The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 84 94 55
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -39
Permanent jobs citing SLA 9 10 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.018% 0.800% 3.598%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.75% 6.803% 35.54%
Number of salaries quoted 8 10 40
Average salary £24,500 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-24.61% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,900 £23,150 £22,950
10% offered a salary of more than £26,150 £40,250 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,944
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +0.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
61 147 121
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 6.900% 11.76% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53 125 107
Average salary £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+31.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £60,000 £57,500
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 Gloucestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Gloucestershire 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 Gloucestershire region.

Gloucestershire SLA Salary Trend

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 Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Gloucester +15 7 £24,500 -1.01%
Filton +4 1 £30,000 -20.00%
SLA
South West

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 10 (43.48%) VBA
3 9 (39.13%) SQL
4 7 (30.43%) Oracle
4 7 (30.43%) Validation
4 7 (30.43%) Statistics
5 6 (26.09%) Resource Management
5 6 (26.09%) QA
5 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (26.09%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (26.09%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (17.39%) XML
7 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
7 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
7 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
7 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
7 3 (13.04%) Degree
8 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (8.696%) Test Scripting
8 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (8.696%) Military
8 2 (8.696%) Retail
8 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Analysis Services
8 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
8 2 (8.696%) SGML
8 2 (8.696%) Aerospace
8 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
8 2 (8.696%) HTML
8 2 (8.696%) JavaScript

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire 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 4 (17.39%) XML
2 2 (8.696%) SGML
2 2 (8.696%) HTML
Applications
1 3 (13.04%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 2 (8.696%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 2 (8.696%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 2 (8.696%) Military
2 2 (8.696%) Retail
2 2 (8.696%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 8 (34.78%) Developer
2 6 (26.09%) Oracle Applications DBA
2 6 (26.09%) Oracle DBA
2 6 (26.09%) SQL Developer
2 6 (26.09%) VBA Developer
2 6 (26.09%) DBA
3 3 (13.04%) Analyst
3 3 (13.04%) Service Manager
4 2 (8.696%) Test Engineer
4 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Business Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Senior Developer
4 2 (8.696%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.348%) Database Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) MI Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Operations Analyst
5 1 (4.348%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Service Desk Manager
5 1 (4.348%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Statistics
2 3 (13.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (4.348%) Client/Server
3 1 (4.348%) Data Extraction
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) Validation
2 6 (26.09%) Resource Management
2 6 (26.09%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (8.696%) Test Scripting
3 2 (8.696%) Business Analysis
3 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
3 2 (8.696%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (4.348%) ITIL
4 1 (4.348%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.348%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (4.348%) ITSM
4 1 (4.348%) Process Management
4 1 (4.348%) Project Management
4 1 (4.348%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 10 (43.48%) VBA
2 9 (39.13%) SQL
3 2 (8.696%) JavaScript
4 1 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 3 (13.04%) Degree
2 1 (4.348%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (4.348%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.348%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (30.43%) Oracle
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) IBM
3 1 (4.348%) Business Objects
3 1 (4.348%) HP
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