table below looks at the demand for the Business Consultant role in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire 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 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 West Yorkshire 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
Business Consultant
Rank 84 90 77
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Business Consultant 4 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.319% 0.064% 0.178%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.338% 0.068% 0.189%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
Average daily rate £425 £400 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% +60.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £400 £425
% change year-on-year
+12.50% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1185 1480 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.42% 94.57% 94.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 603 828 495
Average daily rate £313 £340 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.08% +4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 67 74
Average hourly rate £12.75 £15.00 £12.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.53 £10.00 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Business Consultant
Yorkshire

Business Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire Business Consultant Daily 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 West Yorkshire 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
Bradford - 2 - -
Leeds -7 1 £425 +6.25%
Business Consultant
Yorkshire

Business Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
3 5 (31.25%) Data Management
3 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (31.25%) Credit Risk
4 4 (25.00%) Data Validation
4 4 (25.00%) Data Extraction
4 4 (25.00%) Fraud Modelling
4 4 (25.00%) Data Transformation
4 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (25.00%) Validation
4 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
5 3 (18.75%) Legal
5 3 (18.75%) Oracle
5 3 (18.75%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (12.50%) Degree
6 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
6 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
6 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
7 1 (6.250%) Maximo
7 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
7 1 (6.250%) Information Security
7 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
7 1 (6.250%) VMware

Business Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (6.250%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (6.250%) Maximo
2 1 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle BI EE
2 2 (12.50%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (6.250%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
General
1 10 (62.50%) Finance
2 3 (18.75%) Legal
3 1 (6.250%) Telecoms
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Credit Risk
2 4 (25.00%) Data Extraction
3 1 (6.250%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (31.25%) Data Modelling
1 5 (31.25%) Data Management
1 5 (31.25%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (25.00%) Data Validation
2 4 (25.00%) Fraud Modelling
2 4 (25.00%) Data Transformation
2 4 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 4 (25.00%) Validation
2 4 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (25.00%) Business Continuity
3 2 (12.50%) Load Balancing
4 1 (6.250%) Asset Management
4 1 (6.250%) Information Security
4 1 (6.250%) Migration
4 1 (6.250%) ETL
4 1 (6.250%) Data Governance
4 1 (6.250%) Master Data Management
4 1 (6.250%) Use Case
4 1 (6.250%) Test Scripting
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.250%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.250%) GAAP
1 1 (6.250%) Data Quality
1 1 (6.250%) BS25999
System Software
1 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Oracle
2 2 (12.50%) Business Objects
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (6.250%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) Hyperion
3 1 (6.250%) SolarWinds