The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Luton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 31 45 35
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -10
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 17 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 4.632% 0.266% 1.544%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.648% 0.455% 1.739%
Number of salaries quoted 16 1 4
Average salary £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.55%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -2.50%
All Processes & Methodologies
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
301 220 230
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 82.02% 58.51% 88.80%
Number of salaries quoted 263 182 196
Average salary £45,000 £46,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +9.41%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Problem Management
Bedfordshire

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Problem Management across the Luton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Luton Problem Management Salary Histogram

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 22 (70.97%) ITIL
2 21 (67.74%) Windows
3 19 (61.29%) Change Management
4 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
4 18 (58.06%) VMware
4 18 (58.06%) TCP/IP
5 17 (54.84%) Cisco
5 17 (54.84%) Service Management
5 17 (54.84%) iSCSI
6 16 (51.61%) vSphere
6 16 (51.61%) IIS
7 15 (48.39%) VMware ESX
8 14 (45.16%) SQL
8 14 (45.16%) Linux
9 12 (38.71%) Apache
9 12 (38.71%) MySQL
10 10 (32.26%) Oracle
11 9 (29.03%) SaaS
11 9 (29.03%) Windows Server 2008
11 9 (29.03%) Degree
11 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
12 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
13 6 (19.35%) DNS
13 6 (19.35%) DHCP
13 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
13 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
13 6 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
14 5 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
15 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
15 4 (12.90%) Change Control

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 1 (3.226%) .NET
1 1 (3.226%) COM
1 1 (3.226%) .NET Framework
1 1 (3.226%) WCF
1 1 (3.226%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 16 (51.61%) IIS
2 12 (38.71%) Apache
3 2 (6.452%) SAS
4 1 (3.226%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
2 1 (3.226%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Infor M3
1 2 (6.452%) Movex
1 2 (6.452%) Lawson
Communications & Networking
1 18 (58.06%) TCP/IP
2 17 (54.84%) iSCSI
3 6 (19.35%) DNS
3 6 (19.35%) DHCP
4 3 (9.677%) SAN
5 2 (6.452%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (3.226%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (38.71%) MySQL
2 6 (19.35%) SQL Server
3 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (9.677%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (9.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (6.452%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 1 (3.226%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (9.677%) Finance
2 1 (3.226%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 18 (58.06%) Systems Engineer
2 12 (38.71%) Linux Engineer
3 6 (19.35%) Administrator
4 4 (12.90%) DBA
5 3 (9.677%) SQL DBA
5 3 (9.677%) Applications Specialist
5 3 (9.677%) Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Teradata DBA
6 2 (6.452%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) SQL Server DBA
6 2 (6.452%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) Linux Systems Administrator
6 2 (6.452%) Server Administrator
7 1 (3.226%) Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.226%) Technical Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Support Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Service Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Service Management Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (29.03%) SaaS
1 9 (29.03%) Computer Science
2 1 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Windows
2 14 (45.16%) Linux
3 9 (29.03%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2012
4 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (6.452%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (70.97%) ITIL
2 19 (61.29%) Change Management
3 17 (54.84%) Service Management
4 6 (19.35%) Root Cause Analysis
5 5 (16.13%) Capacity Planning
6 4 (12.90%) Change Control
6 4 (12.90%) Data Migration
6 4 (12.90%) Database Security
6 4 (12.90%) Migration
7 3 (9.677%) Incident Management
8 2 (6.452%) ITSM
8 2 (6.452%) Service Delivery
8 2 (6.452%) ERP
8 2 (6.452%) CRM
9 1 (3.226%) Configuration Management
9 1 (3.226%) RUP
9 1 (3.226%) PRINCE2
9 1 (3.226%) Asset Management
9 1 (3.226%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 14 (45.16%) SQL
2 4 (12.90%) T-SQL
3 1 (3.226%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.226%) MCP
2 1 (3.226%) MCAD
2 1 (3.226%) MCSD
2 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.226%) PCI DSS
1 1 (3.226%) COBIT
System Software
1 16 (51.61%) vSphere
2 15 (48.39%) VMware ESX
3 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (3.226%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
1 18 (58.06%) VMware
2 17 (54.84%) Cisco
3 10 (32.26%) Oracle
4 2 (6.452%) Red Hat
5 1 (3.226%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (3.226%) Citrix
5 1 (3.226%) Nimsoft
5 1 (3.226%) LANDesk
Luton, South East
My global client is currently recruiting an experienced Service Management analyst with a solid background in ITIL service management processes with extensive experience of Incident, Change ,problem management...
Volt
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Luton, South East
TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC and iSCSI switching Desirable: Windows Server (up to 2008) including Microsoft Cluster Services, Microsoft IIS web...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Luton, South East
Essential: At least 5 years commercial Linux data centre experience Linux server (inc. Apache, mySQL) LAMP TCP/IP networking over Cisco Catalyst switches Storage Area Networks, including FC...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013