Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Principal Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

 Principal Consultant
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank188-262
Rank change year-on-year
New entry-No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3013
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West0.055 %-0.104 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.059 %-0.110 %
Salaries quoted3013
Average salary£90,000-£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£70,000£70,000£70,000
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5095536211832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West93.78 %94.02 %94.29 %
Salaries quoted4464461110162
Average salary£33,000£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.530 %-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
Principal Consultant EnglandPrincipal Consultant
England

Principal Consultant
Demand Trend

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

North West Principal Consultant Demand Trend

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend

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

North West Principal Consultant Salary Trend

Principal Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
MerseysideNew entry-3£90,000-
Principal Consultant EnglandPrincipal Consultant
England

Principal Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Principal 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 Principal Consultant in their job title.

116 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
214 (87.50 %)Datawarehouse
310 (62.50 %)Business Objects
310 (62.50 %)SAP
310 (62.50 %)PRINCE2
310 (62.50 %)BusinessObjects
310 (62.50 %)SAP BW
310 (62.50 %)Project Management
310 (62.50 %)Health
310 (62.50 %)SAP BPC
46 (37.50 %)HTTP
46 (37.50 %)Microsoft
55 (31.25 %)MS Excel
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server
64 (25.00 %)SAP BI
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
64 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
72 (12.50 %)OLAP
72 (12.50 %)CRM
72 (12.50 %)Cognos
72 (12.50 %)SharePoint
72 (12.50 %)MS Visio
72 (12.50 %)ETL
72 (12.50 %)Microsoft CRM
72 (12.50 %)NovaView
72 (12.50 %)ProClarity
72 (12.50 %)Content Management

Principal Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Principal 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 Principal Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (12.50 %)MDX
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)SharePoint
12 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (31.25 %)MS Excel
22 (12.50 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
110 (62.50 %)SAP BPC
22 (12.50 %)Microsoft CRM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (37.50 %)HTTP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (87.50 %)Datawarehouse
210 (62.50 %)BusinessObjects
210 (62.50 %)SAP BW
34 (25.00 %)SAP BI
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
34 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2008
42 (12.50 %)PerformancePoint
42 (12.50 %)OLAP
42 (12.50 %)ETL
42 (12.50 %)NovaView
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (62.50 %)Health
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (100.00 %)Business Intelligence
210 (62.50 %)Project Management
210 (62.50 %)PRINCE2
32 (12.50 %)CRM
32 (12.50 %)Content Management
41 (6.250 %)Business Development
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (6.250 %)C
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (12.50 %)MCTS
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (62.50 %)Business Objects
110 (62.50 %)SAP
26 (37.50 %)Microsoft
32 (12.50 %)ProClarity
32 (12.50 %)Cognos