The first table below looks at the demand for ITIL skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ITIL over the 3 months to 24 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
Rank 19 35 49
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +14
Permanent jobs citing ITIL 39 3 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 11.54% 1.923% 2.381%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.88% 2.632% 3.352%
Number of salaries quoted 27 3 6
Average salary £32,000 £32,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.53% -35.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £29,260 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £48,500 £56,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Processes & Methodologies
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
281 114 179
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 83.14% 73.08% 71.03%
Number of salaries quoted 147 97 174
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
ITIL
Cheshire

ITIL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing ITIL across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Chester ITIL Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL
Salary Trend

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

Chester ITIL Salary Trend

ITIL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ITIL across the Chester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Chester ITIL Salary Histogram

ITIL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing ITIL 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 ITIL.

1 22 (44.90%) Windows
2 16 (32.65%) PRINCE2
3 14 (28.57%) Project Management
3 14 (28.57%) Service Delivery
4 10 (20.41%) SQL
5 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
5 9 (18.37%) Finance
5 9 (18.37%) Problem Management
6 8 (16.33%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (14.29%) Retail
7 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 6 (12.24%) Quality Management
8 6 (12.24%) Financial Institution
8 6 (12.24%) VMware
8 6 (12.24%) Mainframe
8 6 (12.24%) Asset Management
8 6 (12.24%) Investment Banking
8 6 (12.24%) Banking
8 6 (12.24%) UNIX
8 6 (12.24%) Retail Banking
8 6 (12.24%) Private Banking
8 6 (12.24%) Online Banking
8 6 (12.24%) Degree
8 6 (12.24%) Wealth Management
8 6 (12.24%) Investment Management
9 5 (10.20%) Capacity Management
9 5 (10.20%) MS Office
9 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
9 5 (10.20%) Citrix
9 5 (10.20%) IBM

ITIL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing ITIL 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 ITIL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (8.163%) .NET
1 4 (8.163%) ISPF
2 3 (6.122%) HTML
2 3 (6.122%) ASP.NET
2 3 (6.122%) CSS
2 3 (6.122%) Web Services
3 1 (2.041%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 4 (8.163%) CICS
1 4 (8.163%) MQSeries
2 3 (6.122%) SAS
3 1 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.041%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (2.041%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.041%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.041%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) MS Office
2 3 (6.122%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (8.163%) Maximo
2 1 (2.041%) SAP APO
2 1 (2.041%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.082%) Firewall
1 2 (4.082%) DNS
1 2 (4.082%) LAN
2 1 (2.041%) iSCSI
2 1 (2.041%) Fibre Channel
2 1 (2.041%) ATM
2 1 (2.041%) WAN
2 1 (2.041%) DHCP
2 1 (2.041%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.041%) VPN
2 1 (2.041%) Internet
2 1 (2.041%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (18.37%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.163%) DB2
3 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2012
3 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (6.122%) SQL Server 2005
4 2 (4.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (4.082%) VLDB
4 2 (4.082%) OLTP
4 2 (4.082%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.082%) Data Mining
4 2 (4.082%) IDMS
5 1 (2.041%) NoSQL
5 1 (2.041%) MySQL
5 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.122%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (18.37%) Finance
2 7 (14.29%) Retail
3 6 (12.24%) Financial Institution
3 6 (12.24%) Investment Banking
3 6 (12.24%) Banking
3 6 (12.24%) Retail Banking
3 6 (12.24%) Private Banking
4 2 (4.082%) Publishing
4 2 (4.082%) Local Government
5 1 (2.041%) Billing
Job Titles
1 10 (20.41%) Analyst
2 9 (18.37%) Service Manager
3 6 (12.24%) Problem Analyst
3 6 (12.24%) Service Level Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Automation Specialist
4 5 (10.20%) Developer
4 5 (10.20%) Administrator
5 4 (8.163%) Programme Manager
5 4 (8.163%) Consultant
5 4 (8.163%) Mainframe Consultant
6 3 (6.122%) SQL DBA
6 3 (6.122%) Support Manager
6 3 (6.122%) SAS Administrator
6 3 (6.122%) Systems Administrator
6 3 (6.122%) DBA
6 3 (6.122%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.082%) Desktop Support
7 2 (4.082%) Service Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Support Analyst
7 2 (4.082%) Desktop Support Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.24%) Mainframe
1 6 (12.24%) Online Banking
2 4 (8.163%) LPAR
3 2 (4.082%) Clustering
3 2 (4.082%) Replication
3 2 (4.082%) Data Integration
3 2 (4.082%) Statistics
4 1 (2.041%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.041%) FMCG
4 1 (2.041%) iSeries
4 1 (2.041%) iPhone
4 1 (2.041%) EqualLogic
4 1 (2.041%) Client/Server
4 1 (2.041%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.041%) Smartphone
4 1 (2.041%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.041%) AS400
Operating Systems
1 22 (44.90%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) UNIX
3 4 (8.163%) zOS
3 4 (8.163%) MVS
3 4 (8.163%) Linux
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.082%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.082%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.041%) Windows Vista
5 1 (2.041%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (2.041%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.041%) Mac OS
5 1 (2.041%) Windows 7
5 1 (2.041%) AIX
5 1 (2.041%) Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (32.65%) PRINCE2
2 14 (28.57%) Project Management
2 14 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 9 (18.37%) Problem Management
4 7 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 6 (12.24%) Quality Management
5 6 (12.24%) Asset Management
5 6 (12.24%) Wealth Management
5 6 (12.24%) Investment Management
6 5 (10.20%) Capacity Management
6 5 (10.20%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (8.163%) Service Management
7 4 (8.163%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.122%) Demand Management
8 3 (6.122%) Incident Management
9 2 (4.082%) GAP Analysis
9 2 (4.082%) Change Management
9 2 (4.082%) Data Modelling
9 2 (4.082%) Service Desk Management
9 2 (4.082%) Performance Improvement
Programming Languages
1 10 (20.41%) SQL
2 4 (8.163%) JCL
3 3 (6.122%) VB.NET
3 3 (6.122%) VBA
3 3 (6.122%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.122%) PHP
4 2 (4.082%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.041%) C
5 1 (2.041%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) ITIL Certification
2 6 (12.24%) Degree
3 4 (8.163%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (6.122%) MCSA
4 3 (6.122%) MCTS
4 3 (6.122%) MCITP
5 1 (2.041%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (2.041%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) SLA
2 1 (2.041%) QA
System Software
1 5 (10.20%) Active Directory
2 4 (8.163%) VMware ESX
3 3 (6.122%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (4.082%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (4.082%) XenApp
4 2 (4.082%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (2.041%) vSphere
5 1 (2.041%) PowerHA
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) Tivoli
1 5 (10.20%) Tivoli Monitoring
2 4 (8.163%) OMEGAMON
3 2 (4.082%) SCCM
4 1 (2.041%) SCOM
4 1 (2.041%) NetBackup
4 1 (2.041%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 6 (12.24%) VMware
2 5 (10.20%) Citrix
2 5 (10.20%) IBM
2 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.082%) Symantec
4 1 (2.041%) Oracle
4 1 (2.041%) SAP
4 1 (2.041%) NetApp
4 1 (2.041%) Red Hat
4 1 (2.041%) HP
4 1 (2.041%) Dell
Chester, Cheshire
The role will report to a Project Manager on the application compatibility and packaging project for a Windows 7 desktop migration programme... Use of MS-Office suite inclusive...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013