The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton 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 21 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 36 17 19
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 4 21 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 3.252% 15.44% 5.000%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.306% 15.91% 5.085%
Number of salaries quoted 4 21 3
Average salary £27,500 £42,500 £29,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.29% +44.06%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
121 132 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 98.37% 97.06% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 106 131 57
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Manchester

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) PHP
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) XML
1 4 (80.00%) RAD
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
1 4 (80.00%) Ruby
1 4 (80.00%) QA
1 4 (80.00%) WATIR
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) FitNesse
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
1 4 (80.00%) soapUI
1 4 (80.00%) REST
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
2 1 (20.00%) HL7
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
1 4 (80.00%) XML
1 4 (80.00%) soapUI
1 4 (80.00%) REST
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 4 (80.00%) WATIR
1 4 (80.00%) Selenium
1 4 (80.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (20.00%) Rational Rhapsody
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) RAD
1 4 (80.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (80.00%) System Testing
1 4 (80.00%) Waterfall
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C
1 4 (80.00%) C#
1 4 (80.00%) C++
1 4 (80.00%) Java
1 4 (80.00%) PHP
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
1 4 (80.00%) Python
1 4 (80.00%) Ruby
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) HL7