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This section looks at the demand for the Consultant role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkConsultant
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1513
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads1636226490
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled8.808 %11.04 %
As % of the category below9.739 %11.85 %
Salaries quoted1308920094
Average minimum salary£45,919£46,862
Average salary£51,430£52,366
% change on same period last year-1.78 %
Average maximum salary£56,942£57,870
UK excluding London average salary£49,091£51,387
% change on same period last year-4.46 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Consultant Demand Trend

Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Consultant Salary Trend

Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Consultant over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Consultant Salary Histogram

Consultant
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Consultant within the UK 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-214735£50,772-1.06 %
LondonUp+35941£55,610+2.60 %
South EastDown-13868£48,823-4.04 %
BerkshireUp+41444£47,994-2.87 %
North WestDown-51267£47,797-7.46 %
City of LondonDown-11024£56,822+3.12 %
ManchesterDown-4878£49,787-7.73 %
SurreyDown-3818£53,939+0.07 %
West MidlandsDown-8762£46,058-5.36 %
East of EnglandDown-10604£42,090-7.57 %
South WestDown-21535£40,394-4.24 %
YorkshireDown-10482£42,237+11.97 %
BuckinghamshireUp+11368£40,128-6.65 %
HampshireDown-13354£45,150-9.17 %
East MidlandsUp+1332£42,645-1.33 %
ScotlandUp+2331£44,643-7.19 %
ReadingDown-1308£47,187-3.64 %
BirminghamDown-8307£54,440+0.02 %
West YorkshireDown-17284£40,091+6.48 %
MidlandsNo change0279£54,570-1.00 %
HertfordshireDown-10264£43,002-7.16 %
OxfordshireDown-1213£44,792+8.41 %
BristolDown-10198£37,381-4.88 %
CheshireDown-4190£39,067+9.46 %
CambridgeshireDown-3178£40,946-3.45 %
MiddlesexUp+10176£52,039+11.13 %
NottinghamshireUp+6170£40,390+2.25 %
LeedsDown-19159£38,823+2.15 %
EdinburghDown-2156£38,839-25.83 %
SloughUp+5147£43,182-7.28 %

Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Consultant in their job title.

19250 (25.28 %)SAP
28263 (22.58 %)Finance
35167 (14.12 %)Oracle
45103 (13.94 %)Microsoft
54204 (11.49 %)SQL
63848 (10.51 %)Business Intelligence
73674 (10.04 %)SQL Server
83626 (9.908 %)Windows
93540 (9.673 %)Degree
103471 (9.484 %)Project Management
113287 (8.982 %)CRM
122811 (7.681 %).NET
132645 (7.227 %)Retail
142595 (7.091 %)MS Excel
152523 (6.894 %)Java
162147 (5.867 %)UNIX
171979 (5.408 %)Banking
181977 (5.402 %)ERP
191760 (4.809 %)Cisco
201676 (4.580 %)Microsoft Certification
211673 (4.571 %)Health
221656 (4.525 %)Telecoms
231590 (4.345 %)SAP BW
241589 (4.342 %)SAP FI
251566 (4.279 %)C#
261545 (4.222 %)Datawarehouse
271532 (4.186 %)SAP CO
281518 (4.148 %)SAP FI/CO
291497 (4.090 %)Pensions
301481 (4.047 %)VMware

Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12811 (7.681 %).NET
21458 (3.984 %)XML
31244 (3.399 %)J2EE
41001 (2.735 %)HTML
5844 (2.306 %)ASP.NET
6664 (1.814 %)WebSphere
7599 (1.637 %)WebServices
8467 (1.276 %)ASP
9416 (1.137 %)SAP XI
10413 (1.129 %)Middleware
11412 (1.126 %)SAP Basis
12325 (0.888 %)CSS
13248 (0.678 %)JSP
14207 (0.566 %).NET Framework
15180 (0.492 %)SOAP
16176 (0.481 %)Windows SharePoint Services
17157 (0.429 %)AJAX
18150 (0.410 %)XSL
19149 (0.407 %)XHTML
20130 (0.355 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11402 (3.831 %)SharePoint
21082 (2.957 %)SAS
3834 (2.279 %)MS Exchange
4760 (2.077 %)NetWeaver
5696 (1.902 %)IIS
6634 (1.732 %)BizTalk Server
7618 (1.689 %)SharePoint Server 2007
8426 (1.164 %)Exchange Server 2003
9311 (0.850 %)WebLogic
10255 (0.697 %)Exchange Server 2007
11247 (0.675 %)Apache
12239 (0.653 %)JBoss
13224 (0.612 %)Tomcat
14195 (0.533 %)CMS
15190 (0.519 %)Oracle Workflow
16176 (0.481 %)WebSphere Application Server
17164 (0.448 %)Documentum
18141 (0.385 %)SharePoint Portal Server
19121 (0.331 %)Exchange Server 2000
20112 (0.306 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12595 (7.091 %)MS Excel
2765 (2.090 %)MS Office
3522 (1.426 %)MS Visio
4228 (0.623 %)MS Project
5173 (0.473 %)SPSS
6120 (0.328 %)MS PowerPoint
767 (0.183 %)CA Clarity
855 (0.150 %)InfoPath
940 (0.109 %)Spreadsheet
1032 (0.087 %)Photoshop
1124 (0.066 %)PrintSoft PReS
1218 (0.049 %)Adobe Illustrator
1315 (0.041 %)Acrobat
1315 (0.041 %)Fireworks
1414 (0.038 %)DOC1
1512 (0.033 %)InDesign
1512 (0.033 %)CATIA
169 (0.025 %)AutoCAD
169 (0.025 %)ImageReady
178 (0.022 %)Pro/ENGINEER
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11589 (4.342 %)SAP FI
21532 (4.186 %)SAP CO
31518 (4.148 %)SAP FI/CO
41018 (2.782 %)SAP HR
5739 (2.019 %)SAP SD
6731 (1.997 %)Dynamics CRM
7676 (1.847 %)Microsoft CRM
8617 (1.686 %)Navision
9566 (1.547 %)SAP CRM
10533 (1.456 %)Oracle EBS
11526 (1.437 %)SAP Oil and Gas
12507 (1.385 %)SAP MM
13483 (1.320 %)Dynamics AX
14439 (1.200 %)Oracle Financials
15423 (1.156 %)SAP Payroll
16422 (1.153 %)Axapta
17400 (1.093 %)Dynamics NAV
18395 (1.079 %)Oracle Applications
19394 (1.077 %)SAP R/3
20323 (0.883 %)SAP Retail
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1946 (2.585 %)Firewall
2925 (2.528 %)WAN
3898 (2.454 %)SAN
4837 (2.287 %)LAN
5824 (2.252 %)Internet
6640 (1.749 %)TCP/IP
7518 (1.415 %)VPN
8480 (1.312 %)VoIP
9351 (0.959 %)Network Security
10289 (0.790 %)Wireless
11277 (0.757 %)IP Telephony
12266 (0.727 %)Cisco PIX
13255 (0.697 %)MPLS
14224 (0.612 %)DNS
15171 (0.467 %)LDAP
16153 (0.418 %)NetScreen
17146 (0.399 %)IPCC
18135 (0.369 %)SSL
19133 (0.363 %)DHCP
20123 (0.336 %)Cisco IPT
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13674 (10.04 %)SQL Server
21590 (4.345 %)SAP BW
31545 (4.222 %)Datawarehouse
41156 (3.159 %)BusinessObjects
5996 (2.722 %)ETL
6679 (1.855 %)SQL Server 2005
7556 (1.519 %)SAP BI
8519 (1.418 %)DB2
9491 (1.342 %)Oracle 8/8i
10472 (1.290 %)RDBMS
11451 (1.232 %)OLAP
12435 (1.189 %)SQL Server 2000
13364 (0.995 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
14357 (0.975 %)SQL Server Integration Services
15355 (0.970 %)Oracle Reports
16327 (0.894 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
17301 (0.822 %)Oracle 10g
18289 (0.790 %)Oracle 9i
19281 (0.768 %)Crystal Reports
20255 (0.697 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1230 (0.628 %)Oracle Forms
2228 (0.623 %)Visual Studio
385 (0.232 %)LoadRunner
473 (0.199 %)QuickTest Pro
571 (0.194 %)Eclipse
669 (0.189 %)Flash
759 (0.161 %)TestDirector
858 (0.158 %)LSMW
955 (0.150 %)ProC
1054 (0.148 %)MorphX
1142 (0.115 %)Dreamweaver
1142 (0.115 %)JDeveloper
1240 (0.109 %)ClearCase
1339 (0.107 %)Ant
1437 (0.101 %)NUnit
1534 (0.093 %)ClearQuest
1632 (0.087 %)Subversion
1724 (0.066 %)WinRunner
1821 (0.057 %)PeopleTools
1920 (0.055 %)Rational Robot
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18263 (22.58 %)Finance
22645 (7.227 %)Retail
31979 (5.408 %)Banking
41673 (4.571 %)Health
51656 (4.525 %)Telecoms
61497 (4.090 %)Pensions
71376 (3.760 %)Manufacturing
81315 (3.593 %)Government
91301 (3.555 %)Marketing
101017 (2.779 %)Insurance
11984 (2.689 %)Education
12600 (1.639 %)FMCG
13579 (1.582 %)Back Office
14571 (1.560 %)Pharmaceutical
15444 (1.213 %)Billing
16346 (0.945 %)Investment Banking
17328 (0.896 %)Legal
17328 (0.896 %)Front Office
18309 (0.844 %)Financial Institution
19252 (0.689 %)Retail Banking
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1473 (1.292 %)Management Information System
2360 (0.984 %)Computer Science
3358 (0.978 %)Derivative
4354 (0.967 %)French Language
5322 (0.880 %)Client/Server
6304 (0.831 %)NHS
7270 (0.738 %)Clustering
8265 (0.724 %)German Language
9240 (0.656 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
10235 (0.642 %)Data Integration
11218 (0.596 %)Mathematics
12184 (0.503 %)Mainframe
13155 (0.424 %)Biometrics
14143 (0.391 %)Fixed Income
15132 (0.361 %)N-Tier
16126 (0.344 %)Equities
17119 (0.325 %)Data Conversion
18118 (0.322 %)Statistics
19116 (0.317 %)PKI
20101 (0.276 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13626 (9.908 %)Windows
22147 (5.867 %)UNIX
31210 (3.306 %)Windows Server 2003
4876 (2.394 %)Linux
5524 (1.432 %)Solaris
6432 (1.180 %)AIX
7385 (1.052 %)Windows 2000
8332 (0.907 %)Windows XP
9285 (0.779 %)Windows 2000 Server
10189 (0.516 %)Windows Vista
11152 (0.415 %)HPUX
12133 (0.363 %)Windows NT
13109 (0.298 %)Windows Server 2008
1482 (0.224 %)Red Hat Linux
1564 (0.175 %)Symbian OS
1638 (0.104 %)NetWare
1734 (0.093 %)VMS
1827 (0.074 %)Tru64
1924 (0.066 %)Windows Mobile
2023 (0.063 %)zOS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13848 (10.51 %)Business Intelligence
23471 (9.484 %)Project Management
33287 (8.982 %)CRM
41977 (5.402 %)ERP
51188 (3.246 %)Business Development
61175 (3.211 %)Migration
71142 (3.120 %)Business Analysis
8936 (2.558 %)ITIL
9907 (2.478 %)Workflow
10858 (2.344 %)Security Cleared
11838 (2.290 %)Change Management
12831 (2.271 %)Logistics
13815 (2.227 %)Risk Management
14693 (1.894 %)Data Migration
15690 (1.885 %)PRINCE2
16675 (1.844 %)Service Management
17630 (1.721 %)Information Security
18573 (1.566 %)Data Management
19571 (1.560 %)Service Delivery
20569 (1.555 %)SOA
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14204 (11.49 %)SQL
22523 (6.894 %)Java
31566 (4.279 %)C#
4999 (2.730 %)ABAP
5990 (2.705 %)C
6762 (2.082 %)VB
6762 (2.082 %)C++
7731 (1.997 %)JavaScript
8599 (1.637 %)PL/SQL
9435 (1.189 %)VB.NET
10318 (0.869 %)Transact-SQL
11279 (0.762 %)VBA
12255 (0.697 %)Perl
13211 (0.577 %)Shell Script
14158 (0.432 %)VBScript
15138 (0.377 %)PHP
1699 (0.271 %)SAPscript
1793 (0.254 %)Delphi
1887 (0.238 %)X++
1967 (0.183 %)COBOL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13540 (9.673 %)Degree
21676 (4.580 %)Microsoft Certification
31241 (3.391 %)MCSE
41067 (2.916 %)Cisco Certification
5731 (1.997 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6512 (1.399 %)CISSP
7463 (1.265 %)CCNA
8431 (1.178 %)Citrix Certification
9425 (1.161 %)CCNP
10406 (1.109 %)CCIE
11282 (0.771 %)CCVP
12274 (0.749 %)ACCA
13252 (0.689 %)CCEA
14248 (0.678 %)CIMA
15223 (0.609 %)CCA
16211 (0.577 %)SAP Certification
16211 (0.577 %)MCP
17208 (0.568 %)CCDP
18190 (0.519 %)ISEB
19181 (0.495 %)MCSD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1571 (1.560 %)QA
2402 (1.098 %)ISO27001
3239 (0.653 %)BS7799
4238 (0.650 %)SLA
5201 (0.549 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
6191 (0.522 %)PCI DSS
7101 (0.276 %)COBIT
875 (0.205 %)Basel II
965 (0.178 %)ISO17799
1045 (0.123 %)ISO9001
1140 (0.109 %)IAS 39
1237 (0.101 %)WCAG
1335 (0.096 %)HMG Infosec
1335 (0.096 %)PCI QSA
1433 (0.090 %)ISO9000
1529 (0.079 %)JSP 440
1626 (0.071 %)WAI
1724 (0.066 %)MiFID
1724 (0.066 %)GAAP
1822 (0.060 %)GxP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11357 (3.708 %)Active Directory
2949 (2.593 %)VMware Infrastructure
3246 (0.672 %)VMware ESX
4206 (0.563 %)ISA Server
5205 (0.560 %)NetBackup
6133 (0.363 %)Xen
7116 (0.317 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8109 (0.298 %)Terminal Services
999 (0.271 %)Backup Exec
1090 (0.246 %)Oracle RAC
1167 (0.183 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1265 (0.178 %)Oracle RMAN
1345 (0.123 %)NFS
1439 (0.107 %)MetaFrame
1535 (0.096 %)AquaLogic
1624 (0.066 %)Terminal Server
1723 (0.063 %)VMware Server
1814 (0.038 %)Novell eDirectory
1814 (0.038 %)Nmap
1814 (0.038 %)MSMQ
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1258 (0.705 %)MOM
2211 (0.577 %)Tivoli
3202 (0.552 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
4190 (0.519 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
5159 (0.434 %)Legato
693 (0.254 %)SCOM
790 (0.246 %)EMC NetWorker
889 (0.243 %)SCCM
967 (0.183 %)OpenView
1057 (0.156 %)Netcool
1143 (0.117 %)ARCserve
1234 (0.093 %)Unicenter
1325 (0.068 %)ZENworks
1325 (0.068 %)Norton AntiVirus
1424 (0.066 %)CiscoWorks
1522 (0.060 %)BMC PATROL
1621 (0.057 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1720 (0.055 %)Nagios
1720 (0.055 %)ServiceCenter
1819 (0.052 %)Netcool/Webtop
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19250 (25.28 %)SAP
25167 (14.12 %)Oracle
35103 (13.94 %)Microsoft
41760 (4.809 %)Cisco
51481 (4.047 %)VMware
61156 (3.159 %)Business Objects
71051 (2.872 %)Citrix
81015 (2.773 %)Cognos
9937 (2.560 %)IBM
10799 (2.183 %)HP
11602 (1.645 %)Hyperion
12553 (1.511 %)Siebel
13498 (1.361 %)Sage
14470 (1.284 %)EMC
15393 (1.074 %)Informatica
16387 (1.057 %)CheckPoint
17335 (0.915 %)PeopleSoft
18308 (0.842 %)Sun
19292 (0.798 %)NetApp
20291 (0.795 %)Juniper