The first table below looks at the demand for the Support 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 Support Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Consultant
Rank 136 153 118
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -35
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Consultant 18 3 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.575% 0.087% 1.148%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.607% 0.091% 1.212%
Number of salaries quoted 18 3 38
Average salary £40,000 £55,000 £43,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.27% +27.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £55,000 £40,850
10% offered a salary of more than £48,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+12.85% -
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2964 3288 3218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.64% 94.89% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1771 2407 2417
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 £26,300 £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%
Support Consultant
UK

Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Scotland Support Consultant Salary Histogram

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow - 7 £40,000 -
Aberdeen - 6 £40,000 -
Edinburgh - 3 £50,000 -
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
Support Consultant
UK

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 7 (29.17%) SAP
4 6 (25.00%) Windows
4 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (20.83%) X++
5 5 (20.83%) Dynamics AX
5 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (20.83%) Advertising
5 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
5 5 (20.83%) ERP
5 5 (20.83%) SQL
6 4 (16.67%) .NET
6 4 (16.67%) C#
6 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (16.67%) Citrix
6 4 (16.67%) XenApp
7 3 (12.50%) XenServer
7 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
7 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
7 3 (12.50%) Business Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) Analytics
7 3 (12.50%) SAP MM
7 3 (12.50%) VMware
7 3 (12.50%) SLA
8 2 (8.333%) VB
8 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 4 (16.67%) .NET
2 2 (8.333%) ASP
2 2 (8.333%) ASP.NET
2 2 (8.333%) COM
2 2 (8.333%) Web Services
2 2 (8.333%) SAP Basis
2 2 (8.333%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (25.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (20.83%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (8.333%) NetWeaver
4 2 (8.333%) IIS
Applications
1 5 (20.83%) MS Excel
2 2 (8.333%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (12.50%) SAP MM
3 2 (8.333%) SAP QM
3 2 (8.333%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) LAN
1 1 (4.167%) VoIP
1 1 (4.167%) WAN
1 1 (4.167%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (37.50%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.333%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (8.333%) SAP Data Services
3 2 (8.333%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (8.333%) SAP BW
4 1 (4.167%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) PowerBuilder
2 1 (4.167%) Hudson
General
1 5 (20.83%) Advertising
2 2 (8.333%) Finance
3 1 (4.167%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 6 (25.00%) Windows
1 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 6 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (8.333%) Windows XP
2 2 (8.333%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.167%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.83%) ERP
2 3 (12.50%) Business Analytics
2 3 (12.50%) Analytics
3 2 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.167%) Change Management
4 1 (4.167%) Workflow
4 1 (4.167%) Migration
4 1 (4.167%) Network Architecture
4 1 (4.167%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
1 5 (20.83%) X++
2 4 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (8.333%) Java
3 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.333%) VB
4 1 (4.167%) PowerShell
4 1 (4.167%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (8.333%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.167%) MCTS
2 1 (4.167%) MCITP
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
2 1 (4.167%) CCA
2 1 (4.167%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.67%) XenApp
2 3 (12.50%) XenServer
3 2 (8.333%) XenDesktop
3 2 (8.333%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (4.167%) Hyper-V
4 1 (4.167%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.167%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (8.333%) SCCM
2 1 (4.167%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (29.17%) SAP
3 4 (16.67%) Citrix
4 3 (12.50%) VMware
5 2 (8.333%) Oracle
5 2 (8.333%) Sybase
5 2 (8.333%) Business Objects
6 1 (4.167%) Cisco
6 1 (4.167%) Pegasus
6 1 (4.167%) Sage
6 1 (4.167%) Ceridian
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