The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Development 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 Development Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Development Consultant
Rank 863 899 868
Rank change year-on-year
+36 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Development Consultant 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.001% 0.001% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% 0.001% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £37,500 £50,000 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +22.69%
UK excluding London average salary - - £36,500
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102708 116230 115193
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.23%
Number of salaries quoted 85414 99672 97379
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 Development Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Software Development Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Software Development Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Software Development Consultant Salary Trend

Software Development Consultant
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Development Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
London +48 1 £37,500 -25.00%
England +32 1 £37,500 -25.00%
City of London +20 1 £37,500 -25.00%

Software Development Consultant
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software Development 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 Development Consultant in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) C#
3 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 3 (42.86%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
3 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
3 3 (42.86%) MVC
3 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 3 (42.86%) WCF
3 3 (42.86%) WF
3 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
3 3 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (42.86%) Windows Azure
3 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
4 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
4 2 (28.57%) AppFabric
5 1 (14.29%) C++
5 1 (14.29%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 1 (14.29%) UNIX
5 1 (14.29%) Linux
5 1 (14.29%) OO
5 1 (14.29%) Python
5 1 (14.29%) Tcl
5 1 (14.29%) Games
5 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
5 1 (14.29%) Finance

Software Development Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Software Development 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 Development Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
1 3 (42.86%) WCF
1 3 (42.86%) WF
2 2 (28.57%) Razor View Engine
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET MVC
2 2 (28.57%) AppFabric
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) Windows Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Visual Studio
1 3 (42.86%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 1 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) UNIX
1 1 (14.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) OO
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (14.29%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared