The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford 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 20 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 Oxford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 32 33 37
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 55 34 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 5.387% 5.329% 5.089%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.699% 5.502% 5.236%
Number of salaries quoted 52 29 35
Average salary £50,000 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £30,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
965 618 764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford 94.52% 96.87% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 832 548 695
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Oxfordshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Oxford Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 33 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 27 (28.13%) VMware
3 23 (23.96%) Windows
3 23 (23.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 21 (21.88%) Degree
4 21 (21.88%) HP
5 20 (20.83%) SQL
5 20 (20.83%) Cisco
6 19 (19.79%) Cisco Certification
7 18 (18.75%) MS Exchange
7 18 (18.75%) Java
7 18 (18.75%) Mobile App
8 16 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 16 (16.67%) TCP/IP
8 16 (16.67%) Citrix
8 16 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
8 16 (16.67%) Firewall
8 16 (16.67%) Business Development
9 14 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (14.58%) .NET
10 13 (13.54%) Project Management
10 13 (13.54%) MCITP
10 13 (13.54%) Unified Communications
11 12 (12.50%) MPLS
11 12 (12.50%) SQL Server
11 12 (12.50%) VoIP
12 11 (11.46%) Active Directory
12 11 (11.46%) Avaya
12 11 (11.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 10 (10.42%) Mitel

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxford 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 14 (14.58%) .NET
2 5 (5.208%) WebSphere
2 5 (5.208%) Application Packaging
3 4 (4.167%) Web Services
3 4 (4.167%) XML
3 4 (4.167%) ASP.NET
3 4 (4.167%) HTML
4 1 (1.042%) COM
4 1 (1.042%) WinForms
4 1 (1.042%) XMPP
4 1 (1.042%) RESTful
4 1 (1.042%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (1.042%) REST
Application Platforms
1 18 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 7 (7.292%) SAS
3 5 (5.208%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (4.167%) Exchange Server 2013
4 4 (4.167%) Office Communications Server
5 3 (3.125%) SharePoint
6 2 (2.083%) Drupal
6 2 (2.083%) WebLogic
6 2 (2.083%) IIS
6 2 (2.083%) Apache
6 2 (2.083%) Lync
7 1 (1.042%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (1.042%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (1.042%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 16 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (4.167%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (5.208%) SAP MM
2 4 (4.167%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.042%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 16 (16.67%) Firewall
2 13 (13.54%) Unified Communications
3 12 (12.50%) MPLS
3 12 (12.50%) VoIP
4 10 (10.42%) ADSL
4 10 (10.42%) Ethernet
4 10 (10.42%) BGP
4 10 (10.42%) PBX
4 10 (10.42%) Internet
4 10 (10.42%) VPLS
4 10 (10.42%) HSRP
5 5 (5.208%) SAN
6 3 (3.125%) DNS
6 3 (3.125%) DHCP
6 3 (3.125%) NetScaler
7 2 (2.083%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (2.083%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (2.083%) VLAN
7 2 (2.083%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.125%) BODI
2 3 (3.125%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (2.083%) Oracle OLAP
3 2 (2.083%) OLAP
3 2 (2.083%) MySQL
3 2 (2.083%) Oracle OWB
4 1 (1.042%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.042%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.042%) PowerCenter
4 1 (1.042%) QlikView
4 1 (1.042%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.042%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.208%) LoadRunner
2 4 (4.167%) Rational Robot
2 4 (4.167%) Visual Studio
3 2 (2.083%) Selenium
3 2 (2.083%) Cucumber
4 1 (1.042%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (8.333%) Finance
2 6 (6.250%) Retail
3 5 (5.208%) Aerospace
4 4 (4.167%) Telecoms
4 4 (4.167%) Advertising
5 2 (2.083%) Publishing
5 2 (2.083%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.042%) Banking
6 1 (1.042%) Legal
6 1 (1.042%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.042%) Billing
6 1 (1.042%) Local Government
6 1 (1.042%) Music
6 1 (1.042%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.75%) Mobile App
2 10 (10.42%) SaaS
3 7 (7.292%) Data Integration
4 4 (4.167%) EqualLogic
5 3 (3.125%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.083%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.042%) Celerra
7 1 (1.042%) FMCG
7 1 (1.042%) EPoS
7 1 (1.042%) NHS
7 1 (1.042%) Handset
7 1 (1.042%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.042%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 23 (23.96%) Windows
2 10 (10.42%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (9.375%) Linux
4 8 (8.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (5.208%) Windows Server 2012
6 4 (4.167%) Android
6 4 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (4.167%) Apple iOS
7 3 (3.125%) Windows 7
8 2 (2.083%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 16 (16.67%) Business Development
2 14 (14.58%) Business Intelligence
3 13 (13.54%) Project Management
4 6 (6.250%) CRM
5 5 (5.208%) Validation
5 5 (5.208%) Migration
5 5 (5.208%) SAP Implementation
5 5 (5.208%) Analytics
6 4 (4.167%) Identity Management
6 4 (4.167%) Software Testing
6 4 (4.167%) Service Management
6 4 (4.167%) PRINCE2
6 4 (4.167%) OO
7 3 (3.125%) ITIL
7 3 (3.125%) ETL
7 3 (3.125%) Test Management
7 3 (3.125%) Data Protection
7 3 (3.125%) Mobile Application Development
8 2 (2.083%) Security Testing
Programming Languages
1 20 (20.83%) SQL
2 18 (18.75%) Java
3 9 (9.375%) C#
3 9 (9.375%) ABAP
4 8 (8.333%) C++
5 6 (6.250%) VB.NET
6 5 (5.208%) JavaScript
7 3 (3.125%) PHP
8 2 (2.083%) PL/SQL
8 2 (2.083%) T-SQL
9 1 (1.042%) Perl
9 1 (1.042%) VBA
9 1 (1.042%) Python
Qualifications
1 21 (21.88%) Degree
2 19 (19.79%) Cisco Certification
3 13 (13.54%) MCITP
4 11 (11.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 10 (10.42%) CCNP
5 10 (10.42%) CCNA
6 9 (9.375%) MCTS
7 4 (4.167%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (4.167%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (4.167%) CCEA
7 4 (4.167%) HND
7 4 (4.167%) NCDA
7 4 (4.167%) CCEE
7 4 (4.167%) CCIA
8 3 (3.125%) CCAA
8 3 (3.125%) VCAP
8 3 (3.125%) ISEB Practitioner
8 3 (3.125%) MCSA
8 3 (3.125%) ISEB
9 2 (2.083%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.042%) QA
1 1 (1.042%) Data Quality
System Software
1 23 (23.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (11.46%) Active Directory
3 7 (7.292%) XenServer
4 6 (6.250%) XenApp
5 5 (5.208%) vSphere
5 5 (5.208%) Microsoft App-V
6 4 (4.167%) Oracle RAC
6 4 (4.167%) XenDesktop
6 4 (4.167%) Hyper-V
7 2 (2.083%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.083%) VMware ESX
7 2 (2.083%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (1.042%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (5.208%) SCCM
1 5 (5.208%) SCOM
2 4 (4.167%) HP SiteScope
3 2 (2.083%) Backup Exec
3 2 (2.083%) AppDetective
3 2 (2.083%) SCVMM
4 1 (1.042%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.042%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 33 (34.38%) Microsoft
2 27 (28.13%) VMware
3 21 (21.88%) HP
4 20 (20.83%) Cisco
5 16 (16.67%) Citrix
6 11 (11.46%) Avaya
7 10 (10.42%) Mitel
8 9 (9.375%) IBM
8 9 (9.375%) SAP
9 8 (8.333%) Oracle
9 8 (8.333%) NetApp
10 5 (5.208%) EMC
10 5 (5.208%) Veeam
11 4 (4.167%) Syclo
11 4 (4.167%) Red Hat
11 4 (4.167%) Sybase
11 4 (4.167%) Dell
12 3 (3.125%) Informatica
12 3 (3.125%) Ab Initio
13 2 (2.083%) AppSense
Didcot, Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East
Skills: Network Consultant, Cisco switches, Cisco Routers, trunking and interconnections, IPSEC VPNs, Cisco ASA/PIX Firewalls, TCP/IP, With strong Linux Administration, Linux Servers, Centos, Redhat / Redhat Enterprise...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013