The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 87 96 82
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 6 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.683% 0.710% 0.973%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.708% 0.736% 1.031%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 11
Average salary £42,000 £19,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+115.38% -51.25%
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+12.85% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
847 1222 1067
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.47% 96.45% 94.42%
Number of salaries quoted 755 1048 926
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Consultant
South West

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Gloucester - 6 £42,000 -
Support Consultant
South West

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (100.00%) SMTP
1 15 (100.00%) HTTP
1 15 (100.00%) DNS
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (100.00%) LDAP
1 15 (100.00%) Juniper
1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
1 15 (100.00%) Internet
1 15 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 15 (100.00%) Squid
1 15 (100.00%) Load Balancing
2 12 (80.00%) SaaS
3 10 (66.67%) Bash shell
3 10 (66.67%) qmail
3 10 (66.67%) Postfix
3 10 (66.67%) Sendmail
3 10 (66.67%) Shell Script
3 10 (66.67%) Python
3 10 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 10 (66.67%) Perl
3 10 (66.67%) UNIX
3 10 (66.67%) Linux
4 5 (33.33%) MCSA
4 5 (33.33%) Windows
4 5 (33.33%) SNMP
4 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 5 (33.33%) SAN
4 5 (33.33%) NetApp
4 5 (33.33%) CCNA

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 10 (66.67%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 15 (100.00%) SMTP
1 15 (100.00%) HTTP
1 15 (100.00%) DNS
1 15 (100.00%) LDAP
1 15 (100.00%) Firewall
1 15 (100.00%) Internet
2 5 (33.33%) SNMP
2 5 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 5 (33.33%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 12 (80.00%) SaaS
2 5 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) UNIX
1 10 (66.67%) Linux
2 5 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 10 (66.67%) Bash shell
1 10 (66.67%) Shell Script
1 10 (66.67%) Python
1 10 (66.67%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) MCSA
1 5 (33.33%) CCNA
1 5 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 15 (100.00%) ISA Server
1 15 (100.00%) Squid
2 10 (66.67%) qmail
2 10 (66.67%) Postfix
2 10 (66.67%) Sendmail
3 5 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (33.33%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Cisco
1 15 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 15 (100.00%) Juniper
2 5 (33.33%) NetApp