The first table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Consultant
Rank 15 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Consultant 4 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 6.061% - 12.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.061% - 13.04%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
Average salary £47,500 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
All Job Titles
Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
66 98 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sussex 100.00% 94.23% 95.83%
Number of salaries quoted 37 86 43
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Consultant
South East

Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sussex 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 Sussex region.

Sussex Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 4 (50.00%) SAP
1 4 (50.00%) CRM
1 4 (50.00%) SAP CRM
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (25.00%) B2B
3 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (12.50%) Sourcefire
4 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (12.50%) VLAN
4 1 (12.50%) Replication
4 1 (12.50%) ABAP
4 1 (12.50%) SAP EP
4 1 (12.50%) Information Security
4 1 (12.50%) CISSP
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Firewall
4 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) SAP BI

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Sussex 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 1 (12.50%) SAP TM
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 4 (50.00%) SAP CRM
2 1 (12.50%) SAP SRM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) SAN
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SAP BI
General
1 2 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Replication
1 1 (12.50%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Information Security
3 1 (12.50%) Test Management
3 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Vulnerability Management
3 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
3 1 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) VTSP
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 1 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 2 (25.00%) IBM
3 2 (25.00%) HP
4 1 (12.50%) Juniper
4 1 (12.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) Symantec
4 1 (12.50%) Sourcefire
4 1 (12.50%) Veeam