The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 40 - 32
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 7 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 2.047% - 2.574%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.147% - 2.724%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 7
Average salary £40,000 - £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+12.85% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
326 381 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.32% 92.70% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 232 289 213
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%
Support Consultant
Scotland

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) ERP
2 6 (60.00%) Advertising
2 6 (60.00%) X++
2 6 (60.00%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (20.00%) SCCM
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 2 (20.00%) COM
3 2 (20.00%) Windows
3 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 2 (20.00%) XenApp
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (10.00%) XenServer
4 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (10.00%) Pegasus
4 1 (10.00%) JD Edwards
4 1 (10.00%) Sage
4 1 (10.00%) Change Management
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
4 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (10.00%) MS Office
4 1 (10.00%) JDE OneWorld
4 1 (10.00%) VoIP
4 1 (10.00%) SLA

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (10.00%) JDE OneWorld
2 1 (10.00%) JDE EnterpriseOne
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 6 (60.00%) Advertising
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ERP
2 1 (10.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (10.00%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) X++
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) XenApp
2 1 (10.00%) XenServer
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) Pegasus
3 1 (10.00%) JD Edwards
3 1 (10.00%) Sage
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco
3 1 (10.00%) Ceridian