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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification
Rank 176 198 165
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -33
Permanent jobs citing ITIL Certification 78 47 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.081% 0.663% 0.990%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.467% 2.635% 4.095%
Number of salaries quoted 56 42 52
Average salary £32,250 £35,000 £42,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.85% -18.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,750
% change year-on-year
- -1.84%
All Qualifications
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1746 1784 1636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 24.21% 25.18% 24.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1434 1526 1410
Average salary £36,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West ITIL Certification Jobs Demand Trend

ITIL Certification
Salary Trend

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

North West ITIL Certification Salary Trend

ITIL Certification
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ITIL Certification across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West ITIL Certification Salary Histogram

ITIL Certification
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Certification within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cheshire +30 41 £42,500 +7.59%
Manchester -3 28 £31,500 -10.00%
Merseyside +24 7 £22,500 -35.71%
Lancashire +1 2 £35,000 +21.73%
ITIL Certification
England

ITIL Certification
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ITIL Certification 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 ITIL Certification.

1 141 (100.00%) ITIL
2 77 (54.61%) Windows
3 62 (43.97%) Microsoft
4 51 (36.17%) Windows Server 2008
5 44 (31.21%) VMware
6 43 (30.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 42 (29.79%) Active Directory
8 38 (26.95%) SharePoint
9 36 (25.53%) MS Exchange
10 34 (24.11%) SQL Server
11 33 (23.40%) Service Delivery
12 30 (21.28%) SAN
13 29 (20.57%) Linux
14 28 (19.86%) PRINCE2
14 28 (19.86%) Exchange Server 2003
14 28 (19.86%) Exchange Server 2010
15 27 (19.15%) Microsoft Certification
15 27 (19.15%) NetApp
16 26 (18.44%) VMware Infrastructure
17 25 (17.73%) .NET
18 24 (17.02%) SQL
19 23 (16.31%) Service Management
20 22 (15.60%) MCSE
21 21 (14.89%) Finance
22 20 (14.18%) UNIX
23 19 (13.48%) MS Excel
24 18 (12.77%) DNS
24 18 (12.77%) Project Management
25 17 (12.06%) Cisco
25 17 (12.06%) MCITP

ITIL Certification
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ITIL Certification 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 ITIL Certification. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (17.73%) .NET
2 4 (2.837%) ASP.NET
2 4 (2.837%) Web Services
2 4 (2.837%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.418%) WebSphere
3 2 (1.418%) Windows SharePoint Services
4 1 (0.709%) Mason
4 1 (0.709%) DWR
4 1 (0.709%) COM
Application Platforms
1 38 (26.95%) SharePoint
2 36 (25.53%) MS Exchange
3 28 (19.86%) Exchange Server 2003
3 28 (19.86%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (10.64%) Exchange Server 2007
5 14 (9.929%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 12 (8.511%) IIS
7 11 (7.801%) SharePoint Server
8 10 (7.092%) Office Communications Server
8 10 (7.092%) Lync
9 5 (3.546%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.709%) CICS
Applications
1 19 (13.48%) MS Excel
2 13 (9.220%) MS Office
3 2 (1.418%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.418%) Dynamics NAV
1 2 (1.418%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (1.418%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.709%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (21.28%) SAN
2 18 (12.77%) DNS
3 14 (9.929%) DHCP
4 13 (9.220%) VoIP
5 9 (6.383%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (6.383%) iSCSI
6 8 (5.674%) Firewall
6 8 (5.674%) LAN
7 7 (4.965%) NAS
7 7 (4.965%) WAN
8 6 (4.255%) TCP/IP
9 3 (2.128%) Unified Communications
9 3 (2.128%) Network Security
9 3 (2.128%) SNMP
9 3 (2.128%) VPN
9 3 (2.128%) SDH
10 2 (1.418%) Intranet
10 2 (1.418%) HTTP
10 2 (1.418%) IP Telephony
11 1 (0.709%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (24.11%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.383%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (4.965%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (3.546%) SQL Server 2000
5 3 (2.128%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (2.128%) MySQL
6 1 (0.709%) DB2
6 1 (0.709%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 5 (3.546%) StarTeam
2 2 (1.418%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 21 (14.89%) Finance
2 10 (7.092%) Back Office
2 10 (7.092%) Telecoms
3 5 (3.546%) Banking
4 4 (2.837%) Manufacturing
4 4 (2.837%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (2.128%) Retail
5 3 (2.128%) Billing
6 1 (0.709%) Local Government
6 1 (0.709%) Welsh Language
6 1 (0.709%) Advertising
6 1 (0.709%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 29 (20.57%) Analyst
2 27 (19.15%) Service Manager
3 17 (12.06%) Support Analyst
4 16 (11.35%) Services Delivery Manager
4 16 (11.35%) Delivery Manager
5 11 (7.801%) Service Analyst
6 10 (7.092%) 2nd Line Support
7 9 (6.383%) Applications Support
8 8 (5.674%) 3rd Line Support
8 8 (5.674%) Consultant
8 8 (5.674%) Support Technician
8 8 (5.674%) Server Engineer
8 8 (5.674%) Senior Server Engineer
9 7 (4.965%) Technical Manager
9 7 (4.965%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 7 (4.965%) 2nd Line Support Technician
9 7 (4.965%) Development Manager
10 6 (4.255%) Administrator
10 6 (4.255%) Service Desk Analyst
11 5 (3.546%) Technical Operations Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.220%) Blackberry
2 9 (6.383%) Clustering
3 6 (4.255%) FMCG
4 3 (2.128%) iPad
4 3 (2.128%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.418%) Thin Client
5 2 (1.418%) CMDB
5 2 (1.418%) Fat Client
6 1 (0.709%) Replication
6 1 (0.709%) VSAM
6 1 (0.709%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.709%) iPhone
6 1 (0.709%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.709%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 77 (54.61%) Windows
2 51 (36.17%) Windows Server 2008
3 43 (30.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 29 (20.57%) Linux
5 20 (14.18%) UNIX
6 8 (5.674%) Windows XP
7 7 (4.965%) Windows Server 2012
7 7 (4.965%) Apple iOS
7 7 (4.965%) Windows NT
8 6 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (4.255%) Windows 7
9 4 (2.837%) Windows 2000
10 3 (2.128%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.709%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (100.00%) ITIL
2 33 (23.40%) Service Delivery
3 28 (19.86%) PRINCE2
4 23 (16.31%) Service Management
5 18 (12.77%) Project Management
6 16 (11.35%) Business Development
6 16 (11.35%) Problem Management
7 14 (9.929%) Change Control
7 14 (9.929%) Capacity Management
8 12 (8.511%) Performance Management
8 12 (8.511%) Incident Management
8 12 (8.511%) Root Cause Analysis
9 11 (7.801%) Change Management
10 9 (6.383%) High Availability
11 8 (5.674%) Data Management
11 8 (5.674%) Infrastructure Management
12 7 (4.965%) PRINCE
13 6 (4.255%) Disaster Recovery
13 6 (4.255%) Configuration Management
13 6 (4.255%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (17.02%) SQL
2 15 (10.64%) PowerShell
3 10 (7.092%) VBScript
4 9 (6.383%) Java
5 5 (3.546%) VB
6 3 (2.128%) Objective-C
6 3 (2.128%) C
6 3 (2.128%) C#
7 1 (0.709%) COBOL
7 1 (0.709%) JCL
Qualifications
1 27 (19.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 22 (15.60%) MCSE
3 17 (12.06%) MCITP
4 15 (10.64%) MCP
5 10 (7.092%) MCTS
6 8 (5.674%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (5.674%) CCNA
7 7 (4.965%) Security Cleared
7 7 (4.965%) Degree
8 5 (3.546%) SC Cleared
9 3 (2.128%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 3 (2.128%) MCSA
9 3 (2.128%) CCA
9 3 (2.128%) Citrix Certification
10 2 (1.418%) CISSP
10 2 (1.418%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.709%) HP ASE
11 1 (0.709%) CCNP
11 1 (0.709%) PMP
11 1 (0.709%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (11.35%) SLA
2 5 (3.546%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.709%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.709%) QA
System Software
1 42 (29.79%) Active Directory
2 26 (18.44%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (8.511%) vSphere
4 7 (4.965%) ISA Server
5 5 (3.546%) XenServer
5 5 (3.546%) NFS
6 3 (2.128%) XenApp
6 3 (2.128%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (2.128%) Samba
6 3 (2.128%) Hyper-V
7 2 (1.418%) Forefront TMG
7 2 (1.418%) UAG
Systems Management
1 8 (5.674%) SCCM
2 7 (4.965%) SolarWinds Orion
3 5 (3.546%) NetBackup
3 5 (3.546%) Nagios
3 5 (3.546%) MOM
4 3 (2.128%) SCOM
5 1 (0.709%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.709%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
5 1 (0.709%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 62 (43.97%) Microsoft
2 44 (31.21%) VMware
3 27 (19.15%) NetApp
4 17 (12.06%) Cisco
5 16 (11.35%) HP
6 14 (9.929%) Citrix
7 12 (8.511%) Oracle
8 10 (7.092%) Red Hat
8 10 (7.092%) EMC
9 9 (6.383%) IBM
9 9 (6.383%) Apple
9 9 (6.383%) Remedy
10 8 (5.674%) FrontRange
11 7 (4.965%) SolarWinds
12 6 (4.255%) Symantec
13 5 (3.546%) Avaya
13 5 (3.546%) SAP
14 4 (2.837%) AppSense
15 3 (2.128%) Nokia
16 2 (1.418%) BMC
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