Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the England 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1614
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads878718428
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.595 %9.404 %
As % of the category below8.899 %10.76 %
Salaries quoted733714804
Average minimum salary£45,923£45,833
Average salary£51,255£51,785
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Average maximum salary£56,587£57,736
UK excluding London average salary£50,429£51,023
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads98743171342
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled85.34 %87.44 %
Salaries quoted83972139369
Average minimum salary£38,389£39,401
Average salary£41,949£43,251
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Average maximum salary£45,510£47,102
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Consultant UKConsultant
UK

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 8 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
LondonDown-43425£55,326-1.30 %
South EastDown-12356£49,307-0.65 %
North WestDown-11714£49,673+1.85 %
West MidlandsDown-7557£50,904-3.00 %
South WestDown-3447£41,950+1.68 %
East of EnglandDown-8392£42,854-0.55 %
East MidlandsDown-4233£47,883+7.65 %
YorkshireDown-30195£41,237+0.41 %
MidlandsNo change0139£54,919+0.80 %
North EastDown-549£43,898-22.92 %
South CoastDown-52£50,000-13.04 %
Consultant UKConsultant
UK

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

15295 (23.83 %)Finance
24905 (22.07 %)SAP
33168 (14.26 %)Oracle
43002 (13.51 %)Microsoft
52390 (10.76 %)SQL
62292 (10.31 %)Windows
72169 (9.761 %)Business Intelligence
82046 (9.207 %)SQL Server
92017 (9.077 %)Project Management
102005 (9.023 %)Degree
111654 (7.443 %)Java
121633 (7.349 %)Retail
131504 (6.768 %)MS Excel
141495 (6.728 %)CRM
151485 (6.683 %).NET
161414 (6.363 %)UNIX
171116 (5.022 %)Banking
181104 (4.968 %)VMware
191094 (4.923 %)Government
201069 (4.811 %)Cisco
21985 (4.433 %)ERP
22968 (4.356 %)Microsoft Certification
23956 (4.302 %)SAP FI
24940 (4.230 %)Datawarehouse
25939 (4.226 %)SAP CO
26938 (4.221 %)SAP FI/CO
27904 (4.068 %)Telecoms
28895 (4.028 %)Active Directory
29891 (4.010 %)XML
30843 (3.794 %)Health

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11485 (6.683 %).NET
2891 (4.010 %)XML
3743 (3.344 %)J2EE
4637 (2.867 %)HTML
5526 (2.367 %)WebSphere
6507 (2.282 %)ASP.NET
7372 (1.674 %)WebServices
8226 (1.017 %)Middleware
9214 (0.963 %)SAP Basis
10170 (0.765 %)ASP
11165 (0.743 %)CSS
12163 (0.734 %)JSP
13157 (0.707 %)EDI
14131 (0.590 %).NET Framework
15117 (0.527 %)XSL
16115 (0.518 %)Windows SharePoint Services
17112 (0.504 %)SAP XI
18104 (0.468 %)XSLT
19100 (0.450 %)AJAX
2075 (0.338 %)SAP ALE
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1645 (2.903 %)SharePoint
2568 (2.556 %)MS Exchange
3500 (2.250 %)SAS
4389 (1.751 %)IIS
5374 (1.683 %)NetWeaver
6370 (1.665 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7306 (1.377 %)Exchange Server 2003
8264 (1.188 %)BizTalk Server
9257 (1.157 %)WebLogic
10222 (0.999 %)Apache
11174 (0.783 %)Tomcat
12159 (0.716 %)Exchange Server 2007
13144 (0.648 %)JBoss
14138 (0.621 %)SharePoint Portal Server
15116 (0.522 %)WebSphere Application Server
1694 (0.423 %)Exchange Server 2000
1793 (0.419 %)CMS
1885 (0.383 %)Oracle Workflow
1962 (0.279 %)Lotus Domino
2045 (0.203 %)Documentum
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11504 (6.768 %)MS Excel
2350 (1.575 %)MS Office
3315 (1.418 %)MS Visio
496 (0.432 %)SPSS
587 (0.392 %)InfoPath
677 (0.347 %)MS Project
753 (0.239 %)MS PowerPoint
846 (0.207 %)Spreadsheet
935 (0.158 %)CA Clarity
1022 (0.099 %)Windchill
1118 (0.081 %)PrintSoft PReS
1216 (0.072 %)Photoshop
139 (0.041 %)Fireworks
147 (0.032 %)MATLAB
156 (0.027 %)Pro/ENGINEER
164 (0.018 %)Simulink
164 (0.018 %)Paint Shop Pro
173 (0.014 %)Vensim
173 (0.014 %)InDesign
182 (0.009 %)ArcView
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1956 (4.302 %)SAP FI
2939 (4.226 %)SAP CO
3938 (4.221 %)SAP FI/CO
4540 (2.430 %)SAP HR
5529 (2.381 %)SAP SD
6402 (1.809 %)SAP Oil and Gas
7337 (1.517 %)SAP CRM
8336 (1.512 %)SAP MM
9299 (1.346 %)SAP Payroll
10281 (1.265 %)Oracle EBS
11278 (1.251 %)Oracle Financials
12270 (1.215 %)Dynamics CRM
13257 (1.157 %)Oracle Applications
14246 (1.107 %)Navision
15229 (1.031 %)SAP Retail
16213 (0.959 %)Dynamics NAV
17207 (0.932 %)Microsoft CRM
18203 (0.914 %)Dynamics AX
19168 (0.756 %)Axapta
20146 (0.657 %)Oracle 11i
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1706 (3.177 %)Firewall
2665 (2.993 %)SAN
3627 (2.822 %)WAN
4569 (2.561 %)LAN
5462 (2.079 %)TCP/IP
6461 (2.075 %)Internet
7330 (1.485 %)VPN
8283 (1.274 %)VoIP
9259 (1.166 %)Network Security
10238 (1.071 %)MPLS
11221 (0.995 %)Cisco PIX
12213 (0.959 %)Wireless
13205 (0.923 %)DNS
14162 (0.729 %)LDAP
15142 (0.639 %)SSL
16136 (0.612 %)DHCP
17122 (0.549 %)NetScreen
18118 (0.531 %)IP Telephony
19103 (0.464 %)IPCC
2098 (0.441 %)BGP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12046 (9.207 %)SQL Server
2940 (4.230 %)Datawarehouse
3696 (3.132 %)BusinessObjects
4637 (2.867 %)SAP BW
5616 (2.772 %)ETL
6451 (2.030 %)SQL Server 2005
7384 (1.728 %)RDBMS
8337 (1.517 %)OLAP
9327 (1.472 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10315 (1.418 %)SAP BI
11276 (1.242 %)DB2
12243 (1.094 %)SQL Server 2000
13231 (1.040 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14228 (1.026 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15213 (0.959 %)Oracle 8/8i
16167 (0.752 %)DTS
17151 (0.680 %)GIS
18149 (0.671 %)Oracle 10g
19146 (0.657 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
19146 (0.657 %)Hyperion Essbase
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1101 (0.455 %)Oracle Forms
290 (0.405 %)Visual Studio
361 (0.275 %)LoadRunner
452 (0.234 %)TestDirector
545 (0.203 %)QuickTest Pro
641 (0.185 %)LSMW
736 (0.162 %)ClearCase
831 (0.140 %)Ant
929 (0.131 %)ClearQuest
1023 (0.104 %)Eclipse
1119 (0.086 %)NUnit
1218 (0.081 %)ProC
1218 (0.081 %)MSI
1316 (0.072 %)MorphX
1413 (0.059 %)ERwin
1413 (0.059 %)QALoad
1512 (0.054 %)Subversion
1512 (0.054 %)PeopleTools
1611 (0.050 %)Dreamweaver
1611 (0.050 %)WinRunner
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15295 (23.83 %)Finance
21633 (7.349 %)Retail
31116 (5.022 %)Banking
41094 (4.923 %)Government
5904 (4.068 %)Telecoms
6843 (3.794 %)Health
7784 (3.528 %)Pensions
8758 (3.411 %)Marketing
9638 (2.871 %)Manufacturing
10612 (2.754 %)Education
11598 (2.691 %)Insurance
12399 (1.796 %)Back Office
13283 (1.274 %)Pharmaceutical
14261 (1.175 %)Front Office
15252 (1.134 %)FMCG
16251 (1.130 %)Financial Institution
17241 (1.085 %)Investment Banking
18217 (0.977 %)Billing
19189 (0.851 %)Legal
20179 (0.806 %)Local Government
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1307 (1.382 %)Management Information System
2290 (1.305 %)Derivative
3243 (1.094 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4231 (1.040 %)Computer Science
5191 (0.860 %)French Language
6182 (0.819 %)Clustering
7172 (0.774 %)German Language
8165 (0.743 %)Data Integration
9135 (0.608 %)NHS
10128 (0.576 %)Equities
11122 (0.549 %)Client/Server
12115 (0.518 %)CESG
13101 (0.455 %)Mathematics
13101 (0.455 %)Biometrics
1493 (0.419 %)Mainframe
1588 (0.396 %)Spanish Language
1687 (0.392 %)PKI
1782 (0.369 %)Fixed Income
1881 (0.365 %)Thin Client
1881 (0.365 %)Fat Client
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12292 (10.31 %)Windows
21414 (6.363 %)UNIX
3840 (3.780 %)Windows Server 2003
4699 (3.146 %)Linux
5327 (1.472 %)Solaris
6273 (1.229 %)Windows 2000
7262 (1.179 %)AIX
8232 (1.044 %)Windows XP
9192 (0.864 %)Windows 2000 Server
10132 (0.594 %)Windows Vista
11110 (0.495 %)Windows NT
1290 (0.405 %)Windows Server 2008
1384 (0.378 %)HPUX
1447 (0.212 %)Red Hat Linux
1530 (0.135 %)NetWare
1628 (0.126 %)Embedded Linux
1725 (0.113 %)Nucleus RTOS
1725 (0.113 %)VxWorks
1824 (0.108 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1922 (0.099 %)VMS
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12169 (9.761 %)Business Intelligence
22017 (9.077 %)Project Management
31495 (6.728 %)CRM
4985 (4.433 %)ERP
5838 (3.771 %)Business Analysis
6705 (3.173 %)ITIL
7667 (3.002 %)Risk Management
8647 (2.912 %)Business Development
9630 (2.835 %)Migration
10608 (2.736 %)Information Security
11567 (2.552 %)Change Management
12479 (2.156 %)PRINCE2
13439 (1.976 %)Logistics
14414 (1.863 %)Service Management
15409 (1.841 %)Asset Management
16387 (1.742 %)SAP Implementation
17376 (1.692 %)Data Migration
18350 (1.575 %)Workflow
19342 (1.539 %)Service Delivery
20338 (1.521 %)Performance Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12390 (10.76 %)SQL
21654 (7.443 %)Java
3801 (3.605 %)C#
4785 (3.533 %)C
5531 (2.390 %)ABAP
6513 (2.309 %)C++
7425 (1.913 %)JavaScript
8394 (1.773 %)VB
9373 (1.679 %)PL/SQL
10220 (0.990 %)VB.NET
11175 (0.788 %)Perl
12172 (0.774 %)Transact-SQL
13171 (0.770 %)VBA
14161 (0.725 %)Shell Script
15125 (0.563 %)PHP
1678 (0.351 %)VBScript
1764 (0.288 %)Delphi
1858 (0.261 %)Korn
1941 (0.185 %)SAS Macro
2040 (0.180 %)SAPscript
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12005 (9.023 %)Degree
2968 (4.356 %)Microsoft Certification
3780 (3.510 %)Cisco Certification
4748 (3.366 %)MCSE
5676 (3.042 %)Security Cleared
6567 (2.552 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7492 (2.214 %)CISSP
8401 (1.805 %)Citrix Certification
9330 (1.485 %)CCNP
10313 (1.409 %)CCIE
11312 (1.404 %)CCNA
12287 (1.292 %)SC Cleared
13221 (0.995 %)CCA
14189 (0.851 %)CCEA
15185 (0.833 %)CCVP
16166 (0.747 %)CISM
17164 (0.738 %)CCDP
18139 (0.626 %)ISEB
19132 (0.594 %)ITIL Certification
20127 (0.572 %)ACCA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1358 (1.611 %)ISO27001
2355 (1.598 %)QA
3281 (1.265 %)SLA
4188 (0.846 %)PCI DSS
5138 (0.621 %)BS7799
687 (0.392 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
769 (0.311 %)PCI QSA
856 (0.252 %)COBIT
945 (0.203 %)ISO17799
1042 (0.189 %)JSP 440
1140 (0.180 %)ISO9001
1239 (0.176 %)Basel II
1321 (0.095 %)MiFID
1419 (0.086 %)HMG Infosec
1518 (0.081 %)WCAG
1616 (0.072 %)BS25999
1715 (0.068 %)GAAP
1715 (0.068 %)IAS 39
1814 (0.063 %)TickIT
1913 (0.059 %)WAI
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1895 (4.028 %)Active Directory
2751 (3.380 %)VMware Infrastructure
3272 (1.224 %)VMware ESX
4126 (0.567 %)ISA Server
5100 (0.450 %)Citrix Presentation Server
687 (0.392 %)Backup Exec
786 (0.387 %)NetBackup
865 (0.293 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
956 (0.252 %)Terminal Services
1050 (0.225 %)Hyper-V
1144 (0.198 %)Oracle RAC
1238 (0.171 %)Xen
1238 (0.171 %)VMware Server
1330 (0.135 %)VMware Workstation
1425 (0.113 %)NFS
1521 (0.095 %)AquaLogic
1620 (0.090 %)Oracle RMAN
1715 (0.068 %)NDS
1715 (0.068 %)Terminal Server
1812 (0.054 %)MetaFrame
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1120 (0.540 %)Tivoli
298 (0.441 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
384 (0.378 %)MOM
476 (0.342 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
570 (0.315 %)SCCM
661 (0.275 %)OpenView
760 (0.270 %)SCOM
837 (0.167 %)Legato
932 (0.144 %)EMC NetWorker
1031 (0.140 %)BMC PATROL
1124 (0.108 %)ServiceCenter
1223 (0.104 %)Norton AntiVirus
1322 (0.099 %)NNM
1421 (0.095 %)CiscoWorks
1520 (0.090 %)Data Guard
1619 (0.086 %)AutoSys
1718 (0.081 %)AssetCenter
1718 (0.081 %)HP Data Protector
1817 (0.077 %)Netcool
1913 (0.059 %)CONTROL-M
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14905 (22.07 %)SAP
23168 (14.26 %)Oracle
33002 (13.51 %)Microsoft
41104 (4.968 %)VMware
51069 (4.811 %)Cisco
6729 (3.281 %)Citrix
7711 (3.200 %)Cognos
8708 (3.186 %)HP
9696 (3.132 %)Business Objects
10632 (2.844 %)IBM
11486 (2.187 %)Hyperion
12312 (1.404 %)CheckPoint
13299 (1.346 %)EMC
14290 (1.305 %)NetApp
15288 (1.296 %)Siebel
16270 (1.215 %)Informatica
17269 (1.211 %)Juniper
18194 (0.873 %)Sun
19180 (0.810 %)Symantec
20162 (0.729 %)Sage