The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Knutsford 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 23 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 Knutsford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 22 33 27
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 8 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 5.333% 3.333% 1.639%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.442% 3.636% 1.942%
Number of salaries quoted 8 6 2
Average salary £55,000 £45,750 £41,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.21% +9.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £32,500 £36,350
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £63,500 £47,150
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Knutsford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
147 165 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Knutsford 98.00% 91.67% 84.43%
Number of salaries quoted 144 136 75
Average salary £42,000 £40,000 £40,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -0.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £31,250
10% offered a salary of more than £57,250 £59,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Cheshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Knutsford 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 Knutsford region.

Knutsford Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 21 (72.41%) Finance
2 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 20 (68.97%) IBM
3 18 (62.07%) EMC
3 18 (62.07%) SAN
3 18 (62.07%) AIX
3 18 (62.07%) Linux
3 18 (62.07%) SQL
3 18 (62.07%) Oracle
3 18 (62.07%) Tivoli
3 18 (62.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
3 18 (62.07%) Disaster Recovery
3 18 (62.07%) Brocade
3 18 (62.07%) EMC NetWorker
4 9 (31.03%) .NET
5 6 (20.69%) CRM
5 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
6 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
6 4 (13.79%) Degree
6 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
6 4 (13.79%) Sitecore
6 4 (13.79%) Open Source
6 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
6 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
6 4 (13.79%) Microsoft
6 4 (13.79%) C#
6 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET
6 4 (13.79%) MVC
7 3 (10.34%) Java
7 3 (10.34%) Cryptography

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Knutsford 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 9 (31.03%) .NET
2 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET MVC
2 4 (13.79%) ASP.NET
3 2 (6.897%) WebSphere
3 2 (6.897%) .NET Framework
3 2 (6.897%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
2 2 (6.897%) WebSphere Message Broker
2 2 (6.897%) WebSphere MQ
Business Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (62.07%) SAN
Development Applications
1 2 (6.897%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (72.41%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Computer Science
1 4 (13.79%) Open Source
2 3 (10.34%) Cryptography
2 3 (10.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 20 (68.97%) Windows
2 18 (62.07%) AIX
2 18 (62.07%) Linux
3 2 (6.897%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (62.07%) Disaster Recovery
2 6 (20.69%) CRM
3 4 (13.79%) Software Testing
3 4 (13.79%) MVC
4 3 (10.34%) Information Security
5 2 (6.897%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (6.897%) Business Continuity
5 2 (6.897%) Validation
5 2 (6.897%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (3.448%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 18 (62.07%) SQL
2 4 (13.79%) C#
3 3 (10.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (13.79%) Degree
Systems Management
1 18 (62.07%) Tivoli
1 18 (62.07%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 18 (62.07%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 20 (68.97%) IBM
2 18 (62.07%) EMC
2 18 (62.07%) Oracle
2 18 (62.07%) Brocade
3 4 (13.79%) Sitecore
3 4 (13.79%) Microsoft