The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Consultant role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Consultant
Rank 201 179 170
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 3 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.060% 0.132% 0.144%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.062% 0.137% 0.150%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 5
Average salary £40,000 £31,250 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.00% -8.08%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £46,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-13.04% +15.00%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Consultant
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Consultant Salary Trend

Applications Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Consultant within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -19 2 £40,000 +45.45%
Applications Consultant
England

Applications Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title.

1 17 (89.47%) SQL
2 15 (78.95%) Windows
3 13 (68.42%) UNIX
4 11 (57.89%) Linux
5 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
5 9 (47.37%) Perl
6 8 (42.11%) PHP
6 8 (42.11%) HTML
6 8 (42.11%) Python
6 8 (42.11%) Internet
6 8 (42.11%) Project Management
6 8 (42.11%) NoSQL
6 8 (42.11%) Business Analysis
7 4 (21.05%) Finance
7 4 (21.05%) CRM
7 4 (21.05%) Java
7 4 (21.05%) C#
7 4 (21.05%) Oracle
7 4 (21.05%) ITIL
8 3 (15.79%) Logistics
8 3 (15.79%) Degree
9 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
9 2 (10.53%) DB2
9 2 (10.53%) JBoss
9 2 (10.53%) Tomcat
9 2 (10.53%) J2EE
9 2 (10.53%) IBM
9 2 (10.53%) SAN
10 1 (5.263%) Retail
10 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis

Applications Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications 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 Applications Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (42.11%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
2 2 (10.53%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 8 (42.11%) Internet
2 2 (10.53%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (47.37%) SQL Server
2 8 (42.11%) NoSQL
3 2 (10.53%) DB2
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) UNIX
3 11 (57.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Project Management
1 8 (42.11%) Business Analysis
2 4 (21.05%) CRM
2 4 (21.05%) ITIL
3 3 (15.79%) Logistics
4 1 (5.263%) Data Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Workflow
4 1 (5.263%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
4 1 (5.263%) Software Testing
4 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (89.47%) SQL
2 9 (47.37%) Perl
3 8 (42.11%) PHP
3 8 (42.11%) Python
4 4 (21.05%) Java
4 4 (21.05%) C#
5 1 (5.263%) VBA
5 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle
2 2 (10.53%) JBoss
2 2 (10.53%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) RedPrairie