The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 advertised for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 42 57 66
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 4 3 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 1.394% 0.857% 0.222%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.455% 0.872% 0.228%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
Average salary £33,750 £32,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84% -40.90%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
275 344 439
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.82% 98.29% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 220 232 329
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Consultant
Hertfordshire

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford Technical Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Watford region.

Watford Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the Watford region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Watford Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title.

1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 8 (80.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (60.00%) Firewall
5 5 (50.00%) MySQL
5 5 (50.00%) Apache
5 5 (50.00%) Tomcat
6 4 (40.00%) IIS
6 4 (40.00%) VB
6 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
7 3 (30.00%) VMware
7 3 (30.00%) Java
7 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (30.00%) vSphere
7 3 (30.00%) MCITP
7 3 (30.00%) MCTS
8 2 (20.00%) SCCM
8 2 (20.00%) SCOM
8 2 (20.00%) SCVMM
8 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
8 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (20.00%) Office 365
8 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
8 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
8 2 (20.00%) Web Services
8 2 (20.00%) XML

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
1 2 (20.00%) XML
2 1 (10.00%) .NET
2 1 (10.00%) ASP
2 1 (10.00%) soapUI
2 1 (10.00%) Silverlight
2 1 (10.00%) LINQ
2 1 (10.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Apache
1 5 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 4 (40.00%) IIS
3 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (10.00%) Lync
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Office 365
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (10.00%) LAN
2 1 (10.00%) DHCP
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (10.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (50.00%) MySQL
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) AdminStudio
1 1 (10.00%) Selenium
General
1 1 (10.00%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (20.00%) Identity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Migration
3 1 (10.00%) CRM
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Test Scripting
3 1 (10.00%) Manual Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (90.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) VB
3 3 (30.00%) Java
4 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
4 1 (10.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (10.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) MCITP
1 3 (30.00%) MCTS
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (10.00%) MCSA
2 1 (10.00%) ISEB
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNP
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) vSphere
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
2 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) SCCM
1 2 (20.00%) SCOM
1 2 (20.00%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) VMware
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix