The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent 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 21 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 33 45 43
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 72 29 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 6.239% 4.108% 6.196%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.654% 4.496% 6.507%
Number of salaries quoted 61 27 56
Average salary £57,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,100 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £50,000 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1082 645 999
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.76% 91.36% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 924 574 917
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Kent region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Kent 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 Kent region over the 3 months to 21 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
Tunbridge Wells +15 4 £60,000 +242.85%
West Malling -11 3 £57,500 +64.28%
Stansted - 3 £100,000 -
Dover - 1 £34,000 -
Edenbridge - 1 £40,000 -
Maidstone - 1 £40,500 -
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 20 (16.26%) Finance
2 17 (13.82%) Cisco
3 16 (13.01%) Content Management
4 15 (12.20%) Java
5 14 (11.38%) Marketing
6 13 (10.57%) Degree
7 12 (9.756%) Cognos
7 12 (9.756%) Documentum
7 12 (9.756%) Business Development
7 12 (9.756%) Requirements Analysis
7 12 (9.756%) Analytics
8 11 (8.943%) Retail
8 11 (8.943%) Cisco Certification
8 11 (8.943%) SQL
8 11 (8.943%) SQL Server
8 11 (8.943%) Information Security
9 10 (8.130%) Telecoms
9 10 (8.130%) JDA
9 10 (8.130%) Intrusion Detection
9 10 (8.130%) Penetration Testing
9 10 (8.130%) Business Analysis
9 10 (8.130%) Enterprise Architecture
10 9 (7.317%) Data Analysis
10 9 (7.317%) Process Management
10 9 (7.317%) Firewall
11 8 (6.504%) Project Management
11 8 (6.504%) CheckPoint
11 8 (6.504%) Microsoft
11 8 (6.504%) CCIE
11 8 (6.504%) CRM

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent 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 5 (4.065%) .NET
2 4 (3.252%) J2EE
2 4 (3.252%) ASP.NET
2 4 (3.252%) XML
3 3 (2.439%) Java EE
3 3 (2.439%) HTML
4 2 (1.626%) SAP Basis
4 2 (1.626%) Memcached
5 1 (0.813%) WebSphere
5 1 (0.813%) COM
5 1 (0.813%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 12 (9.756%) Documentum
2 5 (4.065%) SAS
3 3 (2.439%) Force.com
3 3 (2.439%) Apache
3 3 (2.439%) CMS
4 2 (1.626%) nginx
5 1 (0.813%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.813%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.813%) WebLogic
5 1 (0.813%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (4.878%) MS Excel
2 3 (2.439%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (2.439%) Sage 200
2 2 (1.626%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.813%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.813%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.130%) Intrusion Detection
2 9 (7.317%) Firewall
3 8 (6.504%) Network Security
3 8 (6.504%) Cisco ASA
4 5 (4.065%) Cisco Nexus
4 5 (4.065%) VPN
5 3 (2.439%) SAN
6 2 (1.626%) VRRP
6 2 (1.626%) Internet
6 2 (1.626%) IPsec
6 2 (1.626%) Wireless
6 2 (1.626%) DNS
6 2 (1.626%) SMTP
6 2 (1.626%) HTTP
6 2 (1.626%) SSL
6 2 (1.626%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.626%) iSCSI
6 2 (1.626%) VLAN
6 2 (1.626%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (0.813%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (8.943%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.065%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (4.065%) Data Warehouse
3 3 (2.439%) Base SAS
3 3 (2.439%) MySQL
3 3 (2.439%) Data Mining
4 2 (1.626%) OpenWorks
5 1 (0.813%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.813%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 1 (0.813%) MorphX
General
1 20 (16.26%) Finance
2 14 (11.38%) Marketing
3 11 (8.943%) Retail
4 10 (8.130%) Telecoms
5 5 (4.065%) Advertising
6 2 (1.626%) Banking
6 2 (1.626%) Local Government
7 1 (0.813%) Legal
7 1 (0.813%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.252%) Management Information System
1 4 (3.252%) Mobile Payment
2 3 (2.439%) Open Source
2 3 (2.439%) SaaS
2 3 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.439%) AS400
3 2 (1.626%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.813%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.504%) Windows
2 4 (3.252%) Linux
2 4 (3.252%) UNIX
3 2 (1.626%) Debian
3 2 (1.626%) OpenBSD
3 2 (1.626%) FreeBSD
3 2 (1.626%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (1.626%) CentOS
3 2 (1.626%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.813%) Mac OS X Server
4 1 (0.813%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.813%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.813%) Windows 2000
4 1 (0.813%) Windows XP
4 1 (0.813%) Solaris
4 1 (0.813%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (13.01%) Content Management
2 12 (9.756%) Business Development
2 12 (9.756%) Requirements Analysis
2 12 (9.756%) Analytics
3 11 (8.943%) Information Security
4 10 (8.130%) Penetration Testing
4 10 (8.130%) Business Analysis
4 10 (8.130%) Enterprise Architecture
5 9 (7.317%) Data Analysis
5 9 (7.317%) Process Management
6 8 (6.504%) Project Management
6 8 (6.504%) CRM
6 8 (6.504%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (5.691%) Change Management
8 6 (4.878%) ETL
9 5 (4.065%) E-Commerce
10 4 (3.252%) Mobile Commerce
10 4 (3.252%) Migration
10 4 (3.252%) Service Management
11 3 (2.439%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.20%) Java
2 11 (8.943%) SQL
3 4 (3.252%) C#
4 3 (2.439%) RPG IV
4 3 (2.439%) PHP
4 3 (2.439%) PL/SQL
4 3 (2.439%) RPG
4 3 (2.439%) C
5 1 (0.813%) R
5 1 (0.813%) RPG/400
5 1 (0.813%) VB
5 1 (0.813%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.57%) Degree
2 11 (8.943%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (6.504%) CCIE
4 7 (5.691%) CCNP
5 2 (1.626%) CCDP
5 2 (1.626%) CISSP
5 2 (1.626%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.813%) CCSE
6 1 (0.813%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.813%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.813%) CCNA
6 1 (0.813%) CCSP
6 1 (0.813%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.813%) Check Point Certification
6 1 (0.813%) CCVP
6 1 (0.813%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.252%) QA
2 3 (2.439%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.626%) SLA
4 1 (0.813%) COBIT
4 1 (0.813%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.813%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (1.626%) Active Directory
1 2 (1.626%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (1.626%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (1.626%) Squid
2 1 (0.813%) vSphere
2 1 (0.813%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (0.813%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 5 (4.065%) Cisco UCCE
1 5 (4.065%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (2.439%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 17 (13.82%) Cisco
2 12 (9.756%) Cognos
3 10 (8.130%) JDA
4 8 (6.504%) CheckPoint
4 8 (6.504%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.065%) Twitter
5 5 (4.065%) Oracle
5 5 (4.065%) VMware
6 3 (2.439%) Red Hat
6 3 (2.439%) Thunderhead
6 3 (2.439%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (2.439%) Sage
7 2 (1.626%) Juniper
7 2 (1.626%) NetApp
7 2 (1.626%) HP
7 2 (1.626%) SAP
7 2 (1.626%) ProCurve
7 2 (1.626%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.626%) Sourcefire
8 1 (0.813%) Google
Kent
Essential Skills: 2+ years ERP support experience (ideally NAV/ Navision) Microsoft Office... Microsoft Dynamics NAV / Navision. Project Management (Prince 2) experience. Degree educated... Keywords: Dynamics Navision/ Dynamics NAV/...
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Kent
ERP (Microsoft Dynamics / Nav / Navision / Sage / Axapta / Pegasus / Oracle / SAP) Support Consultant - Kent - up to £30K... Essential Skills: 2+ years ERP support experience (ideally NAV/ Navision) Microsoft Office.....
Conspicuous
Salary: Up to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kent, South East
My client is a reputable end user looking for a driven and ambitious consultant who is particularly interested in the opportunity to progress in their career and to...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Kent
THE ROLE: Your responsibilities as Data Warehouse Consultant will include: Improving the data warehouse using SAS and SQL. Acting as a SQL expert and advisor... Supporting data warehouse...
Harnham
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Kent
THE ROLE: Your responsibilities as Data Warehouse Consultant will include: Improving the data warehouse using SAS and SQL. Acting as a SQL expert and advisor... Supporting data warehouse...
Harnham
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Kent, South East
Data Warehouse Consultant sought by leading financial services firm based in Kent.Job Specific Skills*Excellent SAS DI Studio Skills; At least 5 years role development*Excellent SQL...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Maidstone, Kent
The role involves telephone technical support of their clients in their specialist software and extensive use of our contact management software to log details of the calls taken.....
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: £22,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Kent
Initial Quality Assurance of all documents... Skills and Qualities you'll need: *Good planning/prioritization skills *Able to demonstrate strong problem solving skills *Able to understanding processes quickly...
JM
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Great benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
West Malling, Kent
You will have a technical Network Design background with a CCDP or CCNP and have experience with the Cisco Borderless Networking Portfolio and Cisco Data Centre Networking Solutions,...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + Car Allowance + 10-20% Bonus
Posted: 14 May 2013
Maidstone, South East
Ready to move on from the accounts market?... You will be required to provide end-user support on accounting and tax software. You will be part of their...
Salary: £22000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013