Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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
Rank1818
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads181284
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.145 %
As % of the category below7.712 %8.029 %
Salaries quoted172252
Average minimum salary£39,732£40,389
Average salary£44,426£44,798
% change on same period last year-0.82 %
Average maximum salary£49,121£49,206
UK excluding London average salary£50,429£51,023
% change on same period last year-1.16 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads23473537
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.029 %1.805 %
Salaries quoted20562961
Average minimum salary£38,006£36,419
Average salary£41,659£39,689
% change on same period last year+4.96 %
Average maximum salary£45,311£42,960
UK excluding London average salary£38,488£39,022
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Consultant East of EnglandConsultant
East of England

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire 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
St AlbansUp+1321£43,905+21.61 %
StevenageUp+1219£41,526-11.64 %
WatfordDown-716£28,464-30.57 %
HertfordNew entry-3£54,833-
LetchworthUp+23£38,333-
Bishop's StortfordNew entry-3£35,833-
RoystonNew entry-2--
TringNew entry-2£37,250-
Consultant East of EnglandConsultant
East of England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

182 (17.71 %)VMware
182 (17.71 %)SAN
277 (16.63 %)Finance
373 (15.77 %)VMware Infrastructure
472 (15.55 %)Microsoft
560 (12.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
659 (12.74 %)VMware ESX
757 (12.31 %)Cisco
856 (12.10 %)HP
955 (11.88 %)Linux
1050 (10.80 %)Oracle
1145 (9.719 %)SAP
1145 (9.719 %)Cisco Certification
1243 (9.287 %)UNIX
1341 (8.855 %)Windows
1440 (8.639 %)Degree
1539 (8.423 %)Business Continuity
1539 (8.423 %)Disaster Recovery
1539 (8.423 %)Health
1638 (8.207 %)MS Excel
1638 (8.207 %)NetApp
1737 (7.991 %)SQL
1834 (7.343 %)Firewall
1932 (6.911 %)Wireless
1932 (6.911 %)CRM
1932 (6.911 %)CCNA
1932 (6.911 %)Marketing
2028 (6.048 %)IBM
2028 (6.048 %)DHCP
2126 (5.616 %)Java

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (2.592 %)Middleware
210 (2.160 %).NET
39 (1.944 %)WebSphere
46 (1.296 %)XML
46 (1.296 %)XSLT
53 (0.648 %)WebServices
53 (0.648 %)WAP
53 (0.648 %)J2EE
62 (0.432 %)SAP XI
71 (0.216 %)AJAX
71 (0.216 %)Adobe Flex
71 (0.216 %)ASP
71 (0.216 %)ASP.NET
71 (0.216 %)COM
71 (0.216 %)EDI
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (4.104 %)MS Exchange
212 (2.592 %)Apache
38 (1.728 %)Exchange Server 2000
47 (1.512 %)MTS
55 (1.080 %)Exchange Server 2003
64 (0.864 %)SAS
64 (0.864 %)MQSeries
64 (0.864 %)CMS
73 (0.648 %)WebLogic
73 (0.648 %)Tomcat
73 (0.648 %)Tuxedo
73 (0.648 %)JBoss
82 (0.432 %)GroupWise
82 (0.432 %)IIS
91 (0.216 %)SharePoint
91 (0.216 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.216 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (0.216 %)WorkSite
91 (0.216 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.216 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
138 (8.207 %)MS Excel
212 (2.592 %)Spreadsheet
311 (2.376 %)MS Office
48 (1.728 %)MS Visio
53 (0.648 %)MS PowerPoint
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
122 (4.752 %)Dynamics NAV
218 (3.888 %)Oracle EBS
218 (3.888 %)Navision
316 (3.456 %)Oracle 11i
412 (2.592 %)Oracle Financials
511 (2.376 %)Oracle EBS R12
69 (1.944 %)BASE24
77 (1.512 %)Dynamics CRM
83 (0.648 %)Dynamics AX
83 (0.648 %)Axapta
83 (0.648 %)Sage MMS
92 (0.432 %)Great Plains
92 (0.432 %)SAP HR
92 (0.432 %)SAP Business One
92 (0.432 %)Cognos Planning
92 (0.432 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
92 (0.432 %)Line 500
92 (0.432 %)SAP WM
92 (0.432 %)Oracle Applications
101 (0.216 %)SAP SD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
182 (17.71 %)SAN
234 (7.343 %)Firewall
332 (6.911 %)Wireless
428 (6.048 %)DHCP
525 (5.400 %)Cisco PIX
621 (4.536 %)LAN
714 (3.024 %)WAN
714 (3.024 %)IPCC
88 (1.728 %)Cisco IPT
88 (1.728 %)TCP/IP
88 (1.728 %)VPN
97 (1.512 %)IP Telephony
106 (1.296 %)DNS
106 (1.296 %)Internet
113 (0.648 %)HTTP
113 (0.648 %)SMTP
113 (0.648 %)Network Security
122 (0.432 %)ATM
122 (0.432 %)MPLS
131 (0.216 %)X.25
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (5.616 %)SQL Server
29 (1.944 %)Oracle Discoverer
29 (1.944 %)RDBMS
29 (1.944 %)SAP BW
29 (1.944 %)Text Mining
36 (1.296 %)TOAD
45 (1.080 %)MS Access
45 (1.080 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (0.864 %)Oracle OLAP
54 (0.864 %)FileMaker
54 (0.864 %)OLAP
54 (0.864 %)Crystal Reports
54 (0.864 %)BusinessObjects
54 (0.864 %)Datawarehouse
54 (0.864 %)ETL
63 (0.648 %)Data Mining
63 (0.648 %)DB2
63 (0.648 %)MOLAP
63 (0.648 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (0.648 %)SQL Server 2000
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (1.080 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.216 %)NUnit
21 (0.216 %)CruiseControl
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
177 (16.63 %)Finance
239 (8.423 %)Health
332 (6.911 %)Marketing
413 (2.808 %)Legal
413 (2.808 %)Education
512 (2.592 %)Banking
512 (2.592 %)Telecoms
512 (2.592 %)Pensions
611 (2.376 %)Retail
611 (2.376 %)Government
79 (1.944 %)Publishing
79 (1.944 %)Back Office
88 (1.728 %)Wholesale Banking
96 (1.296 %)Insurance
105 (1.080 %)Billing
114 (0.864 %)Electronics
123 (0.648 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (0.648 %)Construction
123 (0.648 %)Manufacturing
131 (0.216 %)Police
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (5.184 %)CESG
215 (3.240 %)Computer Science
314 (3.024 %)Mathematics
46 (1.296 %)Client/Server
55 (1.080 %)Dutch Language
64 (0.864 %)Blackberry
64 (0.864 %)Mainframe
73 (0.648 %)IPTV
73 (0.648 %)Thin Client
73 (0.648 %)Fat Client
73 (0.648 %)Video Conferencing
82 (0.432 %)Data Extraction
82 (0.432 %)German Language
82 (0.432 %)Statistics
82 (0.432 %)APACS
82 (0.432 %)Clustering
82 (0.432 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
91 (0.216 %)EPoS
91 (0.216 %)EMV
91 (0.216 %)Chip and PIN
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
155 (11.88 %)Linux
243 (9.287 %)UNIX
341 (8.855 %)Windows
421 (4.536 %)Windows Server 2003
518 (3.888 %)Solaris
616 (3.456 %)Windows 2000 Server
79 (1.944 %)HPUX
88 (1.728 %)AIX
95 (1.080 %)Windows 2000
104 (0.864 %)Windows XP
113 (0.648 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.432 %)NetWare
131 (0.216 %)Windows Server 2008
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
139 (8.423 %)Disaster Recovery
139 (8.423 %)Business Continuity
232 (6.911 %)CRM
326 (5.616 %)Business Development
424 (5.184 %)Logistics
424 (5.184 %)Project Management
522 (4.752 %)Asset Management
621 (4.536 %)Business Analysis
621 (4.536 %)Business Intelligence
713 (2.808 %)ITIL
812 (2.592 %)Data Analysis
910 (2.160 %)E-Commerce
109 (1.944 %)Service Management
109 (1.944 %)Content Management
109 (1.944 %)Resource Management
118 (1.728 %)Data Mapping
118 (1.728 %)E-business
127 (1.512 %)Product Marketing
136 (1.296 %)Risk Management
145 (1.080 %)SEO
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (7.991 %)SQL
226 (5.616 %)Java
325 (5.400 %)ABAP
46 (1.296 %)Shell Script
46 (1.296 %)PL/SQL
54 (0.864 %)C
62 (0.432 %)C#
62 (0.432 %)VBScript
62 (0.432 %)VB
62 (0.432 %)SAS Macro
62 (0.432 %)VBA
71 (0.216 %)VB.NET
71 (0.216 %)Transact-SQL
71 (0.216 %)COBOL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (12.96 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
245 (9.719 %)Cisco Certification
340 (8.639 %)Degree
432 (6.911 %)CCNA
514 (3.024 %)Microsoft Certification
69 (1.944 %)SAP Certification
78 (1.728 %)Citrix Certification
78 (1.728 %)CCNP
78 (1.728 %)MCSE
78 (1.728 %)CCVP
87 (1.512 %)CCIE
95 (1.080 %)MCP
103 (0.648 %)CIMA
112 (0.432 %)CCDP
112 (0.432 %)CCSE
112 (0.432 %)HP ASE
112 (0.432 %)NVQ Level 3
121 (0.216 %)HP AIS
121 (0.216 %)ISEB
121 (0.216 %)CCSP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (2.160 %)QA
28 (1.728 %)SLA
32 (0.432 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.216 %)ISO8583
41 (0.216 %)COBIT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
173 (15.77 %)VMware Infrastructure
259 (12.74 %)VMware ESX
317 (3.672 %)Active Directory
43 (0.648 %)Citrix Presentation Server
52 (0.432 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.944 %)HP Data Protector
23 (0.648 %)ZENworks
31 (0.216 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (0.216 %)OpenView
31 (0.216 %)Tivoli
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
182 (17.71 %)VMware
272 (15.55 %)Microsoft
357 (12.31 %)Cisco
456 (12.10 %)HP
550 (10.80 %)Oracle
645 (9.719 %)SAP
738 (8.207 %)NetApp
828 (6.048 %)IBM
923 (4.968 %)Hitachi
1017 (3.672 %)Citrix
1116 (3.456 %)EMC
1211 (2.376 %)Mapinfo
1310 (2.160 %)Sun
149 (1.944 %)Genesys
157 (1.512 %)Sage
165 (1.080 %)CheckPoint
165 (1.080 %)Remedy
165 (1.080 %)Cognos
174 (0.864 %)Business Objects
174 (0.864 %)Nokia