Cheshire Software Consultant Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Software Consultant role in IT jobs within the Cheshire 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 Software Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Software Consultant
Location Aberdeen Altrincham Andover Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Fareham Farnborough Farnham Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Lancashire Lancaster Leeds Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Milton Keynes North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Peterborough Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Solihull Somerset South East South West South Yorkshire Stafford Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Thames Valley Trowbridge UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Windsor Worcester Worcestershire Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	146
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching permanent IT job ads	5	1
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.187 %	0.033 %
Salaries quoted	5	1
Average minimum salary	£30,400	£35,000
Average salary	£30,400	£35,000
% change on same period last year	-13.14 %
Average maximum salary	£30,400	£35,000
UK excluding London average salary	£36,353	£37,977
% change on same period last year	-4.27 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2668	2991
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.557 %	1.282 %
Salaries quoted	2431	2674
Average minimum salary	£31,356	£31,622
Average salary	£34,331	£34,174
% change on same period last year	+0.46 %
Average maximum salary	£37,306	£36,726
UK excluding London average salary	£38,201	£39,267
% change on same period last year	-2.71 %
Software Consultant North West

Software Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Software Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Consultant across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	-	1	£40,000	-

Software Consultant North West

Software Consultant
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title.

1 6 (75.00 %) Multimedia 2 2 (25.00 %) Internet 3 1 (12.50 %) Degree 3 1 (12.50 %) Finance 3 1 (12.50 %) VMware 3 1 (12.50 %) C# 3 1 (12.50 %) SQL 3 1 (12.50 %) VB 3 1 (12.50 %) VB.NET 3 1 (12.50 %) .NET 3 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server 3 1 (12.50 %) Windows 3 1 (12.50 %) Citrix

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 1 (12.50 %) .NET	Communications & Networking 1 2 (25.00 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL Server	General 1 6 (75.00 %) Multimedia 2 1 (12.50 %) Finance
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows	Programming Languages 1 1 (12.50 %) C# 1 1 (12.50 %) SQL 1 1 (12.50 %) VB 1 1 (12.50 %) VB.NET
Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) Degree	Vendors 1 1 (12.50 %) Citrix 1 1 (12.50 %) VMware