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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 48 28 40
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 65 74 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.019% 7.234% 5.301%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.196% 7.716% 5.654%
Number of salaries quoted 50 67 39
Average salary £57,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+35.29% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £24,000 £27,700
10% offered a salary of more than £65,250 £56,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1251 959 902
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.60% 93.74% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1051 779 778
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Buckinghamshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 41 (33.06%) Cisco
2 38 (30.65%) Cisco Certification
3 32 (25.81%) CCIE
4 30 (24.19%) Finance
5 28 (22.58%) CCNP
6 20 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
6 20 (16.13%) Cisco Nexus
7 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
8 18 (14.52%) Network Design
8 18 (14.52%) Wireless
8 18 (14.52%) SAP
9 17 (13.71%) Network Security
10 16 (12.90%) Cisco PIX
10 16 (12.90%) Firewall
10 16 (12.90%) VMware
10 16 (12.90%) WAN
10 16 (12.90%) Project Management
10 16 (12.90%) CCDP
11 15 (12.10%) CCSP
11 15 (12.10%) Windows
11 15 (12.10%) Twitter
12 14 (11.29%) VPN
12 14 (11.29%) Active Directory
13 13 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (10.48%) MS Excel
13 13 (10.48%) FWSM
14 12 (9.677%) Cisco UCCX
14 12 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
14 12 (9.677%) Banking
14 12 (9.677%) Marketing

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 8 (6.452%) HTML
2 7 (5.645%) Web Services
3 4 (3.226%) XML
3 4 (3.226%) CSS
4 2 (1.613%) Application Packaging
4 2 (1.613%) SAP XI
4 2 (1.613%) .NET
4 2 (1.613%) COM
4 2 (1.613%) SAP PI
5 1 (0.806%) ASP
5 1 (0.806%) SOAP
5 1 (0.806%) Ajax
5 1 (0.806%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 5 (4.032%) Lync
1 5 (4.032%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (4.032%) MS Exchange
2 4 (3.226%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.419%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (2.419%) SAS
4 2 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (1.613%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (1.613%) IIS
4 2 (1.613%) Apache
4 2 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2013
4 2 (1.613%) Office Communications Server
5 1 (0.806%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.806%) MQSeries
Applications
1 13 (10.48%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.226%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (3.226%) MS Office
3 3 (2.419%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (4.032%) SAP FI
2 3 (2.419%) SAP MM
2 3 (2.419%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.419%) SalesLogix
2 3 (2.419%) GoldMine
3 2 (1.613%) SAP SRM
3 2 (1.613%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.613%) SAP FI/CO
3 2 (1.613%) Oracle HRMS
3 2 (1.613%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (1.613%) SAP WM
3 2 (1.613%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.806%) SAP FI-GL
4 1 (0.806%) SAP cProjects
4 1 (0.806%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (16.13%) Cisco ASA
1 20 (16.13%) Cisco Nexus
2 18 (14.52%) Wireless
3 17 (13.71%) Network Security
4 16 (12.90%) Cisco PIX
4 16 (12.90%) Firewall
4 16 (12.90%) WAN
5 14 (11.29%) VPN
6 13 (10.48%) FWSM
7 12 (9.677%) EIGRP
7 12 (9.677%) MPLS
7 12 (9.677%) OSPF
7 12 (9.677%) BGP
8 8 (6.452%) SMS
9 6 (4.839%) DNS
10 4 (3.226%) DHCP
10 4 (3.226%) NetScaler
11 3 (2.419%) Unified Communications
11 3 (2.419%) WLAN
11 3 (2.419%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (9.677%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.645%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (4.839%) BusinessObjects
4 5 (4.032%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
4 5 (4.032%) QlikView
4 5 (4.032%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (3.226%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 3 (2.419%) SAP BI
6 3 (2.419%) MOLAP
6 3 (2.419%) DB2
6 3 (2.419%) Essbase
7 2 (1.613%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 2 (1.613%) Oracle Discoverer
7 2 (1.613%) ROLAP
7 2 (1.613%) SAP BW
7 2 (1.613%) Big Data
8 1 (0.806%) Oracle BI EE
8 1 (0.806%) DataStage
8 1 (0.806%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (0.806%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 30 (24.19%) Finance
2 12 (9.677%) Banking
2 12 (9.677%) Marketing
3 4 (3.226%) Advertising
4 3 (2.419%) German Language
4 3 (2.419%) Law
5 2 (1.613%) Dutch Language
5 2 (1.613%) Spanish Language
5 2 (1.613%) Retail
6 1 (0.806%) Italian Language
6 1 (0.806%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (0.806%) Legal
6 1 (0.806%) Local Government
6 1 (0.806%) Wholesale Banking
6 1 (0.806%) Corporate Banking
6 1 (0.806%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.839%) Computer Science
2 4 (3.226%) Clustering
2 4 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.226%) SaaS
3 3 (2.419%) Social Media
4 2 (1.613%) Blackberry
4 2 (1.613%) iPhone
5 1 (0.806%) Credit Risk
5 1 (0.806%) Celerra
5 1 (0.806%) Data Extraction
5 1 (0.806%) iPad
5 1 (0.806%) EqualLogic
5 1 (0.806%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.10%) Windows
2 11 (8.871%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (3.226%) Linux
3 4 (3.226%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (0.806%) Android
4 1 (0.806%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.806%) Windows Phone
4 1 (0.806%) UNIX
4 1 (0.806%) AIX
4 1 (0.806%) HPUX
4 1 (0.806%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (14.52%) Network Design
2 16 (12.90%) Project Management
3 13 (10.48%) Business Intelligence
4 11 (8.871%) CRM
4 11 (8.871%) ITIL
5 7 (5.645%) Service Delivery
5 7 (5.645%) Business Development
6 6 (4.839%) Systems Analysis
7 5 (4.032%) PRINCE2
7 5 (4.032%) Migration
8 4 (3.226%) WFM
8 4 (3.226%) Pay per click
8 4 (3.226%) Change Management
8 4 (3.226%) Customer Engagement
8 4 (3.226%) Digital Marketing
9 3 (2.419%) Data Mapping
9 3 (2.419%) Data Protection
9 3 (2.419%) Time Management
9 3 (2.419%) PRINCE
9 3 (2.419%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 10 (8.065%) SQL
2 6 (4.839%) C#
2 6 (4.839%) JavaScript
3 5 (4.032%) Java
4 3 (2.419%) ABAP
5 2 (1.613%) C
5 2 (1.613%) Perl
6 1 (0.806%) Python
6 1 (0.806%) PHP
6 1 (0.806%) C++
6 1 (0.806%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 38 (30.65%) Cisco Certification
2 32 (25.81%) CCIE
3 28 (22.58%) CCNP
4 16 (12.90%) CCDP
5 15 (12.10%) CCSP
6 11 (8.871%) MCITP
7 10 (8.065%) MCTS
7 10 (8.065%) CCVP
8 9 (7.258%) Degree
9 8 (6.452%) CCNA
10 7 (5.645%) Security Cleared
11 6 (4.839%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 6 (4.839%) Citrix Certification
11 6 (4.839%) CCEE
11 6 (4.839%) CCAA
11 6 (4.839%) CCIA
12 5 (4.032%) SC Cleared
12 5 (4.032%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (4.032%) CCEA
12 5 (4.032%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.226%) SLA
2 2 (1.613%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.806%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 14 (11.29%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.677%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (8.871%) XenApp
4 10 (8.065%) vSphere
5 8 (6.452%) VMware ESX
6 7 (5.645%) Hyper-V
6 7 (5.645%) XenDesktop
7 6 (4.839%) XenServer
8 4 (3.226%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (1.613%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 12 (9.677%) Cisco UCCX
2 10 (8.065%) SCCM
3 8 (6.452%) SCOM
4 6 (4.839%) Cisco IPCC
4 6 (4.839%) Cisco UCCE
4 6 (4.839%) SCVMM
5 5 (4.032%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (3.226%) MOM
7 2 (1.613%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 41 (33.06%) Cisco
2 19 (15.32%) Microsoft
3 18 (14.52%) SAP
4 16 (12.90%) VMware
5 15 (12.10%) Twitter
6 12 (9.677%) Business Objects
7 11 (8.871%) Oracle
8 10 (8.065%) HP
8 10 (8.065%) Citrix
9 9 (7.258%) Reuters
9 9 (7.258%) Bloomberg
10 6 (4.839%) Cognos
10 6 (4.839%) Juniper
11 5 (4.032%) F5
11 5 (4.032%) NetApp
11 5 (4.032%) CheckPoint
11 5 (4.032%) IBM
12 4 (3.226%) Google
12 4 (3.226%) EMC
12 4 (3.226%) Hyperion
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Salary: £59000 - £61000 per annum + Car Allowance + Bonus + Overtime
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Salary: £75000 - £85000 per annum + benefits
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