The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford 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 20 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 42 38 37
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 10 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 3.984% 2.439% 1.183%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.082% 2.500% 1.190%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 1
Average salary £47,500 £30,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.33% +50.00%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 200 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.56% 99.41%
Number of salaries quoted 239 190 163
Average salary £41,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Bedfordshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Bedford Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 10 (41.67%) OO
3 8 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 8 (33.33%) XML
3 8 (33.33%) T-SQL
3 8 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 8 (33.33%) .NET
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 8 (33.33%) C#
3 8 (33.33%) WCF
4 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2012
4 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
4 7 (29.17%) WinForms
4 7 (29.17%) .NET Framework
4 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
4 7 (29.17%) SAP
4 7 (29.17%) Windows
5 6 (25.00%) CRM
5 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 6 (25.00%) ABAP
5 6 (25.00%) BAPI
5 6 (25.00%) Intranet
5 6 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
5 6 (25.00%) Logistics
5 6 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
6 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
6 4 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
6 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (16.67%) WPF
6 4 (16.67%) Silverlight

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 8 (33.33%) .NET
1 8 (33.33%) ASP.NET
1 8 (33.33%) XML
1 8 (33.33%) WCF
2 7 (29.17%) WinForms
2 7 (29.17%) .NET Framework
3 6 (25.00%) BAPI
4 4 (16.67%) Silverlight
4 4 (16.67%) LINQ
4 4 (16.67%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 4 (16.67%) LINQ to SQL
4 4 (16.67%) WPF
4 4 (16.67%) ADO.NET
5 3 (12.50%) WF
6 2 (8.333%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) SharePoint
1 6 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.167%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Intranet
2 1 (4.167%) MGCP
2 1 (4.167%) H.323
2 1 (4.167%) Wireless
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco IOS
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (4.167%) Network Security
2 1 (4.167%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (4.167%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.167%) FWSM
2 1 (4.167%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2008
1 7 (29.17%) SQL Server 2012
2 4 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.167%) SAP BW
3 1 (4.167%) SAP BI
Development Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 4 (16.67%) Subversion
2 4 (16.67%) Team Foundation Server
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) N-Tier
2 1 (4.167%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) OO
2 6 (25.00%) CRM
2 6 (25.00%) Logistics
3 4 (16.67%) Software Engineering
3 4 (16.67%) TDD
3 4 (16.67%) Multithreading
3 4 (16.67%) Domain-Driven Design
4 2 (8.333%) Business Development
4 2 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.167%) Network Design
5 1 (4.167%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (4.167%) Network Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 8 (33.33%) T-SQL
2 8 (33.33%) C#
3 6 (25.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) CCIE
1 1 (4.167%) CCNP
1 1 (4.167%) CCDP
1 1 (4.167%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (4.167%) CCVP
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) SAP
3 3 (12.50%) Capita
4 1 (4.167%) AirMagnet
4 1 (4.167%) Cisco
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Job type: SharePoint Technical Consultant Package: £40-50,000 + Excellent Benefits Location: Bedford Position type: Permanent Contact name: Chris Pearson Contact Company: JAM Dynamics Ltd Keywords: SharePoint 2010,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bedford, South East
Job Ref: 40479Job type: SharePoint Technical ConsultantPackage: £40-50,000 + Excellent BenefitsLocation: BedfordPosition type: PermanentContact name: Chris PearsonContact Company: JAM Dynamics LtdKeywords: SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2007, SQL, Dynamics...
JAM
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013