The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 127 116 147
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 26 39 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.826% 1.129% 0.344%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.872% 1.193% 0.364%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 11
Average salary £42,500 £47,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.57% +13.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,300 £36,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
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 £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Consultant
UK

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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 -31 9 £38,250 -4.37%
Aberdeen +10 8 £46,000 -8.00%
Edinburgh +1 7 £38,250 -25.36%
North Lanarkshire +4 2 £45,000 -4.25%
Stirling - 1 £37,500 -
Technical Consultant
UK

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 22 (44.90%) Windows
3 20 (40.82%) VMware
4 18 (36.73%) Citrix
5 17 (34.69%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (34.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (34.69%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (30.61%) SQL
7 12 (24.49%) SAN
8 11 (22.45%) MS Excel
9 10 (20.41%) MS Exchange
9 10 (20.41%) SLA
9 10 (20.41%) Service Delivery
9 10 (20.41%) SCCM
10 9 (18.37%) Degree
10 9 (18.37%) DNS
10 9 (18.37%) CommVault
10 9 (18.37%) PHP
10 9 (18.37%) Linux
11 8 (16.33%) Perl
11 8 (16.33%) .NET
11 8 (16.33%) IIS
11 8 (16.33%) Site Server
11 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
11 8 (16.33%) Finance
11 8 (16.33%) WSUS
12 7 (14.29%) Computer Science
12 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
12 7 (14.29%) NetApp
12 7 (14.29%) Java

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 8 (16.33%) .NET
2 4 (8.163%) HTML
3 3 (6.122%) XML
3 3 (6.122%) J2EE
4 2 (4.082%) WebSphere
4 2 (4.082%) Flash
4 2 (4.082%) ASP
4 2 (4.082%) ASP.NET
4 2 (4.082%) CSS
5 1 (2.041%) Web Services
5 1 (2.041%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 10 (20.41%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.33%) IIS
2 8 (16.33%) Site Server
3 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
3 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (6.122%) SharePoint
4 3 (6.122%) CMS
5 2 (4.082%) TeamSite
5 2 (4.082%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 11 (22.45%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.041%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Remedy ITSM
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.041%) Dynamics NAV
1 1 (2.041%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (24.49%) SAN
2 9 (18.37%) DNS
3 3 (6.122%) Internet
4 2 (4.082%) LAN
4 2 (4.082%) WAN
4 2 (4.082%) Unified Communications
5 1 (2.041%) DHCP
5 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
5 1 (2.041%) Wireless
5 1 (2.041%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.082%) PowerBuilder
General
1 8 (16.33%) Finance
2 3 (6.122%) Banking
3 2 (4.082%) Publishing
4 1 (2.041%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.041%) Legal
4 1 (2.041%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.041%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 4 (8.163%) CLARiiON
2 4 (8.163%) Celerra
3 2 (4.082%) EMC Centera
3 2 (4.082%) Replication
3 2 (4.082%) Web 2.0
3 2 (4.082%) Social Media
4 1 (2.041%) CMDB
4 1 (2.041%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 22 (44.90%) Windows
2 17 (34.69%) Windows Server 2003
2 17 (34.69%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (18.37%) Linux
4 4 (8.163%) Windows XP
4 4 (8.163%) Solaris
4 4 (8.163%) UNIX
4 4 (8.163%) Windows 7
5 2 (4.082%) AIX
5 2 (4.082%) Windows Vista
5 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) Service Delivery
2 6 (12.24%) Software Engineering
3 5 (10.20%) Information Management
3 5 (10.20%) Migration
4 4 (8.163%) Data Migration
5 3 (6.122%) Data Mapping
5 3 (6.122%) Performance Testing
5 3 (6.122%) Unit Testing
5 3 (6.122%) OO
5 3 (6.122%) Project Management
5 3 (6.122%) Change Management
6 2 (4.082%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (4.082%) Data Security
6 2 (4.082%) ITIL
6 2 (4.082%) Problem Management
7 1 (2.041%) Business Transformation
7 1 (2.041%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (2.041%) Enterprise Content Management
7 1 (2.041%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (2.041%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) SQL
2 9 (18.37%) PHP
3 8 (16.33%) Perl
4 7 (14.29%) Java
5 6 (12.24%) C#
6 4 (8.163%) JavaScript
7 2 (4.082%) VB
7 2 (4.082%) C
7 2 (4.082%) PL/SQL
8 1 (2.041%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.041%) XAML
Qualifications
1 9 (18.37%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (6.122%) MCITP
3 3 (6.122%) CCA
3 3 (6.122%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (4.082%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (4.082%) VCP4
5 1 (2.041%) VCAP
5 1 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.041%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) SLA
2 2 (4.082%) QA
System Software
1 17 (34.69%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (16.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (12.24%) Hyper-V
3 6 (12.24%) XenApp
4 4 (8.163%) vSphere
5 3 (6.122%) XenServer
5 3 (6.122%) XenDesktop
6 2 (4.082%) EMC RecoverPoint
7 1 (2.041%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 10 (20.41%) SCCM
2 8 (16.33%) WSUS
3 2 (4.082%) SCOM
3 2 (4.082%) SCVMM
4 1 (2.041%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.041%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (55.10%) Microsoft
2 20 (40.82%) VMware
3 18 (36.73%) Citrix
4 9 (18.37%) CommVault
5 7 (14.29%) NetApp
6 6 (12.24%) Dell
7 4 (8.163%) Brocade
7 4 (8.163%) EMC
7 4 (8.163%) Cisco
7 4 (8.163%) Oracle
8 3 (6.122%) Pega
8 3 (6.122%) HP
9 2 (4.082%) Sybase
9 2 (4.082%) Twitter
10 1 (2.041%) IBM
10 1 (2.041%) Remedy
10 1 (2.041%) BMC
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Posted: 20 May 2013
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