The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. 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 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 111 85 89
Rank change year-on-year
-26 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 5 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.298% 0.482% 0.376%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.315% 0.499% 0.391%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 5
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% +55.55%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
+14.28% +1.44%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1587 1402 1278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.69% 96.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1333 1251 1113
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Consultant
West Midlands

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Support Consultant Salary Histogram

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) SQL
2 13 (68.42%) UNIX
3 10 (52.63%) Business Analysis
3 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
4 9 (47.37%) HTML
4 9 (47.37%) Perl
4 9 (47.37%) PHP
4 9 (47.37%) Linux
4 9 (47.37%) Python
4 9 (47.37%) Internet
4 9 (47.37%) Project Management
4 9 (47.37%) NoSQL
5 6 (31.58%) ITIL
6 4 (21.05%) C#
6 4 (21.05%) CRM
6 4 (21.05%) Java
6 4 (21.05%) SAP
6 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
6 4 (21.05%) Finance
7 3 (15.79%) Time Management
7 3 (15.79%) SAP Payroll
7 3 (15.79%) SAP HR
7 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
7 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
8 2 (10.53%) ABAP
8 2 (10.53%) CCA
8 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
8 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 9 (47.37%) HTML
2 1 (5.263%) EDI
2 1 (5.263%) SAP ALE
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
1 3 (15.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (15.79%) SAP HR
1 3 (15.79%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (5.263%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (5.263%) SAP HCM
2 1 (5.263%) SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Internet
2 1 (5.263%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 9 (47.37%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) LSMW
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
3 1 (5.263%) Advertising
3 1 (5.263%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) UNIX
3 9 (47.37%) Linux
4 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) Business Analysis
2 9 (47.37%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) ITIL
4 4 (21.05%) CRM
5 3 (15.79%) Time Management
6 1 (5.263%) Data Migration
6 1 (5.263%) Integration Testing
6 1 (5.263%) Service Management
6 1 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 1 (5.263%) Change Management
6 1 (5.263%) Workflow
6 1 (5.263%) Validation
6 1 (5.263%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 13 (68.42%) SQL
2 9 (47.37%) Python
2 9 (47.37%) Perl
2 9 (47.37%) PHP
3 4 (21.05%) C#
3 4 (21.05%) Java
4 2 (10.53%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) CCA
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) MCSE
2 1 (5.263%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (5.263%) CCEA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) SLA
1 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.263%) XenApp
1 1 (5.263%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) SAP
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.263%) HP
2 1 (5.263%) Citrix
2 1 (5.263%) AppSense