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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 16 43 39
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 19 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 6.643% 1.754% 0.707%
As % of the Job Titles category 7.170% 1.961% 0.727%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 1
Average salary £60,000 £39,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.89% -43.57%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
265 306 275
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 92.66% 89.47% 97.17%
Number of salaries quoted 241 284 259
Average salary £44,000 £37,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.33% -10.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
London

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Croydon Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 11 (31.43%) Finance
2 10 (28.57%) SQL
2 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (25.71%) Windows
3 9 (25.71%) MCITP
4 8 (22.86%) XML
5 7 (20.00%) .NET
5 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
6 6 (17.14%) XHTML
6 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
6 6 (17.14%) IIS
6 6 (17.14%) VMware
6 6 (17.14%) MCTS
6 6 (17.14%) Marketing
6 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (17.14%) Lync
7 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
7 5 (14.29%) Office 365
7 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (14.29%) Oracle
7 5 (14.29%) XSLT
7 5 (14.29%) MCSE
7 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
7 5 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 5 (14.29%) Cisco
8 4 (11.43%) ERP
8 4 (11.43%) CRM
8 4 (11.43%) Oracle Financials

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 8 (22.86%) XML
2 7 (20.00%) .NET
2 7 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (17.14%) XHTML
4 5 (14.29%) XSLT
5 3 (8.571%) SAP Basis
6 2 (5.714%) Middleware
7 1 (2.857%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) IIS
1 6 (17.14%) Lync
2 5 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 5 (14.29%) MS Exchange
3 3 (8.571%) SharePoint
3 3 (8.571%) Exchange Server 2013
3 3 (8.571%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (8.571%) SAP Portal
4 2 (5.714%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) MS Excel
1 5 (14.29%) Office 365
2 2 (5.714%) MS Office
3 1 (2.857%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (11.43%) Oracle Financials
1 4 (11.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (11.43%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (8.571%) Oracle Applications
2 3 (8.571%) Oracle 11i
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (2.857%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) SAN
1 4 (11.43%) Unified Communications
2 2 (5.714%) DNS
3 1 (2.857%) DHCP
3 1 (2.857%) MPLS
3 1 (2.857%) OSPF
3 1 (2.857%) BGP
3 1 (2.857%) Wireless
3 1 (2.857%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (2.857%) TOAD
2 1 (2.857%) SQLPlus
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle Forms
1 1 (2.857%) AdminStudio
General
1 11 (31.43%) Finance
2 6 (17.14%) Marketing
3 2 (5.714%) Back Office
3 2 (5.714%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (5.714%) SaaS
2 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.857%) Replication
2 1 (2.857%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.857%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 9 (25.71%) Windows
2 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (8.571%) UNIX
4 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.857%) AIX
5 1 (2.857%) Linux
5 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.857%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (11.43%) CRM
1 4 (11.43%) ERP
1 4 (11.43%) Project Management
2 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (5.714%) Service Delivery
3 2 (5.714%) Identity Management
3 2 (5.714%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (5.714%) Email Marketing
3 2 (5.714%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (2.857%) Time Management
4 1 (2.857%) Communications Security
4 1 (2.857%) Online Marketing
4 1 (2.857%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (2.857%) Asset Management
4 1 (2.857%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (2.857%) Operations Management
4 1 (2.857%) Workflow
4 1 (2.857%) Migration
4 1 (2.857%) Change Management
4 1 (2.857%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (28.57%) SQL
2 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
3 1 (2.857%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (25.71%) MCITP
2 6 (17.14%) MCTS
3 5 (14.29%) MCSE
4 3 (8.571%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 3 (8.571%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (5.714%) Degree
5 2 (5.714%) CCIE
5 2 (5.714%) CCNP
5 2 (5.714%) HP AIS
5 2 (5.714%) HP ASE
6 1 (2.857%) NCDA
6 1 (2.857%) NCIE
6 1 (2.857%) VCAP
6 1 (2.857%) CCEE
6 1 (2.857%) CCAA
6 1 (2.857%) CCIA
6 1 (2.857%) CCDA
6 1 (2.857%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (2.857%) MCSA
System Software
1 7 (20.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (8.571%) vSphere
4 2 (5.714%) Hyper-V
5 1 (2.857%) XenApp
5 1 (2.857%) XenServer
5 1 (2.857%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.857%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) SCCM
1 4 (11.43%) SCOM
2 3 (8.571%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.857%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (17.14%) VMware
3 5 (14.29%) Cisco
3 5 (14.29%) Oracle
4 4 (11.43%) HP
4 4 (11.43%) Pegasus
5 3 (8.571%) NetApp
5 3 (8.571%) Dell
5 3 (8.571%) SAP
6 2 (5.714%) Citrix
7 1 (2.857%) Avaya
7 1 (2.857%) Hitachi
7 1 (2.857%) EMC
7 1 (2.857%) Nortel
7 1 (2.857%) CheckPoint
7 1 (2.857%) Mitel
7 1 (2.857%) Veeam
7 1 (2.857%) 3PAR
7 1 (2.857%) DataCore
7 1 (2.857%) Dialogic