The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire 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 18 June 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 23 35 48
Rank change year-on-year
+12 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 75 45 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 6.957% 5.090% 3.526%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.317% 5.313% 3.691%
Number of salaries quoted 69 34 31
Average salary £50,000 £52,500 £36,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +44.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £42,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1025 847 894
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 95.08% 95.81% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 920 735 842
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
East of England

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
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Job
Vacancies
Luton +12 27 £33,000 -26.66% 2
Dunstable -2 17 £55,000 -8.33%
Bedford +2 9 £47,500 - 1
Consultant
East of England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 41 (31.30%) SQL
2 38 (29.01%) Microsoft
3 35 (26.72%) Cisco
4 26 (19.85%) Windows
5 23 (17.56%) SQL Server
6 21 (16.03%) VMware
7 20 (15.27%) VMware Infrastructure
8 19 (14.50%) Cisco Certification
8 19 (14.50%) Oracle
9 18 (13.74%) SAP
9 18 (13.74%) CCNP
9 18 (13.74%) Mercator
10 17 (12.98%) CRM
11 16 (12.21%) MS Excel
12 15 (11.45%) OO
12 15 (11.45%) Citrix
12 15 (11.45%) VMware Server
12 15 (11.45%) XenApp
12 15 (11.45%) XenDesktop
13 14 (10.69%) XML
13 14 (10.69%) T-SQL
13 14 (10.69%) .NET
14 13 (9.924%) C#
14 13 (9.924%) ASP.NET
14 13 (9.924%) Oracle EBS R12
14 13 (9.924%) WCF
15 12 (9.160%) SharePoint
15 12 (9.160%) LAN
15 12 (9.160%) Firewall
15 12 (9.160%) Project Management

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 14 (10.69%) .NET
1 14 (10.69%) XML
2 13 (9.924%) ASP.NET
2 13 (9.924%) WCF
3 10 (7.634%) BAPI
3 10 (7.634%) WinForms
3 10 (7.634%) .NET Framework
4 6 (4.580%) WPF
4 6 (4.580%) ADO.NET
4 6 (4.580%) Silverlight
4 6 (4.580%) LINQ
4 6 (4.580%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 6 (4.580%) LINQ to SQL
5 5 (3.817%) WF
6 4 (3.053%) Web Dynpro
6 4 (3.053%) SAP Smart Forms
6 4 (3.053%) Web Services
7 3 (2.290%) HTML
7 3 (2.290%) XSLT
7 3 (2.290%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 12 (9.160%) SharePoint
2 11 (8.397%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (3.053%) IIS
4 3 (2.290%) Windows Azure
4 3 (2.290%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.763%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (0.763%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.763%) Lync
5 1 (0.763%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 16 (12.21%) MS Excel
2 6 (4.580%) MS Office
3 1 (0.763%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (9.924%) Oracle EBS R12
2 9 (6.870%) Oracle HRMS
2 9 (6.870%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (3.817%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 5 (3.817%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (2.290%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (1.527%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.763%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.763%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.160%) LAN
1 12 (9.160%) Firewall
2 10 (7.634%) WAN
3 9 (6.870%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.107%) Intranet
5 7 (5.344%) MPLS
5 7 (5.344%) BIG-IP
5 7 (5.344%) Unified Communications
6 6 (4.580%) Wireless
7 5 (3.817%) DNS
7 5 (3.817%) SAN
7 5 (3.817%) Cisco Nexus
8 4 (3.053%) Fibre Channel
8 4 (3.053%) DHCP
9 3 (2.290%) BGP
9 3 (2.290%) Wireless Security
10 2 (1.527%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (1.527%) MGCP
10 2 (1.527%) OSPF
10 2 (1.527%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (17.56%) SQL Server
2 10 (7.634%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (7.634%) SQL Server 2012
3 6 (4.580%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.763%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.763%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.763%) SAP BW
4 1 (0.763%) SAP BI
4 1 (0.763%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (7.634%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.817%) Subversion
2 5 (3.817%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (0.763%) Metasploit
3 1 (0.763%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (7.634%) Finance
2 7 (5.344%) Local Government
3 4 (3.053%) Advertising
4 2 (1.527%) Marketing
5 1 (0.763%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.817%) N-Tier
2 4 (3.053%) iSeries
3 3 (2.290%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.763%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.763%) iPhone
4 1 (0.763%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 26 (19.85%) Windows
2 8 (6.107%) Linux
3 7 (5.344%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (5.344%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (3.053%) UNIX
5 1 (0.763%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (12.98%) CRM
2 15 (11.45%) OO
3 12 (9.160%) Project Management
4 9 (6.870%) Logistics
4 9 (6.870%) Business Transformation
5 8 (6.107%) Business Analysis
5 8 (6.107%) ITIL
5 8 (6.107%) Network Design
6 6 (4.580%) Change Control
7 5 (3.817%) Domain-Driven Design
7 5 (3.817%) Software Engineering
7 5 (3.817%) Multithreading
7 5 (3.817%) TOGAF
7 5 (3.817%) TDD
8 4 (3.053%) Migration
8 4 (3.053%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (3.053%) OOP
8 4 (3.053%) Data Migration
8 4 (3.053%) Problem Management
8 4 (3.053%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 41 (31.30%) SQL
2 14 (10.69%) T-SQL
3 13 (9.924%) C#
4 11 (8.397%) ABAP
5 7 (5.344%) JavaScript
6 4 (3.053%) PL/SQL
6 4 (3.053%) SAPscript
7 3 (2.290%) Java
8 1 (0.763%) C
Qualifications
1 19 (14.50%) Cisco Certification
2 18 (13.74%) CCNP
3 9 (6.870%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (6.107%) MCSE
5 7 (5.344%) CCIE
5 7 (5.344%) CCDP
6 6 (4.580%) CCNA
7 5 (3.817%) Degree
8 4 (3.053%) CCVP
9 3 (2.290%) CISSP
9 3 (2.290%) CISA
10 1 (0.763%) CCDA
10 1 (0.763%) CCSP
10 1 (0.763%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.763%) MCITP
10 1 (0.763%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.763%) NCDA
10 1 (0.763%) NCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (6.870%) SLA
2 3 (2.290%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.290%) ISO/IEC 17799
3 2 (1.527%) QA
System Software
1 20 (15.27%) VMware Infrastructure
2 15 (11.45%) XenApp
2 15 (11.45%) XenDesktop
2 15 (11.45%) VMware Server
3 4 (3.053%) VMware ESX
3 4 (3.053%) vSphere
3 4 (3.053%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.763%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (3.817%) Cisco UCCX
2 4 (3.053%) Cisco CUCM
3 3 (2.290%) CiscoWorks
3 3 (2.290%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.763%) CORE IMPACT
4 1 (0.763%) Cisco IPCC
4 1 (0.763%) Nessus
Vendors
1 38 (29.01%) Microsoft
2 35 (26.72%) Cisco
3 21 (16.03%) VMware
4 19 (14.50%) Oracle
5 18 (13.74%) SAP
5 18 (13.74%) Mercator
6 15 (11.45%) Citrix
7 10 (7.634%) CheckPoint
8 7 (5.344%) F5
9 6 (4.580%) HP
10 3 (2.290%) SolarWinds
11 2 (1.527%) Twitter
11 2 (1.527%) EMC
11 2 (1.527%) Adobe
11 2 (1.527%) Juniper
11 2 (1.527%) Capita
12 1 (0.763%) AirMagnet
12 1 (0.763%) Mitel
12 1 (0.763%) NetApp
12 1 (0.763%) Pegasus
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Salary: £Competitive Salary
Posted: 7 June 2013
Bedford, South East
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Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
You will be degree educated with a good understanding of web application development and excellent communication skills... Front end development experience with HTML, CSS, Javascript & JQuery. Knowledge of...
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Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
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