Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for SSA BPCS skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited BPCS over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSSA BPCS
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank249284
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching permanent IT job ads21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.201 %0.083 %
Salaries quoted21
Average minimum salary£50,000£40,000
Average salary£52,500£42,500
% change on same period last year+23.52 %
Average maximum salary£55,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,979£56,235
% change on same period last year-34.24 %
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads9931205
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.580 %0.529 %
Salaries quoted8721027
Average minimum salary£41,855£40,903
Average salary£51,312£48,904
% change on same period last year+4.92 %
Average maximum salary£60,770£56,906
UK excluding London average salary£50,533£49,920
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
BPCS EnglandBPCS
England

BPCS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing BPCS across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Business Applications category.

North West BPCS Demand Trend

BPCS
Salary Trend

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

North West BPCS Salary Trend

BPCS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPCS within the North West 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
LancashireNew entry-2£52,500-
BPCS EnglandBPCS
England

BPCS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing BPCS 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 BPCS.

18 (80.00 %)Lotus Notes
18 (80.00 %)IBM
18 (80.00 %)Lotus
26 (60.00 %)Legal
26 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)ERP
42 (20.00 %)MS Visio
42 (20.00 %)Project Management
42 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
42 (20.00 %)MS Excel
42 (20.00 %)SQL Server
42 (20.00 %)MS Office
42 (20.00 %)Insurance
42 (20.00 %)Pensions
42 (20.00 %)Windows
51 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
51 (10.00 %)SyteLine
51 (10.00 %)SAP ERP
51 (10.00 %)Infor
51 (10.00 %)PeopleSoft
51 (10.00 %)SAP
51 (10.00 %)Oracle
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft
51 (10.00 %)Active Directory
51 (10.00 %)Citrix
51 (10.00 %)Axapta
51 (10.00 %)Navision
51 (10.00 %)Alcatel
51 (10.00 %)JDA
51 (10.00 %)Epicor

BPCS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing BPCS 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 BPCS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (80.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
21 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (20.00 %)MS Office
12 (20.00 %)MS Excel
12 (20.00 %)MS Visio
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (10.00 %)Axapta
11 (10.00 %)Navision
11 (10.00 %)Oracle Applications
11 (10.00 %)SyteLine
11 (10.00 %)SAP ERP
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)LAN
11 (10.00 %)VPN
11 (10.00 %)Firewall
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (60.00 %)Legal
22 (20.00 %)Manufacturing
22 (20.00 %)Insurance
22 (20.00 %)Pensions
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)IT Manager
21 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
21 (10.00 %)Systems Engineer
21 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
21 (10.00 %)Lead Systems Engineer
21 (10.00 %)Project Manager
21 (10.00 %)Programme Manager
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)AS400
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (20.00 %)Windows
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)ERP
22 (20.00 %)Project Management
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (60.00 %)SQL
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (10.00 %)Active Directory
11 (10.00 %)Terminal Services
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (80.00 %)IBM
18 (80.00 %)Lotus
21 (10.00 %)JD Edwards
21 (10.00 %)QAD
21 (10.00 %)Infor
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (10.00 %)Citrix
21 (10.00 %)Alcatel
21 (10.00 %)JDA
21 (10.00 %)Epicor
21 (10.00 %)VERITAS
21 (10.00 %)Oracle
21 (10.00 %)PeopleSoft
21 (10.00 %)SAP
21 (10.00 %)Cisco