Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Senior Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior 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.

LinkSenior Consultant
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank210186158
Rank change year-on-year
Down-24Down-28
Matching permanent IT job ads8208842471
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.954 %1.042 %1.211 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.024 %1.112 %1.283 %
Salaries quoted6286931940
Average salary£60,000£57,500£57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.340 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£38,250£40,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£78,750£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£55,000£54,000£55,000
% change year-on-year
+1.850 %-1.810 %
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 %-

Senior Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Senior Consultant Demand Trend

Senior Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Senior Consultant Salary Trend

Senior Consultant
Salary Histogram

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

Senior Consultant Salary Histogram

Senior 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 Senior 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
EnglandDown-33723£59,025+2.65 %
LondonDown-30364£65,000+5.69 %
South EastDown-12141£55,000+4.76 %
City of LondonDown-6959£65,000-
South WestUp+3153£42,500-19.04 %
SurreyUp+1550£60,000+33.33 %
BerkshireDown-1336£55,000+4.76 %
West MidlandsUp+3333£55,000+42.85 %
North WestDown-3431£45,000-21.73 %
YorkshireUp+1528£50,000+11.11 %
WiltshireUp+1923£42,500+8.28 %
SwindonUp+1623£42,500+16.43 %
East of EnglandNo change023£50,000+21.95 %
ReadingUp+1622£65,000+62.50 %
BirminghamUp+3121£65,000-
West YorkshireUp+1621£50,000+11.11 %
ManchesterDown-3218£44,250-23.04 %
HampshireUp+3017£45,000-14.28 %
BradfordUp+1814£50,000+11.11 %
HertfordshireUp+1913£50,000-4.76 %
East MidlandsUp+413£100,000+135.29 %
UxbridgeUp+1112£97,500+267.92 %
GloucestershireUp+312£65,000+23.80 %
GloucesterUp+611£65,000-
BuckinghamshireDown-110£50,000-28.57 %
BristolUp+168£27,500-45.00 %
OxfordshireUp+18£45,000+20.00 %
EghamNew entry-8--
NottinghamshireNo change07£100,000+135.29 %
MidlandsDown-27£80,000-

Senior Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1459 (27.87 %)SAP
2340 (20.64 %)Finance
3213 (12.93 %)Microsoft
4197 (11.96 %)Business Intelligence
5177 (10.75 %)Windows
6160 (9.715 %)Project Management
7159 (9.654 %)Degree
8158 (9.593 %)CRM
9145 (8.804 %)Java
10144 (8.743 %)Oracle
11137 (8.318 %)Government
12132 (8.015 %)Business Development
13131 (7.954 %)SQL Server
14128 (7.772 %)Health
15102 (6.193 %)SQL
16101 (6.132 %)Datawarehouse
17100 (6.072 %)Information Security
1896 (5.829 %)VMware
1995 (5.768 %)Microsoft Certification
2094 (5.707 %)Security Cleared
2193 (5.647 %)Cisco
2289 (5.404 %)MS Excel
2289 (5.404 %).NET
2386 (5.222 %)ERP
2386 (5.222 %)SAP BW
2480 (4.857 %)Retail
2574 (4.493 %)Cognos
2673 (4.432 %)Citrix
2673 (4.432 %)Insurance
2771 (4.311 %)Pensions

Senior Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
189 (5.404 %).NET
250 (3.036 %)XML
349 (2.975 %)J2EE
446 (2.793 %)WebSphere
538 (2.307 %)ASP.NET
630 (1.821 %)Web Services
722 (1.336 %)SAP XI
820 (1.214 %)XSLT
918 (1.093 %)EDI
1017 (1.032 %)Middleware
1017 (1.032 %)SAP Basis
1017 (1.032 %)JSP
1115 (0.911 %)XSL
1214 (0.850 %)HTML
1214 (0.850 %)AJAX
1214 (0.850 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1313 (0.789 %)Application Packaging
1412 (0.729 %)WF
1412 (0.729 %)COM
1511 (0.668 %)CSS
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
161 (3.704 %)SharePoint
248 (2.914 %)WebLogic
347 (2.854 %)MS Exchange
347 (2.854 %)NetWeaver
444 (2.672 %)SharePoint Server 2007
543 (2.611 %)IIS
636 (2.186 %)SAS
734 (2.064 %)Tomcat
827 (1.639 %)Exchange Server 2007
922 (1.336 %)Exchange Server 2003
922 (1.336 %)AquaLogic
1020 (1.214 %)Apache
1117 (1.032 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1117 (1.032 %)SAP Portal
1216 (0.971 %)WebLogic Portal
1315 (0.911 %)BizTalk Server
1414 (0.850 %)Documentum
1512 (0.729 %)GlassFish
168 (0.486 %)WebSphere Portal
176 (0.364 %)CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
189 (5.404 %)MS Excel
234 (2.064 %)MS Office
321 (1.275 %)MS Visio
420 (1.214 %)InfoPath
513 (0.789 %)SPSS
63 (0.182 %)MS PowerPoint
71 (0.061 %)MS Project
71 (0.061 %)MATLAB
71 (0.061 %)PrintSoft PReS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
155 (3.339 %)SAP FI
254 (3.279 %)SAP FI/CO
254 (3.279 %)SAP CO
349 (2.975 %)SAP HR
443 (2.611 %)SAP CRM
537 (2.247 %)Cognos Planning
537 (2.247 %)SAP BPC
631 (1.882 %)Dynamics CRM
727 (1.639 %)SAP SD
823 (1.396 %)SAP Payroll
823 (1.396 %)SAP Retail
919 (1.154 %)SAP MDM
1018 (1.093 %)SAP MM
1116 (0.971 %)Microsoft CRM
1215 (0.911 %)Dynamics AX
1215 (0.911 %)Oracle EBS R12
1314 (0.850 %)Hyperion Planning
1314 (0.850 %)Remedy ITSM
1413 (0.789 %)Axapta
1512 (0.729 %)Oracle ERP
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
156 (3.400 %)Firewall
246 (2.793 %)SAN
342 (2.550 %)LAN
426 (1.579 %)DVB
525 (1.518 %)VoIP
623 (1.396 %)WAN
623 (1.396 %)HTTP
623 (1.396 %)Internet
719 (1.154 %)Cisco PIX
818 (1.093 %)TCP/IP
917 (1.032 %)NetScreen
1016 (0.971 %)VPN
1113 (0.789 %)Network Security
1212 (0.729 %)VLAN
1212 (0.729 %)LDAP
1311 (0.668 %)BGP
1410 (0.607 %)MPLS
1410 (0.607 %)DNS
159 (0.546 %)OSPF
167 (0.425 %)IPsec
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1131 (7.954 %)SQL Server
2101 (6.132 %)Datawarehouse
386 (5.222 %)SAP BW
462 (3.764 %)BusinessObjects
551 (3.097 %)SQL Server 2005
639 (2.368 %)SAP BI
735 (2.125 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
735 (2.125 %)SQL Server Integration Services
834 (2.064 %)SQL Server 2008
931 (1.882 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1030 (1.821 %)ETL
1127 (1.639 %)OLAP
1225 (1.518 %)RDBMS
1320 (1.214 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1416 (0.971 %)Crystal Reports
1514 (0.850 %)DB2
1613 (0.789 %)Oracle OLAP
1613 (0.789 %)PerformancePoint
1711 (0.668 %)Essbase
1810 (0.607 %)Oracle 8/8i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (0.789 %)TestDirector
211 (0.668 %)Cactus
310 (0.607 %)InstallShield
310 (0.607 %)AdminStudio
49 (0.546 %)Oracle APEX
57 (0.425 %)QuickTest Pro
57 (0.425 %)LoadRunner
62 (0.121 %)Introscope
62 (0.121 %)Selenium
62 (0.121 %)Eclipse
71 (0.061 %)Ant
71 (0.061 %)PVCS
71 (0.061 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.061 %)LSMW
71 (0.061 %)Subversion
71 (0.061 %)Maven
71 (0.061 %)RequisitePro
71 (0.061 %)PeopleTools
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1340 (20.64 %)Finance
2137 (8.318 %)Government
3128 (7.772 %)Health
480 (4.857 %)Retail
573 (4.432 %)Insurance
671 (4.311 %)Pensions
764 (3.886 %)Banking
857 (3.461 %)Telecoms
941 (2.489 %)Manufacturing
1040 (2.429 %)Marketing
1134 (2.064 %)Education
1227 (1.639 %)Pharmaceutical
1323 (1.396 %)Retail Banking
1419 (1.154 %)Investment Banking
1515 (0.911 %)Back Office
1612 (0.729 %)Electric
1711 (0.668 %)Legal
1711 (0.668 %)Local Government
1810 (0.607 %)Games
199 (0.546 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
144 (2.672 %)Mathematics
240 (2.429 %)Computer Science
329 (1.761 %)Management Information System
426 (1.579 %)DTV
525 (1.518 %)IPTV
622 (1.336 %)CESG
718 (1.093 %)Physics
816 (0.971 %)Client/Server
816 (0.971 %)Clustering
816 (0.971 %)FMCG
915 (0.911 %)Data Integration
1012 (0.729 %)RMADS
1111 (0.668 %)Equities
1210 (0.607 %)Chemistry
139 (0.546 %)Economics
139 (0.546 %)Life Science
147 (0.425 %)Fat Client
147 (0.425 %)EqualLogic
147 (0.425 %)Derivative
147 (0.425 %)Thin Client
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1177 (10.75 %)Windows
253 (3.218 %)UNIX
352 (3.157 %)Linux
352 (3.157 %)Windows Server 2003
440 (2.429 %)Windows Server 2008
523 (1.396 %)Nucleus RTOS
523 (1.396 %)Embedded Linux
523 (1.396 %)VxWorks
617 (1.032 %)Windows 2000 Server
617 (1.032 %)Solaris
78 (0.486 %)Windows 7
85 (0.304 %)Windows Vista
85 (0.304 %)i5/OS
85 (0.304 %)HPUX
94 (0.243 %)Windows XP
94 (0.243 %)MVS
94 (0.243 %)Red Hat Linux
103 (0.182 %)SUSE
112 (0.121 %)AIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1197 (11.96 %)Business Intelligence
2160 (9.715 %)Project Management
3158 (9.593 %)CRM
4132 (8.015 %)Business Development
5100 (6.072 %)Information Security
686 (5.222 %)ERP
770 (4.250 %)Change Management
861 (3.704 %)ITIL
955 (3.339 %)Business Analysis
1052 (3.157 %)Technical Architecture
1150 (3.036 %)Risk Management
1244 (2.672 %)Data Management
1342 (2.550 %)SAP Implementation
1437 (2.247 %)Migration
1535 (2.125 %)GAP Analysis
1633 (2.004 %)Time Management
1633 (2.004 %)Performance Management
1732 (1.943 %)Logistics
1732 (1.943 %)UML
1732 (1.943 %)SOA
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1145 (8.804 %)Java
2102 (6.193 %)SQL
371 (4.311 %)C
467 (4.068 %)C#
548 (2.914 %)ABAP
642 (2.550 %)C++
729 (1.761 %)JavaScript
823 (1.396 %)Embedded C
823 (1.396 %)Embedded C++
919 (1.154 %)T-SQL
1015 (0.911 %)Perl
1114 (0.850 %)VBA
1213 (0.789 %)VB.NET
1311 (0.668 %)PL/SQL
148 (0.486 %)VB
148 (0.486 %)Python
148 (0.486 %)X++
157 (0.425 %)Bash shell
165 (0.304 %)OCaml
165 (0.304 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1159 (9.654 %)Degree
295 (5.768 %)Microsoft Certification
394 (5.707 %)Security Cleared
456 (3.400 %)Cisco Certification
553 (3.218 %)MCSE
646 (2.793 %)DV Cleared
744 (2.672 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
843 (2.611 %)ACCA
942 (2.550 %)MCITP
1036 (2.186 %)CCNP
1036 (2.186 %)Citrix Certification
1133 (2.004 %)MCP
1232 (1.943 %)SC Cleared
1330 (1.821 %)CCA
1429 (1.761 %)CISSP
1528 (1.700 %)CCEA
1623 (1.396 %)MCTS
1722 (1.336 %)PhD
1722 (1.336 %)CISA
1722 (1.336 %)CISM
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
131 (1.882 %)PCI DSS
230 (1.821 %)ISO27001
327 (1.639 %)QA
420 (1.214 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
59 (0.546 %)JSP 440
67 (0.425 %)COBIT
74 (0.243 %)SLA
83 (0.182 %)ISO17799
92 (0.121 %)21 CFR Part 11
92 (0.121 %)BS7799
92 (0.121 %)Basel II
92 (0.121 %)BS25999
92 (0.121 %)HMG Infosec
101 (0.061 %)GAAP
101 (0.061 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
164 (3.886 %)Active Directory
236 (2.186 %)XenApp
335 (2.125 %)VMware Infrastructure
427 (1.639 %)XenDesktop
526 (1.579 %)XenServer
619 (1.154 %)Hyper-V
619 (1.154 %)VMware ESX
714 (0.850 %)Citrix Presentation Server
812 (0.729 %)vSphere
95 (0.304 %)Terminal Server
102 (0.121 %)NFS
111 (0.061 %)Oracle RAC
111 (0.061 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.061 %)ISA Server
111 (0.061 %)Veritas Volume Manager
111 (0.061 %)SRDF
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
117 (1.032 %)SCCM
29 (0.546 %)SCOM
37 (0.425 %)Tivoli
46 (0.364 %)Cisco IPCC
46 (0.364 %)HP Quality Center
55 (0.304 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
63 (0.182 %)Netcool
63 (0.182 %)OpenView
63 (0.182 %)NetBackup
72 (0.121 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
72 (0.121 %)CA Wily
72 (0.121 %)Unicenter
81 (0.061 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.061 %)MOM
81 (0.061 %)CiscoWorks
81 (0.061 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.061 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.061 %)HP NNM
81 (0.061 %)AssetCenter
81 (0.061 %)SCVMM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1459 (27.87 %)SAP
2213 (12.93 %)Microsoft
3144 (8.743 %)Oracle
496 (5.829 %)VMware
593 (5.647 %)Cisco
674 (4.493 %)Cognos
773 (4.432 %)Citrix
862 (3.764 %)Business Objects
948 (2.914 %)IBM
1045 (2.732 %)HP
1141 (2.489 %)EMC
1235 (2.125 %)Hyperion
1334 (2.064 %)JBoss
1433 (2.004 %)CheckPoint
1519 (1.154 %)OutlookSoft
1618 (1.093 %)Sage
1618 (1.093 %)Siebel
1717 (1.032 %)BMC
1717 (1.032 %)Blue Coat
1816 (0.971 %)Remedy