The first table below looks at the demand for HP APS in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP APS 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 Qualifications for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Accredited Platform Specialist (HP APS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing HP APS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary - £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1744 1795 1655
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.27% 25.29% 24.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1433 1537 1435
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £57,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
HP APS
England

HP APS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West HP APS Jobs Demand Trend

HP APS
Salary Trend

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

North West HP APS Salary Trend

HP APS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing HP APS 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 HP APS.

1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
1 10 (100.00%) HP
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (70.00%) Citrix
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
3 6 (60.00%) MCP
3 6 (60.00%) MCSE
3 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
3 6 (60.00%) SLA
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
3 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (60.00%) MS Office
4 4 (40.00%) Linux
4 4 (40.00%) Wireless
4 4 (40.00%) VMware
4 4 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 4 (40.00%) Mitel
4 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (40.00%) ProCurve
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (40.00%) XenApp
4 4 (40.00%) XenDesktop
4 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 4 (40.00%) LAN
4 4 (40.00%) PBX

HP APS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing HP APS 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 HP APS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (60.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) Wireless
2 4 (40.00%) LAN
2 4 (40.00%) PBX
2 4 (40.00%) WLAN
2 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 6 (60.00%) Desktop Support
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Support Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Technical Manager
2 4 (40.00%) Support Manager
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (40.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (60.00%) A+ Certification
1 6 (60.00%) MCP
1 6 (60.00%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware ESX
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (40.00%) XenApp
2 4 (40.00%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) HP
2 7 (70.00%) Citrix
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) VMware
4 4 (40.00%) Mitel
4 4 (40.00%) ProCurve
4 4 (40.00%) NetApp
4 4 (40.00%) Red Hat
5 3 (30.00%) Reuters
5 3 (30.00%) Bloomberg