The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex 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 24 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 40 64 67
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 47 40 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 4.672% 2.909% 2.796%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.781% 2.992% 2.944%
Number of salaries quoted 36 26 23
Average salary £50,000 £51,250 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +20.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £20,700
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
983 1337 1189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.71% 97.24% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 844 1100 998
Average salary £39,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
East of England

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Essex region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 24 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
Colchester +25 14 £55,000 -
Chelmsford +17 8 £55,000 -4.34%
Witham - 4 £45,000 -
Brentwood -15 3 £50,000 +25.00%
Basildon -9 2 £51,250 -6.81%
Wickford - 1 - -
Consultant
East of England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 17 (22.37%) Java
2 15 (19.74%) Windows
2 15 (19.74%) Cisco
3 14 (18.42%) Finance
4 12 (15.79%) XML
4 12 (15.79%) VMware
5 11 (14.47%) SAP
5 11 (14.47%) JBoss
5 11 (14.47%) Active Directory
6 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
6 10 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
6 10 (13.16%) Spring
6 10 (13.16%) Java EE
7 8 (10.53%) MS Excel
8 7 (9.211%) VMware ESX
8 7 (9.211%) JavaScript
8 7 (9.211%) C#
8 7 (9.211%) HTML
8 7 (9.211%) SQL Server
9 6 (7.895%) Service Management
9 6 (7.895%) ITIL
9 6 (7.895%) SMS
9 6 (7.895%) CCIE
9 6 (7.895%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (7.895%) Unified Communications
10 5 (6.579%) Verint
10 5 (6.579%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (6.579%) XenApp
10 5 (6.579%) XenServer
10 5 (6.579%) Business Development

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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 12 (15.79%) XML
2 10 (13.16%) Spring
2 10 (13.16%) Java EE
3 7 (9.211%) HTML
4 5 (6.579%) .NET
5 4 (5.263%) CSS
5 4 (5.263%) Web Services
5 4 (5.263%) Ajax
5 4 (5.263%) Visualforce
6 1 (1.316%) Application Packaging
6 1 (1.316%) XSD
6 1 (1.316%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.263%) Force.com
2 3 (3.947%) Lync
2 3 (3.947%) Office Communications Server
3 1 (1.316%) SugarCRM
3 1 (1.316%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.316%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (10.53%) MS Excel
2 3 (3.947%) MS Office
3 2 (2.632%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.316%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (1.316%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.316%) InDesign
4 1 (1.316%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (6.579%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (6.579%) SAP CO
1 5 (6.579%) SAP FI
2 2 (2.632%) SAP R/3
3 1 (1.316%) Sage 200
3 1 (1.316%) Sage 300 ERP
3 1 (1.316%) GoldMine
3 1 (1.316%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.316%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (1.316%) SalesLogix
3 1 (1.316%) Pivotal CRM
3 1 (1.316%) CODA-Financials
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.895%) SMS
1 6 (7.895%) Cisco ASA
1 6 (7.895%) Unified Communications
2 5 (6.579%) Firewall
3 4 (5.263%) SAN
3 4 (5.263%) LDAP
3 4 (5.263%) DNS
3 4 (5.263%) DHCP
3 4 (5.263%) VoIP
3 4 (5.263%) Cisco Nexus
4 3 (3.947%) Network Security
4 3 (3.947%) WLAN
4 3 (3.947%) LAN
4 3 (3.947%) Ethernet
4 3 (3.947%) TCP/IP
4 3 (3.947%) Wireless
5 2 (2.632%) RFID
5 2 (2.632%) VPN
5 2 (2.632%) FTP
5 2 (2.632%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.211%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.947%) Oracle BI EE
2 3 (3.947%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 3 (3.947%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.316%) MS Access
3 1 (1.316%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.316%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 1 (1.316%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 1 (1.316%) Axure RP
General
1 14 (18.42%) Finance
2 3 (3.947%) Marketing
2 3 (3.947%) Publishing
3 1 (1.316%) Retail Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Banking
3 1 (1.316%) Retail
3 1 (1.316%) Advertising
3 1 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.263%) SaaS
2 3 (3.947%) Clustering
2 3 (3.947%) Handset
3 2 (2.632%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.632%) E-Learning
3 2 (2.632%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.316%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.316%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.316%) CMDB
4 1 (1.316%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.316%) Device Driver
4 1 (1.316%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 15 (19.74%) Windows
2 5 (6.579%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (2.632%) Windows Vista
3 2 (2.632%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (1.316%) UNIX
4 1 (1.316%) Linux
4 1 (1.316%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.316%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (7.895%) Service Management
1 6 (7.895%) ITIL
2 5 (6.579%) Business Development
2 5 (6.579%) WFM
3 4 (5.263%) Change Management
3 4 (5.263%) OO
4 3 (3.947%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (3.947%) Asset Management
4 3 (3.947%) Information Security
4 3 (3.947%) ERP
4 3 (3.947%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (3.947%) Quality Management
5 2 (2.632%) Project Management
5 2 (2.632%) Migration
5 2 (2.632%) Information Security Management
5 2 (2.632%) Security Management
5 2 (2.632%) UML
5 2 (2.632%) CRM
5 2 (2.632%) Network Design
5 2 (2.632%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 17 (22.37%) Java
2 7 (9.211%) JavaScript
2 7 (9.211%) C#
3 5 (6.579%) SQL
4 4 (5.263%) Apex Code
4 4 (5.263%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.947%) VBScript
6 1 (1.316%) XPath
6 1 (1.316%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.316%) VBA
6 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
6 1 (1.316%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (13.16%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (7.895%) CCIE
3 4 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.947%) Degree
4 3 (3.947%) MCSE
4 3 (3.947%) CCNA
5 2 (2.632%) CCNP
5 2 (2.632%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.632%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.632%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.316%) CCSE
6 1 (1.316%) CCSP
6 1 (1.316%) MCDBA
6 1 (1.316%) MCT
6 1 (1.316%) Check Point Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 11 (14.47%) Active Directory
2 7 (9.211%) VMware ESX
3 5 (6.579%) XenApp
3 5 (6.579%) XenServer
3 5 (6.579%) Microsoft App-V
4 3 (3.947%) vSphere
4 3 (3.947%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.316%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (1.316%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 4 (5.263%) SCCM
1 4 (5.263%) Cisco UCCE
1 4 (5.263%) Cisco CUCM
1 4 (5.263%) Cisco UCCX
2 2 (2.632%) ZENworks
3 1 (1.316%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.316%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Cisco
2 12 (15.79%) VMware
3 11 (14.47%) SAP
3 11 (14.47%) JBoss
4 10 (13.16%) Microsoft
5 5 (6.579%) Verint
5 5 (6.579%) Genesys
5 5 (6.579%) Citrix
5 5 (6.579%) Salesforce.com
6 4 (5.263%) CheckPoint
6 4 (5.263%) Business Objects
6 4 (5.263%) HP
6 4 (5.263%) AppSense
7 3 (3.947%) Twitter
7 3 (3.947%) Oracle
7 3 (3.947%) Sage
8 2 (2.632%) Hyperion
8 2 (2.632%) IBM
8 2 (2.632%) Altiris
9 1 (1.316%) Guidewire
Essex
Appsense... Migration from Presentation server to XenApp. Citrix Performance tuning... Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies... Windows 2000 Clustering Technologies and...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Witham, Essex
My Client is an official Salesforce partner which specialises in implementing a variety of Cloud based solutions and services primarily focused in the financial services sector... The role...
SLS Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £50,000 per annum Circa £50,000
Posted: 23 May 2013
Essex
CCIE, CCNP, CCNP voice, CCSP, Unified Communications, call manager, CUCM, Unity, CUC, UCCX, UCCE, Contact Centre, MeetingPlace, Telepresence, ARC, IPT... experience in implementation and support of Cisco IP...
Woodrow Mercer Recruitment
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + car + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013