The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 17 19 20
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs citing SLA 6 2 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 7.407% 4.082% 8.333%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 60.00% 40.00% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 9
Average salary £23,000 £32,500 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.23% +38.29%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10 5 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 12.35% 10.20% 8.333%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 9
Average salary £27,500 £30,000 £23,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.33% +27.65%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Kent

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Maidstone region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
2 7 (87.50%) Sun
2 7 (87.50%) CCNA
2 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco
4 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
4 5 (62.50%) Juniper
5 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
6 1 (12.50%) Service Management
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) Mitel
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (12.50%) Wireless
6 1 (12.50%) VMware
6 1 (12.50%) Terminal Server
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
6 1 (12.50%) Citrix
6 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
6 1 (12.50%) MS Office
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) MCP
6 1 (12.50%) Windows
6 1 (12.50%) MCSE
6 1 (12.50%) MCSA
6 1 (12.50%) Windows XP

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (100.00%) Network Security
2 7 (87.50%) Internet
2 7 (87.50%) Firewall
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Support Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Network Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Security Analyst
2 7 (87.50%) Network Security Analyst
3 6 (75.00%) Network Support Analyst
3 6 (75.00%) Network Support
4 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support
4 2 (25.00%) Service Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) 1st Line Support Analyst
4 2 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) Service Management
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Security
Qualifications
1 7 (87.50%) CCNA
1 7 (87.50%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) MCP
3 1 (12.50%) MCSE
3 1 (12.50%) MCSA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) Terminal Server
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (12.50%) XenApp
1 1 (12.50%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Sun
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 5 (62.50%) Juniper
3 5 (62.50%) CheckPoint
4 1 (12.50%) VMware
4 1 (12.50%) Mitel
4 1 (12.50%) Citrix