The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 22 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 49 58 53
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -5
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 5 13 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.337% 2.544% 0.968%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.597% 3.342% 1.456%
Number of salaries quoted 2 10 1
Average salary £25,250 £36,000 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.86% +18.03%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -
All Processes & Methodologies
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
313 389 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 83.69% 76.13% 66.45%
Number of salaries quoted 270 335 162
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Problem Management
Merseyside

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Salary Trend

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

Liverpool Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Problem Management across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Liverpool Problem Management Salary Histogram

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool region citing Problem 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 Problem Management.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
4 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 3 (37.50%) SQL
4 3 (37.50%) VB
4 3 (37.50%) VB.NET
4 3 (37.50%) .NET
4 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
4 3 (37.50%) MS Office
4 3 (37.50%) VB6
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
6 1 (12.50%) Change Management
6 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (12.50%) Workflow
6 1 (12.50%) Publishing
6 1 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (12.50%) Citrix
6 1 (12.50%) UNIX
6 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
6 1 (12.50%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) WAN
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) HTML
6 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
6 1 (12.50%) J2EE

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool region citing Problem 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 Problem Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (37.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Banking
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
1 3 (37.50%) Developer
1 3 (37.50%) Analyst
1 3 (37.50%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (37.50%) VB Developer
1 3 (37.50%) VB6 Developer
2 2 (25.00%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Service Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Technician
3 1 (12.50%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Linux
4 1 (12.50%) UNIX
4 1 (12.50%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) Change Management
2 1 (12.50%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (12.50%) Workflow
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL V2
2 1 (12.50%) Customer Insight
2 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
2 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
2 1 (12.50%) Direct Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Database Marketing
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) SQL
1 3 (37.50%) VB
1 3 (37.50%) VB.NET
1 3 (37.50%) VB6
2 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
1 1 (12.50%) Data Quality
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix