West Midlands Technical Consultant Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Technical Consultant role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Consultant
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Channel Islands Cheadle Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chippenham Cirencester City of London Coventry Crawley Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Durham East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Farnborough Farnham Feltham Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Ipswich Jersey Kendal Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lanarkshire Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Liverpool London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Reading Redhill Rochdale Rugby Runcorn Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stratford-upon-Avon Stroud Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swindon Thames Valley Tring Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Bromwich West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Wiltshire Winsford Woking Wokingham Wrexham York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	137	121
Rank change on same period last year	-16
Matching permanent IT job ads	92	123
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.050 %	0.051 %
As % of the category below	1.150 %	1.473 %
Salaries quoted	87	106
Average minimum salary	£38,261	£42,689
Average salary	£40,978	£46,132
% change on same period last year	-11.17 %
Average maximum salary	£43,696	£49,575
UK excluding London average salary	£43,102	£44,115
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
Job Titles West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads	8003	8352
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.308 %	3.481 %
Salaries quoted	6845	7254
Average minimum salary	£32,827	£33,784
Average salary	£35,731	£36,559
% change on same period last year	-2.26 %
Average maximum salary	£38,635	£39,334
UK excluding London average salary	£38,055	£39,430
% change on same period last year	-3.48 %
Technical Consultant England

Technical Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Technical Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Technical Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Consultant across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Birmingham	-47	25	£49,750	+4.37 %
Staffordshire	+2	23	£38,435	-29.53 %
Warwickshire	+5	19	£31,235	-25.94 %
Herefordshire	-5	13	£40,917	-5.93 %
Walsall	-	5	£39,400	-
West Bromwich	-	3	£37,167	-
Coventry	-	2	£62,750	-

Technical Consultant England

Technical Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 88 (36.07 %) Windows 2 85 (34.84 %) SQL Server 3 84 (34.43 %) SQL 4 74 (30.33 %) Oracle 5 50 (20.49 %) Health 6 45 (18.44 %) UNIX 7 42 (17.21 %) Datawarehouse 8 41 (16.80 %) Microsoft Certification 9 40 (16.39 %) .NET 10 39 (15.98 %) Business Intelligence 11 38 (15.57 %) NHS 11 38 (15.57 %) Workflow 11 38 (15.57 %) Pensions 12 37 (15.16 %) Finance 13 36 (14.75 %) OLAP

14 35 (14.34 %) VB 14 35 (14.34 %) CRM 15 33 (13.52 %) Java 15 33 (13.52 %) Microsoft 15 33 (13.52 %) Project Management 16 31 (12.70 %) MCSE 17 30 (12.30 %) COBOL 18 29 (11.89 %) VB.NET 19 28 (11.48 %) DB2 20 27 (11.07 %) C++ 20 27 (11.07 %) PL/SQL 20 27 (11.07 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 21 26 (10.66 %) Windows Server 2003 21 26 (10.66 %) SAP 22 25 (10.25 %) XML

Technical Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 40 (16.39 %) .NET 2 25 (10.25 %) XML 3 22 (9.016 %) SAP Smart Forms 3 22 (9.016 %) SAP XI 4 11 (4.508 %) ASP.NET 5 10 (4.098 %) HTML 6 4 (1.639 %) WebServices 6 4 (1.639 %) .NET Framework 7 1 (0.410 %) SAP Business Workflow 7 1 (0.410 %) SAP BSP 7 1 (0.410 %) WebSphere 7 1 (0.410 %) JSP 7 1 (0.410 %) J2EE 7 1 (0.410 %) XSLT 7 1 (0.410 %) Java RMI 7 1 (0.410 %) XForms 7 1 (0.410 %) Web Dynpro	Application Platforms 1 25 (10.25 %) MS Exchange 2 14 (5.738 %) Oracle Workflow 3 13 (5.328 %) SharePoint 4 11 (4.508 %) Exchange Server 2003 5 10 (4.098 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 6 (2.459 %) Lotus Domino 7 4 (1.639 %) Lotus Notes 8 3 (1.230 %) Apache 8 3 (1.230 %) Tomcat 8 3 (1.230 %) IIS 9 1 (0.410 %) JBoss 9 1 (0.410 %) BizTalk Server 9 1 (0.410 %) Exchange Server 2007 9 1 (0.410 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 19 (7.787 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 15 (6.148 %) Oracle EBS 2 14 (5.738 %) Oracle Financials 3 13 (5.328 %) Oracle 11i 4 10 (4.098 %) Microsoft CRM 4 10 (4.098 %) Dynamics CRM 5 2 (0.820 %) SAP CRM 6 1 (0.410 %) ResourceLink 6 1 (0.410 %) Oracle HRMS 6 1 (0.410 %) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking 1 15 (6.148 %) SAN 2 14 (5.738 %) Firewall 3 9 (3.689 %) VPN 3 9 (3.689 %) WAN 4 5 (2.049 %) LAN 4 5 (2.049 %) MPLS 5 4 (1.639 %) DNS 5 4 (1.639 %) Internet 6 2 (0.820 %) TCP/IP 6 2 (0.820 %) IP Telephony 6 2 (0.820 %) Cisco PIX 7 1 (0.410 %) Wireless 7 1 (0.410 %) SDH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 85 (34.84 %) SQL Server 2 42 (17.21 %) Datawarehouse 3 36 (14.75 %) OLAP 4 28 (11.48 %) DB2 5 27 (11.07 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 6 24 (9.836 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 19 (7.787 %) Oracle 9i 8 17 (6.967 %) Oracle Reports 9 16 (6.557 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 16 (6.557 %) SQL Server 2000 10 13 (5.328 %) SQLPlus 10 13 (5.328 %) SQL Server Integration Services 11 10 (4.098 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 12 6 (2.459 %) SQL Server 2005 12 6 (2.459 %) Oracle 10g 13 4 (1.639 %) RDBMS 14 2 (0.820 %) Oracle 11g 15 1 (0.410 %) MySQL 15 1 (0.410 %) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications 1 17 (6.967 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.410 %) JDeveloper 2 1 (0.410 %) Visual Studio	General 1 50 (20.49 %) Health 2 38 (15.57 %) Pensions 3 37 (15.16 %) Finance 4 15 (6.148 %) Education 5 13 (5.328 %) Manufacturing 6 8 (3.279 %) Insurance 7 5 (2.049 %) Telecoms 8 3 (1.230 %) Retail 9 2 (0.820 %) Back Office 10 1 (0.410 %) Automotive 10 1 (0.410 %) Government 10 1 (0.410 %) Local Government
Miscellaneous 1 38 (15.57 %) NHS 2 13 (5.328 %) Data Conversion 3 7 (2.869 %) Thin Client 3 7 (2.869 %) Fat Client 4 5 (2.049 %) Clustering 5 3 (1.230 %) EPoS 6 2 (0.820 %) AS400 7 1 (0.410 %) HACMP 7 1 (0.410 %) Management Information System 7 1 (0.410 %) Firmware	Operating Systems 1 88 (36.07 %) Windows 2 45 (18.44 %) UNIX 3 26 (10.66 %) Windows Server 2003 4 13 (5.328 %) AIX 5 12 (4.918 %) Solaris 6 11 (4.508 %) Windows 2000 7 9 (3.689 %) OS/400 7 9 (3.689 %) zOS 8 6 (2.459 %) Windows 2000 Server 9 5 (2.049 %) Windows Vista 9 5 (2.049 %) Windows XP 9 5 (2.049 %) HPUX 10 3 (1.230 %) Windows Server 2008 11 1 (0.410 %) Linux
Processes & Methodologies 1 39 (15.98 %) Business Intelligence 2 38 (15.57 %) Workflow 3 35 (14.34 %) CRM 4 33 (13.52 %) Project Management 5 16 (6.557 %) PRINCE2 6 13 (5.328 %) Migration 6 13 (5.328 %) Supply Chain Management 6 13 (5.328 %) Business Development 7 11 (4.508 %) Data Migration 8 10 (4.098 %) User Acceptance Testing 8 10 (4.098 %) OO 9 7 (2.869 %) ITIL 10 5 (2.049 %) Validation 10 5 (2.049 %) Network Load Balancing 10 5 (2.049 %) Software Testing 10 5 (2.049 %) Data Validation 11 4 (1.639 %) OOP 12 3 (1.230 %) Service Management 12 3 (1.230 %) Business Continuity 12 3 (1.230 %) Disaster Recovery	Programming Languages 1 84 (34.43 %) SQL 2 35 (14.34 %) VB 3 33 (13.52 %) Java 4 30 (12.30 %) COBOL 5 29 (11.89 %) VB.NET 6 27 (11.07 %) C++ 6 27 (11.07 %) PL/SQL 7 24 (9.836 %) ABAP 8 22 (9.016 %) SAPscript 8 22 (9.016 %) C 9 12 (4.918 %) C# 10 11 (4.508 %) JavaScript 11 9 (3.689 %) Perl 11 9 (3.689 %) Shell Script 12 2 (0.820 %) Korn 12 2 (0.820 %) Transact-SQL 12 2 (0.820 %) RPG
Qualifications 1 41 (16.80 %) Microsoft Certification 2 31 (12.70 %) MCSE 3 23 (9.426 %) Degree 4 15 (6.148 %) MCP 5 13 (5.328 %) CCNA 5 13 (5.328 %) Cisco Certification 6 8 (3.279 %) MCSA 7 7 (2.869 %) Citrix Certification 8 5 (2.049 %) SCSA 8 5 (2.049 %) CCA 8 5 (2.049 %) MCDST 9 3 (1.230 %) CCDE 9 3 (1.230 %) CCIE 9 3 (1.230 %) CCNP 9 3 (1.230 %) VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 9 3 (1.230 %) ITIL Certification 10 2 (0.820 %) OCP 10 2 (0.820 %) Oracle Certification 10 2 (0.820 %) CCDA 10 2 (0.820 %) CCDP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (0.820 %) QA
System Software 1 25 (10.25 %) Active Directory 2 11 (4.508 %) VMware Infrastructure 3 10 (4.098 %) NetBackup 4 6 (2.459 %) VMware ESX 5 4 (1.639 %) Oracle RMAN 5 4 (1.639 %) Oracle RAC 6 2 (0.820 %) MetaFrame 7 1 (0.410 %) ISA Server 7 1 (0.410 %) Citrix Presentation Server	Systems Management 1 3 (1.230 %) MOM 1 3 (1.230 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 3 (1.230 %) SCCM 1 3 (1.230 %) SCOM
Vendors 1 74 (30.33 %) Oracle 2 33 (13.52 %) Microsoft 3 26 (10.66 %) SAP 4 22 (9.016 %) VMware 5 19 (7.787 %) Citrix 6 11 (4.508 %) Cisco 7 8 (3.279 %) IBM 8 5 (2.049 %) HP 8 5 (2.049 %) NetApp 9 4 (1.639 %) VERITAS 9 4 (1.639 %) Lotus 9 4 (1.639 %) Symantec 10 2 (0.820 %) PlateSpin 11 1 (0.410 %) Savvion 11 1 (0.410 %) Pega 11 1 (0.410 %) FileNet 11 1 (0.410 %) Metastorm 11 1 (0.410 %) Intalio 11 1 (0.410 %) Lombardi 11 1 (0.410 %) TIBCO