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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 9 26 25
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 8 10 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 13.33% 6.211% 3.704%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.79% 6.536% 4.000%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 4
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £45,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% +27.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £17,450 £27,925
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £46,825
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Chelmsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
58 153 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chelmsford 96.67% 95.03% 92.59%
Number of salaries quoted 54 151 110
Average salary £43,000 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.21% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £24,000 £23,650
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Essex

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chelmsford 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 Chelmsford region.

Chelmsford Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (46.15%) Windows
4 5 (38.46%) Java
5 4 (30.77%) CheckPoint
5 4 (30.77%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (23.08%) Verint
6 3 (23.08%) Quality Management
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (23.08%) CCNA
6 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
6 3 (23.08%) CCIE
6 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 3 (23.08%) C#
6 3 (23.08%) HTML
6 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
6 3 (23.08%) Business Objects
6 3 (23.08%) Web Services
6 3 (23.08%) Ethernet
6 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
6 3 (23.08%) JBoss
6 3 (23.08%) MCSE
6 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
6 3 (23.08%) SMS
6 3 (23.08%) VoIP
6 3 (23.08%) Handset
6 3 (23.08%) VMware
6 3 (23.08%) VMware ESX
6 3 (23.08%) Firewall

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chelmsford 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 3 (23.08%) Web Services
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) XML
2 2 (15.38%) Spring
2 2 (15.38%) Java EE
3 1 (7.692%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Office Communications Server
1 3 (23.08%) Lync
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (23.08%) Unified Communications
2 3 (23.08%) SMS
2 3 (23.08%) VoIP
2 3 (23.08%) Ethernet
2 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
2 3 (23.08%) Firewall
3 1 (7.692%) Wireless
3 1 (7.692%) Network Security
3 1 (7.692%) WLAN
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Nexus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (23.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 6 (46.15%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Quality Management
1 3 (23.08%) WFM
2 1 (7.692%) Customer Engagement
2 1 (7.692%) Change Management
2 1 (7.692%) UML
2 1 (7.692%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (38.46%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (23.08%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Cisco Certification
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (23.08%) MCSE
2 3 (23.08%) CCIE
2 3 (23.08%) CCNA
3 1 (7.692%) CCNP
3 1 (7.692%) Check Point Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CCSE
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware ESX
1 3 (23.08%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco UCCE
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco UCCX
1 3 (23.08%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 10 (76.92%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) CheckPoint
3 3 (23.08%) VMware
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 3 (23.08%) Business Objects
3 3 (23.08%) JBoss
3 3 (23.08%) Genesys
3 3 (23.08%) Verint
4 2 (15.38%) Twitter
5 1 (7.692%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) Sourcefire
5 1 (7.692%) Fortinet
5 1 (7.692%) ProCurve