The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 88 89 108
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 49 48 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 2.177% 2.050% 0.680%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.292% 2.182% 0.719%
Number of salaries quoted 46 33 10
Average salary £46,000 £45,500 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.09% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,000 £36,700 £36,050
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £58,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2138 2200 1808
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.98% 93.98% 94.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1742 1858 1478
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Consultant
Berkshire

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Reading region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Reading Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 41 (46.59%) Windows
2 29 (32.95%) Active Directory
3 26 (29.55%) Microsoft
3 26 (29.55%) SQL
4 21 (23.86%) Windows Server 2008
5 20 (22.73%) Citrix
5 20 (22.73%) MS Excel
5 20 (22.73%) SAN
6 19 (21.59%) VMware
7 17 (19.32%) MCITP
7 17 (19.32%) SCCM
8 16 (18.18%) Oracle
8 16 (18.18%) SQL Server
9 15 (17.05%) MS Exchange
9 15 (17.05%) SCOM
9 15 (17.05%) Hyper-V
9 15 (17.05%) Lync
10 14 (15.91%) Java
11 13 (14.77%) Exchange Server 2010
11 13 (14.77%) VMware Infrastructure
12 12 (13.64%) XenApp
12 12 (13.64%) XenDesktop
12 12 (13.64%) Clustering
13 11 (12.50%) XenServer
13 11 (12.50%) SCVMM
13 11 (12.50%) vSphere
13 11 (12.50%) MCTS
14 10 (11.36%) SaaS
14 10 (11.36%) HTML
15 9 (10.23%) JavaScript

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 10 (11.36%) HTML
2 8 (9.091%) J2EE
3 7 (7.955%) XML
4 5 (5.682%) Web Services
5 4 (4.545%) Ajax
6 3 (3.409%) CSS
6 3 (3.409%) BAPI
6 3 (3.409%) .NET
7 2 (2.273%) Swing
7 2 (2.273%) AWT
7 2 (2.273%) Middleware
7 2 (2.273%) Spring
7 2 (2.273%) JSP
7 2 (2.273%) Servlets
7 2 (2.273%) WebSphere
7 2 (2.273%) SWT
7 2 (2.273%) SAP PI
8 1 (1.136%) WCF
8 1 (1.136%) Silverlight
8 1 (1.136%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 15 (17.05%) MS Exchange
1 15 (17.05%) Lync
2 13 (14.77%) Exchange Server 2010
3 8 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2013
4 7 (7.955%) Exchange Server 2000
5 6 (6.818%) Office Communications Server
6 4 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (3.409%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (3.409%) Exchange Server 5.5
8 2 (2.273%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (2.273%) WebLogic
8 2 (2.273%) Apache
8 2 (2.273%) Tomcat
9 1 (1.136%) SharePoint
9 1 (1.136%) SAS
9 1 (1.136%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 20 (22.73%) MS Excel
2 7 (7.955%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 3 (3.409%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.136%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (1.136%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (1.136%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 20 (22.73%) SAN
2 9 (10.23%) Firewall
3 4 (4.545%) Internet
4 3 (3.409%) Unified Communications
4 3 (3.409%) NetScaler
5 2 (2.273%) Cisco Nexus
5 2 (2.273%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (2.273%) VPN
5 2 (2.273%) MPLS
5 2 (2.273%) NAS
5 2 (2.273%) Network Security
5 2 (2.273%) iSCSI
5 2 (2.273%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (1.136%) LTE
6 1 (1.136%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (1.136%) DNS
6 1 (1.136%) 3G
6 1 (1.136%) GSM
6 1 (1.136%) PBX
6 1 (1.136%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.545%) MySQL
3 3 (3.409%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (3.409%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.409%) SAP Data Services
4 2 (2.273%) SQL Server 2012
4 2 (2.273%) DB2
5 1 (1.136%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (2.273%) Eclipse
1 2 (2.273%) Eclipse RCP
2 1 (1.136%) Oracle Forms
General
1 6 (6.818%) Marketing
2 3 (3.409%) Finance
2 3 (3.409%) Banking
2 3 (3.409%) Retail
3 2 (2.273%) Advertising
3 2 (2.273%) Games
4 1 (1.136%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.64%) Clustering
2 10 (11.36%) SaaS
3 7 (7.955%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.409%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.273%) PKI
5 2 (2.273%) Open Source
6 1 (1.136%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.136%) FMCG
6 1 (1.136%) Thin Client
6 1 (1.136%) Social Media
6 1 (1.136%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 41 (46.59%) Windows
2 21 (23.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (10.23%) UNIX
4 8 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (2.273%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (2.273%) Linux
5 2 (2.273%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (1.136%) Windows Phone
6 1 (1.136%) Windows 2000
6 1 (1.136%) Windows NT
6 1 (1.136%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.136%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (7.955%) ITIL
1 7 (7.955%) OO
1 7 (7.955%) Project Management
1 7 (7.955%) Identity Management
1 7 (7.955%) Project Planning
2 5 (5.682%) Unit Testing
2 5 (5.682%) Migration
2 5 (5.682%) OOD
2 5 (5.682%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (4.545%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (4.545%) OOP
3 4 (4.545%) Service Delivery
3 4 (4.545%) E-Commerce
4 3 (3.409%) TDD
4 3 (3.409%) Business Development
4 3 (3.409%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (3.409%) CRM
5 2 (2.273%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (2.273%) Service Management
5 2 (2.273%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 26 (29.55%) SQL
2 14 (15.91%) Java
3 9 (10.23%) JavaScript
4 7 (7.955%) Perl
4 7 (7.955%) PL/SQL
5 5 (5.682%) PHP
6 3 (3.409%) C#
6 3 (3.409%) ABAP
7 2 (2.273%) C
8 1 (1.136%) C++
8 1 (1.136%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (19.32%) MCITP
2 11 (12.50%) MCTS
3 9 (10.23%) CCIA
3 9 (10.23%) CCA
3 9 (10.23%) Citrix Certification
4 8 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (7.955%) MCSE
6 6 (6.818%) CCEA
6 6 (6.818%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 5 (5.682%) IBM Certification
8 4 (4.545%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (4.545%) CCNP
8 4 (4.545%) CCEE
9 3 (3.409%) CCAA
10 2 (2.273%) NCDA
10 2 (2.273%) NCIE
10 2 (2.273%) VCAP
10 2 (2.273%) CCNA
10 2 (2.273%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (1.136%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 29 (32.95%) Active Directory
2 15 (17.05%) Hyper-V
3 13 (14.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (13.64%) XenApp
4 12 (13.64%) XenDesktop
5 11 (12.50%) vSphere
5 11 (12.50%) XenServer
6 3 (3.409%) Microsoft App-V
6 3 (3.409%) Terminal Server
7 2 (2.273%) Terminal Services
7 2 (2.273%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 17 (19.32%) SCCM
2 15 (17.05%) SCOM
3 11 (12.50%) SCVMM
4 4 (4.545%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (3.409%) WSUS
6 2 (2.273%) NetBackup
6 2 (2.273%) Backup Exec
6 2 (2.273%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 26 (29.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (22.73%) Citrix
3 19 (21.59%) VMware
4 16 (18.18%) Oracle
5 8 (9.091%) IBM
6 6 (6.818%) Cisco
7 5 (5.682%) HP
7 5 (5.682%) Sybase
8 3 (3.409%) Business Objects
8 3 (3.409%) SAP
8 3 (3.409%) AppSense
8 3 (3.409%) Veeam
9 2 (2.273%) Symantec
9 2 (2.273%) Huawei
9 2 (2.273%) Barracuda Networks
9 2 (2.273%) ServiceNow
9 2 (2.273%) BEA
9 2 (2.273%) CommVault
9 2 (2.273%) NetApp
9 2 (2.273%) JBoss
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