The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 19 June 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Consultant
Rank 181 166 150
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 6 10 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.143% 0.266% 0.375%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.150% 0.277% 0.393%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 14
Average salary £47,500 £35,000 £25,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.71% +35.92%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4013 3607 3819
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.43% 95.98% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3458 3202 3491
Average salary £35,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Software Consultant Salary Trend

Software Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 16 (64.00%) SQL
2 11 (44.00%) Finance
3 10 (40.00%) Business Analysis
4 9 (36.00%) Investment Management
4 9 (36.00%) Project Management
5 8 (32.00%) Banking
5 8 (32.00%) Front Office
5 8 (32.00%) Back Office
6 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
7 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
8 4 (16.00%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (16.00%) SaaS
9 3 (12.00%) Degree
10 2 (8.000%) Data Migration
10 2 (8.000%) QA
10 2 (8.000%) Migration
10 2 (8.000%) XML Messaging
10 2 (8.000%) Sage
10 2 (8.000%) EDI
10 2 (8.000%) XML
10 2 (8.000%) ASP
10 2 (8.000%) .NET
10 2 (8.000%) C#
10 2 (8.000%) C++
11 1 (4.000%) Delphi
11 1 (4.000%) HTML
11 1 (4.000%) Java
11 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
11 1 (4.000%) C
11 1 (4.000%) VB

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 (8.000%) XML Messaging
1 2 (8.000%) EDI
1 2 (8.000%) XML
1 2 (8.000%) ASP
1 2 (8.000%) .NET
2 1 (4.000%) HTML
2 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.000%) CSS
2 1 (4.000%) jQuery
2 1 (4.000%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 5 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Exchequer
1 1 (4.000%) Pegasus Opera
1 1 (4.000%) Agresso
1 1 (4.000%) Lawson
1 1 (4.000%) Movex
1 1 (4.000%) SalesLogix
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (4.000%) Dynamics GP
1 1 (4.000%) Sage 200
1 1 (4.000%) SAP Business One
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 11 (44.00%) Finance
2 8 (32.00%) Banking
2 8 (32.00%) Front Office
2 8 (32.00%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.00%) SaaS
2 1 (4.000%) PMI
2 1 (4.000%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) Business Analysis
2 9 (36.00%) Investment Management
2 9 (36.00%) Project Management
3 2 (8.000%) Data Migration
3 2 (8.000%) Migration
4 1 (4.000%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.000%) OO
4 1 (4.000%) CRM
4 1 (4.000%) ERP
4 1 (4.000%) Scrum
4 1 (4.000%) MVC
4 1 (4.000%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 16 (64.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.000%) C#
2 2 (8.000%) C++
3 1 (4.000%) Delphi
3 1 (4.000%) Java
3 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
3 1 (4.000%) C
3 1 (4.000%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.000%) ISEB
2 1 (4.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Salesforce.com
2 2 (8.000%) Sage
3 1 (4.000%) SAP
3 1 (4.000%) Pegasus
3 1 (4.000%) CODA
3 1 (4.000%) JD Edwards
3 1 (4.000%) NetSuite
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
PERSON SKILLS:EITHER•Demonstrable track record of implementing high value financial application software solutions into the Corporate or Public sector markets (with knowledge and experience of Pensions, Life,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £50,000 inc. bonus + bens
Posted: 11 June 2013
Manchester, Cheshire, Lancashire, Merseyside,...
PERSON SKILLS: EITHER • Demonstrable track record of implementing high value financial application software solutions into the Corporate or Public sector markets (with knowledge and experience of Pensions, Life,...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £50,000 inc. bonus + bens
Posted: 4 June 2013
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