The first table below looks at the demand for Service Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Service 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Management
Rank 65 63 65
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Service Management 19 27 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 1.774% 1.982% 2.294%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.346% 2.697% 2.906%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 31
Average salary £55,000 £29,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+89.65% -38.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,400 £21,550 £42,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £51,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-2.29% -3.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
810 1001 1239
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 75.63% 73.49% 78.97%
Number of salaries quoted 477 699 869
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -3.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Service Management
Scotland

Service Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Service Management Jobs Demand Trend

Service Management
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Service Management Salary Trend

Service Management
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Service Management Salary Histogram

Service Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (85.00%) Finance
2 11 (55.00%) Mainframe
3 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 10 (50.00%) Project Management
3 10 (50.00%) Retail
4 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
5 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
5 8 (40.00%) UNIX
6 7 (35.00%) Linux
6 7 (35.00%) Retail Banking
6 7 (35.00%) Banking
7 6 (30.00%) ITIL
8 4 (20.00%) Middleware
8 4 (20.00%) Business Development
9 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
9 3 (15.00%) Fujitsu
9 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
9 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
9 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
10 2 (10.00%) XML
10 2 (10.00%) Perl
10 2 (10.00%) Windows
10 2 (10.00%) EMC
10 2 (10.00%) Citrix
10 2 (10.00%) Symantec
10 2 (10.00%) NetApp
10 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
10 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008

Service Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (20.00%) Middleware
2 2 (10.00%) XML
Applications
1 9 (45.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) Internet
1 1 (5.000%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 17 (85.00%) Finance
2 10 (50.00%) Retail
3 7 (35.00%) Retail Banking
3 7 (35.00%) Banking
4 3 (15.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Architect
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 4 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Software Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) Software Consultant
4 1 (5.000%) IT Development Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Head of Technology
4 1 (5.000%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Development Team Manager
4 1 (5.000%) Head of Service Management
4 1 (5.000%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.000%) IT Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (55.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (10.00%) CLARiiON
3 1 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.000%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.000%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 8 (40.00%) UNIX
2 7 (35.00%) Linux
3 2 (10.00%) Windows
3 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (5.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Project Management
2 8 (40.00%) PRINCE2
3 6 (30.00%) ITIL
4 4 (20.00%) Business Development
5 3 (15.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (10.00%) Information Security
6 2 (10.00%) SIEM
7 1 (5.000%) Business Continuity
7 1 (5.000%) Asset Management
7 1 (5.000%) Resource Management
7 1 (5.000%) ITIL V3
7 1 (5.000%) ITIL V2
7 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
7 1 (5.000%) Change Management
7 1 (5.000%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (5.000%) ITSM
7 1 (5.000%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) Perl
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.000%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.000%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (10.00%) XenDesktop
2 1 (5.000%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (5.000%) VMware ESX
2 1 (5.000%) Xen
2 1 (5.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.00%) Fujitsu
3 2 (10.00%) EMC
3 2 (10.00%) Citrix
3 2 (10.00%) Symantec
3 2 (10.00%) NetApp
3 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) ArcSight
4 1 (5.000%) Brocade
4 1 (5.000%) HP
4 1 (5.000%) Cisco
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Citrix Technologies (including Xen Desktop 5.6, Xen Aapp v5/6, EdgSight, Zone Data Collector, Web...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Windows Server 2008R2 / Windows Server 2003... Experience in the following technologies is highly desirable; Microsoft SQL Server 2008 App Sense Performance, Application and Environment Manager, EMC CLARiiON / NetApp,...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: offer competitive package
Posted: 21 May 2013