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The table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the Kent region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3047
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching permanent IT job ads9268
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.053 %0.029 %
As % of the category below7.354 %4.436 %
Salaries quoted7158
Average minimum salary£36,423£35,017
Average salary£39,394£39,358
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Average maximum salary£42,366£43,698
UK excluding London average salary£49,816£51,120
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12511533
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.724 %0.660 %
Salaries quoted10591265
Average minimum salary£32,547£31,869
Average salary£35,133£34,350
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,720£36,830
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Kent region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 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
FolkestoneDown-517£45,313+35.26 %
ChathamNew entry-10--
Tunbridge WellsDown-62£18,500-56.30 %
RochesterNew entry-2£35,000-
SevenoaksDown-92£18,750-39.18 %
FavershamNew entry-1£27,500-
Consultant South EastConsultant
South East

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

139 (25.16 %)Finance
234 (21.94 %)Oracle
329 (18.71 %)SQL
329 (18.71 %)Insurance
427 (17.42 %)Dynamics NAV
427 (17.42 %)Microsoft
427 (17.42 %)Navision
520 (12.90 %)PL/SQL
619 (12.26 %)XML
619 (12.26 %)Linux
718 (11.61 %)MS Excel
718 (11.61 %)Java
817 (10.97 %)Cisco
916 (10.32 %)Security Cleared
1015 (9.677 %)VMware Infrastructure
1015 (9.677 %)Degree
1015 (9.677 %)VMware
1114 (9.032 %)Business Analysis
1114 (9.032 %)WebServices
1213 (8.387 %)Systems Analysis
1213 (8.387 %)Unit Testing
1213 (8.387 %)System Testing
1213 (8.387 %)SC Cleared
1312 (7.742 %)Cisco Certification
1312 (7.742 %)OOP
1312 (7.742 %)Swing
1411 (7.097 %)JavaScript
1411 (7.097 %)CCNA
1510 (6.452 %)Mapinfo
1510 (6.452 %)Microsoft Certification

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (12.26 %)XML
214 (9.032 %)WebServices
312 (7.742 %)Swing
410 (6.452 %)Java SE
57 (4.516 %)ASP
66 (3.871 %)CSS
66 (3.871 %)AJAX
74 (2.581 %)LAMP
74 (2.581 %)JDBC
83 (1.935 %)ASP.NET
83 (1.935 %)HTML
83 (1.935 %).NET
83 (1.935 %)J2EE
92 (1.290 %)EJB
92 (1.290 %)JSP
92 (1.290 %)Servlets
92 (1.290 %)XHTML
92 (1.290 %)ODBC
92 (1.290 %)JSON
92 (1.290 %)JSTL
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (3.871 %)Apache
23 (1.935 %)Oracle Workflow
32 (1.290 %)IIS
32 (1.290 %)MS Exchange
32 (1.290 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.645 %)WebLogic
41 (0.645 %)NetWeaver
41 (0.645 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (0.645 %)Lotus Notes
41 (0.645 %)Oracle Application Server
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (11.61 %)MS Excel
23 (1.935 %)MS Office
23 (1.935 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.645 %)Photoshop
31 (0.645 %)Paint Shop Pro
Kent IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
127 (17.42 %)Navision
127 (17.42 %)Dynamics NAV
27 (4.516 %)Oracle EBS
33 (1.935 %)Oracle Applications
42 (1.290 %)SAP SD
51 (0.645 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.645 %)Cognos Planning
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (5.161 %)NetScreen
18 (5.161 %)Firewall
18 (5.161 %)Cisco PIX
18 (5.161 %)Cisco ASA
24 (2.581 %)Cisco IOS
24 (2.581 %)LDAP
24 (2.581 %)SNMP
33 (1.935 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.935 %)LAN
33 (1.935 %)WAN
42 (1.290 %)SMTP
42 (1.290 %)DNS
51 (0.645 %)Intranet
51 (0.645 %)HTTP
51 (0.645 %)VoIP
51 (0.645 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.645 %)Cisco IPT
Kent IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (5.806 %)SQL Server
28 (5.161 %)MySQL
37 (4.516 %)Oracle 10g
45 (3.226 %)Crystal Reports
54 (2.581 %)Oracle Reports
54 (2.581 %)DTS
63 (1.935 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (1.935 %)Oracle 9i
63 (1.935 %)Oracle Discoverer
63 (1.935 %)RDBMS
63 (1.935 %)Oracle OWB
72 (1.290 %)BusinessObjects
72 (1.290 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.645 %)ETL
81 (0.645 %)MS Access
81 (0.645 %)SAP BW
Kent IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (3.226 %)Oracle Forms
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (25.16 %)Finance
229 (18.71 %)Insurance
39 (5.806 %)Banking
48 (5.161 %)Investment Banking
55 (3.226 %)Health
55 (3.226 %)Pensions
64 (2.581 %)Education
72 (1.290 %)Aerospace
72 (1.290 %)Marketing
81 (0.645 %)FMCG
81 (0.645 %)Telecoms
Kent IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (3.871 %)Computer Science
24 (2.581 %)W3C
24 (2.581 %)Mathematics
33 (1.935 %)Management Information System
42 (1.290 %)AS400
42 (1.290 %)Client/Server
42 (1.290 %)Data Extraction
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (12.26 %)Linux
26 (3.871 %)Windows
34 (2.581 %)AIX
34 (2.581 %)Solaris
34 (2.581 %)Windows XP
34 (2.581 %)Debian
34 (2.581 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (2.581 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
42 (1.290 %)Windows Vista
42 (1.290 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (1.290 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.645 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.645 %)UNIX
Kent IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (10.32 %)Security Cleared
214 (9.032 %)Business Analysis
313 (8.387 %)Systems Analysis
313 (8.387 %)Unit Testing
313 (8.387 %)System Testing
313 (8.387 %)SC Cleared
412 (7.742 %)OOP
58 (5.161 %)Change Management
67 (4.516 %)CRM
75 (3.226 %)Migration
75 (3.226 %)Information Security
84 (2.581 %)ERP
84 (2.581 %)E-business
93 (1.935 %)Security Management
93 (1.935 %)Business Intelligence
93 (1.935 %)Project Management
93 (1.935 %)Workflow
102 (1.290 %)UML
102 (1.290 %)Risk Assessment
102 (1.290 %)Data Protection
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (18.71 %)SQL
220 (12.90 %)PL/SQL
318 (11.61 %)Java
411 (7.097 %)JavaScript
54 (2.581 %)Perl
54 (2.581 %)PHP
63 (1.935 %)Transact-SQL
72 (1.290 %)RPG
81 (0.645 %)C
81 (0.645 %)C++
81 (0.645 %)COBOL
81 (0.645 %)VB
81 (0.645 %)ABAP
81 (0.645 %)Fortran
81 (0.645 %)Pascal
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (9.677 %)Degree
212 (7.742 %)Cisco Certification
311 (7.097 %)CCNA
410 (6.452 %)Microsoft Certification
59 (5.806 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
68 (5.161 %)CCSA
68 (5.161 %)CCSE
68 (5.161 %)CCSP
76 (3.871 %)MCSE
82 (1.290 %)MCP
82 (1.290 %)CIMA
82 (1.290 %)CISSP
91 (0.645 %)MCITP
91 (0.645 %)MCDBA
91 (0.645 %)CCDA
91 (0.645 %)CCA
91 (0.645 %)Citrix Certification
Kent IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.935 %)ISO17799
13 (1.935 %)ISO27001
22 (1.290 %)SLA
31 (0.645 %)PCI DSS
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (9.677 %)VMware Infrastructure
27 (4.516 %)Active Directory
34 (2.581 %)Xen
Kent IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.645 %)ServiceCenter
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (21.94 %)Oracle
227 (17.42 %)Microsoft
317 (10.97 %)Cisco
415 (9.677 %)VMware
510 (6.452 %)Mapinfo
68 (5.161 %)CheckPoint
68 (5.161 %)Juniper
77 (4.516 %)SAP
84 (2.581 %)IBM
84 (2.581 %)Sun
84 (2.581 %)Red Hat
93 (1.935 %)Remedy
93 (1.935 %)LANDesk
93 (1.935 %)Citrix
93 (1.935 %)Pegasus
102 (1.290 %)Avaya
102 (1.290 %)Business Objects
102 (1.290 %)Sage
102 (1.290 %)Novell
111 (0.645 %)Ab Initio