The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 179 163 154
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 69 91 88
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.968% 1.291% 1.282%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.014% 1.345% 1.342%
Number of salaries quoted 63 79 84
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £27,200 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Manchester -22 44 £35,000 -17.64%
Cheshire +10 18 £35,000 +30.84%
Lancashire -2 3 £40,000 -15.78%
Merseyside +13 2 £52,500 +23.52%
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 49 (33.11%) .NET
2 47 (31.76%) Oracle
3 45 (30.41%) Project Management
4 42 (28.38%) Degree
5 41 (27.70%) Finance
6 32 (21.62%) Microsoft
7 29 (19.59%) C#
8 28 (18.92%) SQL
8 28 (18.92%) Linux
9 27 (18.24%) VB.NET
10 25 (16.89%) AIX
11 24 (16.22%) Windows
12 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
12 21 (14.19%) VMware
13 20 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
14 19 (12.84%) UNIX
15 18 (12.16%) CRM
15 18 (12.16%) Cisco
15 18 (12.16%) Citrix
16 17 (11.49%) SOA
16 17 (11.49%) J2EE
17 16 (10.81%) PRINCE2
18 15 (10.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
18 15 (10.14%) RUP
18 15 (10.14%) UML
18 15 (10.14%) IBM
19 14 (9.459%) SAN
19 14 (9.459%) MS Excel
20 13 (8.784%) Telecoms
20 13 (8.784%) Juniper

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 Development
1 49 (33.11%) .NET
2 17 (11.49%) J2EE
3 10 (6.757%) WebSphere
4 5 (3.378%) .NET Framework
4 5 (3.378%) ASP.NET
5 4 (2.703%) HTML
5 4 (2.703%) XML
5 4 (2.703%) Visualforce
6 3 (2.027%) Web Services
6 3 (2.027%) JMS
6 3 (2.027%) Middleware
7 2 (1.351%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.351%) CSS
7 2 (1.351%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (1.351%) Spring
7 2 (1.351%) jQuery
8 1 (0.676%) EDI
8 1 (0.676%) REST
8 1 (0.676%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 1 (0.676%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 8 (5.405%) Oracle Workflow
2 6 (4.054%) WebLogic
3 4 (2.703%) MS Exchange
4 3 (2.027%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2013
5 2 (1.351%) Lync
5 2 (1.351%) ESB
5 2 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (1.351%) Apache
6 1 (0.676%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.676%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.676%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (0.676%) CICS
6 1 (0.676%) GlassFish
6 1 (0.676%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 14 (9.459%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.676%) Office 365
2 1 (0.676%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (6.757%) Oracle EBS
1 10 (6.757%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (6.081%) Oracle EBS R12
3 7 (4.730%) Oracle iProcurement
3 7 (4.730%) Oracle 11i
4 3 (2.027%) Exchequer
4 3 (2.027%) Sage 200
4 3 (2.027%) SalesLogix
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle Payroll
5 2 (1.351%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.676%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.676%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.676%) Oracle iRecruitment
6 1 (0.676%) SAP SD
Communications & Networking
1 14 (9.459%) SAN
2 12 (8.108%) WAN
3 10 (6.757%) Firewall
4 8 (5.405%) Cisco Nexus
5 5 (3.378%) VPN
6 4 (2.703%) Internet
6 4 (2.703%) LAN
7 3 (2.027%) MPLS
7 3 (2.027%) Unified Communications
8 2 (1.351%) DSL
8 2 (1.351%) TCP/IP
8 2 (1.351%) Network Security
8 2 (1.351%) NAS
8 2 (1.351%) ADSL
8 2 (1.351%) Broadband
8 2 (1.351%) ISDN
8 2 (1.351%) FTP
9 1 (0.676%) HTTP
9 1 (0.676%) SNMP
9 1 (0.676%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (14.19%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.081%) Oracle Discoverer
3 5 (3.378%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (1.351%) GIS
5 1 (0.676%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (0.676%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.676%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.676%) MySQL
5 1 (0.676%) DB2
Development Applications
1 8 (5.405%) MSI
2 7 (4.730%) JDeveloper
3 3 (2.027%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (27.70%) Finance
2 13 (8.784%) Telecoms
3 10 (6.757%) Retail
4 7 (4.730%) General Ledger
5 3 (2.027%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.351%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (1.351%) CLARiiON
1 2 (1.351%) Celerra
1 2 (1.351%) Data Integration
1 2 (1.351%) Open Source
2 1 (0.676%) HP StorageWorks
2 1 (0.676%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (0.676%) Symmetrix DMX
2 1 (0.676%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (0.676%) Symmetrix
2 1 (0.676%) EMC Centera
2 1 (0.676%) Mainframe
2 1 (0.676%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 28 (18.92%) Linux
2 25 (16.89%) AIX
3 24 (16.22%) Windows
4 19 (12.84%) UNIX
5 10 (6.757%) Windows 7
6 8 (5.405%) Windows 8
7 6 (4.054%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (2.703%) CentOS
8 4 (2.703%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (2.703%) Ubuntu
9 2 (1.351%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (1.351%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.676%) Windows 2000
10 1 (0.676%) HPUX
10 1 (0.676%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.41%) Project Management
2 18 (12.16%) CRM
3 17 (11.49%) SOA
4 16 (10.81%) PRINCE2
5 15 (10.14%) UML
5 15 (10.14%) RUP
6 10 (6.757%) ITIL
6 10 (6.757%) Business Continuity
7 8 (5.405%) ITSM
7 8 (5.405%) Service Management
7 8 (5.405%) Workflow
7 8 (5.405%) Validation
7 8 (5.405%) High Availability
7 8 (5.405%) WAN Optimisation
8 7 (4.730%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (4.730%) QMS
8 7 (4.730%) Cash Management
9 5 (3.378%) OO
10 3 (2.027%) Network Design
11 2 (1.351%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 29 (19.59%) C#
2 28 (18.92%) SQL
3 27 (18.24%) VB.NET
4 10 (6.757%) Java
5 8 (5.405%) PL/SQL
6 5 (3.378%) C++
6 5 (3.378%) Shell Script
7 4 (2.703%) Apex Code
7 4 (2.703%) COBOL
7 4 (2.703%) C
8 2 (1.351%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.351%) ABAP
9 1 (0.676%) AWK
9 1 (0.676%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 42 (28.38%) Degree
2 15 (10.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 12 (8.108%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.703%) MCITP
4 4 (2.703%) SC Cleared
4 4 (2.703%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 4 (2.703%) MCSE
4 4 (2.703%) CCNP
4 4 (2.703%) CCNA
4 4 (2.703%) Citrix Certification
4 4 (2.703%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (2.703%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (2.027%) CCEA
5 3 (2.027%) CCA
5 3 (2.027%) CCIE
5 3 (2.027%) MCTS
6 2 (1.351%) IBM Certification
6 2 (1.351%) EMC Certification
6 2 (1.351%) MCP
6 2 (1.351%) CCEE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.676%) ISO 9001
1 1 (0.676%) QA
System Software
1 20 (13.51%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (6.081%) Microsoft App-V
2 9 (6.081%) Xen
3 7 (4.730%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.054%) vSphere
5 5 (3.378%) XenApp
6 4 (2.703%) XenServer
6 4 (2.703%) XenDesktop
6 4 (2.703%) Active Directory
7 2 (1.351%) VMware ESX
8 1 (0.676%) NFS
8 1 (0.676%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.676%) EMC RecoverPoint
8 1 (0.676%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (6.081%) Tivoli
1 9 (6.081%) Tivoli Storage Manager
2 5 (3.378%) SCCM
2 5 (3.378%) SCOM
3 3 (2.027%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.676%) Nagios
4 1 (0.676%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.676%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.676%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 47 (31.76%) Oracle
2 32 (21.62%) Microsoft
3 21 (14.19%) VMware
4 18 (12.16%) Cisco
4 18 (12.16%) Citrix
5 15 (10.14%) IBM
6 13 (8.784%) Juniper
7 11 (7.432%) EMC
8 9 (6.081%) Lotus
8 9 (6.081%) Cognos
9 8 (5.405%) Isilon
9 8 (5.405%) Fujitsu
9 8 (5.405%) Riverbed
10 7 (4.730%) HP
10 7 (4.730%) Hitachi
11 6 (4.054%) Sage
12 5 (3.378%) Blue Coat
12 5 (3.378%) Foundry
12 5 (3.378%) SAP
13 4 (2.703%) JBoss
Altrincham, Cheshire
A Technical Consultant is required for a leading Financial Services software house. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a dynamic, fast paced organisation is a varied and...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum +
Posted: 16 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Graduate - 2:1 or above - Master’s degree an advantage, but not essential - Experience of customer contact within a commercial environment - Experience of working with C#.net, VB...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: From £22,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Technical expertise with Microsoft System Center products: SMS 2003, SCCM 2007, SCCM 2007 R2, SCCM 2012. *Knowledge of the following Versions of MOM/SCOM: MOM 2005, SCOM 2007,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car & Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Proven recent experience of Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 - 2010 and Microsoft Server 2008 *Experienced within the administration, build and troubleshooting of Microsoft solutions. *Current Microsoft accreditation - MCITP, MCTS,...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £45000 - £58000 per annum + + Car + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
North West
North West £45,000 - £75,000 + package This is fantastic opportunity for a Java Technical Consultant to join a recent software acquisition of a leading IT consultancy; giving...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £45,000 - £75,000 + package
Posted: 16 May 2013