City of London Consultant Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the City of London 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 Consultant in their job title over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Altrincham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Batley Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chessington Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clackmannanshire Clapham Colchester County Antrim Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Dartford Denbighshire Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dudley Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway Dundee Durham Ealing East Anglia East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edenbridge Edgware Edinburgh Egham Ellesmere Port Ely England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Fife Folkestone Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Grampian Great Yarmouth Guernsey Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Hungerford Huntingdon Ipswich Jersey Keighley Kenley Kent Kingston Upon Thames Kingswinford Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Leighton Buzzard Letchworth Lewisham Lichfield Liverpool Liversedge Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Mansfield Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Orpington Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Prestatyn Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rhondda Cynon Taff Rickmansworth Rochdale Romford Rotherham Royston Rugby Ruislip Runcorn Sale Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Helens Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stourbridge Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swindon Tamworth Tayside Telford Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uttoxeter Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Walton-on-Thames Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Bromwich West Drayton West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Whyteleafe Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Winsford Wirral Witney Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodford Green Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wycombe York Yorkshire	3 months to 9 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	37
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching permanent IT job ads	1399	906
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.682 %	0.405 %
As % of the category below	6.762 %	5.190 %
Salaries quoted	1224	669
Average minimum salary	£48,577	£53,161
Average salary	£55,678	£58,490
% change on same period last year	-4.80 %
Average maximum salary	£62,780	£63,819
UK excluding London average salary	£49,786	£49,961
% change on same period last year	-0.34 %
Job Titles City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads	20690	17458
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	10.09 %	7.801 %
Salaries quoted	17403	13464
Average minimum salary	£48,079	£52,536
Average salary	£53,042	£57,030
% change on same period last year	-6.99 %
Average maximum salary	£58,005	£61,524
UK excluding London average salary	£38,630	£39,089
% change on same period last year	-1.17 %
Consultant London

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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Consultant across the City of London region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the City of London region over the past 3 months.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the City of London region citing Consultant also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Consultant.

1 868 (39.31 %) Finance 2 437 (19.79 %) Banking 3 318 (14.40 %) Degree 4 317 (14.36 %) SQL 5 291 (13.18 %) Project Management 6 279 (12.64 %) Windows 7 252 (11.41 %) SAP 8 243 (11.01 %) Microsoft 9 234 (10.60 %) SQL Server 10 229 (10.37 %) Java 11 225 (10.19 %) Oracle 12 182 (8.243 %) Unix 13 170 (7.699 %) .NET 14 145 (6.567 %) Telecoms 15 139 (6.295 %) XML

16 138 (6.250 %) MS Excel 17 131 (5.933 %) Risk Management 17 131 (5.933 %) Investment Banking 18 125 (5.661 %) Business Analysis 19 122 (5.525 %) Derivative 20 119 (5.389 %) CRM 21 115 (5.208 %) Front Office 22 108 (4.891 %) Investment Management 23 104 (4.710 %) Asset Management 23 104 (4.710 %) Business Intelligence 24 103 (4.665 %) Business Development 25 102 (4.620 %) C# 26 101 (4.574 %) TCP/IP 26 101 (4.574 %) Insurance 27 100 (4.529 %) C++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the City of London region citing Consultant also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Consultant. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 170 (7.699 %) .NET 2 139 (6.295 %) XML 3 86 (3.895 %) HTML 4 68 (3.080 %) J2EE 5 47 (2.129 %) ASP.NET 5 47 (2.129 %) WebSphere 6 43 (1.947 %) WebServices 7 26 (1.178 %) Windows SharePoint Services 8 24 (1.087 %) .NET Framework 9 23 (1.042 %) Spring 9 23 (1.042 %) ASP 9 23 (1.042 %) EJB 10 22 (0.996 %) Hibernate 11 19 (0.861 %) COM 12 18 (0.815 %) Middleware 13 12 (0.543 %) SAP Basis 13 12 (0.543 %) J2SE 14 11 (0.498 %) XML Messaging 14 11 (0.498 %) CSS 14 11 (0.498 %) XSL	Application Platforms 1 76 (3.442 %) MS Exchange 2 67 (3.034 %) SharePoint 3 45 (2.038 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 39 (1.766 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 38 (1.721 %) SAS 6 37 (1.676 %) Exchange Server 2007 7 35 (1.585 %) IIS 8 31 (1.404 %) WebLogic 9 30 (1.359 %) MQSeries 9 30 (1.359 %) BizTalk Server 10 22 (0.996 %) NetWeaver 11 21 (0.951 %) Apache 12 17 (0.770 %) WebSphere Application Server 12 17 (0.770 %) Papyrus 12 17 (0.770 %) Exstream Dialogue 13 12 (0.543 %) Documentum 14 10 (0.453 %) JBoss 14 10 (0.453 %) WorkSite 15 8 (0.362 %) Exchange Server 2000 16 6 (0.272 %) Tomcat
Applications 1 138 (6.250 %) MS Excel 2 33 (1.495 %) MS Visio 3 27 (1.223 %) MS Office 4 21 (0.951 %) SPSS 5 10 (0.453 %) MS Project 6 7 (0.317 %) MS PowerPoint 7 2 (0.091 %) CA Clarity 8 1 (0.045 %) InfoPath 8 1 (0.045 %) Shockwave 8 1 (0.045 %) Acrobat 8 1 (0.045 %) S-PLUS 8 1 (0.045 %) Adobe Illustrator 8 1 (0.045 %) InDesign	Business Applications 1 60 (2.717 %) SAP FI 2 59 (2.672 %) SAP FI/CO 2 59 (2.672 %) SAP CO 3 33 (1.495 %) Dynamics CRM 4 29 (1.313 %) SAP HR 5 23 (1.042 %) SAP R/3 6 22 (0.996 %) Microsoft CRM 7 21 (0.951 %) SAP CRM 8 19 (0.861 %) Summit 9 18 (0.815 %) SAP Payroll 10 15 (0.679 %) SAP Business One 11 14 (0.634 %) SAP Oil and Gas 11 14 (0.634 %) Oracle Payroll 11 14 (0.634 %) Oracle EBS 12 12 (0.543 %) Endur 12 12 (0.543 %) Oracle Financials 12 12 (0.543 %) Beauchamp 13 11 (0.498 %) SAP SD 14 9 (0.408 %) SAP MM 15 8 (0.362 %) Misys Opics
Communications & Networking 1 101 (4.574 %) TCP/IP 2 77 (3.487 %) Firewall 3 70 (3.170 %) Internet 4 66 (2.989 %) VPN 5 57 (2.582 %) WAN 6 49 (2.219 %) LAN 7 32 (1.449 %) Network Security 8 26 (1.178 %) NetScreen 9 23 (1.042 %) SAN 10 16 (0.725 %) VoIP 11 12 (0.543 %) MPLS 12 11 (0.498 %) Wireless 13 10 (0.453 %) BGP 13 10 (0.453 %) EIGRP 14 9 (0.408 %) SSL 15 8 (0.362 %) OSPF 15 8 (0.362 %) DNS 16 7 (0.317 %) HTTPS 16 7 (0.317 %) LDAP 16 7 (0.317 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 234 (10.60 %) SQL Server 2 71 (3.216 %) Datawarehouse 3 44 (1.993 %) BusinessObjects 4 40 (1.812 %) RDBMS 5 39 (1.766 %) ETL 6 36 (1.630 %) SQL Server 7 7 26 (1.178 %) Crystal Reports 8 24 (1.087 %) DB2 9 23 (1.042 %) SAP BW 10 21 (0.951 %) SQL Server 2005 11 19 (0.861 %) SQL Server 2000 12 15 (0.679 %) Oracle Reports 13 12 (0.543 %) Data Mining 14 11 (0.498 %) SAP BI 14 11 (0.498 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 15 9 (0.408 %) EDRMS 15 9 (0.408 %) DataStage 15 9 (0.408 %) SQL Server Integration Services 16 8 (0.362 %) DecisionStream 16 8 (0.362 %) Oracle 10g
Development Applications 1 20 (0.906 %) Eclipse 2 7 (0.317 %) Ant 2 7 (0.317 %) LoadRunner 3 5 (0.226 %) QuickTest Pro 4 3 (0.136 %) TestDirector 4 3 (0.136 %) Flash 4 3 (0.136 %) MSI 4 3 (0.136 %) Selenium 5 2 (0.091 %) Visual Studio 5 2 (0.091 %) Oracle Forms 6 1 (0.045 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (0.045 %) JDeveloper 6 1 (0.045 %) InstallShield 6 1 (0.045 %) AdminStudio	General 1 868 (39.31 %) Finance 2 437 (19.79 %) Banking 3 145 (6.567 %) Telecoms 4 131 (5.933 %) Investment Banking 5 115 (5.208 %) Front Office 6 101 (4.574 %) Insurance 7 99 (4.484 %) Retail 8 98 (4.438 %) Marketing 9 90 (4.076 %) Financial Institution 10 86 (3.895 %) Education 10 86 (3.895 %) Pensions 11 78 (3.533 %) Health 12 74 (3.351 %) Back Office 13 71 (3.216 %) Government 14 42 (1.902 %) Legal 15 29 (1.313 %) Law 16 24 (1.087 %) Billing 17 23 (1.042 %) Pharmaceutical 18 20 (0.906 %) Retail Banking 19 15 (0.679 %) International Banking
Miscellaneous 1 122 (5.525 %) Derivative 2 104 (4.710 %) Asset Management 3 98 (4.438 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 4 56 (2.536 %) Fixed Income 5 40 (1.812 %) Computer Science 6 29 (1.313 %) Equities 7 28 (1.268 %) Credit Risk 8 27 (1.223 %) Mathematics 9 26 (1.178 %) Client/Server 10 23 (1.042 %) Management Information System 10 23 (1.042 %) Economics 11 22 (0.996 %) E-Learning 12 20 (0.906 %) Life Science 13 19 (0.861 %) Data Conversion 14 17 (0.770 %) Clustering 15 14 (0.634 %) Fund Management 16 9 (0.408 %) Artificial Intelligence 17 8 (0.362 %) NHS 18 7 (0.317 %) Statistics 18 7 (0.317 %) German Language	Operating Systems 1 279 (12.64 %) Windows 2 182 (8.243 %) Unix 3 81 (3.668 %) Linux 4 33 (1.495 %) Solaris 5 29 (1.313 %) Windows Server 2003 6 28 (1.268 %) Windows NT 7 20 (0.906 %) Windows 2000 8 12 (0.543 %) Windows XP 9 11 (0.498 %) AIX 10 9 (0.408 %) HPUX 10 9 (0.408 %) NetWare 11 1 (0.045 %) Mac OS X 11 1 (0.045 %) zOS
Processes & Methodologies 1 291 (13.18 %) Project Management 2 131 (5.933 %) Risk Management 3 125 (5.661 %) Business Analysis 4 119 (5.389 %) CRM 5 108 (4.891 %) Investment Management 6 104 (4.710 %) Business Intelligence 7 103 (4.665 %) Business Development 8 72 (3.261 %) Change Management 9 68 (3.080 %) PRINCE2 10 55 (2.491 %) Service Delivery 11 52 (2.355 %) Programme Management 11 52 (2.355 %) ITIL 12 44 (1.993 %) ERP 13 36 (1.630 %) OO 14 34 (1.540 %) SOA 15 31 (1.404 %) UML 16 29 (1.313 %) Data Management 16 29 (1.313 %) GAP Analysis 17 28 (1.268 %) BPR 17 28 (1.268 %) Disaster Recovery	Programming Languages 1 317 (14.36 %) SQL 2 229 (10.37 %) Java 3 102 (4.620 %) C# 4 100 (4.529 %) C++ 5 65 (2.944 %) C 6 50 (2.264 %) VB 7 41 (1.857 %) Delphi 8 31 (1.404 %) Perl 9 29 (1.313 %) Shell Script 10 25 (1.132 %) PL/SQL 11 23 (1.042 %) VBA 12 22 (0.996 %) JavaScript 13 21 (0.951 %) Transact-SQL 14 13 (0.589 %) VB.NET 15 11 (0.498 %) ABAP 16 6 (0.272 %) Ruby 16 6 (0.272 %) VBScript 17 4 (0.181 %) PHP 18 3 (0.136 %) DHTML 18 3 (0.136 %) Python
Qualifications 1 318 (14.40 %) Degree 2 34 (1.540 %) Microsoft Certification 3 33 (1.495 %) Cisco Certification 4 27 (1.223 %) MCSE 5 21 (0.951 %) MOS 6 19 (0.861 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 7 17 (0.770 %) MBA 8 16 (0.725 %) CCNP 9 14 (0.634 %) CCDP 9 14 (0.634 %) ITIL Certification 10 12 (0.543 %) CISSP 11 11 (0.498 %) ISEB 12 10 (0.453 %) Citrix Certification 12 10 (0.453 %) CCIE 12 10 (0.453 %) OCP 12 10 (0.453 %) Oracle Certification 13 9 (0.408 %) PMI Certification 14 8 (0.362 %) PMP 14 8 (0.362 %) PRINCE2 Certification 14 8 (0.362 %) CCNA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 50 (2.264 %) Basel II 2 40 (1.812 %) QA 3 20 (0.906 %) MiFID 4 18 (0.815 %) COBIT 5 16 (0.725 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 6 10 (0.453 %) BS7799 6 10 (0.453 %) IAS 39 7 9 (0.408 %) Prudential Sourcebook 8 6 (0.272 %) ISO27001 9 4 (0.181 %) SLA 10 1 (0.045 %) ISO17799 10 1 (0.045 %) GAAP 10 1 (0.045 %) PCI DSS
System Software 1 63 (2.853 %) Active Directory 2 16 (0.725 %) VMware ESX 3 14 (0.634 %) Nmap 4 10 (0.453 %) AquaLogic 5 8 (0.362 %) Citrix Presentation Server 6 7 (0.317 %) Xen 6 7 (0.317 %) NetBackup 7 3 (0.136 %) ISA Server 8 2 (0.091 %) Terminal Services 9 1 (0.045 %) NFS 9 1 (0.045 %) MetaFrame 9 1 (0.045 %) VMware GSX 9 1 (0.045 %) Backup Exec 9 1 (0.045 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 9 1 (0.045 %) Oracle RAC	Systems Management 1 14 (0.634 %) Nessus 2 12 (0.543 %) BMC Marimba 2 12 (0.543 %) ZENworks 3 8 (0.362 %) Tivoli 4 7 (0.317 %) OpenView 4 7 (0.317 %) Unicenter 4 7 (0.317 %) BMC PATROL 5 4 (0.181 %) CONTROL-M 6 3 (0.136 %) MOM 7 2 (0.091 %) AppManager 7 2 (0.091 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 8 1 (0.045 %) Legato 8 1 (0.045 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 8 1 (0.045 %) EMC TimeFinder 8 1 (0.045 %) HP Data Protector
Vendors 1 252 (11.41 %) SAP 2 243 (11.01 %) Microsoft 3 225 (10.19 %) Oracle 4 58 (2.627 %) IBM 5 56 (2.536 %) Cisco 6 52 (2.355 %) VMware 7 51 (2.310 %) Sybase 8 46 (2.083 %) Citrix 9 44 (1.993 %) Business Objects 10 37 (1.676 %) CheckPoint 11 35 (1.585 %) SimCorp 12 31 (1.404 %) Nokia 12 31 (1.404 %) Cognos 13 26 (1.178 %) SunGard 13 26 (1.178 %) HP 14 25 (1.132 %) BMC 14 25 (1.132 %) Blue Coat 15 24 (1.087 %) Novell 16 19 (0.861 %) Calypso 16 19 (0.861 %) Nortel