The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management 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
Problem Management
Rank 43 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 8 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 2.367% 0.641% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.847% 0.877% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
Average salary £26,500 £28,450 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.85% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -1.88%
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%
Problem Management
Cheshire

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Salary Trend

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

Chester Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
3 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Middleware
4 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
4 1 (11.11%) Windows
4 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
4 1 (11.11%) ATM
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
4 1 (11.11%) Firewall
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Private Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Online Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Degree
4 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) Banking
4 1 (11.11%) Retail
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
4 1 (11.11%) MS Office

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (11.11%) Middleware
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) ATM
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 1 (11.11%) Financial Institution
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Retail Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Private Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Banking
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Analyst
2 6 (66.67%) Problem Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Support Analyst
3 2 (22.22%) Service Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Mainframe
1 1 (11.11%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) ITIL
2 6 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE
4 1 (11.11%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) Wealth Management
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Management
4 1 (11.11%) Time Management
4 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (11.11%) Degree