The first table below looks at the demand for the Microsoft Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Microsoft 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Consultant
Rank 117 111 106
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Microsoft Consultant 15 22 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.712% 0.974% 0.430%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.751% 1.023% 0.460%
Number of salaries quoted 13 22 5
Average salary £60,000 £65,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +62.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,750 £36,400
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £65,000 £50,500
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Microsoft Consultant
Berkshire

Microsoft Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Microsoft Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Microsoft Consultant across the Reading region.

Reading Microsoft Consultant Salary Trend

Microsoft Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Reading Microsoft Consultant Salary Histogram

Microsoft Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Microsoft 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 Microsoft Consultant in their job title.

1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 23 (76.67%) SCCM
2 23 (76.67%) SCOM
3 21 (70.00%) Active Directory
4 18 (60.00%) Windows
4 18 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 15 (50.00%) Hyper-V
6 14 (46.67%) Exchange Server 2010
6 14 (46.67%) MS Exchange
7 13 (43.33%) MS Excel
7 13 (43.33%) MCITP
8 12 (40.00%) Lync
9 10 (33.33%) SCVMM
9 10 (33.33%) SQL
10 9 (30.00%) MCTS
11 8 (26.67%) Identity Management
11 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (26.67%) Office 365
12 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
12 7 (23.33%) Office Communications Server
12 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2013
12 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
12 7 (23.33%) VMware
12 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2007
13 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
13 6 (20.00%) Migration
13 6 (20.00%) MCSA
13 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
14 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
14 4 (13.33%) Clustering

Microsoft Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Microsoft 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 Microsoft Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (13.33%) Application Packaging
2 2 (6.667%) .NET
2 2 (6.667%) COM
Application Platforms
1 14 (46.67%) MS Exchange
1 14 (46.67%) Exchange Server 2010
2 12 (40.00%) Lync
3 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2013
3 7 (23.33%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (23.33%) Office Communications Server
4 6 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 5.5
5 4 (13.33%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (3.333%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (3.333%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (43.33%) MS Excel
2 8 (26.67%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Dynamics NAV
2 2 (6.667%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.333%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.00%) DHCP
1 3 (10.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (10.00%) DNS
1 3 (10.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (10.00%) Unified Communications
2 2 (6.667%) Internet
3 1 (3.333%) PPTP
3 1 (3.333%) VPN
3 1 (3.333%) HTTP
3 1 (3.333%) PBX
3 1 (3.333%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (3.333%) Finance
1 1 (3.333%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Blackberry
1 4 (13.33%) Clustering
2 1 (3.333%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.333%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 18 (60.00%) Windows
1 18 (60.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 7 (23.33%) Windows 7
2 7 (23.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Identity Management
2 6 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (13.33%) Service Delivery
3 4 (13.33%) Data Protection
4 1 (3.333%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.333%) ITIL
4 1 (3.333%) CRM
4 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 10 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (3.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (43.33%) MCITP
2 9 (30.00%) MCTS
3 8 (26.67%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (20.00%) MCSA
5 1 (3.333%) MCSE
5 1 (3.333%) Degree
System Software
1 21 (70.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (50.00%) Hyper-V
3 6 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (13.33%) Terminal Server
4 4 (13.33%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (10.00%) XenApp
5 3 (10.00%) XenDesktop
6 1 (3.333%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 23 (76.67%) SCCM
1 23 (76.67%) SCOM
2 10 (33.33%) SCVMM
3 4 (13.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 4 (13.33%) WSUS
Vendors
1 28 (93.33%) Microsoft
2 7 (23.33%) VMware
3 4 (13.33%) Citrix
Reading, Berkshire
SCCM Consultant-work for an award winning Microsoft Gold Partner... The System Centre consultant will be responsible for leading and deploying Microsoft System Centre solutions (SCOM, SCCM, Orchestrator.)...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013