Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the Berkshire 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank128
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads8761571
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.593 %0.714 %
As % of the category below12.20 %13.99 %
Salaries quoted7731279
Average minimum salary£44,333£43,808
Average salary£49,313£48,245
% change on same period last year+2.21 %
Average maximum salary£54,293£52,681
UK excluding London average salary£50,367£50,838
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads717911233
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.860 %5.105 %
Salaries quoted59779197
Average minimum salary£38,762£38,242
Average salary£42,139£41,904
% change on same period last year+0.56 %
Average maximum salary£45,516£45,566
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ReadingDown-1206£48,670-1.61 %
SloughDown-1095£49,284-0.94 %
MaidenheadUp+544£52,121+5.04 %
BracknellDown-343£45,360+4.38 %
NewburyUp+534£48,293+7.91 %
WindsorDown-2213£67,708+50.99 %
AscotDown-511£38,500-20.34 %
ThatchamUp+52£20,000-46.66 %
WokinghamDown-361£40,000-14.75 %
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1452 (19.82 %)Microsoft
2440 (19.30 %)Oracle
3396 (17.37 %)SAP
4313 (13.73 %)Windows
5311 (13.64 %)SQL
6298 (13.07 %)Finance
7296 (12.98 %)VMware
8244 (10.70 %)SQL Server
9243 (10.66 %)VMware Infrastructure
10236 (10.35 %)Java
11231 (10.13 %)MS Excel
12230 (10.09 %)Cisco
13224 (9.825 %)Microsoft Certification
14210 (9.211 %).NET
15201 (8.816 %)Citrix
16198 (8.684 %)MCSE
16198 (8.684 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
17188 (8.246 %)Business Intelligence
18168 (7.368 %)UNIX
19145 (6.360 %)Active Directory
20142 (6.228 %)HP
21134 (5.877 %)J2EE
22132 (5.789 %)Citrix Certification
23129 (5.658 %)Cisco Certification
24128 (5.614 %)C
25127 (5.570 %)HTML
26126 (5.526 %)Project Management
27125 (5.482 %)Pharmaceutical
28123 (5.395 %)Degree
29122 (5.351 %)Telecoms

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1210 (9.211 %).NET
2134 (5.877 %)J2EE
3127 (5.570 %)HTML
4114 (5.000 %)XML
565 (2.851 %)ASP.NET
663 (2.763 %)WebServices
759 (2.588 %)WebSphere
828 (1.228 %)Middleware
927 (1.184 %)SOAP
1022 (0.965 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1121 (0.921 %)ASP
1220 (0.877 %)JMS
1318 (0.789 %)JSP
1318 (0.789 %)AJAX
1416 (0.702 %)COM
1416 (0.702 %)XSLT
1513 (0.570 %)Servlets
1612 (0.526 %)XSL
1612 (0.526 %).NET Framework
1711 (0.482 %)Spring
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
166 (2.895 %)SharePoint
262 (2.719 %)WebLogic
354 (2.368 %)IIS
354 (2.368 %)SAS
452 (2.281 %)MS Exchange
541 (1.798 %)SharePoint Server 2007
633 (1.447 %)Apache
726 (1.140 %)JBoss
822 (0.965 %)Exchange Server 2007
921 (0.921 %)CMS
921 (0.921 %)Tomcat
1020 (0.877 %)NetWeaver
1116 (0.702 %)Documentum
1116 (0.702 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1213 (0.570 %)BizTalk Server
1312 (0.526 %)WebSphere Application Server
1411 (0.482 %)CICS
158 (0.351 %)Office Communications Server
158 (0.351 %)GroupWise
158 (0.351 %)Oracle Workflow
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1231 (10.13 %)MS Excel
243 (1.886 %)MS Office
338 (1.667 %)MS Visio
411 (0.482 %)InfoPath
510 (0.439 %)SPSS
64 (0.175 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.132 %)CA Clarity
73 (0.132 %)Vensim
82 (0.088 %)MS Project
91 (0.044 %)CPLEX
91 (0.044 %)CATIA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1120 (5.263 %)SAP FI
2119 (5.219 %)SAP FI/CO
2119 (5.219 %)SAP CO
364 (2.807 %)SAP MM
454 (2.368 %)SAP SD
532 (1.404 %)Navision
631 (1.360 %)Dynamics NAV
721 (0.921 %)SAP R/3
820 (0.877 %)Microsoft CRM
919 (0.833 %)Dynamics CRM
1017 (0.746 %)SAP WM
1017 (0.746 %)GoldMine
1116 (0.702 %)Oracle EBS
1215 (0.658 %)SAP CRM
1215 (0.658 %)SAP PP
1215 (0.658 %)SAP HR
1313 (0.570 %)Siebel Analytics
1412 (0.526 %)SalesLogix
1511 (0.482 %)Oracle Applications
1610 (0.439 %)Oracle Financials
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1119 (5.219 %)WAN
295 (4.167 %)LAN
295 (4.167 %)Firewall
387 (3.816 %)SAN
471 (3.114 %)VoIP
568 (2.982 %)MPLS
655 (2.412 %)VPN
753 (2.325 %)Internet
847 (2.061 %)Wireless
942 (1.842 %)TCP/IP
1030 (1.316 %)SSL
1129 (1.272 %)Network Security
1228 (1.228 %)IPCC
1327 (1.184 %)IP Telephony
1426 (1.140 %)PBX
1525 (1.096 %)Cisco PIX
1619 (0.833 %)DNS
1718 (0.789 %)Ethernet
1718 (0.789 %)LDAP
1718 (0.789 %)DSL
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1244 (10.70 %)SQL Server
2104 (4.561 %)Datawarehouse
398 (4.298 %)BusinessObjects
492 (4.035 %)RDBMS
551 (2.237 %)SQL Server Integration Services
645 (1.974 %)SAP BW
742 (1.842 %)DB2
742 (1.842 %)Oracle 8/8i
841 (1.798 %)DTS
841 (1.798 %)ETL
936 (1.579 %)SQL Server 2005
1035 (1.535 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1127 (1.184 %)DecisionStream
1127 (1.184 %)SAP BI
1225 (1.096 %)SQL Server 2000
1324 (1.053 %)Oracle 10g
1421 (0.921 %)Oracle 9i
1520 (0.877 %)OLAP
1619 (0.833 %)Oracle Reports
1713 (0.570 %)Data Mining
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (0.395 %)Visual Studio Team System
28 (0.351 %)ClearQuest
28 (0.351 %)ClearCase
37 (0.307 %)Ant
37 (0.307 %)Oracle Forms
46 (0.263 %)Visual Studio
55 (0.219 %)Eclipse
64 (0.175 %)Subversion
64 (0.175 %)MorphX
64 (0.175 %)JIRA
73 (0.132 %)LSMW
82 (0.088 %)QALoad
82 (0.088 %)TestDirector
82 (0.088 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.088 %)Flash
91 (0.044 %)Dreamweaver
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1298 (13.07 %)Finance
2125 (5.482 %)Pharmaceutical
3122 (5.351 %)Telecoms
4121 (5.307 %)FMCG
597 (4.254 %)Manufacturing
695 (4.167 %)Retail
775 (3.289 %)Marketing
862 (2.719 %)Pensions
959 (2.588 %)Health
1052 (2.281 %)Education
1142 (1.842 %)Government
1228 (1.228 %)Insurance
1325 (1.096 %)Advertising
1424 (1.053 %)Banking
1519 (0.833 %)Billing
169 (0.395 %)Automotive
177 (0.307 %)Investment Banking
186 (0.263 %)Local Government
186 (0.263 %)Telemarketing
195 (0.219 %)Chemicals
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
151 (2.237 %)Computer Science
244 (1.930 %)German Language
339 (1.711 %)French Language
437 (1.623 %)Mainframe
525 (1.096 %)Spanish Language
623 (1.009 %)Clustering
623 (1.009 %)IVR
720 (0.877 %)Data Integration
817 (0.746 %)Fat Client
817 (0.746 %)Thin Client
915 (0.658 %)Mathematics
1012 (0.526 %)Replication
1012 (0.526 %)Statistics
1111 (0.482 %)CESG
1111 (0.482 %)Client/Server
1111 (0.482 %)Dutch Language
1210 (0.439 %)iSeries
1210 (0.439 %)AS400
139 (0.395 %)SecurID
139 (0.395 %)Credit Risk
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1313 (13.73 %)Windows
2168 (7.368 %)UNIX
3105 (4.605 %)Windows Server 2003
478 (3.421 %)Linux
550 (2.193 %)Solaris
647 (2.061 %)Windows 2000
716 (0.702 %)Windows Vista
815 (0.658 %)Windows 2000 Server
913 (0.570 %)Windows XP
1012 (0.526 %)HPUX
1110 (0.439 %)OS/390
129 (0.395 %)Windows NT
138 (0.351 %)Windows CE
138 (0.351 %)Windows Mobile
138 (0.351 %)Windows Server 2008
146 (0.263 %)AIX
153 (0.132 %)VMS
161 (0.044 %)OpenVMS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1188 (8.246 %)Business Intelligence
2126 (5.526 %)Project Management
3122 (5.351 %)CRM
486 (3.772 %)ITIL
569 (3.026 %)ERP
665 (2.851 %)Change Management
758 (2.544 %)Business Development
758 (2.544 %)Security Cleared
857 (2.500 %)Performance Management
955 (2.412 %)Service Management
1051 (2.237 %)Logistics
1150 (2.193 %)Migration
1246 (2.018 %)Business Analysis
1345 (1.974 %)Workflow
1444 (1.930 %)E-business
1539 (1.711 %)ITSM
1638 (1.667 %)Data Management
1732 (1.404 %)Configuration Management
1831 (1.360 %)EAI
1831 (1.360 %)SOA
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1311 (13.64 %)SQL
2236 (10.35 %)Java
3128 (5.614 %)C
4115 (5.044 %)PL/SQL
5109 (4.781 %)JavaScript
666 (2.895 %)C#
756 (2.456 %)ABAP
842 (1.842 %)VB
940 (1.754 %)Transact-SQL
1039 (1.711 %)C++
1133 (1.447 %)Perl
1226 (1.140 %)VBScript
1316 (0.702 %)COBOL
1413 (0.570 %)VB.NET
1413 (0.570 %)VBA
1413 (0.570 %)SAS Macro
1510 (0.439 %)VC++
169 (0.395 %)Shell Script
176 (0.263 %)AWK
176 (0.263 %)PHP
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1224 (9.825 %)Microsoft Certification
2198 (8.684 %)MCSE
2198 (8.684 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3132 (5.789 %)Citrix Certification
4129 (5.658 %)Cisco Certification
5123 (5.395 %)Degree
693 (4.079 %)CCA
779 (3.465 %)CCEA
862 (2.719 %)CCNP
960 (2.632 %)CCNA
960 (2.632 %)CCVP
1049 (2.149 %)CISSP
1139 (1.711 %)CCIE
1234 (1.491 %)MCTS
1328 (1.228 %)HP ASE
1425 (1.096 %)CCDP
1520 (0.877 %)HP MASE
1617 (0.746 %)MCSD
1713 (0.570 %)MCITP
1812 (0.526 %)MCAD
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.009 %)ISO27001
219 (0.833 %)SLA
219 (0.833 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
317 (0.746 %)BS7799
416 (0.702 %)QA
59 (0.395 %)Basel II
64 (0.175 %)COBIT
73 (0.132 %)COSO
82 (0.088 %)HIPAA
82 (0.088 %)PCI DSS
91 (0.044 %)PCI QSA
91 (0.044 %)HMG Infosec
91 (0.044 %)BS25999
91 (0.044 %)ISO17799
91 (0.044 %)ISO9000
91 (0.044 %)ISO9001
91 (0.044 %)GxP
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1243 (10.66 %)VMware Infrastructure
2145 (6.360 %)Active Directory
368 (2.982 %)VMware ESX
432 (1.404 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
527 (1.184 %)Xen
617 (0.746 %)ISA Server
711 (0.482 %)NetBackup
810 (0.439 %)Terminal Services
810 (0.439 %)Citrix Presentation Server
810 (0.439 %)AquaLogic
98 (0.351 %)Backup Exec
107 (0.307 %)Oracle RAC
115 (0.219 %)Oracle RMAN
123 (0.132 %)MetaFrame
132 (0.088 %)ProxySG
132 (0.088 %)Squid
141 (0.044 %)VMware Workstation
141 (0.044 %)Novell eDirectory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (1.272 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
221 (0.921 %)MOM
318 (0.789 %)Tivoli
416 (0.702 %)ServiceCenter
513 (0.570 %)AssetCenter
612 (0.526 %)SCCM
612 (0.526 %)NNM
612 (0.526 %)EMC NetWorker
711 (0.482 %)Legato
87 (0.307 %)OpenView
96 (0.263 %)SCOM
105 (0.219 %)Data Guard
105 (0.219 %)Unicenter
105 (0.219 %)TIBCO Hawk
105 (0.219 %)MAILsweeper
114 (0.175 %)BMC PATROL
114 (0.175 %)Norton AntiVirus
114 (0.175 %)Netcool
114 (0.175 %)CiscoWorks
114 (0.175 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1452 (19.82 %)Microsoft
2440 (19.30 %)Oracle
3396 (17.37 %)SAP
4296 (12.98 %)VMware
5230 (10.09 %)Cisco
6201 (8.816 %)Citrix
7142 (6.228 %)HP
898 (4.298 %)Business Objects
987 (3.816 %)IBM
1080 (3.509 %)Cognos
1172 (3.158 %)Juniper
1259 (2.588 %)CheckPoint
1345 (1.974 %)EMC
1345 (1.974 %)PlateSpin
1444 (1.930 %)Sybase
1542 (1.842 %)Sun
1632 (1.404 %)Altiris
1731 (1.360 %)Siebel
1830 (1.316 %)TIBCO
1929 (1.272 %)NetApp