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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Consultant
Rank 56 64 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.408% 0.178% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.435% 0.188% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £50,000 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
460 531 362
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 93.88% 94.48% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 409 484 309
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Consultant
North West

Software Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Software Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Software Consultant Salary Trend

Software Consultant
Top 11 Related IT Skills

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

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 2 (100.00%) JSP
1 2 (100.00%) Servlets
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) JSP
1 2 (100.00%) Servlets
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) WebLogic
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) UML
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) SQL