Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Principal Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Principal Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

 Principal Consultant
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank542552624
Rank change year-on-year
Up+10Up+72
Matching permanent IT job ads134118379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.156 %0.139 %0.186 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.167 %0.148 %0.197 %
Salaries quoted10995329
Average salary£80,000£72,500£75,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34 %-3.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£50,000£55,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£90,000£87,500
UK excluding London average salary£70,000£70,000£70,000
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8006179487192657
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.18 %93.72 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6618965376157185
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-

Principal Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Principal Consultant Demand Trend

Principal Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Principal Consultant Salary Trend

Principal Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Principal Consultant over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 within the UK.

Principal Consultant Salary Histogram

Principal Consultant
Top 26 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Principal Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
EnglandNo change0118£80,000+10.34 %
LondonDown-480£82,500+11.86 %
South EastDown-222£70,000-
City of LondonDown-5012£80,000+3.22 %
BerkshireUp+48£61,250-5.76 %
ReadingUp+236£60,000-
SurreyUp+136£70,000-9.67 %
WeybridgeNew entry-4£70,000-
East of EnglandNew entry-4£53,000-
BuckinghamshireDown-53£82,500-
BedfordshireNew entry-3£53,000-
North WestNew entry-3£90,000-
MerseysideNew entry-3£90,000-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£90,000-
MarlowNew entry-2£82,500-
South WestUp+21£55,000-26.66 %
Thames ValleyNew entry-1£80,000-
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
SomersetNew entry-1£55,000-
NottinghamshireNew entry-1--
HampshireNew entry-1--
CambridgeshireNew entry-1--
NottinghamNew entry-1--
HuntingdonNew entry-1--
BedfordNew entry-1£52,500-
BathNew entry-1£55,000-

Principal Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal 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 Principal Consultant in their job title.

1136 (39.31 %)SAP
2114 (32.95 %)Business Intelligence
374 (21.39 %)Project Management
466 (19.08 %)Oracle
565 (18.79 %)Finance
663 (18.21 %)Datawarehouse
747 (13.58 %)Business Objects
747 (13.58 %)Microsoft
747 (13.58 %)BusinessObjects
846 (13.29 %)SAP BW
943 (12.43 %)Health
1040 (11.56 %)MS Excel
1137 (10.69 %)UNIX
1233 (9.538 %)CRM
1233 (9.538 %)Business Development
1329 (8.382 %)Banking
1428 (8.092 %)Retail
1428 (8.092 %)SAN
1428 (8.092 %)NAS
1527 (7.803 %)SAP BI
1626 (7.514 %)Cognos
1626 (7.514 %)Government
1724 (6.936 %)SQL Server
1822 (6.358 %)PRINCE2
1822 (6.358 %)HTTP
1822 (6.358 %)NetWeaver
1822 (6.358 %)Degree
1921 (6.069 %)MS Visio
2019 (5.491 %)SAS
2019 (5.491 %)SAP BPC

Principal Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK that cited Principal 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 Principal Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
110 (2.890 %)HTML
110 (2.890 %).NET
28 (2.312 %)SAP Basis
36 (1.734 %)J2EE
36 (1.734 %)SAP XI
44 (1.156 %)Adobe Flex
44 (1.156 %)Silverlight
44 (1.156 %)XML
44 (1.156 %)Flash
44 (1.156 %)DHTML
44 (1.156 %)AJAX
53 (0.867 %)WebSphere
53 (0.867 %)Web Dynpro
53 (0.867 %)MDX
61 (0.289 %)Oracle Fusion
61 (0.289 %)Spring
61 (0.289 %).NET Framework
61 (0.289 %)Windows SharePoint Services
61 (0.289 %)JMS
61 (0.289 %)Middleware
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (6.358 %)NetWeaver
219 (5.491 %)SAS
316 (4.624 %)SharePoint Server 2007
413 (3.757 %)SharePoint
56 (1.734 %)MS Exchange
56 (1.734 %)Documentum
63 (0.867 %)WebLogic
72 (0.578 %)MQSeries
72 (0.578 %)SharePoint Portal Server
72 (0.578 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (0.578 %)Office Communications Server
81 (0.289 %)Tomcat
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
140 (11.56 %)MS Excel
221 (6.069 %)MS Visio
39 (2.601 %)SPSS
46 (1.734 %)MS Office
52 (0.578 %)PrintSoft PReS
61 (0.289 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (5.491 %)SAP BPC
212 (3.468 %)SAP IS-U
212 (3.468 %)SAP HR
212 (3.468 %)SAP FI
212 (3.468 %)SAP FI/CO
212 (3.468 %)SAP CO
37 (2.023 %)Microsoft CRM
37 (2.023 %)Cognos Planning
46 (1.734 %)SAP GRC
46 (1.734 %)SAP HCM
46 (1.734 %)SAP R/3
46 (1.734 %)SAP CRM
55 (1.445 %)SAP Retail
55 (1.445 %)Dynamics CRM
64 (1.156 %)SAP SEM
73 (0.867 %)SAP Oil and Gas
73 (0.867 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.867 %)Temenos T24
73 (0.867 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.867 %)SAP FSCM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (8.092 %)SAN
128 (8.092 %)NAS
222 (6.358 %)HTTP
35 (1.445 %)Internet
42 (0.578 %)VoIP
51 (0.289 %)LDAP
51 (0.289 %)Firewall
51 (0.289 %)TETRA
51 (0.289 %)IP Telephony
51 (0.289 %)Network Security
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
163 (18.21 %)Datawarehouse
247 (13.58 %)BusinessObjects
346 (13.29 %)SAP BW
427 (7.803 %)SAP BI
524 (6.936 %)SQL Server
616 (4.624 %)ETL
714 (4.046 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
714 (4.046 %)SQL Server Integration Services
714 (4.046 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
812 (3.468 %)SQL Server 2005
911 (3.179 %)OLAP
109 (2.601 %)BusinessObjects XI
118 (2.312 %)SQL Server 2008
118 (2.312 %)PerformancePoint
127 (2.023 %)Oracle BI EE
127 (2.023 %)BODI
127 (2.023 %)Informix
127 (2.023 %)DB2
127 (2.023 %)RDBMS
134 (1.156 %)Oracle 10g
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (0.578 %)JProbe
12 (0.578 %)Optimizeit
12 (0.578 %)Introscope
12 (0.578 %)Oracle APEX
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (18.79 %)Finance
243 (12.43 %)Health
329 (8.382 %)Banking
428 (8.092 %)Retail
526 (7.514 %)Government
614 (4.046 %)Marketing
79 (2.601 %)Pensions
79 (2.601 %)Investment Banking
87 (2.023 %)Billing
96 (1.734 %)Local Government
105 (1.445 %)Insurance
105 (1.445 %)Front Office
105 (1.445 %)Education
114 (1.156 %)Telecoms
123 (0.867 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (0.867 %)Construction
123 (0.867 %)Manufacturing
132 (0.578 %)Police
132 (0.578 %)Wholesale Banking
132 (0.578 %)Corporate Banking
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (4.335 %)Mathematics
29 (2.601 %)Economics
38 (2.312 %)Physics
38 (2.312 %)Equities
46 (1.734 %)Computer Science
54 (1.156 %)RIA
54 (1.156 %)Equity Derivative
54 (1.156 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
54 (1.156 %)Management Information System
54 (1.156 %)Fixed Income
63 (0.867 %)RMADS
63 (0.867 %)Smart Meter
72 (0.578 %)FMCG
72 (0.578 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.578 %)Replication
72 (0.578 %)Statistics
72 (0.578 %)Derivative
81 (0.289 %)E-Learning
81 (0.289 %)Chemistry
81 (0.289 %)Data Integration
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
137 (10.69 %)UNIX
212 (3.468 %)Windows
33 (0.867 %)Windows XP
33 (0.867 %)Windows Vista
33 (0.867 %)Windows 7
42 (0.578 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (0.289 %)Solaris
51 (0.289 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1114 (32.95 %)Business Intelligence
274 (21.39 %)Project Management
333 (9.538 %)CRM
333 (9.538 %)Business Development
422 (6.358 %)PRINCE2
519 (5.491 %)Performance Management
618 (5.202 %)Programme Management
715 (4.335 %)Technical Architecture
810 (2.890 %)Migration
810 (2.890 %)ITIL
99 (2.601 %)Risk Management
108 (2.312 %)Change Management
108 (2.312 %)Data Modelling
108 (2.312 %)Content Management
108 (2.312 %)Business Analysis
117 (2.023 %)Logistic Regression
117 (2.023 %)Market Research
117 (2.023 %)Stakeholder Management
117 (2.023 %)Scrum
126 (1.734 %)ERP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
113 (3.757 %)C
113 (3.757 %)SQL
211 (3.179 %)JavaScript
310 (2.890 %)Java
48 (2.312 %)ABAP
57 (2.023 %)VBA
66 (1.734 %)Shell Script
72 (0.578 %)T-SQL
72 (0.578 %)VB.NET
72 (0.578 %)C#
81 (0.289 %)C++
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (6.358 %)Degree
216 (4.624 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (3.468 %)MCTS
411 (3.179 %)ACCA
510 (2.890 %)MCITP
67 (2.023 %)Security Cleared
76 (1.734 %)MCSD
76 (1.734 %)MCSE
76 (1.734 %)MCDBA
76 (1.734 %)Citrix Certification
85 (1.445 %)CIMA
85 (1.445 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
94 (1.156 %)PhD
103 (0.867 %)CCIE
103 (0.867 %)ISEB
103 (0.867 %)CCA
103 (0.867 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.867 %)VCDX
112 (0.578 %)SC Cleared
112 (0.578 %)MCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (2.601 %)QA
22 (0.578 %)COBIT
31 (0.289 %)SLA
31 (0.289 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (2.023 %)Active Directory
17 (2.023 %)Hyper-V
26 (1.734 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
26 (1.734 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.867 %)XenServer
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (2.601 %)SCCM
19 (2.601 %)SCOM
22 (0.578 %)CA Wily
22 (0.578 %)Tivoli
22 (0.578 %)MOM
22 (0.578 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.289 %)Netcool
31 (0.289 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1136 (39.31 %)SAP
266 (19.08 %)Oracle
347 (13.58 %)Business Objects
347 (13.58 %)Microsoft
426 (7.514 %)Cognos
518 (5.202 %)Hyperion
615 (4.335 %)MicroStrategy
710 (2.890 %)Informatica
710 (2.890 %)Ab Initio
86 (1.734 %)VMware
86 (1.734 %)FileNet
86 (1.734 %)Citrix
86 (1.734 %)IBM
86 (1.734 %)Open Text
95 (1.445 %)SunGard
95 (1.445 %)HP
95 (1.445 %)OutlookSoft
104 (1.156 %)EMC
104 (1.156 %)Misys
104 (1.156 %)Temenos