The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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 advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Consultant
Rank 146 136 107
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -29
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Consultant 53 54 64
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.054% 1.170% 1.571%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.099% 1.220% 1.642%
Number of salaries quoted 48 44 59
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £35,000 £36,200
10% offered a salary of more than £48,650 £55,000 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4426 3898
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.90% 95.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4016 3887 3325
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £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%
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Technical Consultant Salary Trend

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Technical Consultant Salary Histogram

Technical Consultant
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Consultant within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham -23 20 £45,000 -
Coventry -7 8 £48,500 -
Staffordshire +3 7 £45,000 -18.18%
Solihull -6 7 £40,000 -
West Bromwich - 6 £40,000 -
Warwickshire +8 4 £45,000 -18.18%
Shropshire - 3 £32,500 -
Worcestershire +6 2 £45,000 +45.16%
Wolverhampton - 2 £45,000 -
Technical Consultant
England

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 84 (64.62%) Windows
2 73 (56.15%) Microsoft
3 56 (43.08%) SQL Server
4 54 (41.54%) Windows Server 2008
5 52 (40.00%) Active Directory
6 49 (37.69%) Citrix
7 44 (33.85%) VMware
8 41 (31.54%) VMware Infrastructure
9 39 (30.00%) MS Exchange
10 35 (26.92%) MS Excel
11 33 (25.38%) Cisco
12 32 (24.62%) SQL
13 26 (20.00%) Retail
13 26 (20.00%) MCITP
14 25 (19.23%) Lync
15 24 (18.46%) Clustering
16 23 (17.69%) IIS
16 23 (17.69%) Windows Server 2003
17 22 (16.92%) HP
18 21 (16.15%) SAN
18 21 (16.15%) Finance
19 20 (15.38%) Hyper-V
20 19 (14.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
21 18 (13.85%) SQL Server 2005
21 18 (13.85%) SQL Server 2008
21 18 (13.85%) vSphere
22 17 (13.08%) Exchange Server 2010
22 17 (13.08%) XenDesktop
22 17 (13.08%) PCI DSS
22 17 (13.08%) SCCM

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 12 (9.231%) .NET
2 8 (6.154%) Application Packaging
2 8 (6.154%) HTML
3 4 (3.077%) ASP.NET
4 3 (2.308%) CGI
4 3 (2.308%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (1.538%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.538%) COM
5 2 (1.538%) Middleware
6 1 (0.769%) Web Services
6 1 (0.769%) XML
6 1 (0.769%) J2EE
6 1 (0.769%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.769%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.769%) Drools
Application Platforms
1 39 (30.00%) MS Exchange
2 25 (19.23%) Lync
3 23 (17.69%) IIS
4 17 (13.08%) Exchange Server 2010
5 13 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
6 10 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
6 10 (7.692%) SharePoint
7 8 (6.154%) SharePoint 2010
8 5 (3.846%) Tomcat
8 5 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2000
9 3 (2.308%) Exchange Server 2003
10 2 (1.538%) Office Communications Server
10 2 (1.538%) SAS
10 2 (1.538%) Lotus Notes
10 2 (1.538%) Lotus Domino
11 1 (0.769%) CMS
11 1 (0.769%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.769%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (26.92%) MS Excel
2 11 (8.462%) Office 365
3 6 (4.615%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (3.077%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.538%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.769%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.769%) Oracle HRMS
3 1 (0.769%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 21 (16.15%) SAN
2 14 (10.77%) Unified Communications
2 14 (10.77%) Firewall
3 12 (9.231%) DNS
4 11 (8.462%) LAN
4 11 (8.462%) WAN
5 10 (7.692%) DHCP
6 9 (6.923%) TCP/IP
6 9 (6.923%) NAS
6 9 (6.923%) Cisco Nexus
7 8 (6.154%) Wireless
7 8 (6.154%) Internet
8 7 (5.385%) SSL
8 7 (5.385%) Network Security
9 4 (3.077%) VoIP
10 3 (2.308%) PBX
11 2 (1.538%) Fibre Channel
11 2 (1.538%) iSCSI
11 2 (1.538%) CTI
12 1 (0.769%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (43.08%) SQL Server
2 19 (14.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 18 (13.85%) SQL Server 2005
3 18 (13.85%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (3.846%) MySQL
5 2 (1.538%) QlikView
5 2 (1.538%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.538%) Ingres
5 2 (1.538%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.769%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 16 (12.31%) MSI
2 2 (1.538%) Eclipse
General
1 26 (20.00%) Retail
2 21 (16.15%) Finance
3 12 (9.231%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.077%) Banking
5 3 (2.308%) Billing
6 2 (1.538%) Legal
6 2 (1.538%) Advertising
7 1 (0.769%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.769%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.46%) Clustering
2 16 (12.31%) Chip and PIN
3 11 (8.462%) Enterprise Software
4 8 (6.154%) Computer Science
4 8 (6.154%) Biometrics
4 8 (6.154%) Smartcard
5 7 (5.385%) SaaS
6 6 (4.615%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.308%) IVR
8 2 (1.538%) iPhone
9 1 (0.769%) EPoS
9 1 (0.769%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.769%) Credit Risk
9 1 (0.769%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 84 (64.62%) Windows
2 54 (41.54%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (17.69%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (10.00%) Windows 7
5 10 (7.692%) Linux
6 9 (6.923%) Windows 8
7 6 (4.615%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (1.538%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.769%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.769%) UNIX
9 1 (0.769%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.769%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (12.31%) Load Balancing
2 10 (7.692%) Project Management
2 10 (7.692%) Identity Management
3 9 (6.923%) Data Protection
4 8 (6.154%) Cyber Security
4 8 (6.154%) Change Control
5 7 (5.385%) Security Management
5 7 (5.385%) Migration
6 6 (4.615%) Disaster Recovery
7 5 (3.846%) CRM
7 5 (3.846%) Data Management
7 5 (3.846%) Business Development
8 4 (3.077%) Network Design
8 4 (3.077%) ITIL
8 4 (3.077%) Change Management
9 3 (2.308%) MVC
9 3 (2.308%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (2.308%) TDD
10 2 (1.538%) Data Migration
10 2 (1.538%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 32 (24.62%) SQL
2 13 (10.00%) C#
3 8 (6.154%) JavaScript
4 6 (4.615%) Java
5 4 (3.077%) VB
6 3 (2.308%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.538%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.538%) FoxPro (VFP)
7 2 (1.538%) VBScript
7 2 (1.538%) C++
7 2 (1.538%) VB.NET
7 2 (1.538%) VBA
8 1 (0.769%) C
Qualifications
1 26 (20.00%) MCITP
2 17 (13.08%) Microsoft Certification
3 12 (9.231%) MCSE
4 11 (8.462%) MCTS
5 10 (7.692%) Security Cleared
5 10 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 8 (6.154%) Degree
6 8 (6.154%) CISSP
7 6 (4.615%) MCSA
7 6 (4.615%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (4.615%) Citrix Certification
7 6 (4.615%) CCNA
8 5 (3.846%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 5 (3.846%) CCEE
8 5 (3.846%) NCDA
8 5 (3.846%) NCIE
9 4 (3.077%) CCAA
9 4 (3.077%) CCNP
10 3 (2.308%) IBM Certification
11 2 (1.538%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (13.08%) PCI DSS
2 8 (6.154%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 41 (31.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 20 (15.38%) Hyper-V
4 18 (13.85%) vSphere
5 17 (13.08%) XenDesktop
6 16 (12.31%) XenApp
7 11 (8.462%) XenServer
8 9 (6.923%) Microsoft App-V
8 9 (6.923%) VMware ESX
9 2 (1.538%) Forefront TMG
9 2 (1.538%) ISA Server
10 1 (0.769%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 17 (13.08%) SCCM
1 17 (13.08%) SCOM
2 16 (12.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 10 (7.692%) Backup Exec
4 7 (5.385%) SCVMM
5 6 (4.615%) Norton AntiVirus
5 6 (4.615%) ARCserve
6 5 (3.846%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 5 (3.846%) Tivoli
6 5 (3.846%) Tivoli Storage Manager
6 5 (3.846%) NetBackup
6 5 (3.846%) WSUS
7 2 (1.538%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (1.538%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 73 (56.15%) Microsoft
2 49 (37.69%) Citrix
3 44 (33.85%) VMware
4 33 (25.38%) Cisco
5 22 (16.92%) HP
6 17 (13.08%) NCR
7 16 (12.31%) Wincor Nixdorf
8 11 (8.462%) Symantec
8 11 (8.462%) Juniper
9 10 (7.692%) Dell
9 10 (7.692%) McAfee
9 10 (7.692%) NetApp
10 9 (6.923%) Sophos
11 8 (6.154%) Fujitsu
11 8 (6.154%) Oracle
11 8 (6.154%) Avaya
12 7 (5.385%) CA
13 6 (4.615%) Dialogic
13 6 (4.615%) Mitel
13 6 (4.615%) Nortel
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