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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Rank 139 145 147
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +2
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 1 5 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.041% 0.198% 0.563%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.272% 0.735%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £34,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+39.70% -15.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1885 1837 2585
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 76.47% 72.93% 76.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1486 1476 2084
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Operations Research
East of England

Operations Research
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Operations Research Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Research
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Operations Research across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Operations Research Salary Trend

Operations Research
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Research within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
St Albans -5 1 - -
Operations Research
East of England

Operations Research
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research.

1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics

Operations Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Operations Research 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 Operations Research. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SPSS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Insight Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree