The first table below looks at the demand for the 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 29 18 21
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Contract jobs requiring a Consultant 71 106 61
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 5.595% 6.551% 5.442%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.902% 6.906% 5.793%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 49 25
Average daily rate £400 £445 £434
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.11% +2.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £290 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £598 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £425 £405
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
Average hourly rate £23.50 £75.00 £7.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-68.66% +971.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £35.25 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-6.38% +0.71%
All Job Titles
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1203 1535 1053
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 94.80% 94.87% 93.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 609 849 480
Average daily rate £313 £338 £326
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.40% +3.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £210 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 65 78
Average hourly rate £12.75 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.59 £10.30 £7.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £34.00 £32.50 £24.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Consultant
Yorkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Leeds -23 33 £425 -4.49%
Bradford +3 25 £420 -11.57%
Halifax +12 1 £325 +30.00%
Castleford - 1 - -
Wakefield - 1 £400 -
Wetherby - 1 - -
Consultant
Yorkshire

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 52 (32.30%) Oracle
2 36 (22.36%) Finance
3 20 (12.42%) SAP
4 18 (11.18%) Windows
5 16 (9.938%) Oracle EBS R12
6 15 (9.317%) Oracle EBS
7 14 (8.696%) Migration
7 14 (8.696%) ITIL
8 13 (8.075%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (7.453%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (7.453%) Oracle 11g
10 11 (6.832%) PRINCE2
10 11 (6.832%) SQL
11 10 (6.211%) Data Modelling
11 10 (6.211%) Risk Management
12 9 (5.590%) Stakeholder Management
12 9 (5.590%) VMware
12 9 (5.590%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (5.590%) CRM
12 9 (5.590%) IBM
12 9 (5.590%) Web Services
12 9 (5.590%) Oracle ASCP
13 8 (4.969%) XML
13 8 (4.969%) SQL Server
13 8 (4.969%) UNIX
13 8 (4.969%) ETL
13 8 (4.969%) Tivoli
13 8 (4.969%) Business Continuity
13 8 (4.969%) Information Security
14 7 (4.348%) Retail

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 9 (5.590%) Web Services
2 8 (4.969%) XML
3 7 (4.348%) .NET
4 4 (2.484%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.484%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.863%) LAMP
6 2 (1.242%) JMS
6 2 (1.242%) Middleware
6 2 (1.242%) JSON
6 2 (1.242%) Visualforce
6 2 (1.242%) J2EE
6 2 (1.242%) Ajax
6 2 (1.242%) WebSphere
7 1 (0.621%) HTML
7 1 (0.621%) SOAP
7 1 (0.621%) XSL
7 1 (0.621%) EDI
7 1 (0.621%) Tivoli Directory Integrator
7 1 (0.621%) BAPI
7 1 (0.621%) SAP Basis
Application Platforms
1 5 (3.106%) WebLogic
1 5 (3.106%) Oracle Service Bus
2 4 (2.484%) SharePoint 2010
2 4 (2.484%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.484%) MS Exchange
2 4 (2.484%) FileNet
3 3 (1.863%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (1.863%) Oracle Spatial
3 3 (1.863%) SAS
3 3 (1.863%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (1.863%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 2 (1.242%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (1.242%) IBM HTTP Server
4 2 (1.242%) Force.com
4 2 (1.242%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (1.242%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.621%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (0.621%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.621%) WorkSite
5 1 (0.621%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 1 (0.621%) MS Office
1 1 (0.621%) MS Excel
1 1 (0.621%) MS PowerPoint
1 1 (0.621%) InfoPath
1 1 (0.621%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (9.938%) Oracle EBS R12
2 15 (9.317%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (5.590%) Oracle ASCP
4 5 (3.106%) SAP IS-U
5 4 (2.484%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (1.863%) SAP HR
6 3 (1.863%) SAP PM
6 3 (1.863%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (1.863%) ResourceLink
7 2 (1.242%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (1.242%) JDE OneWorld
7 2 (1.242%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.621%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.621%) SAP FSCM
8 1 (0.621%) JDE World
8 1 (0.621%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.621%) Oracle Retail
8 1 (0.621%) SAP ECC
8 1 (0.621%) SAP CRM
8 1 (0.621%) SAP Payroll
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.484%) SAN
1 4 (2.484%) Firewall
2 3 (1.863%) HTTP
3 2 (1.242%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.621%) HSRP
4 1 (0.621%) VPN
4 1 (0.621%) DNS
4 1 (0.621%) BIG-IP
4 1 (0.621%) VLAN
4 1 (0.621%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.621%) Intranet
4 1 (0.621%) Internet
4 1 (0.621%) MPLS
4 1 (0.621%) OSPF
4 1 (0.621%) BGP
4 1 (0.621%) RTP
4 1 (0.621%) ADSL
4 1 (0.621%) ATM
4 1 (0.621%) ISDN
4 1 (0.621%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.453%) Oracle 11g
2 9 (5.590%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (4.969%) SQL Server
4 6 (3.727%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (3.727%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (3.106%) GIS
5 5 (3.106%) Oracle BI EE
6 4 (2.484%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (2.484%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 3 (1.863%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.863%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (1.242%) TOAD
8 2 (1.242%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.242%) MySQL
8 2 (1.242%) SQL Server 2012
9 1 (0.621%) SQL Server 2005
9 1 (0.621%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.621%) Visual Studio
1 1 (0.621%) LSMW
1 1 (0.621%) Visual Studio Team System
1 1 (0.621%) Rational Performance Tester
General
1 36 (22.36%) Finance
2 7 (4.348%) Retail
3 6 (3.727%) Banking
4 5 (3.106%) Billing
4 5 (3.106%) Legal
5 4 (2.484%) Financial Institution
5 4 (2.484%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.242%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.621%) Marketing
7 1 (0.621%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.621%) Back Office
7 1 (0.621%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.621%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.106%) Credit Risk
2 4 (2.484%) Data Extraction
2 4 (2.484%) NHS
3 3 (1.863%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.242%) SaaS
5 1 (0.621%) Client/Server
5 1 (0.621%) Visualisation
5 1 (0.621%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.621%) Clustering
5 1 (0.621%) E-Learning
5 1 (0.621%) Copywriting
5 1 (0.621%) Thin Client
5 1 (0.621%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.621%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.18%) Windows
2 8 (4.969%) UNIX
3 6 (3.727%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (3.106%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (2.484%) Linux
6 3 (1.863%) HPUX
6 3 (1.863%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.621%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (8.696%) ITIL
1 14 (8.696%) Migration
2 13 (8.075%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (7.453%) User Acceptance Testing
4 11 (6.832%) PRINCE2
5 10 (6.211%) Data Modelling
5 10 (6.211%) Risk Management
6 9 (5.590%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (5.590%) CRM
7 8 (4.969%) Business Continuity
7 8 (4.969%) Information Security
7 8 (4.969%) ETL
8 7 (4.348%) Data Management
9 6 (3.727%) Project Management
10 5 (3.106%) EAM
10 5 (3.106%) SOA
10 5 (3.106%) Integration Testing
10 5 (3.106%) Test Scripting
11 4 (2.484%) Data Migration
11 4 (2.484%) Data Validation
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.832%) SQL
2 4 (2.484%) Java
3 3 (1.863%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.863%) T-SQL
3 3 (1.863%) C++
4 2 (1.242%) VBA
4 2 (1.242%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.242%) C
4 2 (1.242%) PHP
4 2 (1.242%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.621%) C#
5 1 (0.621%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 5 (3.106%) Degree
2 3 (1.863%) SC Cleared
2 3 (1.863%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.242%) CISSP
3 2 (1.242%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.242%) CCAB
4 1 (0.621%) CCNP
4 1 (0.621%) CCNA
4 1 (0.621%) ISEB
4 1 (0.621%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.863%) COBIT
1 3 (1.863%) QA
2 2 (1.242%) GAAP
2 2 (1.242%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.242%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.621%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.621%) HL7
3 1 (0.621%) BS25999
System Software
1 5 (3.106%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.863%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.242%) XenApp
4 1 (0.621%) XenServer
4 1 (0.621%) vSphere
4 1 (0.621%) Tivoli Directory Server
4 1 (0.621%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.621%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.621%) Citrix Presentation Server
4 1 (0.621%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (4.969%) Tivoli
2 5 (3.106%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (1.863%) SCOM
4 2 (1.242%) Tivoli Storage Manager
4 2 (1.242%) MOM
4 2 (1.242%) SCCM
4 2 (1.242%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 1 (0.621%) Tivoli Remote Control
5 1 (0.621%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.621%) SCVMM
5 1 (0.621%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 52 (32.30%) Oracle
2 20 (12.42%) SAP
3 9 (5.590%) IBM
3 9 (5.590%) VMware
4 5 (3.106%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.106%) HP
4 5 (3.106%) Business Objects
5 4 (2.484%) Citrix
5 4 (2.484%) Cisco
6 3 (1.863%) Hyperion
6 3 (1.863%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (1.242%) Brocade
7 2 (1.242%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.242%) 3PAR
7 2 (1.242%) EMC
7 2 (1.242%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.242%) Sage
8 1 (0.621%) i2
8 1 (0.621%) Lotus
8 1 (0.621%) Red Hat
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