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The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank96119
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads8093
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.041 %
As % of the category below39.80 %23.72 %
Salaries quoted7080
Average minimum salary£29,299£29,911
Average salary£31,417£31,727
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
Average maximum salary£33,535£33,543
UK excluding London average salary£35,368£34,853
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads201392
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.117 %0.172 %
Salaries quoted177341
Average minimum salary£33,890£35,882
Average salary£36,816£40,320
% change on same period last year-8.69 %
Average maximum salary£39,743£44,758
UK excluding London average salary£39,862£39,958
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
SLA North WestSLA
North West

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Manchester SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Manchester region.

Manchester SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

Manchester SLA Salary Histogram

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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportNew entry-7£30,000-
CheadleNew entry-2£23,000-
SalfordDown-42£26,750-40.33 %
AltrinchamNew entry-1£35,000-
SLA North WestSLA
North West

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

162 (29.11 %)Telecoms
256 (26.29 %)ITIL
350 (23.47 %)Windows
446 (21.60 %)MS Excel
542 (19.72 %)Service Delivery
640 (18.78 %)Service Management
640 (18.78 %)Microsoft
736 (16.90 %)Linux
736 (16.90 %)LLU
834 (15.96 %)ADSL
933 (15.49 %)Health
1030 (14.08 %)Shell Script
1129 (13.62 %)Windows 2000
1227 (12.68 %)Broadband
1323 (10.80 %)Oracle
1422 (10.33 %)MS Office
1521 (9.859 %)Finance
1521 (9.859 %)Education
1521 (9.859 %)UNIX
1618 (8.451 %)TCP/IP
1717 (7.981 %)SQL Server
1816 (7.512 %)Change Management
1915 (7.042 %)Cisco
2014 (6.573 %)Microsoft Certification
2113 (6.103 %)Novell
2113 (6.103 %)SQL
2113 (6.103 %)MCSE
2113 (6.103 %)Windows Vista
2212 (5.634 %)Degree
2310 (4.695 %)Active Directory

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (3.756 %)XML
27 (3.286 %)EDI
27 (3.286 %)EDIFACT
27 (3.286 %)WebSphere
33 (1.408 %)WinForms
33 (1.408 %).NET
41 (0.469 %)J2EE
41 (0.469 %)JSP
41 (0.469 %)SOAP
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (3.286 %)WebSphere MQ
23 (1.408 %)MS Exchange
32 (0.939 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.469 %)SAS
41 (0.469 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
41 (0.469 %)Exchange Server 2000
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
146 (21.60 %)MS Excel
222 (10.33 %)MS Office
33 (1.408 %)MS Visio
41 (0.469 %)MS PowerPoint
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (2.817 %)Oracle Financials
16 (2.817 %)Oracle Applications
22 (0.939 %)Oracle EBS
31 (0.469 %)Oracle 11i
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (16.90 %)LLU
234 (15.96 %)ADSL
327 (12.68 %)Broadband
418 (8.451 %)TCP/IP
58 (3.756 %)VoIP
67 (3.286 %)FTP
76 (2.817 %)BT 21CN
84 (1.878 %)WAN
84 (1.878 %)DSL
84 (1.878 %)Q.931
84 (1.878 %)H.323
93 (1.408 %)SAN
93 (1.408 %)CTI
102 (0.939 %)Firewall
102 (0.939 %)Wireless
102 (0.939 %)DHCP
102 (0.939 %)SMS
102 (0.939 %)DNS
111 (0.469 %)LAN
111 (0.469 %)Internet
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (7.981 %)SQL Server
28 (3.756 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (1.408 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (1.408 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
42 (0.939 %)BusinessObjects
42 (0.939 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.469 %)MS Access
51 (0.469 %)Oracle Discoverer
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.408 %)Visual Studio
13 (1.408 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
162 (29.11 %)Telecoms
233 (15.49 %)Health
321 (9.859 %)Finance
321 (9.859 %)Education
48 (3.756 %)Manufacturing
55 (2.347 %)Government
63 (1.408 %)Legal
72 (0.939 %)Pensions
81 (0.469 %)Marketing
81 (0.469 %)Home Office
81 (0.469 %)Insurance
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (18.31 %)Analyst
229 (13.62 %)Support Analyst
322 (10.33 %)Consultant
421 (9.859 %)Coordinator
520 (9.390 %)Technical Support
618 (8.451 %)Management Consultant
618 (8.451 %)Service Management Consultant
717 (7.981 %)Support Manager
717 (7.981 %)ITIL Consultant
812 (5.634 %)Linux Support
812 (5.634 %)Support Engineer
911 (5.164 %)Team Leader
1010 (4.695 %)Technical Support Manager
1010 (4.695 %)Technical Manager
119 (4.225 %)2nd Line Support
128 (3.756 %)Applications Support
137 (3.286 %)Service Manager
137 (3.286 %)Applications Support Analyst
137 (3.286 %)Applications Specialist
146 (2.817 %)Software Engineer
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (1.408 %)IVR
22 (0.939 %)Management Information System
22 (0.939 %)Data Conversion
31 (0.469 %)Statistics
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
150 (23.47 %)Windows
236 (16.90 %)Linux
329 (13.62 %)Windows 2000
421 (9.859 %)UNIX
513 (6.103 %)Windows Vista
69 (4.225 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (2.817 %)Windows XP
85 (2.347 %)Windows 2000 Server
91 (0.469 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.469 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
91 (0.469 %)HPUX
91 (0.469 %)Solaris
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (26.29 %)ITIL
242 (19.72 %)Service Delivery
340 (18.78 %)Service Management
416 (7.512 %)Change Management
55 (2.347 %)Project Management
55 (2.347 %)CRM
64 (1.878 %)Disaster Recovery
64 (1.878 %)Incident Management
64 (1.878 %)Performance Management
73 (1.408 %)Fault Management
73 (1.408 %)Time Management
73 (1.408 %)Security Cleared
73 (1.408 %)Contact Management
82 (0.939 %)E-business
82 (0.939 %)Workflow
82 (0.939 %)ERP
82 (0.939 %)PRINCE
82 (0.939 %)Configuration Management
82 (0.939 %)Problem Management
82 (0.939 %)BC Cleared
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (14.08 %)Shell Script
213 (6.103 %)SQL
37 (3.286 %)C#
43 (1.408 %)C++
43 (1.408 %)VB
43 (1.408 %)VB.NET
43 (1.408 %)VB6
52 (0.939 %)Progress 4GL
52 (0.939 %)Perl
61 (0.469 %)C
61 (0.469 %)Java
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (6.573 %)Microsoft Certification
213 (6.103 %)MCSE
312 (5.634 %)Degree
49 (4.225 %)MCP
53 (1.408 %)CCNA
53 (1.408 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.939 %)MCSA
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.469 %)ISO9000
11 (0.469 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (4.695 %)Active Directory
21 (0.469 %)ISA Server
21 (0.469 %)NDS
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.469 %)ServiceCenter
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (18.78 %)Microsoft
223 (10.80 %)Oracle
315 (7.042 %)Cisco
413 (6.103 %)Novell
59 (4.225 %)IBM
65 (2.347 %)BT
65 (2.347 %)Citrix
74 (1.878 %)Nortel
83 (1.408 %)Infragistics
83 (1.408 %)VMware
83 (1.408 %)HP
83 (1.408 %)EMC
92 (0.939 %)Business Objects
92 (0.939 %)Progress
101 (0.469 %)Chordiant
101 (0.469 %)Sybase