The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 31 42 36
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -6
Permanent jobs citing SLA 17 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 4.899% 1.446% 1.158%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 70.83% 20.00% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 12 5 3
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +119.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,650 £33,900 £20,100
10% offered a salary of more than £47,350 £45,889 £36,100
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
24 30 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 6.916% 7.229% 4.633%
Number of salaries quoted 15 25 12
Average salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,550 £32,000 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £63,900
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Scotland

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Aberdeen SLA Jobs Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Aberdeen SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SLA also 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 that cited SLA.

1 21 (55.26%) Windows
2 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
3 16 (42.11%) Service Delivery
4 15 (39.47%) SQL
4 15 (39.47%) SCCM
5 14 (36.84%) MS Office
6 12 (31.58%) ITIL
6 12 (31.58%) Active Directory
6 12 (31.58%) VMware
6 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
6 12 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (28.95%) Citrix
7 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (26.32%) DNS
8 10 (26.32%) IIS
8 10 (26.32%) WSUS
9 9 (23.68%) Windows 7
9 9 (23.68%) CommVault
10 8 (21.05%) Site Server
10 8 (21.05%) SAN
10 8 (21.05%) Perl
10 8 (21.05%) PHP
10 8 (21.05%) Linux
11 7 (18.42%) MS Excel
12 6 (15.79%) Windows XP
12 6 (15.79%) Time Management
13 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
14 4 (10.53%) GIS
14 4 (10.53%) UNIX
14 4 (10.53%) ITIL Certification

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing SLA also 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 that cited SLA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) Web Services
2 1 (2.632%) Middleware
2 1 (2.632%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (26.32%) IIS
2 8 (21.05%) Site Server
Applications
1 14 (36.84%) MS Office
2 7 (18.42%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.632%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (26.32%) DNS
2 8 (21.05%) SAN
3 4 (10.53%) VoIP
4 2 (5.263%) DHCP
5 1 (2.632%) VPN
5 1 (2.632%) VSAT
5 1 (2.632%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.53%) GIS
General
1 2 (5.263%) Finance
2 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Consultant
2 8 (21.05%) Analyst
2 8 (21.05%) IT Consultant
2 8 (21.05%) Technical Consultant
3 5 (13.16%) Desktop Support
3 5 (13.16%) Applications Support
3 5 (13.16%) Support Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) Desktop Engineer
4 4 (10.53%) Team Leader
4 4 (10.53%) Data Manager
4 4 (10.53%) IT Support
5 3 (7.895%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) Desktop Support Analyst
5 3 (7.895%) Support Engineer
6 2 (5.263%) Service Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (5.263%) Support Team Leader
6 2 (5.263%) Service Desk Team Leader
7 1 (2.632%) 1st Line Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.53%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (2.632%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 21 (55.26%) Windows
2 12 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (28.95%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (23.68%) Windows 7
5 8 (21.05%) Linux
6 6 (15.79%) Windows XP
7 4 (10.53%) UNIX
8 1 (2.632%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (2.632%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (42.11%) Service Delivery
2 12 (31.58%) ITIL
3 6 (15.79%) Time Management
4 5 (13.16%) Problem Management
5 4 (10.53%) Incident Management
6 2 (5.263%) Change Control
7 1 (2.632%) Analytics
7 1 (2.632%) ITIL V3
7 1 (2.632%) Service Management
7 1 (2.632%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 15 (39.47%) SQL
2 8 (21.05%) Perl
2 8 (21.05%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.263%) MCTS
2 2 (5.263%) MCITP
2 2 (5.263%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) MCSE
2 2 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 12 (31.58%) Active Directory
1 12 (31.58%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (7.895%) Hyper-V
2 3 (7.895%) XenApp
3 1 (2.632%) Terminal Services
3 1 (2.632%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 15 (39.47%) SCCM
2 10 (26.32%) WSUS
3 2 (5.263%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.632%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 20 (52.63%) Microsoft
2 12 (31.58%) VMware
3 11 (28.95%) Citrix
4 9 (23.68%) CommVault
5 4 (10.53%) Altiris
5 4 (10.53%) Apple
6 3 (7.895%) HP
6 3 (7.895%) EMC
7 2 (5.263%) Dell
8 1 (2.632%) Pegasus
8 1 (2.632%) Sage
8 1 (2.632%) Ceridian
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