The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 22 - 37
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 5 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 2.315% - 0.649%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.106% - 1.093%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £34,000 - £26,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -1.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
161 179 183
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 74.54% 57.19% 59.42%
Number of salaries quoted 115 147 141
Average salary £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Problem Management
England

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Problem Management across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Midlands Problem Management Salary Histogram

Problem Management
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Hitachi
2 3 (42.86%) Red Hat
2 3 (42.86%) Symantec
2 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
2 3 (42.86%) NetBackup
2 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) SAP SD
3 2 (28.57%) SAP
3 2 (28.57%) SLA
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) Project Planning

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) SAP SD
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (42.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Technical Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Technical Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support
3 2 (28.57%) IT Support Analyst
3 2 (28.57%) Service Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Support Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Tester
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 3 (42.86%) Business Transformation
3 1 (14.29%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
3 1 (14.29%) Project Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
1 3 (42.86%) Hitachi
1 3 (42.86%) Red Hat
1 3 (42.86%) Symantec
2 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (28.57%) SAP