The first table below looks at the demand for Performance Improvement skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Performance Improvement over the 3 months to 18 June 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Performance Improvement
Rank 742 740 737
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs citing Performance Improvement 109 143 142
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.106% 0.127% 0.117%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.138% 0.169% 0.159%
Number of salaries quoted 82 87 94
Average salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% +22.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £21,500 £27,950
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £33,000 £44,750
% change year-on-year
+25.75% -26.25%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
78812 84751 89483
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.41% 75.02% 73.49%
Number of salaries quoted 65479 72596 75585
Average salary £46,500 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.10% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Performance Improvement Jobs Demand Trend

Performance Improvement
Salary Trend

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

England Performance Improvement Salary Trend

Performance Improvement
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Performance Improvement across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England Performance Improvement Salary Histogram

Performance Improvement
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Performance Improvement within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London -6 45 £52,500 -19.23% 10
South East -3 23 £40,000 -20.00% 2
East of England +15 17 £62,500 +190.69%
Yorkshire -4 12 £55,000 +58.27% 3
North West +11 8 £47,500 -22.13% 3
South West +2 5 £35,250 -17.05% 1
East Midlands 0 5 £31,000 +44.18%
West Midlands - 3 £41,250 -
North East 0 1 £29,000 -
Performance Improvement
UK

Performance Improvement
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement.

1 101 (42.98%) Finance
2 51 (21.70%) Oracle
2 51 (21.70%) ITIL
3 47 (20.00%) Project Management
4 44 (18.72%) Business Analysis
5 31 (13.19%) Service Delivery
5 31 (13.19%) MS Excel
5 31 (13.19%) QA
6 30 (12.77%) Retail
7 28 (11.91%) SLA
7 28 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (11.49%) Capacity Management
9 26 (11.06%) Performance Management
10 25 (10.64%) Degree
10 25 (10.64%) Windows
10 25 (10.64%) Process Management
11 24 (10.21%) Programme Management
12 23 (9.787%) Banking
13 22 (9.362%) Telecoms
13 22 (9.362%) TCP/IP
14 21 (8.936%) WebLogic
14 21 (8.936%) SQL Server
14 21 (8.936%) Java
14 21 (8.936%) Change Management
15 20 (8.511%) SQL
15 20 (8.511%) SAP
15 20 (8.511%) UNIX
15 20 (8.511%) Oracle 10g
15 20 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
15 20 (8.511%) Technical Architecture

Performance Improvement
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Performance Improvement 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 Performance Improvement. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (7.660%) Middleware
2 12 (5.106%) .NET
3 4 (1.702%) XML
4 3 (1.277%) Hibernate
4 3 (1.277%) Spring
5 2 (0.851%) WebSphere
5 2 (0.851%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.851%) JPA
5 2 (0.851%) Guice
5 2 (0.851%) Apache CXF
5 2 (0.851%) J2EE
5 2 (0.851%) HTML
5 2 (0.851%) Guava
6 1 (0.426%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (0.426%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.426%) CSS
6 1 (0.426%) Web Services
6 1 (0.426%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.426%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.426%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 21 (8.936%) WebLogic
2 4 (1.702%) IIS
2 4 (1.702%) NetWeaver
3 3 (1.277%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.851%) CMS
4 2 (0.851%) Jetty
4 2 (0.851%) SAS
5 1 (0.426%) WordPress
5 1 (0.426%) SAP EP
5 1 (0.426%) Drupal
5 1 (0.426%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.426%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.426%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 31 (13.19%) MS Excel
2 17 (7.234%) MS Office
3 11 (4.681%) MS Project
4 10 (4.255%) MS PowerPoint
5 9 (3.830%) MS Visio
6 3 (1.277%) Open Workbench
7 2 (0.851%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.426%) SPSS
8 1 (0.426%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 16 (6.809%) BASE24
2 4 (1.702%) SAP GRC
3 3 (1.277%) SAP SRM
3 3 (1.277%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (0.851%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.426%) SAP SCM
5 1 (0.426%) HFM
5 1 (0.426%) SAP Retail
5 1 (0.426%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.426%) Hyperion Planning
Communications & Networking
1 22 (9.362%) TCP/IP
2 12 (5.106%) GSM
3 11 (4.681%) UMTS
3 11 (4.681%) Wireless
4 6 (2.553%) Ethernet
4 6 (2.553%) OSPF
4 6 (2.553%) BGP
5 5 (2.128%) WAN
5 5 (2.128%) MPLS
6 4 (1.702%) Unified Communications
6 4 (1.702%) Internet
7 3 (1.277%) EIGRP
7 3 (1.277%) HTTP
7 3 (1.277%) VoIP
7 3 (1.277%) LAN
7 3 (1.277%) SAN
7 3 (1.277%) DWDM
8 2 (0.851%) IPsec
8 2 (0.851%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.851%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (8.936%) SQL Server
2 20 (8.511%) Oracle 10g
2 20 (8.511%) Oracle 11g
3 11 (4.681%) GIS
4 8 (3.404%) MS Access
5 7 (2.979%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (2.979%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 6 (2.553%) SQL Server 2012
6 6 (2.553%) Crystal Reports
6 6 (2.553%) Oracle Reports
7 4 (1.702%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.277%) Oracle OWB
8 3 (1.277%) KDB
9 2 (0.851%) SAP BW
9 2 (0.851%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.426%) Star Schema
10 1 (0.426%) VLDB
10 1 (0.426%) OLAP
10 1 (0.426%) SAP BI
10 1 (0.426%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.277%) LoadRunner
2 2 (0.851%) Fiddler
3 1 (0.426%) FitNesse
3 1 (0.426%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.426%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.426%) Dreamweaver
General
1 101 (42.98%) Finance
2 30 (12.77%) Retail
3 23 (9.787%) Banking
4 22 (9.362%) Telecoms
5 19 (8.085%) Marketing
6 17 (7.234%) Retail Banking
7 16 (6.809%) Corporate Banking
8 15 (6.383%) International Banking
8 15 (6.383%) Billing
9 14 (5.957%) Front Office
10 9 (3.830%) Legal
10 9 (3.830%) Manufacturing
11 7 (2.979%) Electronics
11 7 (2.979%) Games
12 6 (2.553%) Military
13 4 (1.702%) Advertising
13 4 (1.702%) Automotive
14 2 (0.851%) Back Office
15 1 (0.426%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.426%) Law
Job Titles
1 33 (14.04%) Service Manager
2 30 (12.77%) Consultant
3 29 (12.34%) Technical Manager
3 29 (12.34%) Technical Services Manager
4 24 (10.21%) Analyst
5 16 (6.809%) Project Manager
6 14 (5.957%) Business Analyst
7 12 (5.106%) Developer
7 12 (5.106%) Senior Consultant
8 11 (4.681%) Operations Manager
9 10 (4.255%) Senior Manager
10 9 (3.830%) QA Manager
11 8 (3.404%) Team Leader
12 7 (2.979%) Business Process Analyst
12 7 (2.979%) Process Analyst
12 7 (2.979%) Programme Manager
12 7 (2.979%) Web Project Manager
12 7 (2.979%) Web Manager
12 7 (2.979%) Account Director
13 6 (2.553%) Client Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.660%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (5.106%) Statistics
3 6 (2.553%) Computer Science
4 5 (2.128%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.702%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (1.702%) IIBA
6 3 (1.277%) Hedge funds
6 3 (1.277%) Grid Computing
6 3 (1.277%) Mathematics
6 3 (1.277%) IPTV
7 2 (0.851%) EPoS
7 2 (0.851%) Life Science
8 1 (0.426%) Online Games
8 1 (0.426%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.426%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.426%) EFT
8 1 (0.426%) EFTPOS
8 1 (0.426%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.426%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.64%) Windows
2 20 (8.511%) UNIX
3 16 (6.809%) Solaris
4 2 (0.851%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.426%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.426%) Linux
5 1 (0.426%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (0.426%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.426%) Android
5 1 (0.426%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (21.70%) ITIL
2 47 (20.00%) Project Management
3 44 (18.72%) Business Analysis
4 31 (13.19%) Service Delivery
5 28 (11.91%) Continuous Improvement
6 27 (11.49%) Capacity Management
7 26 (11.06%) Performance Management
8 25 (10.64%) Process Management
9 24 (10.21%) Programme Management
10 21 (8.936%) Change Management
11 20 (8.511%) Technical Architecture
12 19 (8.085%) Service Management
13 18 (7.660%) Migration
14 17 (7.234%) Business Intelligence
14 17 (7.234%) Data Management
15 16 (6.809%) Business Development
15 16 (6.809%) Enterprise Architecture
15 16 (6.809%) Benchmarking
15 16 (6.809%) PRINCE2
15 16 (6.809%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.936%) Java
2 20 (8.511%) SQL
3 17 (7.234%) C
4 7 (2.979%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.553%) VB
5 6 (2.553%) VB.NET
5 6 (2.553%) VBA
6 4 (1.702%) C#
6 4 (1.702%) Shell Script
6 4 (1.702%) PL/SQL
7 3 (1.277%) R
7 3 (1.277%) Python
8 2 (0.851%) Scala
9 1 (0.426%) C++/CLI
9 1 (0.426%) C++
9 1 (0.426%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.426%) PHP
Qualifications
1 25 (10.64%) Degree
2 17 (7.234%) ISEB
3 11 (4.681%) ISTQB
4 4 (1.702%) Six Sigma Black Belt
5 3 (1.277%) CCIE
5 3 (1.277%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.851%) Postgraduate
6 2 (0.851%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.851%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.426%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.426%) Security Cleared
7 1 (0.426%) PMP
7 1 (0.426%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.426%) MBA
7 1 (0.426%) MCP
7 1 (0.426%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (13.19%) QA
2 28 (11.91%) SLA
3 15 (6.383%) FATCA
4 3 (1.277%) COBIT
5 1 (0.426%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (1.702%) Oracle RAC
1 4 (1.702%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.277%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.426%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (1.702%) ServiceCenter
1 4 (1.702%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.426%) SCOM
2 1 (0.426%) MOM
2 1 (0.426%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (0.426%) WSUS
Vendors
1 51 (21.70%) Oracle
2 20 (8.511%) SAP
3 16 (6.809%) Microsoft
3 16 (6.809%) HP
4 15 (6.383%) Misys
4 15 (6.383%) Temenos
4 15 (6.383%) Avaloq
4 15 (6.383%) Fundtech
4 15 (6.383%) TSYS
4 15 (6.383%) Fiserv
5 12 (5.106%) Mapinfo
6 6 (2.553%) Primavera
7 5 (2.128%) Citrix
7 5 (2.128%) Cisco
8 4 (1.702%) Siebel
8 4 (1.702%) VMware
9 3 (1.277%) Riverbed
9 3 (1.277%) webMethods
9 3 (1.277%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.277%) IBM
North West England
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Using database reporting tools such as Qlikview, Browser, Access and Excel to prepare reports that measure both internal and customer performance for weekly and monthly publication...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Knutsford, Cheshire, North West
Role description Qlikview Business Analyst , Technology, KnutsfordThe Qlikview Business Analyst role will be to collect, format and analyse systems data and transform it into meaningful management information that...
Michael Page
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 18 June 2013
North West
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Using database reporting tools such as Qlikview, Browser, Access and Excel to prepare reports that measure both internal and customer performance for weekly and monthly publication...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £30000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Midlands
A focus on the activities carried out at a specific site or sites, covering all aspects of the Systems & Software lifecycle: o Day-to-day project-manage Systems...
Experis Engineering
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
Help shape the technical direction of service delivery in a local authority serving over one million citizens... You will typically be assigned full-time to application technology and...
Surrey County Council
Salary: £46,723 per annum
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Consulting Point
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + car allowance, bonus, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Staines, Middlesex
Zorba Consulting Limited
Salary: £85000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £27000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Consulting Point
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + bonus + car + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HSBC
Posted: 3 June 2013
South West
Michael Page International
Salary: GBP60000 to GBP65000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013