The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. 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 23 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 8 9 1
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -8
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 56 55 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 16.47% 13.35% 35.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.28% 14.36% 37.21%
Number of salaries quoted 50 32 90
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% +9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,750 £42,750 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £85,000 £53,750
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
324 383 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.29% 92.96% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 232 290 214
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Scotland

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Aberdeen Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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.

1 48 (46.60%) SAP
2 27 (26.21%) SAP CO
3 26 (25.24%) Finance
4 25 (24.27%) Microsoft
5 24 (23.30%) SAP FI
5 24 (23.30%) SAP FI/CO
6 23 (22.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 19 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (15.53%) Windows
9 14 (13.59%) CA
9 14 (13.59%) VMware
10 13 (12.62%) .NET
11 12 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
12 11 (10.68%) VMware Infrastructure
12 11 (10.68%) ABAP
12 11 (10.68%) SAP BI
13 10 (9.709%) Windows Server 2003
13 10 (9.709%) SAN
13 10 (9.709%) BusinessObjects
13 10 (9.709%) Citrix
13 10 (9.709%) Business Objects
13 10 (9.709%) Logistics
13 10 (9.709%) Windows Server 2008
13 10 (9.709%) SCCM
14 9 (8.738%) LSMW
14 9 (8.738%) Dynamics AX
14 9 (8.738%) SQL Server
14 9 (8.738%) SQL
14 9 (8.738%) Java
14 9 (8.738%) ERP

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen 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.

Application Development
1 13 (12.62%) .NET
2 5 (4.854%) SAP Business Workflow
2 5 (4.854%) SAP ALE
2 5 (4.854%) EDI
2 5 (4.854%) Web Dynpro
2 5 (4.854%) SAP Smart Forms
2 5 (4.854%) BAPI
3 4 (3.883%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.913%) Web Services
4 3 (2.913%) XML
5 2 (1.942%) COM
5 2 (1.942%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.942%) ASP.NET 2.0
6 1 (0.971%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 8 (7.767%) Site Server
1 8 (7.767%) IIS
2 7 (6.796%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.883%) Documentum
4 3 (2.913%) Alfresco
4 3 (2.913%) Captiva
4 3 (2.913%) MTS
4 3 (2.913%) FileNet
4 3 (2.913%) LiveLink
5 2 (1.942%) MS Exchange
5 2 (1.942%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.971%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (6.796%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.883%) MS Visio
2 4 (3.883%) MS Office
2 4 (3.883%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (1.942%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 27 (26.21%) SAP CO
2 24 (23.30%) SAP FI
2 24 (23.30%) SAP FI/CO
3 23 (22.33%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 9 (8.738%) Dynamics AX
5 8 (7.767%) SAP FSCM
6 7 (6.796%) SAP BPC
7 5 (4.854%) SAP PM
8 3 (2.913%) Maximo
9 2 (1.942%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.971%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.971%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.971%) SAP SCM
10 1 (0.971%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 1 (0.971%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.971%) JDE OneWorld
10 1 (0.971%) Oracle SCM
10 1 (0.971%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.971%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.971%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.709%) SAN
2 8 (7.767%) DNS
3 4 (3.883%) Wireless
3 4 (3.883%) WAN
4 3 (2.913%) FWSM
4 3 (2.913%) Cisco ASA
4 3 (2.913%) VPN
4 3 (2.913%) MPLS
4 3 (2.913%) OSPF
4 3 (2.913%) BGP
4 3 (2.913%) EIGRP
4 3 (2.913%) Firewall
5 1 (0.971%) LAN
5 1 (0.971%) VoIP
5 1 (0.971%) Internet
5 1 (0.971%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.68%) SAP BI
2 10 (9.709%) BusinessObjects
3 9 (8.738%) SQL Server
3 9 (8.738%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.971%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.971%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (8.738%) LSMW
2 2 (1.942%) MorphX
General
1 26 (25.24%) Finance
2 9 (8.738%) Advertising
3 7 (6.796%) Back Office
4 3 (2.913%) Legal
5 1 (0.971%) Billing
5 1 (0.971%) General Ledger
5 1 (0.971%) German Language
5 1 (0.971%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.971%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (0.971%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.883%) Computer Science
2 3 (2.913%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.942%) CLARiiON
3 2 (1.942%) Celerra
3 2 (1.942%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 16 (15.53%) Windows
2 10 (9.709%) Windows Server 2003
2 10 (9.709%) Windows Server 2008
3 8 (7.767%) Linux
4 4 (3.883%) Android
4 4 (3.883%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.942%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.971%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.45%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (11.65%) User Acceptance Testing
3 10 (9.709%) Logistics
4 9 (8.738%) ERP
4 9 (8.738%) Service Delivery
5 8 (7.767%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (6.796%) Project Management
6 7 (6.796%) Change Management
6 7 (6.796%) Workflow
7 6 (5.825%) Migration
7 6 (5.825%) Data Migration
7 6 (5.825%) Change Control
8 5 (4.854%) Network Design
9 4 (3.883%) OOP
9 4 (3.883%) OO
9 4 (3.883%) ITIL
9 4 (3.883%) Business Analysis
9 4 (3.883%) Document Management
9 4 (3.883%) Content Management
9 4 (3.883%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.68%) ABAP
2 9 (8.738%) SQL
2 9 (8.738%) Java
3 8 (7.767%) Perl
3 8 (7.767%) PHP
4 6 (5.825%) C
4 6 (5.825%) C#
4 6 (5.825%) X++
5 5 (4.854%) C++
5 5 (4.854%) SAPscript
6 4 (3.883%) MATLAB
6 4 (3.883%) Assembly Language
6 4 (3.883%) VB
6 4 (3.883%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 7 (6.796%) Degree
2 5 (4.854%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.913%) CCIE
3 3 (2.913%) CCSP
3 3 (2.913%) CCNP
3 3 (2.913%) CCIP
3 3 (2.913%) CCDP
3 3 (2.913%) CCVP
4 2 (1.942%) CIMA
4 2 (1.942%) ACCA
4 2 (1.942%) CIPD
4 2 (1.942%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 1 (0.971%) VCAP
5 1 (0.971%) VCP5
5 1 (0.971%) VCDX
5 1 (0.971%) MCITP
5 1 (0.971%) MCTS
5 1 (0.971%) MCSE
5 1 (0.971%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.738%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (10.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.913%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.942%) Hyper-V
3 2 (1.942%) XenApp
4 1 (0.971%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 10 (9.709%) SCCM
2 8 (7.767%) WSUS
3 1 (0.971%) SCOM
Vendors
1 48 (46.60%) SAP
2 25 (24.27%) Microsoft
3 14 (13.59%) CA
3 14 (13.59%) VMware
4 10 (9.709%) Citrix
4 10 (9.709%) Business Objects
5 9 (8.738%) CommVault
6 8 (7.767%) Cisco
7 7 (6.796%) Oracle
8 5 (4.854%) Adobe
9 4 (3.883%) Dell
9 4 (3.883%) EMC
10 3 (2.913%) Alterian
10 3 (2.913%) HP
10 3 (2.913%) Kofax
10 3 (2.913%) ReadSoft
10 3 (2.913%) Open Text
11 2 (1.942%) NetApp
11 2 (1.942%) Brocade
11 2 (1.942%) Twitter
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