The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of IT role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of IT in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Information Technology
Rank 224 231 227
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 24 10 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.332% 0.139% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.348% 0.145% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 24 9 4
Average salary £83,750 £52,500 £66,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+59.52% -20.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £71,356 £38,500 £56,250
10% offered a salary of more than £90,000 £62,500 £78,000
UK excluding London average salary £67,500 £64,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
+5.46% -1.53%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6899 6891 6432
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.51% 95.87% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5861 6087 5695
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of IT across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Head of IT Jobs Demand Trend

Head of IT
Salary Trend

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

North West Head of IT Salary Trend

Head of IT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of IT across the North West region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

North West Head of IT Salary Histogram

Head of IT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the North West 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
Manchester 0 12 £85,000 +47.82%
Cheshire +15 5 £81,000 +54.28%
Merseyside - 2 £85,000 -
Lancashire +7 1 £72,500 +70.58%
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Head of IT in their job title 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 with Head of IT in their job title.

1 13 (34.21%) Service Delivery
2 12 (31.58%) Retail
3 7 (18.42%) Finance
4 6 (15.79%) Retail Banking
4 6 (15.79%) Banking
5 4 (10.53%) Business Process Improvement
5 4 (10.53%) SAP
6 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2
6 3 (7.895%) Windows
6 3 (7.895%) C#
6 3 (7.895%) ERP
6 3 (7.895%) Degree
6 3 (7.895%) Supplier Management
6 3 (7.895%) Strategic Management
6 3 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
6 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Management
7 2 (5.263%) Windows Azure
7 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (5.263%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (5.263%) Risk Management
7 2 (5.263%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.263%) Business Continuity
7 2 (5.263%) ITIL
7 2 (5.263%) Programme Management
7 2 (5.263%) TOGAF
7 2 (5.263%) Logistics
7 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
7 2 (5.263%) IT Governance

Head of IT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Head of IT in their job title 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 with Head of IT in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.263%) .NET
1 2 (5.263%) ASP
1 2 (5.263%) ASP.NET
2 1 (2.632%) COM
2 1 (2.632%) EDI
2 1 (2.632%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 2 (5.263%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.632%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.632%) MS Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (2.632%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (2.632%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.632%) RFID
2 1 (2.632%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.263%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (31.58%) Retail
2 7 (18.42%) Finance
3 6 (15.79%) Retail Banking
3 6 (15.79%) Banking
4 2 (5.263%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.632%) Legal
5 1 (2.632%) Electronics
5 1 (2.632%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.895%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.632%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.632%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 3 (7.895%) Windows
2 1 (2.632%) Windows XP
2 1 (2.632%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Service Delivery
2 4 (10.53%) Business Process Improvement
3 3 (7.895%) PRINCE2
3 3 (7.895%) ERP
3 3 (7.895%) Supplier Management
3 3 (7.895%) Strategic Management
3 3 (7.895%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (7.895%) Infrastructure Management
4 2 (5.263%) Data Protection
4 2 (5.263%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.263%) Risk Management
4 2 (5.263%) Business Continuity
4 2 (5.263%) ITIL
4 2 (5.263%) Programme Management
4 2 (5.263%) TOGAF
4 2 (5.263%) Logistics
4 2 (5.263%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (5.263%) IT Governance
5 1 (2.632%) CRM
5 1 (2.632%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.895%) C#
2 2 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (2.632%) C
3 1 (2.632%) SQL
3 1 (2.632%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (7.895%) Degree
2 2 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (2.632%) PhD
3 1 (2.632%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 4 (10.53%) SAP
2 2 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.632%) Oracle
3 1 (2.632%) VMware