Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank197145
Rank change on same period last yearDown-52
Matching permanent IT job ads43152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.068 %
As % of the category below0.565 %1.332 %
Salaries quoted40131
Average minimum salary£40,012£31,802
Average salary£43,524£35,084
% change on same period last year+24.05 %
Average maximum salary£47,037£38,366
UK excluding London average salary£36,247£34,601
% change on same period last year+4.75 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads761011412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.910 %5.108 %
Salaries quoted63699337
Average minimum salary£38,871£38,405
Average salary£42,272£42,054
% change on same period last year+0.51 %
Average maximum salary£45,673£45,703
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
Support Consultant South EastSupport Consultant
South East

Support Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Support Consultant Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire Support Consultant Salary Histogram

Support Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
MaidenheadUp+2413£59,385+51.45 %
ReadingDown-311£36,050-6.88 %
NewburyDown-55£32,800+31.20 %
WindsorNew entry-2£50,000-
ThatchamUp+42£20,000-46.66 %
SloughDown-181£35,000+14.37 %
Support Consultant South EastSupport Consultant
South East

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

152 (37.68 %)Oracle
241 (29.71 %)Windows
340 (28.99 %)SQL
438 (27.54 %)SQL Server
529 (21.01 %)UNIX
627 (19.57 %)Microsoft
724 (17.39 %)Java
819 (13.77 %)Solaris
917 (12.32 %)MS Excel
917 (12.32 %)Degree
1016 (11.59 %)Finance
1016 (11.59 %)MCSE
1016 (11.59 %)SAP
1016 (11.59 %)Microsoft Certification
1016 (11.59 %)Windows Server 2003
1115 (10.87 %)WebLogic
1115 (10.87 %)WebSphere
1214 (10.14 %)TCP/IP
1313 (9.420 %).NET
1313 (9.420 %)French Language
1412 (8.696 %)J2EE
1412 (8.696 %)Sybase
1511 (7.971 %)Computer Science
1610 (7.246 %)Firewall
1610 (7.246 %)JSP
1610 (7.246 %)Apache
179 (6.522 %)Oracle 8/8i
179 (6.522 %)Servlets
179 (6.522 %)Cisco Certification
179 (6.522 %)CCNA

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (10.87 %)WebSphere
213 (9.420 %).NET
312 (8.696 %)J2EE
410 (7.246 %)JSP
59 (6.522 %)Servlets
68 (5.797 %)XML
77 (5.072 %)HTML
84 (2.899 %)SAP Basis
84 (2.899 %)SOAP
84 (2.899 %)WebServices
84 (2.899 %)ASP
92 (1.449 %)CSS
101 (0.725 %)XSLT
101 (0.725 %)Hibernate
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (10.87 %)WebLogic
210 (7.246 %)Apache
38 (5.797 %)IIS
47 (5.072 %)SharePoint
47 (5.072 %)MS Exchange
54 (2.899 %)Documentum
54 (2.899 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
54 (2.899 %)SharePoint Portal Server
54 (2.899 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (1.449 %)Exchange Server 2007
62 (1.449 %)BizTalk Server
62 (1.449 %)JBoss
71 (0.725 %)Tomcat
71 (0.725 %)CMS
71 (0.725 %)WebSphere Application Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (12.32 %)MS Excel
27 (5.072 %)MS Office
33 (2.174 %)MS PowerPoint
Berkshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (4.348 %)Oracle Applications
25 (3.623 %)SAP SD
34 (2.899 %)Axapta
42 (1.449 %)Navision
42 (1.449 %)Microsoft CRM
42 (1.449 %)Great Plains
42 (1.449 %)SAP R/3
42 (1.449 %)SalesLogix
42 (1.449 %)Dynamics AX
42 (1.449 %)GoldMine
51 (0.725 %)Unica Affinium
51 (0.725 %)SAP FI/CO
51 (0.725 %)SAP CO
51 (0.725 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.725 %)SAP FI
51 (0.725 %)HiPortfolio
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (10.14 %)TCP/IP
210 (7.246 %)Firewall
38 (5.797 %)LAN
47 (5.072 %)PBX
47 (5.072 %)WAN
47 (5.072 %)Wireless
47 (5.072 %)Internet
54 (2.899 %)VLAN
54 (2.899 %)DHCP
54 (2.899 %)VPN
54 (2.899 %)DNS
63 (2.174 %)SAN
72 (1.449 %)Network Security
81 (0.725 %)iSCSI
81 (0.725 %)HTTP
81 (0.725 %)VoIP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (27.54 %)SQL Server
29 (6.522 %)Oracle 8/8i
37 (5.072 %)DB2
45 (3.623 %)Oracle 10g
54 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (2.899 %)EDMS
54 (2.899 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (2.899 %)Oracle 9i
54 (2.899 %)Datawarehouse
63 (2.174 %)BusinessObjects
72 (1.449 %)MySQL
72 (1.449 %)RDBMS
72 (1.449 %)OLAP
81 (0.725 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.725 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.725 %)DB2 UDB
81 (0.725 %)SAP BW
81 (0.725 %)Siebel EIM
Berkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.725 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.725 %)Oracle Forms
Berkshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (11.59 %)Finance
26 (4.348 %)FMCG
35 (3.623 %)Government
43 (2.174 %)Legal
43 (2.174 %)Retail
52 (1.449 %)Manufacturing
52 (1.449 %)Games
52 (1.449 %)Health
52 (1.449 %)Education
52 (1.449 %)Pensions
61 (0.725 %)Marketing
61 (0.725 %)Telecoms
61 (0.725 %)General Ledger
Berkshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (9.420 %)French Language
211 (7.971 %)Computer Science
36 (4.348 %)Blackberry
45 (3.623 %)Clustering
53 (2.174 %)Mathematics
53 (2.174 %)Statistics
62 (1.449 %)Web 2.0
62 (1.449 %)German Language
71 (0.725 %)Spanish Language
71 (0.725 %)Mainframe
71 (0.725 %)Informatics
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
141 (29.71 %)Windows
229 (21.01 %)UNIX
319 (13.77 %)Solaris
416 (11.59 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (5.072 %)Linux
65 (3.623 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (3.623 %)AIX
65 (3.623 %)HPUX
74 (2.899 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.725 %)Windows XP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (5.072 %)CRM
17 (5.072 %)Business Intelligence
17 (5.072 %)E-business
26 (4.348 %)Change Management
34 (2.899 %)Disaster Recovery
34 (2.899 %)ERP
34 (2.899 %)Incident Management
34 (2.899 %)Problem Management
34 (2.899 %)Performance Management
43 (2.174 %)Security Cleared
43 (2.174 %)ITIL
52 (1.449 %)OO
52 (1.449 %)EAI
52 (1.449 %)Service Management
52 (1.449 %)Business Continuity
52 (1.449 %)Content Management
52 (1.449 %)Logistics
52 (1.449 %)Software Testing
61 (0.725 %)SC Cleared
61 (0.725 %)DV Cleared
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (28.99 %)SQL
224 (17.39 %)Java
36 (4.348 %)JavaScript
43 (2.174 %)C#
43 (2.174 %)VB
52 (1.449 %)VB.NET
52 (1.449 %)VB6
52 (1.449 %)C++
52 (1.449 %)PL/SQL
52 (1.449 %)C
Berkshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (12.32 %)Degree
216 (11.59 %)Microsoft Certification
216 (11.59 %)MCSE
39 (6.522 %)CCNA
39 (6.522 %)Cisco Certification
42 (1.449 %)MCSA
51 (0.725 %)MCP
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (2.174 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (5.797 %)Active Directory
18 (5.797 %)Terminal Services
24 (2.899 %)Backup Exec
32 (1.449 %)Squid
41 (0.725 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.725 %)NetBackup
Berkshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.725 %)Unicenter
11 (0.725 %)Legato
Berkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
152 (37.68 %)Oracle
227 (19.57 %)Microsoft
316 (11.59 %)SAP
412 (8.696 %)Sybase
58 (5.797 %)VMware
65 (3.623 %)VERITAS
65 (3.623 %)Cognos
65 (3.623 %)EMC
74 (2.899 %)IBM
74 (2.899 %)Avaya
74 (2.899 %)Sage
74 (2.899 %)Sophos
74 (2.899 %)FileNet
83 (2.174 %)BT
83 (2.174 %)Accenture
83 (2.174 %)Hyperion
83 (2.174 %)Informatica
83 (2.174 %)Siebel
83 (2.174 %)Business Objects
92 (1.449 %)Citrix