Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4926
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads79166
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.085 %
As % of the category below4.334 %6.696 %
Salaries quoted72161
Average minimum salary£40,306£32,097
Average salary£44,542£35,015
% change on same period last year+27.20 %
Average maximum salary£48,778£37,933
UK excluding London average salary£50,560£51,026
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads18232479
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.570 %1.266 %
Salaries quoted16812261
Average minimum salary£31,169£30,894
Average salary£34,352£33,430
% change on same period last year+2.75 %
Average maximum salary£37,535£35,967
UK excluding London average salary£38,504£39,019
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Consultant North WestConsultant
North West

Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Consultant across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Consultant across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Cheshire Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonDown-1416£34,733-0.26 %
NorthwichUp+210£53,000+76.66 %
KnutsfordDown-186£38,500-2.80 %
RuncornUp+55£47,500+33.46 %
ChesterDown-113£40,500+20.89 %
Consultant North WestConsultant
North West

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled with Consultant in their job title.

158 (24.89 %)Finance
246 (19.74 %)Oracle
339 (16.74 %)SQL
437 (15.88 %)Degree
534 (14.59 %)Microsoft
629 (12.45 %)Middleware
724 (10.30 %)AIX
724 (10.30 %)MS Excel
822 (9.442 %)ITIL
921 (9.013 %)SAS
1020 (8.584 %)SLA
1020 (8.584 %)WebSphere
1119 (8.155 %)Windows
1119 (8.155 %).NET
1218 (7.725 %)UNIX
1218 (7.725 %)Business Intelligence
1218 (7.725 %)Oracle EBS
1317 (7.296 %)Health
1317 (7.296 %)Security Cleared
1416 (6.867 %)Manufacturing
1416 (6.867 %)WBIMB
1416 (6.867 %)Service Management
1416 (6.867 %)Datawarehouse
1416 (6.867 %)SQL Server
1416 (6.867 %)DB2
1515 (6.438 %)SAP
1515 (6.438 %)Project Management
1614 (6.009 %)ERP
1614 (6.009 %)Oracle Applications
1614 (6.009 %)Performance Testing

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 IT job ads sampled with Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (12.45 %)Middleware
220 (8.584 %)WebSphere
319 (8.155 %).NET
416 (6.867 %)WBIMB
510 (4.292 %)ASP.NET
67 (3.004 %)XML
67 (3.004 %)J2EE
76 (2.575 %)SAP Basis
85 (2.146 %)XSLT
93 (1.288 %)HTML
102 (0.858 %)Adobe Flex
102 (0.858 %)AJAX
102 (0.858 %)Windows SharePoint Services
111 (0.429 %)ASP
111 (0.429 %).NET Framework
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (9.013 %)SAS
29 (3.863 %)Oracle 9iAS
38 (3.433 %)Oracle 10gAS
47 (3.004 %)Apache
47 (3.004 %)Tomcat
47 (3.004 %)WebSphere Application Server
47 (3.004 %)WebLogic
56 (2.575 %)SharePoint
56 (2.575 %)SharePoint Server 2007
56 (2.575 %)CMS
65 (2.146 %)BizTalk Server
65 (2.146 %)Commerce Server
74 (1.717 %)Gentran
83 (1.288 %)NetWeaver
83 (1.288 %)IIS
91 (0.429 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.429 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.429 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
124 (10.30 %)MS Excel
26 (2.575 %)MS Office
35 (2.146 %)MS Visio
41 (0.429 %)AutoCAD
41 (0.429 %)MS Project
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
118 (7.725 %)Oracle EBS
214 (6.009 %)Oracle Applications
36 (2.575 %)Line 50
36 (2.575 %)Oracle ASCP
36 (2.575 %)Line 100
36 (2.575 %)Line 500
45 (2.146 %)Oracle Financials
45 (2.146 %)Oracle 11i
54 (1.717 %)SalesLogix
54 (1.717 %)SageCRM MME
54 (1.717 %)Oracle Manufacturing
62 (0.858 %)Sage MMS
62 (0.858 %)Navision
62 (0.858 %)SAP FI
62 (0.858 %)SAP PP
62 (0.858 %)SAP FI/CO
62 (0.858 %)SAP CO
71 (0.429 %)Oracle CRM
71 (0.429 %)Axapta
71 (0.429 %)Siebel Analytics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (2.575 %)Internet
24 (1.717 %)SAN
32 (0.858 %)Intranet
32 (0.858 %)Broadband
32 (0.858 %)Extranet
32 (0.858 %)RFID
32 (0.858 %)Firewall
41 (0.429 %)Network Security
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (6.867 %)SQL Server
116 (6.867 %)DB2
116 (6.867 %)Datawarehouse
28 (3.433 %)ETL
37 (3.004 %)BusinessObjects
37 (3.004 %)SQL Server 2000
37 (3.004 %)Data Mining
37 (3.004 %)Text Mining
37 (3.004 %)SQL Server 2005
37 (3.004 %)Data Cleansing
46 (2.575 %)Crystal Reports
55 (2.146 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
64 (1.717 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.717 %)GIS
73 (1.288 %)Oracle 9i
82 (0.858 %)Oracle Reports
82 (0.858 %)UniData
82 (0.858 %)SAP BW
82 (0.858 %)RDBMS
91 (0.429 %)EDMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (3.433 %)ProC
26 (2.575 %)QALoad
26 (2.575 %)LoadRunner
33 (1.288 %)Oracle Forms
42 (0.858 %)Oracle APEX
51 (0.429 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.429 %)PeopleTools
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
158 (24.89 %)Finance
217 (7.296 %)Health
316 (6.867 %)Manufacturing
49 (3.863 %)Multimedia
58 (3.433 %)Marketing
67 (3.004 %)Pensions
76 (2.575 %)Retail
76 (2.575 %)Pharmaceutical
84 (1.717 %)Education
84 (1.717 %)Telecoms
84 (1.717 %)Billing
84 (1.717 %)FMCG
93 (1.288 %)Legal
101 (0.429 %)Government
101 (0.429 %)Back Office
101 (0.429 %)Automotive
101 (0.429 %)Insurance
101 (0.429 %)Local Government
101 (0.429 %)Banking
101 (0.429 %)Online Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (2.146 %)Data Integration
24 (1.717 %)NHS
24 (1.717 %)Mainframe
24 (1.717 %)Tandem
33 (1.288 %)iSeries
33 (1.288 %)AS400
33 (1.288 %)N-Tier
42 (0.858 %)CMDB
42 (0.858 %)Statistics
42 (0.858 %)Data Protection Act
51 (0.429 %)Mathematics
51 (0.429 %)Ergonomics
51 (0.429 %)Computer Science
51 (0.429 %)NPfIT
51 (0.429 %)W3C
51 (0.429 %)Replication
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (10.30 %)AIX
219 (8.155 %)Windows
318 (7.725 %)UNIX
48 (3.433 %)Solaris
54 (1.717 %)Windows NT
54 (1.717 %)HPUX
62 (0.858 %)OS/400
71 (0.429 %)Windows Server 2003
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (9.442 %)ITIL
218 (7.725 %)Business Intelligence
316 (6.867 %)Service Management
415 (6.438 %)Project Management
514 (6.009 %)ERP
514 (6.009 %)Performance Testing
613 (5.579 %)Service Delivery
711 (4.721 %)Logistics
711 (4.721 %)Supply Chain Management
810 (4.292 %)CRM
99 (3.863 %)PRINCE2
99 (3.863 %)Change Management
108 (3.433 %)Risk Management
108 (3.433 %)Information Management
108 (3.433 %)Data Analysis
117 (3.004 %)Data Migration
117 (3.004 %)Unit Testing
117 (3.004 %)Migration
117 (3.004 %)Data Modelling
126 (2.575 %)Business Analysis
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (16.74 %)SQL
211 (4.721 %)VB.NET
211 (4.721 %)C#
310 (4.292 %)Java
310 (4.292 %)VB
47 (3.004 %)Transact-SQL
54 (1.717 %)C
63 (1.288 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.429 %)JavaScript
71 (0.429 %)ABAP
71 (0.429 %)LotusScript
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (15.88 %)Degree
217 (7.296 %)Security Cleared
36 (2.575 %)CISSP
45 (2.146 %)SC Cleared
54 (1.717 %)DV Cleared
54 (1.717 %)ITIL Certification
63 (1.288 %)PRINCE2 Certification
72 (0.858 %)SSCP
72 (0.858 %)CISA
72 (0.858 %)CISMP
81 (0.429 %)PMP
81 (0.429 %)PMI Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
120 (8.584 %)SLA
29 (3.863 %)QA
34 (1.717 %)BS7799
43 (1.288 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
51 (0.429 %)ISO27001
51 (0.429 %)HL7
51 (0.429 %)PCI DSS
51 (0.429 %)ISO9001
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.429 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.858 %)OpenView
12 (0.858 %)ServiceCenter
12 (0.858 %)AssetCenter
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
146 (19.74 %)Oracle
234 (14.59 %)Microsoft
315 (6.438 %)SAP
49 (3.863 %)Sage
57 (3.004 %)Business Objects
57 (3.004 %)HP
57 (3.004 %)DataFlux
65 (2.146 %)BEA
74 (1.717 %)IBM
74 (1.717 %)Ab Initio
83 (1.288 %)VMware
83 (1.288 %)Remedy
92 (0.858 %)Symantec
92 (0.858 %)Peregrine
101 (0.429 %)Lotus
101 (0.429 %)Sun
101 (0.429 %)CheckPoint
101 (0.429 %)Hyperion
101 (0.429 %)Nokia
101 (0.429 %)PeopleSoft