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

 Support Consultant
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank282213
Rank change on same period last yearDown-69
Matching permanent IT job ads197378
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.109 %0.159 %
As % of the category below0.592 %0.848 %
Salaries quoted164321
Average minimum salary£31,376£32,802
Average salary£34,148£35,432
% change on same period last year-3.62 %
Average maximum salary£36,919£38,062
UK excluding London average salary£30,487£34,404
% change on same period last year-11.38 %
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 %
Support Consultant EnglandSupport Consultant
England

Support Consultant
Demand Trend

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

South East Support Consultant Demand Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

South East Support Consultant Salary Trend

Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

South East 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 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+282£33,101-8.61 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1936£31,034-12.05 %
SurreyUp+928£33,204+6.67 %
OxfordshireUp+122£36,350+19.71 %
HampshireUp+117£35,179+9.22 %
MiddlesexDown-1310£48,667+16.37 %
KentDown-26£27,500-7.91 %
West SussexUp+216£30,333-0.98 %
Home CountiesNew entry-1--
SussexNew entry-1£42,500-
Support Consultant EnglandSupport Consultant
England

Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1189 (33.99 %)Windows
2140 (25.18 %)Microsoft
3131 (23.56 %)SQL
4127 (22.84 %)SQL Server
5117 (21.04 %)Oracle
694 (16.91 %)UNIX
790 (16.19 %)MS Excel
882 (14.75 %)Finance
977 (13.85 %)Windows Server 2003
977 (13.85 %)SAP
1074 (13.31 %)Microsoft Certification
1163 (11.33 %)CRM
1262 (11.15 %)MCSE
1361 (10.97 %)Degree
1458 (10.43 %)Business Intelligence
1557 (10.25 %)Pensions
1656 (10.07 %)Datawarehouse
1749 (8.813 %)MS Office
1847 (8.453 %)Active Directory
1944 (7.914 %).NET
1944 (7.914 %)WebSphere
2043 (7.734 %)Java
2043 (7.734 %)IIS
2043 (7.734 %)Mainframe
2138 (6.835 %)SAN
2138 (6.835 %)WebLogic
2236 (6.475 %)MS Exchange
2335 (6.295 %)SAS
2335 (6.295 %)VB
2433 (5.935 %)ABAP

Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
144 (7.914 %).NET
144 (7.914 %)WebSphere
217 (3.058 %)J2EE
217 (3.058 %)ASP
312 (2.158 %)XML
312 (2.158 %)HTML
48 (1.439 %)SAP Basis
56 (1.079 %)SOAP
56 (1.079 %)WebServices
65 (0.899 %)ASP.NET
65 (0.899 %)JSP
74 (0.719 %)AJAX
83 (0.540 %)Servlets
92 (0.360 %)CSS
101 (0.180 %)JDBC
101 (0.180 %)EJB
101 (0.180 %)XSL
101 (0.180 %)XSLT
101 (0.180 %)Hibernate
101 (0.180 %)SAP XI
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
143 (7.734 %)IIS
238 (6.835 %)WebLogic
336 (6.475 %)MS Exchange
435 (6.295 %)SAS
518 (3.237 %)SharePoint
614 (2.518 %)Exchange Server 2003
614 (2.518 %)SharePoint Server 2007
711 (1.978 %)Apache
87 (1.259 %)BizTalk Server
96 (1.079 %)Exchange Server 2000
105 (0.899 %)Exchange Server 2007
105 (0.899 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
114 (0.719 %)NetWeaver
114 (0.719 %)Tomcat
114 (0.719 %)Documentum
114 (0.719 %)ESB
114 (0.719 %)SharePoint Portal Server
114 (0.719 %)Exchange Server 5.5
123 (0.540 %)JBoss
123 (0.540 %)Smallworld
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
190 (16.19 %)MS Excel
249 (8.813 %)MS Office
35 (0.899 %)MS Visio
35 (0.899 %)MS PowerPoint
44 (0.719 %)CATIA
52 (0.360 %)Spreadsheet
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
129 (5.216 %)SAP HR
129 (5.216 %)SAP Payroll
223 (4.137 %)Microsoft CRM
318 (3.237 %)Dynamics GP
415 (2.698 %)Dynamics CRM
415 (2.698 %)HiPortfolio
514 (2.518 %)Oracle Financials
613 (2.338 %)Navision
613 (2.338 %)Dynamics NAV
711 (1.978 %)Dynamics AX
711 (1.978 %)Axapta
711 (1.978 %)Oracle CRM
810 (1.799 %)Great Plains
98 (1.439 %)SAP FI
98 (1.439 %)SAP FI/CO
98 (1.439 %)SAP CO
107 (1.259 %)SAP SD
114 (0.719 %)Oracle Applications
114 (0.719 %)SMARTEAM
114 (0.719 %)Unica Affinium
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
138 (6.835 %)SAN
228 (5.036 %)Firewall
327 (4.856 %)TCP/IP
426 (4.676 %)LAN
426 (4.676 %)WAN
519 (3.417 %)VPN
614 (2.518 %)Wireless
712 (2.158 %)Internet
87 (1.259 %)Wi-Fi
87 (1.259 %)PBX
96 (1.079 %)802.11
105 (0.899 %)WiMAX
105 (0.899 %)VLAN
105 (0.899 %)DHCP
105 (0.899 %)Ethernet
105 (0.899 %)VoIP
114 (0.719 %)WLAN
114 (0.719 %)SMS
114 (0.719 %)LDAP
114 (0.719 %)Cisco PIX
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1127 (22.84 %)SQL Server
256 (10.07 %)Datawarehouse
329 (5.216 %)SQL Server 2000
428 (5.036 %)Crystal Reports
519 (3.417 %)SQL Server 2005
618 (3.237 %)OLAP
717 (3.058 %)RDBMS
717 (3.058 %)BusinessObjects
813 (2.338 %)DB2
912 (2.158 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
108 (1.439 %)Oracle Reports
116 (1.079 %)Oracle 8/8i
116 (1.079 %)Oracle 9i
116 (1.079 %)MS Access
125 (0.899 %)EDMS
134 (0.719 %)Siebel EIM
134 (0.719 %)Oracle 10g
134 (0.719 %)Informix
143 (0.540 %)UniData
143 (0.540 %)InterSystems Cache
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.719 %)MSI
22 (0.360 %)Oracle Forms
31 (0.180 %)Visual Studio
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
182 (14.75 %)Finance
257 (10.25 %)Pensions
331 (5.576 %)Health
424 (4.317 %)Education
520 (3.597 %)Retail
617 (3.058 %)Marketing
716 (2.878 %)Telecoms
815 (2.698 %)General Ledger
910 (1.799 %)Banking
108 (1.439 %)FMCG
108 (1.439 %)Manufacturing
116 (1.079 %)Legal
125 (0.899 %)Government
125 (0.899 %)Insurance
125 (0.899 %)Retail Banking
134 (0.719 %)Aerospace
134 (0.719 %)Automotive
134 (0.719 %)Construction
143 (0.540 %)Back Office
143 (0.540 %)Games
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
143 (7.734 %)Mainframe
220 (3.597 %)French Language
318 (3.237 %)Mathematics
318 (3.237 %)NHS
416 (2.878 %)German Language
511 (1.978 %)Computer Science
610 (1.799 %)Client/Server
78 (1.439 %)Clustering
87 (1.259 %)Statistics
96 (1.079 %)Management Information System
105 (0.899 %)Blackberry
114 (0.719 %)Applied Mathematics
123 (0.540 %)EPoS
123 (0.540 %)Spanish Language
132 (0.360 %)Italian Language
132 (0.360 %)Web 2.0
141 (0.180 %)E-Learning
141 (0.180 %)SCORM
141 (0.180 %)AS400
141 (0.180 %)Replication
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1189 (33.99 %)Windows
294 (16.91 %)UNIX
377 (13.85 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (5.396 %)Windows 2000
527 (4.856 %)Windows XP
623 (4.137 %)Solaris
720 (3.597 %)Windows 2000 Server
817 (3.058 %)Windows NT
916 (2.878 %)Linux
1010 (1.799 %)Windows Vista
119 (1.619 %)AIX
119 (1.619 %)HPUX
123 (0.540 %)Red Hat Linux
131 (0.180 %)Windows Server 2008
131 (0.180 %)Mac OS X
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
163 (11.33 %)CRM
258 (10.43 %)Business Intelligence
327 (4.856 %)Project Management
416 (2.878 %)ERP
416 (2.878 %)ITIL
513 (2.338 %)Customer Intelligence
513 (2.338 %)Performance Management
69 (1.619 %)Software Testing
69 (1.619 %)Data Management
77 (1.259 %)EAI
77 (1.259 %)Security Cleared
85 (0.899 %)Operations Management
85 (0.899 %)Incident Management
85 (0.899 %)Service Management
85 (0.899 %)Change Management
85 (0.899 %)Disaster Recovery
85 (0.899 %)CAD
85 (0.899 %)Business Analysis
94 (0.719 %)Logistics
94 (0.719 %)SOA
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1131 (23.56 %)SQL
243 (7.734 %)Java
335 (6.295 %)VB
433 (5.935 %)ABAP
523 (4.137 %)C#
621 (3.777 %)JavaScript
717 (3.058 %)C
816 (2.878 %)VBA
816 (2.878 %)VB.NET
914 (2.518 %)Transact-SQL
109 (1.619 %)Shell Script
115 (0.899 %)C++
123 (0.540 %)COBOL
123 (0.540 %)PL/SQL
123 (0.540 %)Ruby
132 (0.360 %)VB6
132 (0.360 %)VBScript
141 (0.180 %)FoxPro (VFP)
141 (0.180 %)Perl
141 (0.180 %)Delphi
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
174 (13.31 %)Microsoft Certification
262 (11.15 %)MCSE
361 (10.97 %)Degree
428 (5.036 %)Cisco Certification
524 (4.317 %)CCNA
613 (2.338 %)MCP
79 (1.619 %)ACCA
79 (1.619 %)CIMA
86 (1.079 %)CCA
86 (1.079 %)Citrix Certification
94 (0.719 %)Siebel Certification
94 (0.719 %)MCDST
103 (0.540 %)MCTS
103 (0.540 %)MCSA
112 (0.360 %)CCNP
121 (0.180 %)MCSD
121 (0.180 %)CCEA
121 (0.180 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.619 %)SLA
24 (0.719 %)ISO9001
32 (0.360 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.180 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
147 (8.453 %)Active Directory
214 (2.518 %)Backup Exec
313 (2.338 %)Terminal Services
411 (1.978 %)ISA Server
59 (1.619 %)Terminal Server
67 (1.259 %)NetBackup
75 (0.899 %)MetaFrame
83 (0.540 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.180 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (0.180 %)Squid
91 (0.180 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (1.619 %)OpenView
27 (1.259 %)ServiceCenter
36 (1.079 %)EMC NetWorker
36 (1.079 %)OVSD
43 (0.540 %)MOM
52 (0.360 %)Windows Storage Server
52 (0.360 %)Legato
52 (0.360 %)SCOM
61 (0.180 %)Tivoli
61 (0.180 %)Unicenter
61 (0.180 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
61 (0.180 %)ARCserve
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1140 (25.18 %)Microsoft
2117 (21.04 %)Oracle
377 (13.85 %)SAP
430 (5.396 %)Sybase
524 (4.317 %)Citrix
622 (3.957 %)VMware
718 (3.237 %)Sage
718 (3.237 %)Cisco
817 (3.058 %)Business Objects
916 (2.878 %)IBM
1015 (2.698 %)Cognos
1015 (2.698 %)Siebel
1114 (2.518 %)EMC
1114 (2.518 %)VERITAS
1213 (2.338 %)BEA
1213 (2.338 %)Sun
1312 (2.158 %)HP
1312 (2.158 %)Pegasus
1312 (2.158 %)Exchequer
1411 (1.978 %)Symantec