Oxfordshire Support Consultant Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Support Consultant role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Consultant
Location Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Berkshire Birmingham Bournemouth Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Channel Islands Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield Chippenham Cirencester City of London County Londonderry Coventry Croydon Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset East Midlands East of England Edgware Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Faversham Folkestone Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Ipswich Jersey Keighley Kent King's Lynn Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Monmouth Monmouthshire Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Petersfield Poole Reading Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Sidcup Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Suffolk Surrey Swindon Tadcaster Tewkesbury Thatcham Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 2 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	107	97
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching permanent IT job ads	20	44
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.020 %
As % of the category below	0.879 %	1.520 %
Salaries quoted	16	42
Average minimum salary	£31,475	£27,419
Average salary	£33,589	£30,246
% change on same period last year	+11.04 %
Average maximum salary	£35,702	£33,074
UK excluding London average salary	£36,379	£34,484
% change on same period last year	+5.49 %
Job Titles Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2275	2895
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.522 %	1.292 %
Salaries quoted	2050	2641
Average minimum salary	£33,230	£31,504
Average salary	£36,476	£34,914
% change on same period last year	+4.47 %
Average maximum salary	£39,722	£38,323
UK excluding London average salary	£38,498	£39,074
% change on same period last year	-1.47 %
Support Consultant South East

Support Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Support Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Consultant within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Abingdon	+1	11	£36,318	+25.48 %
Oxford	+5	2	£29,209	-15.06 %
Banbury	-9	1	-	-

Support Consultant South East

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title.

1 25 (60.98 %) Microsoft 2 19 (46.34 %) MS Excel 3 18 (43.90 %) Microsoft Certification 4 16 (39.02 %) MCSE 5 15 (36.59 %) Education 6 14 (34.15 %) SQL 6 14 (34.15 %) SQL Server 7 13 (31.71 %) Oracle 8 10 (24.39 %) Windows 9 7 (17.07 %) Health 10 6 (14.63 %) UNIX 11 5 (12.20 %) Oracle 8/8i 11 5 (12.20 %) SQL Server 2000 12 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 7 12 4 (9.756 %) Java

12 4 (9.756 %) Finance 13 3 (7.317 %) Incident Management 13 3 (7.317 %) WebSphere 13 3 (7.317 %) MS Office 13 3 (7.317 %) VB 13 3 (7.317 %) Project Management 14 2 (4.878 %) ISA Server 14 2 (4.878 %) EPoS 14 2 (4.878 %) Retail 14 2 (4.878 %) VB6 14 2 (4.878 %) .NET 14 2 (4.878 %) C 14 2 (4.878 %) C++ 14 2 (4.878 %) Sybase 14 2 (4.878 %) IIS

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 3 (7.317 %) WebSphere 2 2 (4.878 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 2 (4.878 %) IIS 1 2 (4.878 %) Tomcat 1 2 (4.878 %) SharePoint 2 1 (2.439 %) WebLogic
Applications 1 19 (46.34 %) MS Excel 2 3 (7.317 %) MS Office 3 1 (2.439 %) MS Visio	Business Applications 1 2 (4.878 %) Retail-J 2 1 (2.439 %) Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking 1 1 (2.439 %) WAN	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (34.15 %) SQL Server 2 5 (12.20 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 5 (12.20 %) SQL Server 2000 3 4 (9.756 %) SQL Server 7 4 1 (2.439 %) MS Access 4 1 (2.439 %) Crystal Reports
General 1 15 (36.59 %) Education 2 7 (17.07 %) Health 3 4 (9.756 %) Finance 4 2 (4.878 %) Retail 5 1 (2.439 %) Insurance 5 1 (2.439 %) Pensions 5 1 (2.439 %) Marketing 5 1 (2.439 %) Telecoms 5 1 (2.439 %) Government	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.878 %) EPoS 1 2 (4.878 %) French Language 2 1 (2.439 %) Client/Server 2 1 (2.439 %) NHS 2 1 (2.439 %) Mainframe
Operating Systems 1 10 (24.39 %) Windows 2 6 (14.63 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (7.317 %) Project Management 1 3 (7.317 %) Incident Management 2 1 (2.439 %) Performance Management 2 1 (2.439 %) Data Security 2 1 (2.439 %) CRM 2 1 (2.439 %) Business Intelligence 2 1 (2.439 %) Customer Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 14 (34.15 %) SQL 2 4 (9.756 %) Java 3 3 (7.317 %) VB 4 2 (4.878 %) VB6 4 2 (4.878 %) C 4 2 (4.878 %) C++	Qualifications 1 18 (43.90 %) Microsoft Certification 2 16 (39.02 %) MCSE 3 2 (4.878 %) MCSA 3 2 (4.878 %) CCNP 3 2 (4.878 %) CCNA 3 2 (4.878 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (2.439 %) Degree
System Software 1 2 (4.878 %) Active Directory 1 2 (4.878 %) ISA Server	Systems Management 1 1 (2.439 %) Tivoli 1 1 (2.439 %) MOM
Vendors 1 25 (60.98 %) Microsoft 2 13 (31.71 %) Oracle 3 2 (4.878 %) Sybase 4 1 (2.439 %) SAP 4 1 (2.439 %) Sun 4 1 (2.439 %) Compuware 4 1 (2.439 %) BMC 4 1 (2.439 %) Epiphany 4 1 (2.439 %) Teradata 4 1 (2.439 %) Alterian 4 1 (2.439 %) Unica