The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Luton 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 17 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 Luton region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 28 26 22
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 22 23 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 5.805% 5.867% 6.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.061% 6.069% 6.335%
Number of salaries quoted 18 12 14
Average salary £40,250 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.55% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
363 379 221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 95.78% 96.68% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 304 296 198
Average salary £45,000 £42,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Bedfordshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Luton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Luton Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 12 (34.29%) Cisco
2 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
2 11 (31.43%) Project Management
3 10 (28.57%) CCNP
4 9 (25.71%) Business Transformation
5 8 (22.86%) SQL
6 7 (20.00%) Oracle
6 7 (20.00%) MS Office
7 6 (17.14%) CCIE
7 6 (17.14%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (17.14%) Finance
7 6 (17.14%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
8 5 (14.29%) Local Government
8 5 (14.29%) Oracle iRecruitment
8 5 (14.29%) Network Design
8 5 (14.29%) CCVP
8 5 (14.29%) CCNA
9 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
9 4 (11.43%) Unified Communications
10 3 (8.571%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (8.571%) Cisco Nexus
10 3 (8.571%) Performance Management
10 3 (8.571%) Manufacturing
10 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
10 3 (8.571%) SAP HR
10 3 (8.571%) CCDP
10 3 (8.571%) PL/SQL
10 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 Platforms
1 1 (2.857%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.857%) MS Exchange
1 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (2.857%) Lync
1 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (2.857%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (17.14%) Oracle EBS R12
2 5 (14.29%) Oracle iRecruitment
3 3 (8.571%) SAP HR
4 2 (5.714%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (5.714%) SAP ERP
4 2 (5.714%) SAP HCM
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle HRMS
5 1 (2.857%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.43%) Unified Communications
2 3 (8.571%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (5.714%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (5.714%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.857%) DNS
4 1 (2.857%) MGCP
4 1 (2.857%) H.323
4 1 (2.857%) Firewall
4 1 (2.857%) Wireless
4 1 (2.857%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (2.857%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (2.857%) Network Security
4 1 (2.857%) VoIP
4 1 (2.857%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.714%) GIS
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (2.857%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.857%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Metasploit
1 1 (2.857%) PROIV
General
1 6 (17.14%) Finance
2 5 (14.29%) Local Government
3 3 (8.571%) Manufacturing
4 2 (5.714%) Advertising
4 2 (5.714%) Marketing
5 1 (2.857%) Banking
5 1 (2.857%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.857%) Blackberry
1 1 (2.857%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (2.857%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.571%) Windows
2 1 (2.857%) AIX
2 1 (2.857%) Solaris
2 1 (2.857%) Windows Phone
2 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (31.43%) Project Management
2 9 (25.71%) Business Transformation
3 5 (14.29%) Network Design
4 4 (11.43%) Business Analysis
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.571%) Service Delivery
5 3 (8.571%) Performance Management
5 3 (8.571%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (5.714%) Change Control
6 2 (5.714%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.714%) ERP
7 1 (2.857%) Data Modelling
7 1 (2.857%) ETL
7 1 (2.857%) Information Security
7 1 (2.857%) Penetration Testing
7 1 (2.857%) OWASP
7 1 (2.857%) Product Management
7 1 (2.857%) Network Management
7 1 (2.857%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) SQL
2 3 (8.571%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (31.43%) Cisco Certification
2 10 (28.57%) CCNP
3 6 (17.14%) CCIE
4 5 (14.29%) CCNA
4 5 (14.29%) CCVP
5 3 (8.571%) CCDP
6 1 (2.857%) MCSE
6 1 (2.857%) MCITP
6 1 (2.857%) Security Cleared
6 1 (2.857%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.714%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (14.29%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (8.571%) Cisco CUCM
3 2 (5.714%) Cisco IPCC
3 2 (5.714%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (2.857%) CORE IMPACT
4 1 (2.857%) Nessus
Vendors
1 12 (34.29%) Cisco
2 7 (20.00%) Oracle
3 3 (8.571%) SAP
4 2 (5.714%) Twitter
4 2 (5.714%) Adobe
5 1 (2.857%) EMC
5 1 (2.857%) Nortel
5 1 (2.857%) Avaya
5 1 (2.857%) Informatica
5 1 (2.857%) Pegasus
5 1 (2.857%) VMware
5 1 (2.857%) Mitel
5 1 (2.857%) AirMagnet
5 1 (2.857%) Dialogic
5 1 (2.857%) Microsoft
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