The first table below looks at the demand for Opalis skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Opalis over the 3 months to 21 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 Systems Management category for the Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Opalis
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Opalis 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 0.966% - -
As % of the Systems Management category 7.692% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Average salary £23,250 - -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year
-33.33% -
All Systems Management
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
26 14 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 12.56% 4.416% 12.24%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 27
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +37.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £44,000 £31,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £63,000 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -
Opalis
England

Opalis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Opalis across the Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

Midlands Opalis Jobs Demand Trend

Opalis
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region citing Opalis 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 Opalis.

1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) BMC
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
1 5 (100.00%) BladeLogic
2 4 (80.00%) UNIX
3 2 (40.00%) HPUX
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (20.00%) HP

Opalis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands region citing Opalis 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 Opalis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) Internet
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Graduate
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX Systems Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) IT Graduate
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) HPUX
2 2 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 5 (100.00%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) BMC
2 1 (20.00%) HP