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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1515
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1583021984
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.265 %9.070 %
As % of the category below9.542 %10.45 %
Salaries quoted1285917518
Average minimum salary£45,197£45,764
Average salary£50,745£51,457
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
Average maximum salary£56,293£57,151
UK excluding London average salary£49,305£51,266
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Job Titles EnglandJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads165898210449
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled86.61 %86.82 %
Salaries quoted137742168606
Average minimum salary£38,946£40,805
Average salary£42,588£44,619
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Average maximum salary£46,231£48,433
UK excluding London average salary£38,227£39,513
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Consultant UKConsultant
UK

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

England Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

England Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

England Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Consultant within the England region over the 3 months to 18 July 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+36387£55,293+1.38 %
South EastUp+14121£48,656-4.71 %
North WestDown-41429£48,590-4.52 %
West MidlandsDown-1974£46,028-3.47 %
East of EnglandDown-10644£42,713-6.99 %
South WestDown-19574£39,302-5.55 %
YorkshireDown-25395£42,655+14.15 %
MidlandsNo change0339£54,715-1.20 %
East MidlandsDown-3330£44,744+7.77 %
North EastDown-1131£40,654-9.27 %
South CoastUp+614£50,192+16.55 %
Consultant UKConsultant
UK

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

18696 (24.92 %)SAP
27881 (22.58 %)Finance
35071 (14.53 %)Microsoft
44888 (14.01 %)Oracle
54238 (12.14 %)SQL
63827 (10.97 %)SQL Server
73624 (10.38 %)Windows
83599 (10.31 %)Business Intelligence
93530 (10.11 %)Degree
103325 (9.527 %)Project Management
113234 (9.267 %)CRM
122802 (8.029 %).NET
132594 (7.433 %)MS Excel
142379 (6.817 %)Retail
152369 (6.788 %)Java
162134 (6.115 %)UNIX
172006 (5.748 %)Banking
181794 (5.141 %)Health
191782 (5.106 %)ERP
201776 (5.089 %)Cisco
211697 (4.863 %)Microsoft Certification
221604 (4.596 %)C#
231585 (4.542 %)Pensions
241509 (4.324 %)Telecoms
251508 (4.321 %)XML
261454 (4.166 %)SAP FI
271415 (4.055 %)Active Directory
281409 (4.037 %)Manufacturing
291399 (4.009 %)SAP CO
301392 (3.989 %)Datawarehouse

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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
12802 (8.029 %).NET
21508 (4.321 %)XML
31178 (3.375 %)J2EE
4991 (2.840 %)HTML
5808 (2.315 %)ASP.NET
6609 (1.745 %)WebSphere
7608 (1.742 %)WebServices
8523 (1.499 %)ASP
9401 (1.149 %)SAP Basis
10396 (1.135 %)Middleware
11374 (1.072 %)SAP XI
12333 (0.954 %)CSS
13246 (0.705 %)Windows SharePoint Services
14241 (0.691 %)JSP
15216 (0.619 %).NET Framework
16183 (0.524 %)SOAP
17166 (0.476 %)AJAX
18133 (0.381 %)XSL
19117 (0.335 %)XSLT
19117 (0.335 %)XHTML
Application Platforms
11383 (3.963 %)SharePoint
21310 (3.754 %)MS Exchange
3947 (2.714 %)SAS
4774 (2.218 %)NetWeaver
5769 (2.204 %)IIS
6693 (1.986 %)BizTalk Server
7645 (1.848 %)Exchange Server 2003
8601 (1.722 %)SharePoint Server 2007
9339 (0.971 %)Exchange Server 2007
10314 (0.900 %)WebLogic
11300 (0.860 %)Exchange Server 2000
12230 (0.659 %)JBoss
13225 (0.645 %)Oracle Workflow
14206 (0.590 %)Apache
15203 (0.582 %)Tomcat
16179 (0.513 %)CMS
17164 (0.470 %)WebSphere Application Server
18145 (0.415 %)Documentum
19127 (0.364 %)SharePoint Portal Server
20118 (0.338 %)Oracle Application Server
Applications
12594 (7.433 %)MS Excel
2796 (2.281 %)MS Office
3510 (1.461 %)MS Visio
4240 (0.688 %)MS Project
5177 (0.507 %)SPSS
6100 (0.287 %)MS PowerPoint
753 (0.152 %)InfoPath
837 (0.106 %)CA Clarity
925 (0.072 %)Photoshop
1017 (0.049 %)Adobe Illustrator
1116 (0.046 %)PrintSoft PReS
1116 (0.046 %)Acrobat
1213 (0.037 %)DOC1
1311 (0.032 %)CATIA
1410 (0.029 %)InDesign
159 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
168 (0.023 %)QuarkXPress
177 (0.020 %)ImageReady
177 (0.020 %)Fireworks
184 (0.011 %)MATLAB
Business Applications
11454 (4.166 %)SAP FI
21399 (4.009 %)SAP CO
31383 (3.963 %)SAP FI/CO
4962 (2.757 %)SAP HR
5720 (2.063 %)SAP SD
6700 (2.006 %)Microsoft CRM
7685 (1.963 %)Dynamics CRM
8557 (1.596 %)Navision
9534 (1.530 %)SAP CRM
10499 (1.430 %)Oracle EBS
11485 (1.390 %)Dynamics AX
12480 (1.375 %)SAP MM
13469 (1.344 %)SAP Oil and Gas
14466 (1.335 %)SAP Payroll
15452 (1.295 %)Axapta
16446 (1.278 %)Oracle Financials
17428 (1.226 %)Dynamics NAV
18403 (1.155 %)SAP R/3
19369 (1.057 %)Oracle Applications
20275 (0.788 %)Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1939 (2.691 %)WAN
2938 (2.688 %)Firewall
3867 (2.484 %)Internet
4810 (2.321 %)LAN
5748 (2.143 %)SAN
6710 (2.034 %)TCP/IP
7547 (1.567 %)VPN
8470 (1.347 %)VoIP
9372 (1.066 %)Network Security
10293 (0.840 %)IP Telephony
11273 (0.782 %)MPLS
12265 (0.759 %)DNS
13244 (0.699 %)Wireless
14167 (0.479 %)DHCP
15162 (0.464 %)LDAP
15162 (0.464 %)Cisco PIX
16157 (0.450 %)NetScreen
17156 (0.447 %)SSL
18119 (0.341 %)IPCC
19113 (0.324 %)Cisco IPT
Database & Business Intelligence
13827 (10.97 %)SQL Server
21392 (3.989 %)Datawarehouse
31083 (3.103 %)BusinessObjects
4980 (2.808 %)SAP BW
5970 (2.779 %)ETL
6681 (1.951 %)SQL Server 2005
7564 (1.616 %)SAP BI
8505 (1.447 %)SQL Server 2000
9503 (1.441 %)Oracle 8/8i
10495 (1.418 %)DB2
11454 (1.301 %)RDBMS
12448 (1.284 %)OLAP
13394 (1.129 %)SQL Server 7
14360 (1.032 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15326 (0.934 %)Oracle Reports
16325 (0.931 %)SQL Server Integration Services
17319 (0.914 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17319 (0.914 %)Oracle 10g
18294 (0.842 %)Crystal Reports
19280 (0.802 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1240 (0.688 %)Visual Studio
2209 (0.599 %)Oracle Forms
372 (0.206 %)Eclipse
467 (0.192 %)TestDirector
565 (0.186 %)QuickTest Pro
663 (0.181 %)LoadRunner
762 (0.178 %)Flash
861 (0.175 %)JDeveloper
959 (0.169 %)MorphX
1057 (0.163 %)ProC
1154 (0.155 %)LSMW
1232 (0.092 %)Dreamweaver
1331 (0.089 %)Subversion
1331 (0.089 %)NUnit
1429 (0.083 %)Ant
1528 (0.080 %)WinRunner
1626 (0.075 %)MSI
1723 (0.066 %)Rational Robot
1818 (0.052 %)ClearCase
1917 (0.049 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
17881 (22.58 %)Finance
22379 (6.817 %)Retail
32006 (5.748 %)Banking
41794 (5.141 %)Health
51585 (4.542 %)Pensions
61509 (4.324 %)Telecoms
71409 (4.037 %)Manufacturing
81265 (3.625 %)Marketing
91187 (3.401 %)Government
10944 (2.705 %)Insurance
11893 (2.559 %)Education
12574 (1.645 %)Pharmaceutical
13544 (1.559 %)FMCG
14514 (1.473 %)Back Office
15416 (1.192 %)Billing
16339 (0.971 %)Investment Banking
17323 (0.926 %)Front Office
18314 (0.900 %)Legal
19290 (0.831 %)Financial Institution
20240 (0.688 %)Retail Banking
Miscellaneous
1494 (1.416 %)Asset Management
2386 (1.106 %)Management Information System
3369 (1.057 %)Computer Science
4367 (1.052 %)Derivative
5330 (0.946 %)Client/Server
6315 (0.903 %)French Language
7295 (0.845 %)NHS
8293 (0.840 %)Clustering
9247 (0.708 %)German Language
10243 (0.696 %)Mathematics
11240 (0.688 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
12220 (0.630 %)Data Integration
13181 (0.519 %)Mainframe
14169 (0.484 %)Fixed Income
15138 (0.395 %)Equities
16127 (0.364 %)Data Conversion
17119 (0.341 %)Biometrics
18116 (0.332 %)N-Tier
19115 (0.330 %)Statistics
19115 (0.330 %)PKI
Operating Systems
13624 (10.38 %)Windows
22134 (6.115 %)UNIX
3850 (2.436 %)Linux
4504 (1.444 %)Solaris
5406 (1.163 %)Windows 2000
6395 (1.132 %)Windows Server 2003
7382 (1.095 %)AIX
8375 (1.075 %)Windows NT
9221 (0.633 %)Windows XP
10148 (0.424 %)HPUX
1152 (0.149 %)VMS
1236 (0.103 %)Symbian OS
1332 (0.092 %)NetWare
1430 (0.086 %)Windows Mobile
1521 (0.060 %)MVS
1620 (0.057 %)zOS
1718 (0.052 %)Mac OS X
1817 (0.049 %)SUSE
1916 (0.046 %)Embedded Linux
2015 (0.043 %)Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
13599 (10.31 %)Business Intelligence
23325 (9.527 %)Project Management
33234 (9.267 %)CRM
41782 (5.106 %)ERP
51150 (3.295 %)Business Analysis
61114 (3.192 %)Business Development
71073 (3.075 %)Migration
8968 (2.774 %)Workflow
9788 (2.258 %)ITIL
10769 (2.204 %)Risk Management
11758 (2.172 %)Logistics
12732 (2.097 %)Change Management
13672 (1.926 %)PRINCE2
14654 (1.874 %)Security Cleared
15587 (1.682 %)SAP Implementation
16582 (1.668 %)Data Migration
17550 (1.576 %)SOA
18541 (1.550 %)Information Security
19527 (1.510 %)Service Management
20496 (1.421 %)Data Management
Programming Languages
14238 (12.14 %)SQL
22369 (6.788 %)Java
31604 (4.596 %)C#
41022 (2.928 %)ABAP
5977 (2.800 %)C
6753 (2.158 %)VB
7716 (2.052 %)C++
8712 (2.040 %)JavaScript
9589 (1.688 %)PL/SQL
10415 (1.189 %)VB.NET
11286 (0.820 %)Transact-SQL
12249 (0.713 %)Perl
13247 (0.708 %)VBA
14206 (0.590 %)Shell Script
15170 (0.487 %)VBScript
16146 (0.418 %)PHP
17113 (0.324 %)SAPscript
18103 (0.295 %)X++
1995 (0.272 %)COBOL
2088 (0.252 %)Delphi
Qualifications
13530 (10.11 %)Degree
21697 (4.863 %)Microsoft Certification
31254 (3.593 %)MCSE
41033 (2.960 %)Cisco Certification
5607 (1.739 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6466 (1.335 %)CISSP
7459 (1.315 %)CCNA
8445 (1.275 %)Citrix Certification
9406 (1.163 %)CCNP
10362 (1.037 %)CCIE
11284 (0.814 %)ACCA
12280 (0.802 %)CCEA
13245 (0.702 %)CCVP
14241 (0.691 %)CIMA
15238 (0.682 %)CCA
16226 (0.648 %)CCDP
17224 (0.642 %)MCSD
18185 (0.530 %)MCP
19163 (0.467 %)SAP Certification
20158 (0.453 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1556 (1.593 %)QA
2360 (1.032 %)ISO27001
3226 (0.648 %)SLA
4216 (0.619 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
5214 (0.613 %)BS7799
6160 (0.458 %)PCI DSS
782 (0.235 %)COBIT
782 (0.235 %)Basel II
867 (0.192 %)ISO17799
946 (0.132 %)ISO9001
1040 (0.115 %)IAS 39
1133 (0.095 %)ISO9000
1228 (0.080 %)WCAG
1326 (0.075 %)GxP
1326 (0.075 %)PCI QSA
1424 (0.069 %)MiFID
1523 (0.066 %)JSP 440
1620 (0.057 %)HMG Infosec
1719 (0.054 %)BS25999
1719 (0.054 %)GAAP
System Software
11415 (4.055 %)Active Directory
2813 (2.330 %)VMware Infrastructure
3207 (0.593 %)ISA Server
4195 (0.559 %)VMware ESX
5179 (0.513 %)NetBackup
6113 (0.324 %)Citrix Presentation Server
7108 (0.309 %)Terminal Services
8104 (0.298 %)Xen
999 (0.284 %)Backup Exec
1092 (0.264 %)Oracle RAC
1162 (0.178 %)Oracle RMAN
1256 (0.160 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1352 (0.149 %)MetaFrame
1445 (0.129 %)NFS
1531 (0.089 %)AquaLogic
1625 (0.072 %)Novell eDirectory
1724 (0.069 %)MSMQ
1823 (0.066 %)VMware Server
1922 (0.063 %)Terminal Server
2014 (0.040 %)ProxySG
Systems Management
1295 (0.845 %)MOM
2210 (0.602 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
3194 (0.556 %)Tivoli
4143 (0.410 %)Legato
5132 (0.378 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
6106 (0.304 %)EMC NetWorker
789 (0.255 %)SCOM
885 (0.244 %)SCCM
971 (0.203 %)OpenView
1055 (0.158 %)Netcool
1137 (0.106 %)Unicenter
1228 (0.080 %)ZENworks
1327 (0.077 %)Norton AntiVirus
1425 (0.072 %)DirXML
1523 (0.066 %)BMC PATROL
1523 (0.066 %)BMC Marimba
1621 (0.060 %)CiscoWorks
1717 (0.049 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1816 (0.046 %)Novell Identity Manager
1915 (0.043 %)MIMEsweeper
Vendors
18696 (24.92 %)SAP
25071 (14.53 %)Microsoft
34888 (14.01 %)Oracle
41776 (5.089 %)Cisco
51326 (3.800 %)VMware
61083 (3.103 %)Business Objects
71025 (2.937 %)Citrix
8984 (2.820 %)Cognos
9825 (2.364 %)IBM
10703 (2.014 %)HP
11548 (1.570 %)Siebel
12545 (1.562 %)Sage
13529 (1.516 %)Hyperion
14458 (1.312 %)EMC
15387 (1.109 %)CheckPoint
16378 (1.083 %)Informatica
17330 (0.946 %)PeopleSoft
18288 (0.825 %)Sybase
19287 (0.822 %)Juniper
20272 (0.779 %)Ab Initio
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