The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Statistics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 111 123 112
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -11
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 9 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.503% 0.052% 0.241%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.013% 0.196% 1.187%
Number of salaries quoted 9 1 4
Average salary £30,000 £20,000 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+50.00% -4.76%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
447 511 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.99% 26.52% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 330 446 280
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £21,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Statistics
North West

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Statistics across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheshire Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Statistics Salary Trend

Statistics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Chester - 5 £33,250 -
Wilmslow - 3 £30,000 -
Knutsford - 1 £25,000 -
Statistics
North West

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Statistics 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 Statistics.

1 8 (47.06%) Mathematics
2 7 (41.18%) SQL
3 5 (29.41%) Project Management
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
4 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
4 4 (23.53%) Migration
5 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
5 3 (17.65%) Banking
5 3 (17.65%) Quality Management
5 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (17.65%) Cognos
5 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
5 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (17.65%) SLA
5 3 (17.65%) Validation
5 3 (17.65%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) R
6 2 (11.76%) Degree
6 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
6 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
6 2 (11.76%) SciPy
6 2 (11.76%) NumPy
6 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
6 2 (11.76%) Statistical Modelling
6 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (11.76%) Data Mining

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Statistics 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 Statistics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) SciPy
1 2 (11.76%) NumPy
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) SharePoint
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) SAS
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Intranet
2 1 (5.882%) Internet
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) Wireless
2 1 (5.882%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (5.882%) NAS
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (23.53%) SQL Server
2 3 (17.65%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (17.65%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (11.76%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 1 (5.882%) FrontPage
General
1 4 (23.53%) Pharmaceutical
2 3 (17.65%) Banking
3 2 (11.76%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Publishing
4 1 (5.882%) Finance
4 1 (5.882%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 3 (17.65%) MI Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Service Level Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Data Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) SAS Programmer
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Programmer
4 1 (5.882%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Documentation Specialist
4 1 (5.882%) ICT Project Manager
4 1 (5.882%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Mathematics
2 2 (11.76%) Biology
2 2 (11.76%) Neural Network
2 2 (11.76%) Economics
2 2 (11.76%) Machine Learning
3 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
3 1 (5.882%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Windows
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (11.76%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Migration
3 3 (17.65%) Validation
3 3 (17.65%) Business Continuity
3 3 (17.65%) PRINCE2
3 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (17.65%) Quality Management
3 3 (17.65%) Change Control
4 2 (11.76%) Data Validation
4 2 (11.76%) Statistical Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Data Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Bioinformatics
4 2 (11.76%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (11.76%) Benchmarking
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (5.882%) Programme Management
5 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
5 1 (5.882%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (41.18%) SQL
2 2 (11.76%) Python
2 2 (11.76%) MATLAB
2 2 (11.76%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) SLA
2 1 (5.882%) CDISC
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) Hyper-V
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Nagios
1 1 (5.882%) SCOM
1 1 (5.882%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 3 (17.65%) Cognos
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco
3 1 (5.882%) SAP
3 1 (5.882%) Avaya
3 1 (5.882%) Cognizant
3 1 (5.882%) RedDot
3 1 (5.882%) Panasonic