The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 23 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 36 36 21
Rank change year-on-year
0 -15
Permanent jobs citing SLA 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 0.862% 1.493% 3.333%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.29% 18.18% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £50,000 £29,750 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+68.06% -4.80%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,944
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +0.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
7 11 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 6.034% 8.209% 3.333%
Number of salaries quoted 6 11 2
Average salary £27,500 £40,500 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.09% +29.60%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Manchester

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (60.00%) VB
1 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) ASP
1 6 (60.00%) C
1 6 (60.00%) HTML
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (60.00%) Logistics
1 6 (60.00%) Dynamics AX
1 6 (60.00%) Web Development
1 6 (60.00%) X++
1 6 (60.00%) MorphX
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) QA
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) SSADM
3 1 (10.00%) Intranet
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) ASP
1 6 (60.00%) HTML
Business Applications
1 6 (60.00%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MorphX
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 5 (50.00%) Lead Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Coordinator
4 2 (20.00%) Dynamics AX Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Logistics
1 6 (60.00%) Web Development
2 3 (30.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) SSADM
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) VB
1 6 (60.00%) C
1 6 (60.00%) X++
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) QA