The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 21 22 40
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +18
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 57 51 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 8.333% 7.658% 3.564%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.756% 8.361% 3.981%
Number of salaries quoted 52 46 12
Average salary £52,500 £57,500 £49,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.69% +16.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £74,250 £70,000 £59,750
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
651 610 427
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 95.18% 91.59% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 551 475 339
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
Berkshire

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Slough Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Slough Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 30 (32.26%) Windows
1 30 (32.26%) Finance
2 26 (27.96%) Project Management
2 26 (27.96%) Citrix
3 18 (19.35%) Telecoms
4 17 (18.28%) Degree
5 15 (16.13%) Microsoft
5 15 (16.13%) Windows 7
6 13 (13.98%) Windows Server 2008
6 13 (13.98%) MCITP
7 12 (12.90%) Fujitsu
7 12 (12.90%) Retail
7 12 (12.90%) Microsoft App-V
8 11 (11.83%) VMware
8 11 (11.83%) Marketing
8 11 (11.83%) XenApp
8 11 (11.83%) NetScaler
9 10 (10.75%) Waterfall
9 10 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
9 10 (10.75%) MCTS
9 10 (10.75%) Windows Server 2003
10 9 (9.677%) Information Security
10 9 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
10 9 (9.677%) Active Directory
10 9 (9.677%) SC Cleared
10 9 (9.677%) Security Cleared
11 8 (8.602%) Video Conferencing
11 8 (8.602%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 8 (8.602%) vSphere
11 8 (8.602%) CCIA

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region that cited 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.151%) .NET
2 1 (1.075%) JSP
2 1 (1.075%) Web Services
2 1 (1.075%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.376%) Office Communications Server
1 5 (5.376%) Lync
1 5 (5.376%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (5.376%) Exchange Server 2013
1 5 (5.376%) MS Exchange
2 3 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.075%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.075%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (7.527%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.376%) Office 365
2 5 (5.376%) MS Project
3 1 (1.075%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (6.452%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (5.376%) Hyperion Planning
3 3 (3.226%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (1.075%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.075%) SAP FI
4 1 (1.075%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (1.075%) SAP CO
4 1 (1.075%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) NetScaler
2 7 (7.527%) PBX
2 7 (7.527%) Ethernet
3 5 (5.376%) VoIP
3 5 (5.376%) MPLS
3 5 (5.376%) Radio Access Network
4 4 (4.301%) LAN
4 4 (4.301%) Firewall
4 4 (4.301%) Wireless
4 4 (4.301%) WAN
5 3 (3.226%) SNMP
5 3 (3.226%) DNS
5 3 (3.226%) SAN
5 3 (3.226%) VLAN
5 3 (3.226%) Unified Communications
6 2 (2.151%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (2.151%) VPLS
6 2 (2.151%) Internet
6 2 (2.151%) HSRP
6 2 (2.151%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.376%) Essbase
2 4 (4.301%) SAP BW
2 4 (4.301%) SAP BI
3 3 (3.226%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.151%) SQL Server
5 1 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.075%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.075%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 8 (8.602%) MSI
General
1 30 (32.26%) Finance
2 18 (19.35%) Telecoms
3 12 (12.90%) Retail
4 11 (11.83%) Marketing
5 7 (7.527%) Multimedia
6 3 (3.226%) General Ledger
7 1 (1.075%) Banking
7 1 (1.075%) Dutch Language
7 1 (1.075%) French Language
7 1 (1.075%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.602%) Video Conferencing
2 6 (6.452%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.376%) SaaS
3 5 (5.376%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.075%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.075%) Celerra
4 1 (1.075%) EqualLogic
4 1 (1.075%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 30 (32.26%) Windows
2 15 (16.13%) Windows 7
3 13 (13.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (10.75%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (8.602%) Windows 8
6 2 (2.151%) UNIX
7 1 (1.075%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.075%) Solaris
7 1 (1.075%) Linux
7 1 (1.075%) Windows 2000
7 1 (1.075%) Windows NT
7 1 (1.075%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.96%) Project Management
2 10 (10.75%) Waterfall
3 9 (9.677%) Information Security
3 9 (9.677%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (6.452%) Service Delivery
5 5 (5.376%) PRINCE
5 5 (5.376%) PRINCE2
5 5 (5.376%) Change Control
5 5 (5.376%) Matrix Management
5 5 (5.376%) Product Management
6 4 (4.301%) Identity Management
7 3 (3.226%) Network Management
8 2 (2.151%) Workflow
8 2 (2.151%) Business Development
9 1 (1.075%) Operations Management
9 1 (1.075%) Risk Analysis
9 1 (1.075%) Migration
9 1 (1.075%) Cash Management
9 1 (1.075%) User Acceptance Testing
9 1 (1.075%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.376%) SQL
2 1 (1.075%) VBScript
2 1 (1.075%) VB
2 1 (1.075%) VB.NET
2 1 (1.075%) Python
2 1 (1.075%) Ruby
2 1 (1.075%) C#
2 1 (1.075%) Java
2 1 (1.075%) Perl
2 1 (1.075%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (18.28%) Degree
2 13 (13.98%) MCITP
3 10 (10.75%) MCTS
4 9 (9.677%) SC Cleared
4 9 (9.677%) Security Cleared
5 8 (8.602%) CCIA
5 8 (8.602%) CCNP
5 8 (8.602%) Citrix Certification
5 8 (8.602%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (8.602%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 7 (7.527%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (7.527%) CCEA
7 6 (6.452%) CCEE
8 5 (5.376%) CCAA
9 4 (4.301%) VCAP
9 4 (4.301%) MCSE
10 3 (3.226%) MCSA
10 3 (3.226%) CCA
11 2 (2.151%) SSCP
11 2 (2.151%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.376%) SLA
2 1 (1.075%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.075%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.075%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 12 (12.90%) Microsoft App-V
2 11 (11.83%) XenApp
3 10 (10.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (9.677%) Active Directory
5 8 (8.602%) vSphere
6 7 (7.527%) XenDesktop
7 6 (6.452%) XenServer
8 4 (4.301%) Hyper-V
9 2 (2.151%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 6 (6.452%) SCCM
1 6 (6.452%) SCOM
2 5 (5.376%) SCVMM
3 1 (1.075%) Nessus
Vendors
1 26 (27.96%) Citrix
2 15 (16.13%) Microsoft
3 12 (12.90%) Fujitsu
4 11 (11.83%) VMware
5 8 (8.602%) HP
5 8 (8.602%) Oracle
6 7 (7.527%) Cisco
6 7 (7.527%) CheckPoint
7 6 (6.452%) Barracuda Networks
7 6 (6.452%) Veeam
7 6 (6.452%) Juniper
8 5 (5.376%) Hyperion
8 5 (5.376%) AppSense
8 5 (5.376%) IBM
9 4 (4.301%) SAP
10 3 (3.226%) Business Objects
10 3 (3.226%) Blue Coat
11 2 (2.151%) Huawei
11 2 (2.151%) NetApp
11 2 (2.151%) Dell
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