The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Devon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 22 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 Devon region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 30 26 49
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +23
Permanent jobs citing SLA 14 18 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 4.947% 5.769% 1.655%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 35.00% 42.86% 13.21%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 2
Average salary £36,750 £22,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+63.33% +7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,944
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +0.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
40 42 53
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 14.13% 13.46% 12.53%
Number of salaries quoted 32 40 48
Average salary £36,750 £27,625 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.03% +4.24%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,650 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £32,500 £48,600
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
South West

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Devon region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Devon SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Devon region over the 3 months to 22 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
Exeter +9 14 £36,750 +63.33%
SLA
South West

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 46 (80.70%) Windows
2 40 (70.18%) SQL Server
3 38 (66.67%) C#
3 38 (66.67%) Java
3 38 (66.67%) Data Modelling
4 28 (49.12%) C++
4 28 (49.12%) VB
4 28 (49.12%) VB.NET
4 28 (49.12%) .NET
4 28 (49.12%) Windows XP
4 28 (49.12%) VB6
4 28 (49.12%) SQL Server 2005
4 28 (49.12%) SQL Server 2008
4 28 (49.12%) Windows 7
5 18 (31.58%) SQL
6 11 (19.30%) ITIL
6 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
7 10 (17.54%) Disaster Recovery
7 10 (17.54%) Database Security
7 10 (17.54%) Unit Testing
7 10 (17.54%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
9 8 (14.04%) MS Excel
9 8 (14.04%) SCCM
9 8 (14.04%) WSUS
10 7 (12.28%) SCOM
11 6 (10.53%) Service Management
12 5 (8.772%) Backup Exec
12 5 (8.772%) Nagios
12 5 (8.772%) CommVault

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 28 (49.12%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 3 (5.263%) MS Exchange
2 2 (3.509%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.509%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 8 (14.04%) MS Excel
2 3 (5.263%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.754%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.018%) Internet
2 3 (5.263%) DNS
2 3 (5.263%) LAN
2 3 (5.263%) DHCP
2 3 (5.263%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.509%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (70.18%) SQL Server
2 28 (49.12%) SQL Server 2005
2 28 (49.12%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (1.754%) Telecoms
1 1 (1.754%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 38 (66.67%) Developer
2 33 (57.89%) Programmer
3 18 (31.58%) C# .NET Developer
3 18 (31.58%) .NET Developer
3 18 (31.58%) C# Developer
4 16 (28.07%) .NET Programmer
4 16 (28.07%) C# Programmer
5 10 (17.54%) Java Developer
5 10 (17.54%) SQL Programmer
5 10 (17.54%) SQL Database Developer
5 10 (17.54%) Database Developer
5 10 (17.54%) SQL Developer
5 10 (17.54%) SQL Server Developer
6 8 (14.04%) Software Engineer
7 7 (12.28%) Java Programmer
7 7 (12.28%) Java Software Engineer
8 5 (8.772%) Support Engineer
8 5 (8.772%) Analyst
9 4 (7.018%) IT Services Manager
9 4 (7.018%) IT Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) Clustering
2 2 (3.509%) Firmware
2 2 (3.509%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 46 (80.70%) Windows
2 28 (49.12%) Windows XP
2 28 (49.12%) Windows 7
3 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2003
3 5 (8.772%) Windows 2000 Server
3 5 (8.772%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (3.509%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (66.67%) Data Modelling
2 11 (19.30%) ITIL
3 10 (17.54%) Disaster Recovery
3 10 (17.54%) Database Security
3 10 (17.54%) Unit Testing
3 10 (17.54%) Continuous Integration
4 9 (15.79%) Service Delivery
5 6 (10.53%) Service Management
6 5 (8.772%) Problem Management
6 5 (8.772%) Incident Management
7 4 (7.018%) Asset Management
7 4 (7.018%) Configuration Management
8 3 (5.263%) Network Load Balancing
8 3 (5.263%) Time Management
9 2 (3.509%) Change Management
10 1 (1.754%) Quality Management
10 1 (1.754%) GAP Analysis
10 1 (1.754%) Stakeholder Management
10 1 (1.754%) Project Management
10 1 (1.754%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (66.67%) C#
1 38 (66.67%) Java
2 28 (49.12%) C++
2 28 (49.12%) VB
2 28 (49.12%) VB.NET
2 28 (49.12%) VB6
3 18 (31.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (5.263%) CCA
1 3 (5.263%) Citrix Certification
1 3 (5.263%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (5.263%) MCP
1 3 (5.263%) MCSE
2 2 (3.509%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.509%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.754%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) QA
System Software
1 3 (5.263%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (5.263%) Hyper-V
1 3 (5.263%) XenApp
1 3 (5.263%) XenServer
1 3 (5.263%) XenDesktop
2 2 (3.509%) ISA Server
2 2 (3.509%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) SCCM
1 8 (14.04%) WSUS
2 7 (12.28%) SCOM
3 5 (8.772%) Backup Exec
3 5 (8.772%) Nagios
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.772%) CommVault
2 5 (8.772%) Bomgar
3 3 (5.263%) VMware
3 3 (5.263%) HP
3 3 (5.263%) Dell
3 3 (5.263%) Citrix
Exeter, South West
Assess business impact of IT Incidents and accurately assign SLA and follow escalation procedures as directed... To work under the direction of the CSC Manager and CSC Team...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £18499.00 - £18500.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Exeter, Devon
Good commercial experience of using .Net (C#) * Good commercial experience of SQL Server 2005/2008. * Good commercial experience using Windows XP and/or Windows 7... *Experience of using...
Global Technology Solutions Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £38500 per annum + ben
Posted: 16 May 2013