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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Consultant
Rank 148 147 146
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 9 7 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.288% 0.204% 0.291%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.304% 0.215% 0.307%
Number of salaries quoted 6 7 9
Average salary £42,500 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.42% -22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 £33,000 £39,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,250 £35,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Consultant
UK

Software Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

This 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

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

Scotland Software Consultant Salary Histogram

Software Consultant
Job Locations

The table below 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 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen - 7 £42,500 -
Edinburgh +1 2 £47,500 +35.71%
Software Consultant
UK

Software Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 10 (71.43%) .NET
2 7 (50.00%) Project Management
3 6 (42.86%) ITIL
3 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 6 (42.86%) Java
4 5 (35.71%) VB
4 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
4 5 (35.71%) C#
4 5 (35.71%) C++
4 5 (35.71%) Degree
4 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
5 4 (28.57%) Android
5 4 (28.57%) MATLAB
5 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
5 4 (28.57%) C
5 4 (28.57%) Assembly Language
6 2 (14.29%) Oracle
7 1 (7.143%) Spring
7 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
7 1 (7.143%) Java EE
7 1 (7.143%) Service Management
7 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
7 1 (7.143%) ITSM
7 1 (7.143%) Workflow
7 1 (7.143%) Hibernate
7 1 (7.143%) J2EE
7 1 (7.143%) Middleware
7 1 (7.143%) SOAP
7 1 (7.143%) Struts
7 1 (7.143%) Web Services

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 10 (71.43%) .NET
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
2 1 (7.143%) SOAP
2 1 (7.143%) Struts
2 1 (7.143%) Web Services
2 1 (7.143%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) Middleware
2 1 (7.143%) Hibernate
2 1 (7.143%) Spring
2 1 (7.143%) Java EE
2 1 (7.143%) RESTful
2 1 (7.143%) soapUI
2 1 (7.143%) REST
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (42.86%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Android
1 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Project Management
2 6 (42.86%) ITIL
3 1 (7.143%) Service Management
3 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
3 1 (7.143%) ITSM
3 1 (7.143%) Workflow
3 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
3 1 (7.143%) Video Processing
3 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
3 1 (7.143%) Signal Processing
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL V3
3 1 (7.143%) ITIL V2
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) VB
2 5 (35.71%) VB.NET
2 5 (35.71%) C#
2 5 (35.71%) C++
3 4 (28.57%) C
3 4 (28.57%) Assembly Language
3 4 (28.57%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle
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