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The table below looks at the demand for the IT Consultant role in IT jobs within the South East 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 IT Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Consultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank361392
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching permanent IT job ads111119
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.050 %
As % of the category below0.333 %0.267 %
Salaries quoted10099
Average minimum salary£43,695£49,750
Average salary£47,752£53,567
% change on same period last year-10.85 %
Average maximum salary£51,810£57,385
UK excluding London average salary£42,431£50,587
% change on same period last year-16.12 %
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads3329944550
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.43 %18.68 %
Salaries quoted2727436851
Average minimum salary£36,341£37,608
Average salary£39,635£40,790
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,929£43,972
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
IT Consultant EnglandIT Consultant
England

IT Consultant
Demand Trend

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

South East IT Consultant Demand Trend

IT Consultant
Salary Trend

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

South East IT Consultant Salary Trend

IT Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Consultant across the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South East IT Consultant Salary Histogram

IT Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Consultant within the South East region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
BerkshireUp+4234£42,394-12.93 %
HampshireUp+3133£39,864-23.45 %
SurreyUp+119£51,900+24.96 %
OxfordshireDown-18£35,056-2.50 %
MiddlesexNew entry-5£42,400-
West SussexNew entry-2£20,000-
Home CountiesUp+12£55,000-59.25 %
BuckinghamshireUp+222£22,500-57.94 %
East SussexNew entry-1--
IT Consultant EnglandIT Consultant
England

IT Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title.

156 (24.45 %)Windows
232 (13.97 %)SQL Server
331 (13.54 %)Oracle
331 (13.54 %)Windows Server 2003
429 (12.66 %)SQL
528 (12.23 %)Pensions
625 (10.92 %)ISO27001
625 (10.92 %)Finance
721 (9.170 %)Windows 2000 Server
820 (8.734 %)Degree
820 (8.734 %)MS Exchange
919 (8.297 %)UNIX
919 (8.297 %)CISSP
919 (8.297 %)WAN
919 (8.297 %)Active Directory
1018 (7.860 %)Project Management
1018 (7.860 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
1018 (7.860 %)Network Design
1117 (7.424 %)Health
1117 (7.424 %)Symantec
1117 (7.424 %)ITIL
1117 (7.424 %)VB
1117 (7.424 %)LAN
1117 (7.424 %)Exchange Server 2003
1214 (6.114 %)Exchange Server 2000
1214 (6.114 %)Internet
1214 (6.114 %)Microsoft
1313 (5.677 %)Microsoft Certification
1313 (5.677 %).NET
1313 (5.677 %)Java

IT Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (5.677 %).NET
212 (5.240 %)HTML
311 (4.803 %)JSP
410 (4.367 %)ASP
57 (3.057 %)J2EE
57 (3.057 %)WebSphere
63 (1.310 %)SAP Basis
63 (1.310 %)ASP.NET
63 (1.310 %)Servlets
72 (0.873 %).NET Framework
81 (0.437 %)Spring
81 (0.437 %)JNDI
81 (0.437 %)AJAX
81 (0.437 %)WebServices
81 (0.437 %)XML
81 (0.437 %)JMS
81 (0.437 %)Middleware
81 (0.437 %)Hibernate
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (8.734 %)MS Exchange
217 (7.424 %)Exchange Server 2003
314 (6.114 %)Exchange Server 2000
46 (2.620 %)WebLogic
55 (2.183 %)SharePoint
63 (1.310 %)SAS
72 (0.873 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.437 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (0.437 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.437 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.437 %)Apache
81 (0.437 %)Tomcat
81 (0.437 %)MQSeries
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (5.240 %)MS Office
112 (5.240 %)MS Excel
27 (3.057 %)MS Project
33 (1.310 %)MS PowerPoint
33 (1.310 %)MS Visio
41 (0.437 %)S-PLUS
41 (0.437 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.873 %)Oracle Financials
12 (0.873 %)SalesLogix
21 (0.437 %)SAP FI
21 (0.437 %)SAP FI/CO
21 (0.437 %)SAP CO
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (8.297 %)WAN
217 (7.424 %)LAN
314 (6.114 %)Internet
46 (2.620 %)TCP/IP
46 (2.620 %)Firewall
54 (1.747 %)Network Security
54 (1.747 %)ADSL
54 (1.747 %)POP3
54 (1.747 %)SMTP
54 (1.747 %)FTP
62 (0.873 %)LDAP
62 (0.873 %)VPN
62 (0.873 %)NetScreen
62 (0.873 %)CTI
62 (0.873 %)FCAPS
71 (0.437 %)Intrusion Detection
71 (0.437 %)IntruShield
71 (0.437 %)VLAN
71 (0.437 %)Intranet
71 (0.437 %)DNS
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (13.97 %)SQL Server
29 (3.930 %)GIS
37 (3.057 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (2.620 %)Crystal Reports
54 (1.747 %)ETL
63 (1.310 %)RDBMS
63 (1.310 %)Oracle 8/8i
63 (1.310 %)Oracle 9i
63 (1.310 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (0.873 %)MySQL
72 (0.873 %)PowerCenter
81 (0.437 %)DB2
81 (0.437 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.437 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.437 %)BusinessObjects
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.747 %)Dreamweaver
21 (0.437 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
21 (0.437 %)Rational Rose
21 (0.437 %)Eclipse
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
128 (12.23 %)Pensions
225 (10.92 %)Finance
317 (7.424 %)Health
410 (4.367 %)Retail
410 (4.367 %)Insurance
59 (3.930 %)Marketing
59 (3.930 %)Education
68 (3.493 %)Government
68 (3.493 %)Banking
68 (3.493 %)FMCG
77 (3.057 %)Manufacturing
86 (2.620 %)Telecoms
93 (1.310 %)Electric
102 (0.873 %)Advertising
102 (0.873 %)Military
111 (0.437 %)Multimedia
111 (0.437 %)Auditing
111 (0.437 %)Telemarketing
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (4.803 %)Statistics
26 (2.620 %)Computer Science
26 (2.620 %)French Language
26 (2.620 %)Clustering
34 (1.747 %)NHS
34 (1.747 %)Management Information System
41 (0.437 %)Replication
41 (0.437 %)Client/Server
41 (0.437 %)EPoS
41 (0.437 %)EFT
41 (0.437 %)German Language
41 (0.437 %)Italian Language
41 (0.437 %)Spanish Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
156 (24.45 %)Windows
231 (13.54 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (9.170 %)Windows 2000 Server
419 (8.297 %)UNIX
512 (5.240 %)Linux
68 (3.493 %)Windows XP
76 (2.620 %)Windows 2000
82 (0.873 %)Windows NT
82 (0.873 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.873 %)Solaris
91 (0.437 %)AIX
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
118 (7.860 %)Project Management
118 (7.860 %)Network Design
217 (7.424 %)ITIL
312 (5.240 %)Business Development
411 (4.803 %)CRM
58 (3.493 %)Service Delivery
58 (3.493 %)Change Management
58 (3.493 %)GAP Analysis
58 (3.493 %)Stakeholder Management
58 (3.493 %)IT Governance
67 (3.057 %)Predictive Analytics
76 (2.620 %)Security Cleared
76 (2.620 %)Practice Management
76 (2.620 %)Information Security
76 (2.620 %)Document Management
85 (2.183 %)Data Security
85 (2.183 %)Risk Management
85 (2.183 %)ERP
85 (2.183 %)PRINCE2
85 (2.183 %)SC Cleared
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (12.66 %)SQL
217 (7.424 %)VB
313 (5.677 %)Java
412 (5.240 %)VBScript
57 (3.057 %)JavaScript
66 (2.620 %)PHP
66 (2.620 %)VB.NET
66 (2.620 %)C++
75 (2.183 %)C
84 (1.747 %)VB6
92 (0.873 %)C#
101 (0.437 %)XPath
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (8.734 %)Degree
219 (8.297 %)CISSP
313 (5.677 %)Microsoft Certification
411 (4.803 %)MCSE
510 (4.367 %)CISM
69 (3.930 %)Cisco Certification
78 (3.493 %)CCNA
85 (2.183 %)PMP
85 (2.183 %)PMI Certification
94 (1.747 %)Citrix Certification
94 (1.747 %)CCEA
103 (1.310 %)CCNP
112 (0.873 %)MCDST
112 (0.873 %)MCP
121 (0.437 %)MCSD
121 (0.437 %)MCSA
121 (0.437 %)CCDA
121 (0.437 %)ISEB
121 (0.437 %)RHCE
121 (0.437 %)Sun Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (10.92 %)ISO27001
218 (7.860 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
311 (4.803 %)BS7799
410 (4.367 %)PCI DSS
53 (1.310 %)HL7
53 (1.310 %)ISO17799
53 (1.310 %)COBIT
61 (0.437 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
119 (8.297 %)Active Directory
22 (0.873 %)MetaFrame
22 (0.873 %)Terminal Services
22 (0.873 %)VMware ESX
22 (0.873 %)Citrix Presentation Server
22 (0.873 %)VMware Server
31 (0.437 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (0.437 %)NetBackup
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.437 %)Legato
11 (0.437 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 (0.437 %)Norton AntiVirus
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (13.54 %)Oracle
217 (7.424 %)Symantec
314 (6.114 %)Microsoft
412 (5.240 %)VMware
510 (4.367 %)SAP
69 (3.930 %)Citrix
69 (3.930 %)Autodesk
76 (2.620 %)Cisco
85 (2.183 %)IBM
85 (2.183 %)HP
94 (1.747 %)Juniper
103 (1.310 %)Sun
103 (1.310 %)Informatica
112 (0.873 %)Exchequer
112 (0.873 %)NetApp
112 (0.873 %)Pegasus
112 (0.873 %)Red Hat
112 (0.873 %)JD Edwards
112 (0.873 %)Sage
112 (0.873 %)CheckPoint