The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 49 51 62
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +11
Permanent jobs citing SLA 11 33 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 2.381% 4.853% 1.106%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.83% 62.26% 31.25%
Number of salaries quoted 11 30 5
Average salary £30,000 £34,764 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.70% +33.70%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,900 £20,000 £22,400
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £48,650 £34,400
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,944
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +0.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
41 53 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 8.874% 7.794% 3.540%
Number of salaries quoted 35 46 13
Average salary £30,000 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-29.41% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,700 £20,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £70,000 £66,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
North West

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 22 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
Liverpool -1 7 £30,000 -13.70%
Southport - 4 £30,000 -
SLA
North West

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 15 (42.86%) SQL
2 13 (37.14%) Windows
2 13 (37.14%) Degree
3 11 (31.43%) Oracle
4 10 (28.57%) Web Services
4 10 (28.57%) XML
4 10 (28.57%) UNIX
4 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (25.71%) Linux
5 9 (25.71%) Oracle 8/8i
5 9 (25.71%) SQL Server
5 9 (25.71%) RDBMS
6 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 7 (20.00%) Change Control
7 6 (17.14%) IIS
7 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
8 5 (14.29%) ITIL
8 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
8 5 (14.29%) High Availability
9 4 (11.43%) MS Office
9 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
10 3 (8.571%) MicroStrategy
10 3 (8.571%) Business Objects
10 3 (8.571%) MS Access
10 3 (8.571%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (8.571%) Oracle 11g
10 3 (8.571%) Oracle BI EE

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 Development
1 10 (28.57%) Web Services
1 10 (28.57%) XML
2 1 (2.857%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.14%) IIS
2 2 (5.714%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.714%) MS Exchange
3 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (2.857%) Lync
3 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (11.43%) MS Office
3 1 (2.857%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) SAP APO
1 1 (2.857%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.714%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.857%) SAN
2 1 (2.857%) VoIP
2 1 (2.857%) HTTP
2 1 (2.857%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.857%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (25.71%) Oracle 8/8i
1 9 (25.71%) SQL Server
1 9 (25.71%) RDBMS
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 5 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (8.571%) MS Access
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (8.571%) Oracle BI EE
3 3 (8.571%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (2.857%) Telecoms
1 1 (2.857%) Finance
1 1 (2.857%) Law
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Analyst
2 11 (31.43%) Technical Analyst
3 9 (25.71%) DBA
4 7 (20.00%) Junior
4 7 (20.00%) Junior DBA
5 4 (11.43%) 2nd Line Support
6 3 (8.571%) Developer
6 3 (8.571%) Technical Support
6 3 (8.571%) OBIEE Developer
6 3 (8.571%) SQL DBA
7 2 (5.714%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Support Manager
7 2 (5.714%) Developer Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Administrator
7 2 (5.714%) Field Engineer
7 2 (5.714%) Support Analyst
7 2 (5.714%) Applications Support
7 2 (5.714%) Technical Support Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) Senior Analyst
8 1 (2.857%) SQL Server DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.857%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.857%) Thin Client
2 1 (2.857%) FMCG
2 1 (2.857%) Fat Client
2 1 (2.857%) SaaS
2 1 (2.857%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.857%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (37.14%) Windows
2 10 (28.57%) UNIX
2 10 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (25.71%) Linux
4 2 (5.714%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.857%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.857%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Change Control
2 5 (14.29%) ITIL
2 5 (14.29%) High Availability
3 4 (11.43%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (11.43%) Service Delivery
4 2 (5.714%) Incident Management
4 2 (5.714%) Project Management
5 1 (2.857%) Validation
5 1 (2.857%) Change Management
5 1 (2.857%) ERP
5 1 (2.857%) CRM
5 1 (2.857%) Problem Management
5 1 (2.857%) Technical Architecture
5 1 (2.857%) Time Management
5 1 (2.857%) Performance Management
5 1 (2.857%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (2.857%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) SQL
2 5 (14.29%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.857%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Degree
2 2 (5.714%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.714%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.857%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.857%) CCIE
3 1 (2.857%) CCDP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.714%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.857%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.857%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (2.857%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 11 (31.43%) Oracle
2 6 (17.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.571%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (8.571%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.857%) VMware
4 1 (2.857%) HP
4 1 (2.857%) Citrix
4 1 (2.857%) Cisco
4 1 (2.857%) SAP
Liverpool, Merseyside
Liverpool, North West, UK £40,000 - £50,000 + benefits Key Skills - OIBEE, Oracle, Business Objects Market leading organisation requires an OBIEE Developer / Analyst to join their already well...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013