Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the Bedford 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 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3812
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching permanent IT job ads324
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.195 %8.541 %
Salaries quoted323
Average minimum salary£28,667£34,739
Average salary£31,000£38,870
% change on same period last year-20.24 %
Average maximum salary£33,333£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,375£50,841
% change on same period last year-0.91 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads251281
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.128 %
Salaries quoted235258
Average minimum salary£31,182£33,818
Average salary£33,927£38,506
% change on same period last year-11.89 %
Average maximum salary£36,673£43,194
UK excluding London average salary£38,491£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Consultant BedfordshireConsultant
Bedfordshire

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, 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.

123 (85.19 %)Oracle
220 (74.07 %)IIS
315 (55.56 %)SQL Server
315 (55.56 %)SQL
413 (48.15 %)Windows
512 (44.44 %).NET
68 (29.63 %)TCP/IP
77 (25.93 %)C#
85 (18.52 %)PL/SQL
85 (18.52 %)WebServices
85 (18.52 %)ITIL
85 (18.52 %)Citrix
85 (18.52 %)BizTalk Server
85 (18.52 %)Middleware
85 (18.52 %)Project Management
94 (14.81 %)Data Migration
94 (14.81 %)Data Cleansing
94 (14.81 %)Migration
94 (14.81 %)RDBMS
103 (11.11 %)Microsoft
112 (7.407 %)Active Directory
112 (7.407 %)MS Excel
112 (7.407 %)ASP
112 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
112 (7.407 %)VBA
112 (7.407 %)VBScript
121 (3.704 %)VB
121 (3.704 %)Transact-SQL
121 (3.704 %)Windows 2000
121 (3.704 %)SAP

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (44.44 %).NET
25 (18.52 %)WebServices
25 (18.52 %)Middleware
32 (7.407 %)ASP
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (74.07 %)IIS
25 (18.52 %)BizTalk Server
32 (7.407 %)MS Exchange
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (7.407 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.704 %)Pegasus Opera
11 (3.704 %)SAP FI
11 (3.704 %)SAP FI/CO
11 (3.704 %)SAP CO
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (29.63 %)TCP/IP
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (55.56 %)SQL Server
24 (14.81 %)RDBMS
24 (14.81 %)Data Cleansing
31 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2005
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (3.704 %)Finance
11 (3.704 %)Manufacturing
11 (3.704 %)Pensions
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (48.15 %)Windows
21 (3.704 %)Windows 2000
21 (3.704 %)Windows Server 2003
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (18.52 %)ITIL
15 (18.52 %)Project Management
24 (14.81 %)Migration
24 (14.81 %)Data Migration
31 (3.704 %)Business Analysis
31 (3.704 %)Software Testing
31 (3.704 %)SAP Implementation
31 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
31 (3.704 %)CRM
31 (3.704 %)ERP
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (55.56 %)SQL
27 (25.93 %)C#
35 (18.52 %)PL/SQL
42 (7.407 %)VBScript
42 (7.407 %)VBA
51 (3.704 %)VB
51 (3.704 %)Transact-SQL
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (7.407 %)Active Directory
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (85.19 %)Oracle
25 (18.52 %)Citrix
33 (11.11 %)Microsoft
41 (3.704 %)Pegasus
41 (3.704 %)VMware
41 (3.704 %)SAP