The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester 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 24 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 59 43 26
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 7 13 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 1.781% 3.631% 6.360%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.837% 3.801% 6.897%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 11
Average salary £41,250 £52,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +61.53%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
381 342 261
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 96.95% 95.53% 92.23%
Number of salaries quoted 334 313 224
Average salary £36,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.95% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Leicestershire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 17 (68.00%) Oracle
2 8 (32.00%) Oracle 11i
3 7 (28.00%) Finance
4 6 (24.00%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (24.00%) Oracle Financials
4 6 (24.00%) Oracle EBS R12
5 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (20.00%) XenDesktop
5 5 (20.00%) vSphere
5 5 (20.00%) Citrix
5 5 (20.00%) VMware
5 5 (20.00%) Project Management
6 4 (16.00%) Oracle 8/8i
6 4 (16.00%) SQL
6 4 (16.00%) Oracle iProcurement
7 3 (12.00%) XenApp
7 3 (12.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (12.00%) SAP
7 3 (12.00%) Windows
7 3 (12.00%) Cisco
8 2 (8.000%) E-business
8 2 (8.000%) Wi-Fi
8 2 (8.000%) VPN
8 2 (8.000%) Migration
8 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (8.000%) Informatica
8 2 (8.000%) Oracle 10g
8 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (8.000%) CRM

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 1 (4.000%) SAP ALE
1 1 (4.000%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (4.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (32.00%) Oracle 11i
2 6 (24.00%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (24.00%) Oracle Financials
2 6 (24.00%) Oracle EBS R12
3 4 (16.00%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (4.000%) SAP MM
4 1 (4.000%) SAP HR
4 1 (4.000%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.000%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (8.000%) VPN
2 1 (4.000%) Cisco Nexus
2 1 (4.000%) Unified Communications
2 1 (4.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (8.000%) Oracle BI EE
3 1 (4.000%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.000%) MS Access
General
1 7 (28.00%) Finance
2 1 (4.000%) Marketing
2 1 (4.000%) Pharmaceutical
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 3 (12.00%) Windows
2 2 (8.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Project Management
2 2 (8.000%) E-business
2 2 (8.000%) Migration
2 2 (8.000%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (8.000%) CRM
2 2 (8.000%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (4.000%) Business Development
3 1 (4.000%) Automated Testing
3 1 (4.000%) OO
3 1 (4.000%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.000%) ABAP
2 1 (4.000%) C
2 1 (4.000%) C++
2 1 (4.000%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (8.000%) VCDX
2 2 (8.000%) VCAP
3 1 (4.000%) NCDA
3 1 (4.000%) NCIE
3 1 (4.000%) Degree
3 1 (4.000%) SAP Certification
System Software
1 5 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (20.00%) XenDesktop
1 5 (20.00%) vSphere
2 3 (12.00%) XenApp
3 2 (8.000%) Hyper-V
3 2 (8.000%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (4.000%) XenServer
4 1 (4.000%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
1 1 (4.000%) NetBackup
1 1 (4.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (68.00%) Oracle
2 5 (20.00%) Citrix
2 5 (20.00%) VMware
3 3 (12.00%) SAP
3 3 (12.00%) Cisco
4 2 (8.000%) Informatica
4 2 (8.000%) Cognos
5 1 (4.000%) Siebel
5 1 (4.000%) PeopleSoft
5 1 (4.000%) Symantec
5 1 (4.000%) HP
5 1 (4.000%) NetApp
5 1 (4.000%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (4.000%) Microsoft
5 1 (4.000%) CommVault