The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 23 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 49 40 40
Rank change year-on-year
-9 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 20 16 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 3.226% 3.226% 3.974%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.311% 3.326% 4.174%
Number of salaries quoted 19 4 22
Average salary £35,500 £29,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.41% -17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £18,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
604 481 575
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.42% 96.98% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 523 373 443
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,100
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
South West

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Dorset Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth +6 10 £55,000 +37.50%
Poole - 4 £35,000 -
Consultant
South West

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 22 (45.83%) MS Excel
2 20 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
3 17 (35.42%) Finance
3 17 (35.42%) ERP
4 14 (29.17%) SQL
5 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
6 12 (25.00%) Sage
6 12 (25.00%) Marketing
7 11 (22.92%) Project Management
7 11 (22.92%) MS Access
7 11 (22.92%) Linux
8 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 8 (16.67%) PHP
8 8 (16.67%) VB
9 7 (14.58%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (14.58%) Blog
9 7 (14.58%) Analytics
10 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
10 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 6 (12.50%) Local Government
10 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 5 (10.42%) Business Development
11 5 (10.42%) Degree
11 5 (10.42%) EMC NetWorker
11 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 5 (10.42%) .NET
11 5 (10.42%) C#
11 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
11 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
11 5 (10.42%) VMware

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 5 (10.42%) .NET
2 4 (8.333%) HTML
2 4 (8.333%) ASP.NET
2 4 (8.333%) jQuery
2 4 (8.333%) ASP.NET MVC
3 2 (4.167%) LAMP
4 1 (2.083%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (2.083%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.083%) Lync
3 1 (2.083%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.083%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (45.83%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.083%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 7 (14.58%) Dynamics NAV
2 4 (8.333%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (4.167%) SAP FI
3 2 (4.167%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (4.167%) Exchequer
3 2 (4.167%) SAP CO
3 2 (4.167%) GoldMine
3 2 (4.167%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (4.167%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.250%) Internet
2 1 (2.083%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.083%) LAN
2 1 (2.083%) WAN
2 1 (2.083%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (22.92%) MS Access
2 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
3 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 6 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (10.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (8.333%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (2.083%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (2.083%) MySQL
General
1 17 (35.42%) Finance
2 12 (25.00%) Marketing
3 6 (12.50%) Local Government
4 3 (6.250%) Advertising
5 1 (2.083%) Banking
5 1 (2.083%) Retail
5 1 (2.083%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.58%) Blog
2 6 (12.50%) Visualisation
3 2 (4.167%) Client/Server
3 2 (4.167%) Open Source
4 1 (2.083%) Social Network
4 1 (2.083%) IaaS
4 1 (2.083%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (22.92%) Linux
2 3 (6.250%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (41.67%) Business Intelligence
2 17 (35.42%) ERP
3 11 (22.92%) Project Management
4 7 (14.58%) Analytics
5 5 (10.42%) Business Development
6 4 (8.333%) MVC
7 3 (6.250%) Service Management
8 2 (4.167%) Service Delivery
8 2 (4.167%) CRM
8 2 (4.167%) Software Testing
8 2 (4.167%) Project Planning
9 1 (2.083%) Data Analysis
9 1 (2.083%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (2.083%) ITIL
9 1 (2.083%) PRINCE2
9 1 (2.083%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 14 (29.17%) SQL
2 8 (16.67%) PHP
2 8 (16.67%) VB
3 5 (10.42%) C#
4 4 (8.333%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.083%) C
Qualifications
1 5 (10.42%) Degree
1 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (4.167%) ACCA
2 2 (4.167%) CIMA
3 1 (2.083%) MCITP
3 1 (2.083%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (2.083%) MCSA
System Software
1 5 (10.42%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (8.333%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.167%) Forefront TMG
3 2 (4.167%) UAG
Systems Management
1 5 (10.42%) EMC NetWorker
2 3 (6.250%) SCCM
2 3 (6.250%) SCOM
2 3 (6.250%) SCVMM
3 1 (2.083%) Opalis
Vendors
1 13 (27.08%) Microsoft
2 12 (25.00%) Sage
3 5 (10.42%) VMware
4 2 (4.167%) Pegasus
4 2 (4.167%) SAP
4 2 (4.167%) Tableau
5 1 (2.083%) Twitter
5 1 (2.083%) Oracle
5 1 (2.083%) Cisco