The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Consultant
Rank 667 700 609
Rank change year-on-year
+33 -91
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Consultant 194 190 270
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.179% 0.157% 0.221%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.189% 0.165% 0.235%
Number of salaries quoted 174 161 232
Average salary £42,500 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.19% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £28,500 £24,050
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Software Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Software Consultant Salary Trend

Software Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Consultant over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Software Consultant Salary Histogram

Software 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 Software Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +12 181 £42,500 -
London +25 60 £42,500 -29.16%
South East -4 51 £38,500 +10.00%
Surrey +10 20 £38,500 -
City of London +23 19 £55,000 -8.33%
East of England +5 17 £35,000 -26.31%
East Midlands +13 14 £45,000 +38.46%
South West -12 14 £35,000 +45.83%
Dorset -7 13 £35,000 -
Northamptonshire - 13 £45,000 -
Corby - 11 - -
West Yorkshire 0 9 £22,000 -39.31%
Yorkshire -2 9 £22,000 -37.14%
Scotland -2 9 £42,500 +21.42%
North West -20 9 £47,500 +35.71%
West Midlands -25 8 £42,500 +41.66%
Coventry - 8 £41,250 -
Warwickshire +11 7 £42,500 +21.42%
Leamington Spa +5 7 £42,500 +21.42%
Cambridgeshire +3 7 £35,000 -26.31%
Oxfordshire -22 7 £50,000 +57.48%
Aberdeen - 7 £42,500 -
Warwick - 7 £42,500 -
Redhill +13 6 £57,500 -11.53%
Manchester -13 6 £45,000 +16.12%
Oxford -13 6 £47,500 +55.73%
Pudsey - 6 £22,000 -
Birmingham - 6 £43,750 -
Kent - 6 £42,500 -
East Sussex +5 5 £26,500 -

Software Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title.

1 152 (35.60%) Degree
2 119 (27.87%) Project Management
3 117 (27.40%) SQL
4 106 (24.82%) Microsoft
5 102 (23.89%) Java
6 101 (23.65%) SQL Server
7 97 (22.72%) .NET
8 95 (22.25%) Finance
9 92 (21.55%) MS Excel
10 76 (17.80%) C#
11 71 (16.63%) Oracle
12 60 (14.05%) Business Analysis
13 51 (11.94%) Windows
14 50 (11.71%) XML
14 50 (11.71%) Telecoms
15 48 (11.24%) ASP.NET
16 47 (11.01%) Computer Science
16 47 (11.01%) SaaS
17 46 (10.77%) ERP
18 44 (10.30%) HTML
19 43 (10.07%) Linux
19 43 (10.07%) CRM
20 38 (8.899%) Sage
21 32 (7.494%) JavaScript
22 30 (7.026%) Salesforce.com
23 29 (6.792%) Banking
24 27 (6.323%) SAP
25 26 (6.089%) J2EE
26 25 (5.855%) Front Office
27 23 (5.386%) MS Office

Software Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software 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 Software Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 97 (22.72%) .NET
2 50 (11.71%) XML
3 48 (11.24%) ASP.NET
4 44 (10.30%) HTML
5 26 (6.089%) J2EE
6 19 (4.450%) Web Services
7 18 (4.215%) CSS
8 17 (3.981%) ASP.NET MVC
9 11 (2.576%) Hibernate
10 9 (2.108%) jQuery
11 8 (1.874%) WebSphere
12 7 (1.639%) Ajax
13 6 (1.405%) JSP
13 6 (1.405%) ASP
13 6 (1.405%) .NET Framework
14 5 (1.171%) WCF
15 4 (0.937%) Servlets
15 4 (0.937%) Visualforce
16 3 (0.703%) Java EE
16 3 (0.703%) WF
Application Platforms
1 19 (4.450%) IIS
2 17 (3.981%) Force.com
3 10 (2.342%) WebLogic
4 9 (2.108%) SharePoint
5 8 (1.874%) Oracle Workflow
6 7 (1.639%) Apache
7 5 (1.171%) Windows Azure
8 3 (0.703%) SAS
8 3 (0.703%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.703%) MSMQ
8 3 (0.703%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (0.468%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.468%) MS Exchange
9 2 (0.468%) Exchange Server 2010
10 1 (0.234%) Confluence
10 1 (0.234%) ESB
10 1 (0.234%) Drupal
10 1 (0.234%) Jetty
10 1 (0.234%) Oracle Application Server
Applications
1 92 (21.55%) MS Excel
2 23 (5.386%) MS Office
3 4 (0.937%) MS Project
4 2 (0.468%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 23 (5.386%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (2.810%) Dynamics NAV
3 10 (2.342%) Oracle CRM
4 7 (1.639%) Oracle ERP
5 6 (1.405%) Exchequer
5 6 (1.405%) Sage 200
5 6 (1.405%) GoldMine
6 5 (1.171%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (1.171%) Agresso
7 2 (0.468%) WebTrends
7 2 (0.468%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.468%) SalesLogix
7 2 (0.468%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.468%) SiteCatalyst
8 1 (0.234%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
8 1 (0.234%) Line 50
8 1 (0.234%) MFGPRO
8 1 (0.234%) Movex
8 1 (0.234%) Lawson
8 1 (0.234%) Pegasus Opera
Communications & Networking
1 21 (4.918%) TCP/IP
2 20 (4.684%) Internet
3 4 (0.937%) HTTP
3 4 (0.937%) DNS
4 2 (0.468%) SMS
4 2 (0.468%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.234%) WAN
5 1 (0.234%) LAN
5 1 (0.234%) SAN
5 1 (0.234%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 101 (23.65%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.981%) MySQL
3 11 (2.576%) MS Access
4 8 (1.874%) Crystal Reports
5 6 (1.405%) Oracle 8/8i
5 6 (1.405%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (1.405%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (1.405%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (1.171%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (1.171%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 4 (0.937%) DB2
8 3 (0.703%) OpenWorks
8 3 (0.703%) RDBMS
9 2 (0.468%) Big Data
10 1 (0.234%) GIS
Development Applications
1 9 (2.108%) Visual Studio
2 3 (0.703%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.468%) LoadRunner
3 2 (0.468%) ClearCase
4 1 (0.234%) Hamcrest
4 1 (0.234%) JIRA
4 1 (0.234%) Git (software)
4 1 (0.234%) Talend Open Studio
4 1 (0.234%) Mercurial
4 1 (0.234%) Subversion
4 1 (0.234%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.234%) ClearQuest
4 1 (0.234%) Ant
General
1 95 (22.25%) Finance
2 50 (11.71%) Telecoms
3 29 (6.792%) Banking
4 25 (5.855%) Front Office
5 18 (4.215%) Back Office
6 11 (2.576%) Marketing
7 10 (2.342%) Games
8 6 (1.405%) Advertising
8 6 (1.405%) French Language
8 6 (1.405%) German Language
9 5 (1.171%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.937%) Financial Institution
11 3 (0.703%) Local Government
11 3 (0.703%) Electronics
11 3 (0.703%) Legal
12 2 (0.468%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.468%) Publishing
13 1 (0.234%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.01%) Computer Science
1 47 (11.01%) SaaS
2 20 (4.684%) Mathematics
3 10 (2.342%) Physics
4 8 (1.874%) E-Learning
4 8 (1.874%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (1.874%) Data Conversion
5 6 (1.405%) Tandem
6 4 (0.937%) NHS
7 3 (0.703%) PaaS
7 3 (0.703%) Social Media
8 2 (0.468%) Thin Client
8 2 (0.468%) Clustering
8 2 (0.468%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.468%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.468%) RIA
8 2 (0.468%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.468%) Open Source
8 2 (0.468%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.234%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (11.94%) Windows
2 43 (10.07%) Linux
3 19 (4.450%) UNIX
4 15 (3.513%) Solaris
5 9 (2.108%) Android
5 9 (2.108%) Apple iOS
6 8 (1.874%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (1.405%) Windows XP
7 6 (1.405%) Windows Server 2003
8 3 (0.703%) Windows 2000
9 2 (0.468%) AIX
9 2 (0.468%) Windows Vista
9 2 (0.468%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.234%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.234%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.234%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.234%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (27.87%) Project Management
2 60 (14.05%) Business Analysis
3 46 (10.77%) ERP
4 43 (10.07%) CRM
5 21 (4.918%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (4.918%) Workflow
5 21 (4.918%) MVC
6 19 (4.450%) Investment Management
7 17 (3.981%) Waterfall
8 15 (3.513%) OO
9 14 (3.279%) Scrum
9 14 (3.279%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (3.279%) Software Testing
10 13 (3.044%) Software Engineering
11 12 (2.810%) Workflow Management
11 12 (2.810%) Time Management
12 11 (2.576%) Asset Management
12 11 (2.576%) Configuration Management
12 11 (2.576%) PRINCE2
13 10 (2.342%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 117 (27.40%) SQL
2 102 (23.89%) Java
3 76 (17.80%) C#
4 32 (7.494%) JavaScript
5 22 (5.152%) C++
6 18 (4.215%) VB.NET
7 15 (3.513%) C
8 14 (3.279%) Perl
8 14 (3.279%) Python
9 12 (2.810%) Lua
10 8 (1.874%) T-SQL
11 6 (1.405%) VB
12 4 (0.937%) PHP
12 4 (0.937%) Assembly Language
12 4 (0.937%) MATLAB
12 4 (0.937%) Apex Code
13 3 (0.703%) Embedded C++
14 2 (0.468%) VBA
14 2 (0.468%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.234%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 152 (35.60%) Degree
2 17 (3.981%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.810%) DV Cleared
4 10 (2.342%) Microsoft Certification
5 6 (1.405%) MCP
5 6 (1.405%) CIMA
5 6 (1.405%) ACCA
6 3 (0.703%) GWAPT
6 3 (0.703%) CSSLP
6 3 (0.703%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.703%) PhD
7 2 (0.468%) ISEB
8 1 (0.234%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.810%) QA
2 1 (0.234%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.171%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (0.937%) Hyper-V
3 3 (0.703%) XenApp
3 3 (0.703%) XenServer
3 3 (0.703%) XenDesktop
3 3 (0.703%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (0.703%) Terminal Services
4 2 (0.468%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.468%) vSphere
4 2 (0.468%) vCloud
5 1 (0.234%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 3 (0.703%) WSUS
2 2 (0.468%) AppDetective
3 1 (0.234%) SCCM
3 1 (0.234%) WebInspect
3 1 (0.234%) Norton AntiVirus
3 1 (0.234%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.234%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 106 (24.82%) Microsoft
2 71 (16.63%) Oracle
3 38 (8.899%) Sage
4 30 (7.026%) Salesforce.com
5 27 (6.323%) SAP
6 22 (5.152%) Pegasus
7 17 (3.981%) Business Objects
7 17 (3.981%) Citrix
8 14 (3.279%) NetSuite
9 11 (2.576%) Infor
9 11 (2.576%) PeopleSoft
9 11 (2.576%) Epicor
10 10 (2.342%) HP
11 9 (2.108%) IBM
12 8 (1.874%) VMware
13 6 (1.405%) Symantec
14 5 (1.171%) Sybase
15 4 (0.937%) JBoss
15 4 (0.937%) CODA
15 4 (0.937%) McAfee
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