The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 105 83 50
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 16 26 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.889% 1.573% 3.338%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.942% 1.654% 3.549%
Number of salaries quoted 13 20 44
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £35,750
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £58,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1698 1572 1296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.33% 95.10% 94.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1399 1117
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +3.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Consultant
West Midlands

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Birmingham Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 18 (54.55%) Citrix
1 18 (54.55%) VMware
2 15 (45.45%) MS Excel
3 14 (42.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (39.39%) Windows Server 2008
4 13 (39.39%) Windows
5 11 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 11 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 11 (33.33%) XenApp
5 11 (33.33%) XenDesktop
6 10 (30.30%) vSphere
6 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
6 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
7 9 (27.27%) HP
7 9 (27.27%) SAN
7 9 (27.27%) SQL
8 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
8 8 (24.24%) XenServer
8 8 (24.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (21.21%) NetApp
10 6 (18.18%) VMware ESX
10 6 (18.18%) IBM
10 6 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
11 5 (15.15%) SCCM
11 5 (15.15%) SCOM
11 5 (15.15%) SCVMM
11 5 (15.15%) MCITP
11 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2003
11 5 (15.15%) Symantec
11 5 (15.15%) IBM Certification

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (9.091%) CGI
1 3 (9.091%) .NET
2 1 (3.030%) WebSphere
2 1 (3.030%) Middleware
2 1 (3.030%) COM
2 1 (3.030%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 11 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 6 (18.18%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (12.12%) Exchange Server 2000
4 3 (9.091%) Lync
4 3 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (6.061%) IIS
5 2 (6.061%) Office Communications Server
5 2 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2013
6 1 (3.030%) WebLogic
6 1 (3.030%) SharePoint
6 1 (3.030%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (45.45%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.061%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 9 (27.27%) SAN
2 5 (15.15%) LAN
2 5 (15.15%) WAN
3 4 (12.12%) Unified Communications
3 4 (12.12%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (9.091%) PBX
4 3 (9.091%) DHCP
4 3 (9.091%) DNS
5 2 (6.061%) Internet
5 2 (6.061%) CTI
6 1 (3.030%) NetScaler
6 1 (3.030%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (3.030%) iSCSI
6 1 (3.030%) NAS
6 1 (3.030%) Firewall
6 1 (3.030%) HTTP
6 1 (3.030%) TCP/IP
6 1 (3.030%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (24.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (9.091%) Telecoms
1 3 (9.091%) Finance
1 3 (9.091%) Banking
1 3 (9.091%) Billing
2 2 (6.061%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (9.091%) IVR
2 1 (3.030%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 13 (39.39%) Windows Server 2008
1 13 (39.39%) Windows
2 5 (15.15%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (6.061%) Windows 7
4 1 (3.030%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (3.030%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.12%) Data Management
1 4 (12.12%) Business Development
2 3 (9.091%) CRM
3 2 (6.061%) ITIL
3 2 (6.061%) Identity Management
4 1 (3.030%) Data Protection
4 1 (3.030%) OO
4 1 (3.030%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) SQL
2 5 (15.15%) Java
3 3 (9.091%) C#
4 1 (3.030%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.030%) C
4 1 (3.030%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 5 (15.15%) MCITP
2 5 (15.15%) IBM Certification
2 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (15.15%) MCSE
3 4 (12.12%) Citrix Certification
3 4 (12.12%) MCTS
3 4 (12.12%) NCDA
3 4 (12.12%) NCIE
3 4 (12.12%) CCEE
4 3 (9.091%) CCAA
5 2 (6.061%) CCA
5 2 (6.061%) CCIA
6 1 (3.030%) VCAP
6 1 (3.030%) VCDX
6 1 (3.030%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (3.030%) CCEA
6 1 (3.030%) MCSA
System Software
1 14 (42.42%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 11 (33.33%) XenApp
2 11 (33.33%) XenDesktop
3 10 (30.30%) vSphere
3 10 (30.30%) Active Directory
4 8 (24.24%) XenServer
5 6 (18.18%) VMware ESX
6 2 (6.061%) ISA Server
6 2 (6.061%) Forefront TMG
7 1 (3.030%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (3.030%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 5 (15.15%) SCCM
1 5 (15.15%) SCOM
1 5 (15.15%) SCVMM
2 4 (12.12%) NetBackup
2 4 (12.12%) Backup Exec
2 4 (12.12%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (3.030%) ARCserve
3 1 (3.030%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 18 (54.55%) Citrix
1 18 (54.55%) VMware
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 9 (27.27%) HP
4 7 (21.21%) NetApp
5 6 (18.18%) IBM
6 5 (15.15%) Symantec
6 5 (15.15%) Cisco
7 4 (12.12%) CommVault
8 2 (6.061%) Genesys
8 2 (6.061%) Avaya
8 2 (6.061%) Oracle
8 2 (6.061%) Dell
9 1 (3.030%) Twitter
9 1 (3.030%) Veeam
9 1 (3.030%) PlateSpin
9 1 (3.030%) EMC
9 1 (3.030%) Novell
9 1 (3.030%) Veritas
9 1 (3.030%) McAfee
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