The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester 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 20 June 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 15 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 36 18 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 16.29% 5.143% -
As % of the Job Titles category 17.31% 5.217% -
Number of salaries quoted 33 17 0
Average salary £46,000 £55,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.36% -
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
208 345 234
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 94.12% 98.57% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 192 284 192
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Consultant
Gloucestershire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester 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 Gloucester region.

Gloucester Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Gloucester region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Gloucester Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 37 (69.81%) Security Cleared
2 25 (47.17%) UNIX
2 25 (47.17%) Linux
2 25 (47.17%) Shell Script
3 19 (35.85%) SC Cleared
4 17 (32.08%) DV Cleared
4 17 (32.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 17 (32.08%) Information Assurance
5 15 (28.30%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (28.30%) Performance Testing
5 15 (28.30%) Penetration Testing
5 15 (28.30%) LoadRunner
5 15 (28.30%) Information Security
5 15 (28.30%) C#
5 15 (28.30%) C++
5 15 (28.30%) Java
5 15 (28.30%) ITIL
5 15 (28.30%) LAN
5 15 (28.30%) WAN
5 15 (28.30%) Cisco
5 15 (28.30%) ISEB
6 14 (26.42%) CISSP
6 14 (26.42%) Management Information System
6 14 (26.42%) Risk Management
6 14 (26.42%) Aerospace
6 14 (26.42%) Cryptography
6 14 (26.42%) Incident Management
6 14 (26.42%) JSP 440
7 13 (24.53%) Firewall
7 13 (24.53%) Internet

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 Platforms
1 11 (20.75%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.774%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.887%) Exchange Server 2000
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.30%) LAN
1 15 (28.30%) WAN
2 13 (24.53%) Firewall
2 13 (24.53%) Internet
3 12 (22.64%) DNS
3 12 (22.64%) SMTP
3 12 (22.64%) HTTP
3 12 (22.64%) LDAP
4 4 (7.547%) SAN
5 2 (3.774%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (3.774%) SNMP
5 2 (3.774%) TCP/IP
6 1 (1.887%) Unified Communications
6 1 (1.887%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.774%) GIS
1 2 (3.774%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.887%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 15 (28.30%) LoadRunner
General
1 14 (26.42%) Aerospace
Miscellaneous
1 14 (26.42%) Management Information System
1 14 (26.42%) Cryptography
2 9 (16.98%) SaaS
3 3 (5.660%) Tandem
4 2 (3.774%) Open Source
4 2 (3.774%) Clustering
5 1 (1.887%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 25 (47.17%) UNIX
1 25 (47.17%) Linux
2 5 (9.434%) Windows
3 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.774%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.887%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.887%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (32.08%) Information Assurance
2 15 (28.30%) User Acceptance Testing
2 15 (28.30%) Performance Testing
2 15 (28.30%) Penetration Testing
2 15 (28.30%) Information Security
2 15 (28.30%) ITIL
3 14 (26.42%) Risk Management
3 14 (26.42%) Incident Management
4 12 (22.64%) Load Balancing
5 3 (5.660%) Validation
5 3 (5.660%) Data Management
5 3 (5.660%) Project Planning
6 1 (1.887%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.887%) Business Continuity
6 1 (1.887%) Security Architecture
6 1 (1.887%) Business Development
6 1 (1.887%) Risk Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (47.17%) Shell Script
2 15 (28.30%) C#
2 15 (28.30%) C++
2 15 (28.30%) Java
3 12 (22.64%) Python
4 10 (18.87%) Perl
4 10 (18.87%) Bash shell
5 1 (1.887%) SQL
Qualifications
1 37 (69.81%) Security Cleared
2 19 (35.85%) SC Cleared
3 17 (32.08%) DV Cleared
4 15 (28.30%) ISEB
5 14 (26.42%) CISSP
6 3 (5.660%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (5.660%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (5.660%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (5.660%) Degree
7 2 (3.774%) NCDA
7 2 (3.774%) NCIE
7 2 (3.774%) CCNA
7 2 (3.774%) MCSA
8 1 (1.887%) MCSE
8 1 (1.887%) CCDP
8 1 (1.887%) CCIE
8 1 (1.887%) CCNP
8 1 (1.887%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (32.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (26.42%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.887%) BS7799
3 1 (1.887%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.887%) HMG Infosec
System Software
1 12 (22.64%) ISA Server
1 12 (22.64%) Squid
2 10 (18.87%) qmail
2 10 (18.87%) Postfix
2 10 (18.87%) Sendmail
3 3 (5.660%) Active Directory
3 3 (5.660%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.887%) VMware ESX
4 1 (1.887%) Hyper-V
4 1 (1.887%) vSphere
4 1 (1.887%) XenApp
4 1 (1.887%) XenServer
4 1 (1.887%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.887%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 2 (3.774%) Zenoss
2 1 (1.887%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.887%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.887%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 15 (28.30%) Cisco
2 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.64%) Juniper
4 5 (9.434%) NetApp
5 3 (5.660%) VMware
6 2 (3.774%) ESRI
6 2 (3.774%) Citrix
7 1 (1.887%) HP
7 1 (1.887%) EMC
7 1 (1.887%) CommVault
7 1 (1.887%) Symantec
7 1 (1.887%) Veeam