The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 86 78 103
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +25
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 6 14 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.551% 1.011% 0.131%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.576% 1.061% 0.137%
Number of salaries quoted 4 14 2
Average salary £38,250 £51,250 £51,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.36% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,650 £38,000 £50,250
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 1320 1456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.77% 95.31% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 604 965 1058
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Consultant
Scotland

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 6 (31.58%) Java
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 5 (26.32%) SQL
3 5 (26.32%) .NET
3 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
3 5 (26.32%) Degree
4 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
4 4 (21.05%) C#
5 3 (15.79%) Change Management
5 3 (15.79%) Citrix
5 3 (15.79%) NetApp
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (15.79%) Banking
5 3 (15.79%) CMS
5 3 (15.79%) HTML
5 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.79%) J2EE
5 3 (15.79%) Oracle
5 3 (15.79%) Windows
5 3 (15.79%) Dell
5 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
5 3 (15.79%) XML
5 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
5 3 (15.79%) Data Mapping
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (15.79%) Pega
5 3 (15.79%) Information Management
5 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (26.32%) .NET
2 3 (15.79%) HTML
2 3 (15.79%) J2EE
2 3 (15.79%) XML
3 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
3 2 (10.53%) Flash
3 2 (10.53%) ASP
3 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
3 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 1 (5.263%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) CMS
2 2 (10.53%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) MS Exchange
2 2 (10.53%) TeamSite
3 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.263%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.53%) Internet
2 1 (5.263%) DHCP
2 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
2 1 (5.263%) DNS
2 1 (5.263%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) PowerBuilder
General
1 6 (31.58%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Banking
3 2 (10.53%) Publishing
4 1 (5.263%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.53%) Web 2.0
2 2 (10.53%) Social Media
3 1 (5.263%) Replication
3 1 (5.263%) CLARiiON
3 1 (5.263%) EMC Centera
3 1 (5.263%) Celerra
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (15.79%) Windows
1 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (10.53%) Windows 7
2 2 (10.53%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.263%) AIX
3 1 (5.263%) Solaris
3 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Change Management
1 3 (15.79%) Performance Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Unit Testing
1 3 (15.79%) Data Mapping
1 3 (15.79%) Information Management
1 3 (15.79%) Software Engineering
2 2 (10.53%) Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Data Migration
2 2 (10.53%) Data Security
3 1 (5.263%) Workflow
3 1 (5.263%) Project Management
3 1 (5.263%) Content Management
3 1 (5.263%) OO
3 1 (5.263%) CRM
3 1 (5.263%) ITIL
3 1 (5.263%) Enterprise Content Management
3 1 (5.263%) Document Management
3 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) SQL
3 4 (21.05%) C#
4 3 (15.79%) JavaScript
5 2 (10.53%) PL/SQL
5 2 (10.53%) VB
6 1 (5.263%) XAML
6 1 (5.263%) VB.NET
6 1 (5.263%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) SLA
2 1 (5.263%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.263%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.263%) EMC RecoverPoint
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Citrix
2 3 (15.79%) NetApp
2 3 (15.79%) Oracle
2 3 (15.79%) Dell
2 3 (15.79%) Pega
3 2 (10.53%) Sybase
4 1 (5.263%) VMware
4 1 (5.263%) Cisco
4 1 (5.263%) EMC
4 1 (5.263%) Brocade
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