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This section looks at the demand for the Software Consultant role in IT jobs within the Scotland 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 Software Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Software Consultant
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank142165
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads1220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.320 %0.337 %
Salaries quoted917
Average minimum salary£38,889£34,118
Average salary£43,278£34,559
% change on same period last year+25.22 %
Average maximum salary£47,667£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,940£36,154
% change on same period last year-3.35 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Scotland
Matching permanent IT job ads37525942
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.981 %2.433 %
Salaries quoted25373719
Average minimum salary£33,174£33,294
Average salary£36,476£35,916
% change on same period last year+1.55 %
Average maximum salary£39,778£38,539
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Software Consultant UKSoftware Consultant
UK

Software Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Scotland Software Consultant Demand Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Software Consultant Salary Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland Software Consultant Salary Histogram

Software Consultant
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Consultant within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghUp+286£50,000-
GlasgowNew entry-3£30,000-
AberdeenNew entry-1--
DunbartonshireNew entry-1£22,000-
Software Consultant UKSoftware Consultant
UK

Software Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title.

16 (46.15 %)Embedded C++
16 (46.15 %)Symbian OS
16 (46.15 %)Wireless
16 (46.15 %)C++
16 (46.15 %)Bluetooth
16 (46.15 %)LAN
16 (46.15 %)Symbian
16 (46.15 %)WLAN
23 (23.08 %)SQL Server
23 (23.08 %).NET
23 (23.08 %)C#
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
32 (15.38 %)XML
32 (15.38 %)ERP
32 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (7.692 %)Project Management
41 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
41 (7.692 %)Insurance
41 (7.692 %)Finance
41 (7.692 %)Education
41 (7.692 %)Health
41 (7.692 %)N-Tier
41 (7.692 %)DB2
41 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
41 (7.692 %)UML
41 (7.692 %)OO
41 (7.692 %)Datawarehouse
41 (7.692 %)Oracle
41 (7.692 %)Java

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (23.08 %).NET
22 (15.38 %)XML
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (46.15 %)Bluetooth
16 (46.15 %)LAN
16 (46.15 %)WLAN
16 (46.15 %)Wireless
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (23.08 %)SQL Server
22 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (15.38 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (7.692 %)DB2
31 (7.692 %)Datawarehouse
Scotland IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (15.38 %)Visual Studio
Scotland IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Education
11 (7.692 %)Health
11 (7.692 %)Insurance
11 (7.692 %)Pensions
11 (7.692 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)N-Tier
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (46.15 %)Symbian OS
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)ERP
21 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
21 (7.692 %)Project Management
21 (7.692 %)Software Engineering
21 (7.692 %)Business Development
21 (7.692 %)UML
21 (7.692 %)OO
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (46.15 %)C++
16 (46.15 %)Embedded C++
23 (23.08 %)C#
31 (7.692 %)Java
31 (7.692 %)SQL
Scotland IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (46.15 %)Symbian
21 (7.692 %)Oracle
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