The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. 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 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank201521
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads10161125717896
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK8.384 %10.30 %8.292 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.852 %10.94 %8.885 %
Number of salaries quoted822498546093
Average salary£55,000£52,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76 %+5.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£35,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£50,000£50,000£47,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.26 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK.

Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-49057£55,000+4.76 %
LondonDown-74476£60,000+9.09 %
South EastDown-21992£50,000-
City of LondonDown-4960£60,000+4.34 %
BerkshireDown-9613£50,000-4.76 %
North WestDown-13599£45,000-10.00 %
SurreyNo change0477£50,000-
West MidlandsDown-2428£50,000-
ManchesterDown-13370£45,000-10.00 %
YorkshireUp+3335£42,500+6.25 %
East of EnglandDown-17333£50,000+17.64 %
HampshireDown-1281£50,000+5.26 %
West YorkshireUp+4247£40,000-
ScotlandDown-4246£50,000-
South WestDown-21245£42,500-
ReadingDown-8228£50,000-9.09 %
BirminghamUp+1223£50,000+5.26 %
OxfordshireUp+7147£50,000+28.20 %
BuckinghamshireUp+6136£45,000+12.50 %
East MidlandsDown-19122£47,500+18.75 %
LeedsDown-11116£42,500+6.25 %
HertfordshireUp+2112£50,000+11.11 %
MidlandsNo change0111£50,000-9.09 %
BristolDown-10100£40,000-5.88 %
CambridgeshireDown-2492£45,000+12.50 %
BradfordUp+984£35,500+9.23 %
EdinburghDown-1379£52,500+10.52 %
CheshireDown-1578£40,000-
Milton KeynesUp+1576£42,500-5.55 %
CambridgeDown-1170£47,000+4.44 %

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

15407 (27.20 %)Finance
24361 (21.94 %)SAP
33984 (20.04 %)Microsoft
43407 (17.14 %)Oracle
52864 (14.41 %)SQL
62489 (12.52 %)Degree
72311 (11.63 %)Windows
82196 (11.05 %)Business Intelligence
92133 (10.73 %)MS Excel
102025 (10.19 %)SQL Server
111918 (9.650 %)CRM
121718 (8.644 %)VMware
131697 (8.538 %)Project Management
141523 (7.663 %).NET
151469 (7.391 %)Java
161445 (7.270 %)ERP
171352 (6.802 %)Cisco
181342 (6.752 %)VMware Infrastructure
191331 (6.697 %)Citrix
201249 (6.284 %)SharePoint
211146 (5.766 %)Retail
221142 (5.746 %)Banking
231098 (5.524 %)C#
241056 (5.313 %)Business Development
25990 (4.981 %)Security Cleared
26961 (4.835 %)Manufacturing
27929 (4.674 %)Data Warehouse
28926 (4.659 %)Active Directory
29901 (4.533 %)UNIX
30849 (4.271 %)Business Analysis

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11523 (7.663 %).NET
2827 (4.161 %)XML
3591 (2.973 %)HTML
4470 (2.365 %)ASP.NET
5464 (2.334 %)Web Services
6428 (2.153 %)CSS
7356 (1.791 %)J2EE
8307 (1.545 %)Middleware
9235 (1.182 %)WebSphere
10172 (0.865 %)SAP Basis
11167 (0.840 %)MDX
12153 (0.770 %)JSP
13141 (0.709 %)XSLT
14136 (0.684 %)SOAP
15131 (0.659 %)ASP
16128 (0.644 %)SAP XI
17119 (0.599 %)EDI
18107 (0.538 %).NET Framework
1995 (0.478 %)SAP PI
2094 (0.473 %)Visualforce
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11249 (6.284 %)SharePoint
2600 (3.019 %)MS Exchange
3417 (2.098 %)IIS
4381 (1.917 %)Exchange Server 2010
5373 (1.877 %)SharePoint Server
6311 (1.565 %)SharePoint 2010
7267 (1.343 %)NetWeaver
8263 (1.323 %)Exchange Server 2007
9233 (1.172 %)Lync
10230 (1.157 %)SAS
11191 (0.961 %)BizTalk Server
12181 (0.911 %)WebLogic
13163 (0.820 %)Oracle Workflow
14141 (0.709 %)Office Communications Server
15128 (0.644 %)Apache
16111 (0.558 %)CMS
17102 (0.513 %)Force.com
1890 (0.453 %)Tomcat
1973 (0.367 %)Exchange Server 2003
2067 (0.337 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12133 (10.73 %)MS Excel
2505 (2.541 %)MS Visio
3436 (2.194 %)MS Office
4205 (1.031 %)MS PowerPoint
596 (0.483 %)MS Project
667 (0.337 %)Office 365
735 (0.176 %)SPSS
832 (0.161 %)Spreadsheet
929 (0.146 %)PowerPivot
1028 (0.141 %)InfoPath
1124 (0.121 %)MATLAB
1221 (0.106 %)Photoshop
1319 (0.096 %)Google Apps
1415 (0.075 %)Simulink
1511 (0.055 %)Adobe Illustrator
166 (0.030 %)Fireworks
175 (0.025 %)S-PLUS
183 (0.015 %)Vensim
183 (0.015 %)Mingle
192 (0.010 %)FastStats
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1831 (4.181 %)Oracle EBS R12
2786 (3.955 %)Oracle EBS
3695 (3.497 %)SAP FI
4685 (3.446 %)SAP CO
5671 (3.376 %)SAP FI/CO
6549 (2.762 %)Dynamics CRM
7471 (2.370 %)Oracle Financials
8435 (2.189 %)Dynamics AX
9384 (1.932 %)Oracle Applications
10373 (1.877 %)SAP SD
11329 (1.655 %)SAP CRM
12271 (1.363 %)SAP MM
13241 (1.213 %)SAP BPC
14210 (1.057 %)Oracle 11i
15209 (1.052 %)SAP HR
16191 (0.961 %)Dynamics NAV
17167 (0.840 %)Oracle Payroll
18166 (0.835 %)HFM
19163 (0.820 %)Hyperion Planning
20159 (0.800 %)SAP ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1795 (4.000 %)SAN
2789 (3.970 %)Firewall
3425 (2.138 %)Internet
4384 (1.932 %)WAN
5382 (1.922 %)LAN
6381 (1.917 %)Network Security
7338 (1.701 %)TCP/IP
8329 (1.655 %)Wireless
9324 (1.630 %)VPN
10300 (1.509 %)DNS
11249 (1.253 %)NetScaler
12240 (1.207 %)Unified Communications
13225 (1.132 %)NAS
14222 (1.117 %)MPLS
15165 (0.830 %)BGP
16156 (0.785 %)OSPF
17141 (0.709 %)VoIP
18136 (0.684 %)DHCP
19132 (0.664 %)Cisco ASA
20129 (0.649 %)Cisco Nexus
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12025 (10.19 %)SQL Server
2929 (4.674 %)Data Warehouse
3799 (4.020 %)ETL
4569 (2.863 %)BusinessObjects
5526 (2.646 %)SAP BW
6498 (2.506 %)SQL Server Integration Services
7471 (2.370 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8400 (2.012 %)SQL Server 2008
9355 (1.786 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
10343 (1.726 %)Oracle BI EE
11325 (1.635 %)SAP BI
12318 (1.600 %)SQL Server 2005
13251 (1.263 %)Oracle 8/8i
14233 (1.172 %)BusinessObjects Data Services
15231 (1.162 %)Oracle Reports
16229 (1.152 %)OLAP
17204 (1.026 %)Crystal Reports
18187 (0.941 %)RDBMS
19183 (0.921 %)Essbase
20158 (0.795 %)BODI
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1132 (0.664 %)Oracle Forms
2101 (0.508 %)Visual Studio
392 (0.463 %)Subversion
482 (0.413 %)LoadRunner
482 (0.413 %)Eclipse
563 (0.317 %)LSMW
647 (0.236 %)Ant
743 (0.216 %)JDeveloper
837 (0.186 %)MSI
837 (0.186 %)ClearCase
932 (0.161 %)Axure RP
1030 (0.151 %)Dreamweaver
1129 (0.146 %)QuickTest Pro
1129 (0.146 %)NWDI
1228 (0.141 %)SAP CE
1228 (0.141 %)Team Foundation Server
1327 (0.136 %)JIRA
1327 (0.136 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1425 (0.126 %)JUnit
1425 (0.126 %)NWDS
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15407 (27.20 %)Finance
21146 (5.766 %)Retail
31142 (5.746 %)Banking
4961 (4.835 %)Manufacturing
5818 (4.116 %)Telecoms
6763 (3.839 %)Marketing
7462 (2.324 %)Advertising
8373 (1.877 %)General Ledger
9364 (1.831 %)Legal
10326 (1.640 %)Back Office
11240 (1.207 %)Billing
12199 (1.001 %)Pharmaceutical
13190 (0.956 %)German Language
14171 (0.860 %)Financial Institution
15161 (0.810 %)French Language
16132 (0.664 %)Aerospace
17125 (0.629 %)Front Office
18117 (0.589 %)Investment Banking
19115 (0.579 %)Publishing
19115 (0.579 %)Retail Banking
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1542 (2.727 %)Computer Science
2340 (1.711 %)Management Information System
3277 (1.394 %)Mathematics
4252 (1.268 %)SaaS
5239 (1.202 %)Data Integration
6192 (0.966 %)CLARiiON
7182 (0.916 %)Social Media
8180 (0.906 %)Clustering
9165 (0.830 %)Cloud Computing
10143 (0.719 %)Hedge funds
11122 (0.614 %)FMCG
11122 (0.614 %)Statistics
12110 (0.553 %)Replication
12110 (0.553 %)Derivative
13109 (0.548 %)Celerra
1496 (0.483 %)CESG
1496 (0.483 %)Digital Media
1593 (0.468 %)Open Source
1691 (0.458 %)Blackberry
1788 (0.443 %)CESG CLAS
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12311 (11.63 %)Windows
2901 (4.533 %)UNIX
3768 (3.864 %)Windows Server 2008
4757 (3.809 %)Linux
5453 (2.279 %)Windows Server 2003
6264 (1.328 %)Windows 7
7207 (1.041 %)Solaris
8199 (1.001 %)Windows Vista
9147 (0.740 %)Windows XP
10112 (0.563 %)AIX
1154 (0.272 %)Windows 2000 Server
1250 (0.252 %)Android
1349 (0.247 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1445 (0.226 %)HPUX
1527 (0.136 %)Windows 2000
1620 (0.101 %)Windows Mobile
1719 (0.096 %)VMS
1815 (0.075 %)Apple iOS
1914 (0.070 %)webOS
1914 (0.070 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12196 (11.05 %)Business Intelligence
21918 (9.650 %)CRM
31697 (8.538 %)Project Management
41445 (7.270 %)ERP
51056 (5.313 %)Business Development
6849 (4.271 %)Business Analysis
7796 (4.005 %)Migration
8667 (3.356 %)Information Security
9576 (2.898 %)ITIL
10572 (2.878 %)Workflow
11550 (2.767 %)Service Delivery
12540 (2.717 %)Risk Management
13533 (2.682 %)Stakeholder Management
14499 (2.511 %)Logistics
15450 (2.264 %)Data Modelling
16437 (2.199 %)Change Management
16437 (2.199 %)Performance Management
17427 (2.148 %)E-Commerce
18408 (2.053 %)GAP Analysis
19390 (1.962 %)Data Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12864 (14.41 %)SQL
21469 (7.391 %)Java
31098 (5.524 %)C#
4607 (3.054 %)JavaScript
5571 (2.873 %)ABAP
6415 (2.088 %)PL/SQL
7409 (2.058 %)C
8403 (2.028 %)C++
9274 (1.379 %)T-SQL
10261 (1.313 %)Perl
11184 (0.926 %)VB
12173 (0.870 %)VB.NET
13168 (0.845 %)PHP
14157 (0.790 %)VBA
15143 (0.719 %)Shell Script
16136 (0.684 %)X++
1787 (0.438 %)Apex Code
1787 (0.438 %)Python
1872 (0.362 %)VBScript
1969 (0.347 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12489 (12.52 %)Degree
2990 (4.981 %)Security Cleared
3825 (4.151 %)Microsoft Certification
4777 (3.909 %)Cisco Certification
5681 (3.426 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6514 (2.586 %)Citrix Certification
7480 (2.415 %)SC Cleared
8465 (2.340 %)MCITP
9460 (2.314 %)MCSE
10423 (2.128 %)CISSP
11419 (2.108 %)CCA
12403 (2.028 %)CCNP
13339 (1.706 %)CCIE
14270 (1.358 %)ACCA
15259 (1.303 %)CCEE
16253 (1.273 %)CIMA
17249 (1.253 %)CCNA
18236 (1.187 %)CISA
19222 (1.117 %)CCEA
20216 (1.087 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1377 (1.897 %)ISO/IEC 27001
2311 (1.565 %)QA
3205 (1.031 %)Data Quality
4198 (0.996 %)SLA
4198 (0.996 %)PCI DSS
5100 (0.503 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
675 (0.377 %)COBIT
766 (0.332 %)Basel II
854 (0.272 %)Solvency II
953 (0.267 %)Basel III
1041 (0.206 %)JSP 440
1137 (0.186 %)FATCA
1229 (0.146 %)BS7799
1326 (0.131 %)ISO 9001
1425 (0.126 %)ISO/IEC 17799
1519 (0.096 %)WAI
1617 (0.086 %)HMG Infosec
1716 (0.080 %)IAS 39
1815 (0.075 %)ISO 8583
1912 (0.060 %)GxP
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11342 (6.752 %)VMware Infrastructure
2926 (4.659 %)Active Directory
3728 (3.663 %)XenApp
4657 (3.305 %)XenDesktop
5637 (3.205 %)Hyper-V
6632 (3.180 %)vSphere
7390 (1.962 %)XenServer
8290 (1.459 %)VMware ESX
9171 (0.860 %)VMware ESXi
10112 (0.563 %)vCloud
1167 (0.337 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1264 (0.322 %)UAG
1362 (0.312 %)Oracle RAC
1457 (0.287 %)Terminal Services
1555 (0.277 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1648 (0.241 %)EMC RecoverPoint
1735 (0.176 %)Xen
1829 (0.146 %)Novell eDirectory
1926 (0.131 %)Nmap
2022 (0.111 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1466 (2.345 %)SCCM
2237 (1.192 %)SCOM
3203 (1.021 %)vCenter
4127 (0.639 %)NetBackup
5124 (0.624 %)Tivoli
692 (0.463 %)SCVMM
769 (0.347 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
857 (0.287 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
954 (0.272 %)HP Quality Center
1052 (0.262 %)Data Guard
1144 (0.221 %)Nessus
1243 (0.216 %)Backup Exec
1340 (0.201 %)EMC NetWorker
1439 (0.196 %)Norton AntiVirus
1537 (0.186 %)Cisco CUCM
1635 (0.176 %)BladeLogic
1733 (0.166 %)Cisco UCCX
1831 (0.156 %)Opalis
1930 (0.151 %)Legato
2026 (0.131 %)ARCserve
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14361 (21.94 %)SAP
23984 (20.04 %)Microsoft
33407 (17.14 %)Oracle
41718 (8.644 %)VMware
51352 (6.802 %)Cisco
61331 (6.697 %)Citrix
7786 (3.955 %)HP
8755 (3.799 %)Business Objects
9649 (3.265 %)IBM
10582 (2.928 %)NetApp
11556 (2.797 %)EMC
12405 (2.038 %)Hyperion
13367 (1.846 %)Cognos
14363 (1.826 %)Juniper
15324 (1.630 %)Informatica
16300 (1.509 %)CheckPoint
17292 (1.469 %)Siebel
18270 (1.358 %)Salesforce.com
19239 (1.202 %)Symantec
20182 (0.916 %)Sage