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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 23 27 30
Rank change year-on-year
+4 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 3 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 1.422% 4.308% 2.381%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.554% 4.636% 2.439%
Number of salaries quoted 1 14 7
Average salary £60,000 £50,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
193 302 287
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 91.47% 92.92% 97.62%
Number of salaries quoted 129 234 210
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -9.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
3 2 (40.00%) NetApp
3 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 2 (40.00%) vSphere
3 2 (40.00%) HP
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (20.00%) Lync
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) High Availability
4 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
4 1 (20.00%) Office 365
4 1 (20.00%) VCP5
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) EMC
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) EMC Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) SAN
4 1 (20.00%) NCDA
4 1 (20.00%) NCIE
4 1 (20.00%) Change Management
4 1 (20.00%) SUSE
4 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Lync
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Office 365
1 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SAN
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SAP HANA
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Derivative
1 1 (20.00%) Celerra
1 1 (20.00%) Symmetrix DMX
1 1 (20.00%) Open Source
1 1 (20.00%) CLARiiON
1 1 (20.00%) Symmetrix
1 1 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) SUSE
2 1 (20.00%) Ubuntu
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) AIX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) High Availability
1 1 (20.00%) Change Management
1 1 (20.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (20.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (20.00%) VCP5
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) EMC Certification
2 1 (20.00%) NCDA
2 1 (20.00%) NCIE
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
2 1 (20.00%) VCP4
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 2 (40.00%) vSphere
2 2 (40.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) SCCM
1 1 (20.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) VMware
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) IBM
3 2 (40.00%) NetApp
3 2 (40.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) F5
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) EMC
4 1 (20.00%) Juniper
4 1 (20.00%) WatchGuard
4 1 (20.00%) Red Hat
4 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
4 1 (20.00%) SAP