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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs within the North West region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Consultant in their job title over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank96
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads15652137
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.754 %0.950 %
As % of the category below12.87 %16.86 %
Salaries quoted13461623
Average minimum salary£41,462£40,164
Average salary£48,490£48,320
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Average maximum salary£55,517£56,476
UK excluding London average salary£49,727£50,062
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Job Titles North WestJob Titles
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads1215612675
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.859 %5.634 %
Salaries quoted1022910465
Average minimum salary£32,948£34,145
Average salary£36,871£37,917
% change on same period last year-2.76 %
Average maximum salary£40,793£41,690
UK excluding London average salary£38,587£39,123
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Consultant EnglandConsultant
England

Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Consultant across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Consultant across the North West region.

North West Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterDown-31043£51,368+2.98 %
2CheshireDown-11199£37,479-4.37 %
3LancashireDown-2068£40,460-12.32 %
4MerseysideDown-665£45,384-6.05 %
5CumbriaNew entry-16£42,536-
Consultant EnglandConsultant
England

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Consultant also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Consultant.

11191 (34.96 %)SAP
2931 (27.33 %)Finance
3519 (15.23 %)Retail
4433 (12.71 %)Business Intelligence
5412 (12.09 %)SAP Oil and Gas
6403 (11.83 %)Microsoft
7339 (9.950 %)Oracle
8313 (9.187 %)SQL Server
9297 (8.717 %)Project Management
10281 (8.248 %)Degree
11262 (7.690 %)CRM
12259 (7.602 %).NET
13252 (7.397 %)MS Excel
14248 (7.279 %)Windows
15222 (6.516 %)Manufacturing
16208 (6.105 %)Pensions
17206 (6.046 %)SQL
18205 (6.017 %)SAP BW
19194 (5.694 %)Datawarehouse
20192 (5.635 %)Cognos
21190 (5.577 %)Health
22171 (5.019 %)Unix
23165 (4.843 %)SAP FI
24161 (4.726 %)Telecoms
25156 (4.579 %)SAP CO
26154 (4.520 %)SAP FI/CO
27152 (4.461 %)Cisco
28150 (4.403 %)ETL
29145 (4.256 %)J2EE
30138 (4.050 %)SAS

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Consultant also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Consultant. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1259 (7.602 %).NET
2145 (4.256 %)J2EE
371 (2.084 %)WebSphere
455 (1.614 %)XML
455 (1.614 %)SAP XI
549 (1.438 %)WebServices
642 (1.233 %)Middleware
741 (1.203 %)ASP
839 (1.145 %)HTML
936 (1.057 %)ASP.NET
1030 (0.881 %)SAP Basis
1129 (0.851 %)CSS
1215 (0.440 %)SOAP
1314 (0.411 %).NET Framework
1314 (0.411 %)WBIMB
1410 (0.294 %)SAP BSP
1410 (0.294 %)BAPI
158 (0.235 %)ADO
167 (0.205 %)SAP ALE
175 (0.147 %)WebWork
Application Platforms
1138 (4.050 %)SAS
2131 (3.845 %)SharePoint
387 (2.554 %)MS Exchange
485 (2.495 %)NetWeaver
541 (1.203 %)Lotus Notes
640 (1.174 %)BizTalk Server
729 (0.851 %)WebSphere Application Server
827 (0.792 %)Exchange Server 2003
925 (0.734 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1024 (0.704 %)Exchange Server 2000
1123 (0.675 %)Oracle Workflow
1217 (0.499 %)Exchange Server 2007
1316 (0.470 %)CICS
1415 (0.440 %)IIS
1510 (0.294 %)Lotus Domino
1510 (0.294 %)Tomcat
169 (0.264 %)WebSphere MQ
169 (0.264 %)CMS
177 (0.205 %)Exchange Server 5.5
185 (0.147 %)Apache
Applications
1252 (7.397 %)MS Excel
260 (1.761 %)MS Office
327 (0.792 %)MS Visio
417 (0.499 %)MS Project
56 (0.176 %)CA Clarity
56 (0.176 %)SPSS
65 (0.147 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.029 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
1412 (12.09 %)SAP Oil and Gas
2165 (4.843 %)SAP FI
3156 (4.579 %)SAP CO
4154 (4.520 %)SAP FI/CO
590 (2.642 %)SAP CRM
681 (2.377 %)SAP MM
770 (2.055 %)Navision
868 (1.996 %)Dynamics NAV
954 (1.585 %)Axapta
1053 (1.556 %)SAP PP
1150 (1.468 %)SAP SD
1150 (1.468 %)SAP SEM
1249 (1.438 %)Oracle 11i
1345 (1.321 %)SAP HR
1345 (1.321 %)Oracle EBS
1444 (1.291 %)SAP WM
1542 (1.233 %)SAP R/3
1542 (1.233 %)Dynamics CRM
1639 (1.145 %)Oracle Financials
1738 (1.115 %)SAP PS
Communications & Networking
1107 (3.141 %)VoIP
297 (2.847 %)Internet
381 (2.377 %)WAN
477 (2.260 %)IP Telephony
570 (2.055 %)MPLS
658 (1.702 %)SAN
742 (1.233 %)CTI
841 (1.203 %)Firewall
841 (1.203 %)Network Security
938 (1.115 %)SSL
1037 (1.086 %)LAN
1136 (1.057 %)S/MIME
1136 (1.057 %)IPsec
1231 (0.910 %)SMS
1324 (0.704 %)FTP
1423 (0.675 %)DNS
1423 (0.675 %)Intrusion Detection
1522 (0.646 %)TCP/IP
1619 (0.558 %)Wireless
1715 (0.440 %)SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1313 (9.187 %)SQL Server
2205 (6.017 %)SAP BW
3194 (5.694 %)Datawarehouse
4150 (4.403 %)ETL
5113 (3.317 %)BusinessObjects
678 (2.289 %)Oracle OWB
751 (1.497 %)SQL Server 2005
848 (1.409 %)OLAP
946 (1.350 %)DataStage
1045 (1.321 %)SAP BI
1140 (1.174 %)SQL Server 2000
1140 (1.174 %)Data Cleansing
1235 (1.027 %)Hyperion Essbase
1235 (1.027 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1332 (0.939 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1425 (0.734 %)DTS
1523 (0.675 %)Oracle 8/8i
1622 (0.646 %)Cognos Powerplay
1721 (0.616 %)Cognos Impromptu
1820 (0.587 %)SQL Server 7
Development Applications
115 (0.440 %)LoadRunner
213 (0.382 %)QuickTest Pro
311 (0.323 %)Visual Studio
311 (0.323 %)Oracle Forms
49 (0.264 %)WinRunner
58 (0.235 %)TestDirector
66 (0.176 %)LSMW
75 (0.147 %)Subversion
82 (0.059 %)PeopleTools
91 (0.029 %)ProC
91 (0.029 %)Synon
91 (0.029 %)JDeveloper
91 (0.029 %)Ant
91 (0.029 %)JUnit
General
1931 (27.33 %)Finance
2519 (15.23 %)Retail
3222 (6.516 %)Manufacturing
4208 (6.105 %)Pensions
5190 (5.577 %)Health
6161 (4.726 %)Telecoms
7115 (3.375 %)Banking
8112 (3.287 %)Education
9111 (3.258 %)Marketing
1099 (2.906 %)Government
1164 (1.878 %)Insurance
1238 (1.115 %)Pharmaceutical
1337 (1.086 %)Legal
1421 (0.616 %)Local Government
1520 (0.587 %)Billing
1619 (0.558 %)Financial Institution
1619 (0.558 %)Back Office
1718 (0.528 %)Online Banking
1817 (0.499 %)Auditing
196 (0.176 %)Advertising
Miscellaneous
155 (1.614 %)Data Integration
251 (1.497 %)PKI
350 (1.468 %)SecurID
447 (1.380 %)Client/Server
541 (1.203 %)Data Conversion
637 (1.086 %)Cryptography
736 (1.057 %)AS400
833 (0.969 %)IVR
929 (0.851 %)Mainframe
1017 (0.499 %)Mathematics
1017 (0.499 %)Computer Science
1116 (0.470 %)Italian Language
1215 (0.440 %)German Language
1314 (0.411 %)NHS
1412 (0.352 %)Thin Client
1412 (0.352 %)Asset Management
1412 (0.352 %)French Language
1412 (0.352 %)Fat Client
159 (0.264 %)Web 2.0
167 (0.205 %)Clustering
Operating Systems
1248 (7.279 %)Windows
2171 (5.019 %)Unix
340 (1.174 %)Solaris
435 (1.027 %)Windows XP
529 (0.851 %)Windows Server 2003
626 (0.763 %)AIX
723 (0.675 %)Windows 2000
820 (0.587 %)Linux
820 (0.587 %)VMS
915 (0.440 %)Windows NT
104 (0.117 %)NetWare
104 (0.117 %)MVS
113 (0.088 %)HPUX
121 (0.029 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1433 (12.71 %)Business Intelligence
2297 (8.717 %)Project Management
3262 (7.690 %)CRM
4118 (3.463 %)ITIL
5117 (3.434 %)Business Development
6116 (3.405 %)ERP
7106 (3.111 %)Migration
890 (2.642 %)SOA
985 (2.495 %)Service Management
1080 (2.348 %)Workflow
1173 (2.143 %)PRINCE2
1272 (2.113 %)Service Delivery
1272 (2.113 %)Web Development
1368 (1.996 %)Business Analysis
1466 (1.937 %)Technical Architecture
1563 (1.849 %)Risk Management
1659 (1.732 %)Data Migration
1752 (1.526 %)Logistics
1851 (1.497 %)Information Security
1949 (1.438 %)Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1206 (6.046 %)SQL
295 (2.788 %)C#
386 (2.524 %)VB
485 (2.495 %)Java
579 (2.319 %)ABAP
668 (1.996 %)C
748 (1.409 %)Perl
845 (1.321 %)PL/SQL
943 (1.262 %)Python
1032 (0.939 %)Transact-SQL
1127 (0.792 %)VB.NET
1127 (0.792 %)JavaScript
1225 (0.734 %)COBOL
1320 (0.587 %)VBA
1418 (0.528 %)VB6
1516 (0.470 %)C++
1611 (0.323 %)VBScript
179 (0.264 %)PeopleCode
187 (0.205 %)Shell Script
196 (0.176 %)SAPscript
Qualifications
1281 (8.248 %)Degree
2112 (3.287 %)Cisco Certification
388 (2.583 %)Microsoft Certification
482 (2.407 %)CISSP
563 (1.849 %)CCIE
659 (1.732 %)MCSE
737 (1.086 %)CCNA
831 (0.910 %)CIMA
930 (0.881 %)ACCA
1027 (0.792 %)Oracle Certification
1126 (0.763 %)Citrix Certification
1219 (0.558 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1318 (0.528 %)CISM
1416 (0.470 %)CCDP
1515 (0.440 %)CCDA
1515 (0.440 %)CCEA
1614 (0.411 %)MCP
1713 (0.382 %)CCNP
1812 (0.352 %)ISEB
1911 (0.323 %)CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
152 (1.526 %)SLA
232 (0.939 %)QA
318 (0.528 %)COBIT
417 (0.499 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
417 (0.499 %)ISO27001
515 (0.440 %)BS7799
67 (0.205 %)BS25999
67 (0.205 %)PCI DSS
76 (0.176 %)ISO9001
85 (0.147 %)HL7
92 (0.059 %)Basel II
92 (0.059 %)BS15000
101 (0.029 %)ISO17799
101 (0.029 %)ISO9000
101 (0.029 %)CESG Infosec
System Software
199 (2.906 %)Active Directory
211 (0.323 %)ISA Server
34 (0.117 %)MetaFrame
34 (0.117 %)Xen
34 (0.117 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (0.059 %)MSMQ
42 (0.059 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.029 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
51 (0.029 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.029 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.029 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
115 (0.440 %)Netcool
212 (0.352 %)MOM
311 (0.323 %)Tivoli
410 (0.294 %)SCOM
58 (0.235 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
67 (0.205 %)MIIS
76 (0.176 %)SCCM
84 (0.117 %)ZENworks
84 (0.117 %)OpenView
93 (0.088 %)Legato
102 (0.059 %)Unicenter
102 (0.059 %)OpenView Configuration Management
102 (0.059 %)OMEGAMON
Vendors
11191 (34.96 %)SAP
2403 (11.83 %)Microsoft
3339 (9.950 %)Oracle
4192 (5.635 %)Cognos
5152 (4.461 %)Cisco
6138 (4.050 %)Informatica
7113 (3.317 %)Business Objects
8111 (3.258 %)Ascential
988 (2.583 %)Teradata
1065 (1.908 %)Juniper
1160 (1.761 %)Avaya
1252 (1.526 %)Citrix
1348 (1.409 %)Sage
1446 (1.350 %)Hyperion
1446 (1.350 %)Ab Initio
1541 (1.203 %)Lotus
1541 (1.203 %)Trillium
1633 (0.969 %)Siebel
1633 (0.969 %)Genesys
1633 (0.969 %)Nortel
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