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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7469
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads135157
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.078 %0.068 %
As % of the category below42.99 %41.10 %
Salaries quoted116146
Average minimum salary£24,765£27,232
Average salary£26,707£29,173
% change on same period last year-8.45 %
Average maximum salary£28,650£31,115
UK excluding London average salary£35,284£34,625
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
East Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads314382
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.182 %0.164 %
Salaries quoted262354
Average minimum salary£30,789£31,703
Average salary£33,298£34,226
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Average maximum salary£35,808£36,750
UK excluding London average salary£39,882£39,897
% change on same period last year-0.03 %
SLA EnglandSLA
England

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

East Midlands SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NottinghamshireDown-1842£30,072-8.31 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1836£32,068+13.04 %
DerbyshireDown-1925£28,667+15.71 %
LincolnshireDown-520£15,000-47.13 %
LeicestershireDown-110£18,200-29.40 %
SLA EnglandSLA
England

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

187 (30.10 %)Windows
263 (21.80 %)Microsoft
362 (21.45 %)ITIL
448 (16.61 %)MS Office
546 (15.92 %)Active Directory
638 (13.15 %)Microsoft Certification
734 (11.76 %)Education
833 (11.42 %)Windows XP
930 (10.38 %)LAN
1029 (10.03 %)MCSE
1128 (9.689 %)Cisco
1227 (9.343 %)Windows Server 2003
1326 (8.997 %)MS Excel
1326 (8.997 %)SQL
1425 (8.651 %)Service Delivery
1524 (8.304 %)Security Cleared
1622 (7.612 %)TCP/IP
1721 (7.266 %)SQL Server
1721 (7.266 %)Telecoms
1721 (7.266 %)Finance
1721 (7.266 %)SC Cleared
1721 (7.266 %)Pensions
1820 (6.920 %)WAN
1820 (6.920 %)SharePoint
1919 (6.574 %)MS Exchange
2018 (6.228 %)MCP
2117 (5.882 %)Oracle
2117 (5.882 %)HP
2216 (5.536 %)Nortel
2216 (5.536 %)Citrix

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (4.152 %).NET
27 (2.422 %)J2EE
35 (1.730 %)ASP.NET
35 (1.730 %)XML
35 (1.730 %)HTML
44 (1.384 %)SAP Basis
52 (0.692 %)Java EE
61 (0.346 %)SAP XI
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
120 (6.920 %)SharePoint
219 (6.574 %)MS Exchange
314 (4.844 %)BizTalk Server
49 (3.114 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (2.422 %)Exchange Server 2007
64 (1.384 %)CICS
64 (1.384 %)ESB
64 (1.384 %)Lotus Notes
73 (1.038 %)IIS
81 (0.346 %)SAS
81 (0.346 %)Office Project Server
81 (0.346 %)Exchange Server 5.5
East Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
148 (16.61 %)MS Office
226 (8.997 %)MS Excel
31 (0.346 %)MS Visio
31 (0.346 %)MS Project
East Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.422 %)Remedy AR System
26 (2.076 %)Oracle Financials
31 (0.346 %)Oracle HRMS
31 (0.346 %)Oracle iRecruitment
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (10.38 %)LAN
222 (7.612 %)TCP/IP
320 (6.920 %)WAN
416 (5.536 %)ATM
416 (5.536 %)PPP
416 (5.536 %)Nortel Meridian
512 (4.152 %)DHCP
611 (3.806 %)DNS
77 (2.422 %)Internet
82 (0.692 %)SAN
91 (0.346 %)Intranet
91 (0.346 %)Firewall
91 (0.346 %)VLAN
91 (0.346 %)Cisco PIX
91 (0.346 %)VoIP
91 (0.346 %)VPN
East Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (7.266 %)SQL Server
25 (1.730 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (1.384 %)DB2
43 (1.038 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (0.692 %)ETL
52 (0.692 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.346 %)SAP BI
61 (0.346 %)DB2 UDB
61 (0.346 %)Oracle 9i
61 (0.346 %)Datawarehouse
61 (0.346 %)DTS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.346 %)Visual Studio
11 (0.346 %)Visual Studio Team System
East Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (11.76 %)Education
221 (7.266 %)Telecoms
221 (7.266 %)Finance
221 (7.266 %)Pensions
312 (4.152 %)Retail
411 (3.806 %)Health
56 (2.076 %)Banking
56 (2.076 %)General Ledger
65 (1.730 %)Construction
74 (1.384 %)Legal
83 (1.038 %)Manufacturing
83 (1.038 %)Government
83 (1.038 %)Auditing
92 (0.692 %)Insurance
92 (0.692 %)Law
101 (0.346 %)Back Office
101 (0.346 %)Retail Banking
101 (0.346 %)Marketing
101 (0.346 %)Publishing
101 (0.346 %)Games
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
198 (33.91 %)Analyst
257 (19.72 %)Support Analyst
328 (9.689 %)Trainee
427 (9.343 %)Helpdesk Technician
524 (8.304 %)Service Analyst
524 (8.304 %)Service Manager
622 (7.612 %)Service Desk Analyst
716 (5.536 %)Administrator
813 (4.498 %)Team Leader
813 (4.498 %)FIX Analyst
912 (4.152 %)Delivery Manager
912 (4.152 %)Services Delivery Manager
1011 (3.806 %)1st Line Support
1110 (3.460 %)Consultant
1110 (3.460 %)IT Support Analyst
129 (3.114 %)Senior Analyst
129 (3.114 %)Helpdesk Analyst
129 (3.114 %)Helpdesk Support
129 (3.114 %)Systems Administrator
129 (3.114 %)Developer
East Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (4.152 %)EPoS
211 (3.806 %)Mainframe
37 (2.422 %)Mathematics
45 (1.730 %)W3C
54 (1.384 %)Dutch Language
54 (1.384 %)German Language
54 (1.384 %)Italian Language
63 (1.038 %)Clustering
72 (0.692 %)Client/Server
72 (0.692 %)Spanish Language
72 (0.692 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.692 %)French Language
81 (0.346 %)IBM Mainframe
81 (0.346 %)Replication
81 (0.346 %)Smartcard
81 (0.346 %)Blackberry
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
187 (30.10 %)Windows
233 (11.42 %)Windows XP
327 (9.343 %)Windows Server 2003
416 (5.536 %)Windows 2000
514 (4.844 %)UNIX
611 (3.806 %)Windows Vista
77 (2.422 %)Windows 2000 Server
77 (2.422 %)Windows NT
86 (2.076 %)Solaris
86 (2.076 %)Linux
92 (0.692 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.346 %)AIX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
162 (21.45 %)ITIL
225 (8.651 %)Service Delivery
324 (8.304 %)Security Cleared
421 (7.266 %)SC Cleared
513 (4.498 %)Service Management
612 (4.152 %)Disaster Recovery
612 (4.152 %)Problem Management
79 (3.114 %)Business Intelligence
88 (2.768 %)Project Management
88 (2.768 %)PRINCE2
88 (2.768 %)Incident Management
97 (2.422 %)Test Scripting
106 (2.076 %)CRM
115 (1.730 %)SOA
115 (1.730 %)Release Management
115 (1.730 %)Supplier Management
123 (1.038 %)User Acceptance Testing
123 (1.038 %)Time Management
123 (1.038 %)Performance Management
132 (0.692 %)Logistics
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (8.997 %)SQL
215 (5.190 %)C
313 (4.498 %)Java
45 (1.730 %)C#
45 (1.730 %)VBScript
45 (1.730 %)VB.NET
54 (1.384 %)COBOL
61 (0.346 %)ABAP
61 (0.346 %)JCL
61 (0.346 %)VB
61 (0.346 %)Transact-SQL
61 (0.346 %)C++
61 (0.346 %)PL/SQL
East Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
138 (13.15 %)Microsoft Certification
229 (10.03 %)MCSE
318 (6.228 %)MCP
411 (3.806 %)Cisco Certification
411 (3.806 %)CCNA
510 (3.460 %)MCSA
67 (2.422 %)Citrix Certification
76 (2.076 %)CCEA
76 (2.076 %)CCNP
76 (2.076 %)CNE
76 (2.076 %)Novell Certification
76 (2.076 %)Sun Certification
84 (1.384 %)ITIL Certification
84 (1.384 %)Degree
92 (0.692 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
92 (0.692 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.346 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
101 (0.346 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.346 %)CCA
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.730 %)WAI
21 (0.346 %)COBIT
21 (0.346 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
East Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
146 (15.92 %)Active Directory
26 (2.076 %)NetBackup
35 (1.730 %)ISA Server
44 (1.384 %)Backup Exec
53 (1.038 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.692 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.346 %)MetaFrame
71 (0.346 %)VMware Infrastructure
East Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (1.038 %)Tivoli
22 (0.692 %)MOM
31 (0.346 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.346 %)ARCserve
31 (0.346 %)MAILsweeper
East Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
163 (21.80 %)Microsoft
228 (9.689 %)Cisco
317 (5.882 %)Oracle
317 (5.882 %)HP
416 (5.536 %)Nortel
416 (5.536 %)Citrix
510 (3.460 %)VERITAS
510 (3.460 %)SAP
510 (3.460 %)Remedy
67 (2.422 %)Dell
76 (2.076 %)Sun
76 (2.076 %)IBM
85 (1.730 %)Sybase
85 (1.730 %)Intel
85 (1.730 %)Symantec
85 (1.730 %)VMware
85 (1.730 %)Fujitsu
94 (1.384 %)Lotus
103 (1.038 %)BMC
112 (0.692 %)Interwoven