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The table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Problem Management
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank165202
Rank change on same period last yearUp+37
Matching permanent IT job ads8778
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.033 %
As % of the category below1.433 %0.990 %
Salaries quoted7470
Average minimum salary£33,189£31,507
Average salary£35,473£34,361
% change on same period last year+3.23 %
Average maximum salary£37,757£37,215
UK excluding London average salary£36,558£37,070
% change on same period last year-1.38 %
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads60707882
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.543 %3.379 %
Salaries quoted53026535
Average minimum salary£36,155£40,116
Average salary£40,019£44,227
% change on same period last year-9.51 %
Average maximum salary£43,883£48,339
UK excluding London average salary£42,638£44,224
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
Problem Management EnglandProblem Management
England

Problem Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Problem Management across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Problem Management Demand Trend

Problem Management
Salary Trend

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

North West Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Problem Management across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

North West Problem Management Salary Histogram

Problem Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the North West region over the 3 months to 7 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
CheshireUp+243£32,819-7.89 %
ManchesterUp+6228£37,780+28.69 %
MerseysideUp+311£41,900+52.71 %
Problem Management EnglandProblem Management
England

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

189 (51.45 %)ITIL
238 (21.97 %)Incident Management
337 (21.39 %)Windows
435 (20.23 %)SQL
435 (20.23 %)Oracle
532 (18.50 %)Finance
629 (16.76 %)Microsoft
726 (15.03 %)MS Office
825 (14.45 %)SLA
923 (13.29 %)ITIL Certification
1021 (12.14 %)Pensions
1021 (12.14 %)Change Management
1119 (10.98 %)UNIX
1217 (9.827 %)MS Excel
1217 (9.827 %)Management Information System
1316 (9.249 %)Windows XP
1415 (8.671 %)Health
1514 (8.092 %)Information Management
1514 (8.092 %)Banking
1613 (7.514 %)Service Delivery
1712 (6.936 %)Service Management
1712 (6.936 %)AIX
1811 (6.358 %)HP
1811 (6.358 %)E-business
1811 (6.358 %)Oracle iRecruitment
1910 (5.780 %)Windows 2000
1910 (5.780 %)PL/SQL
209 (5.202 %)SQL Server
209 (5.202 %)Configuration Management
209 (5.202 %)QA

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (4.624 %).NET
26 (3.468 %)Hibernate
26 (3.468 %)JSP
26 (3.468 %)Servlets
26 (3.468 %)Struts
34 (2.312 %)JSTL
34 (2.312 %)J2EE
34 (2.312 %)JDBC
41 (0.578 %)ASP
41 (0.578 %)XML
41 (0.578 %)ODBC
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (4.046 %)SAS
26 (3.468 %)Tomcat
26 (3.468 %)MS Exchange
34 (2.312 %)Oracle Workflow
43 (1.734 %)Exchange Server 2003
43 (1.734 %)Exchange Server 2007
43 (1.734 %)CMS
52 (1.156 %)Lotus Notes
61 (0.578 %)IIS
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
126 (15.03 %)MS Office
217 (9.827 %)MS Excel
37 (4.046 %)SPSS
44 (2.312 %)MS Visio
52 (1.156 %)MS PowerPoint
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (6.358 %)Oracle iRecruitment
24 (2.312 %)Oracle EBS
24 (2.312 %)Oracle Payroll
31 (0.578 %)BASE24
31 (0.578 %)Oracle Financials
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.890 %)SMS
15 (2.890 %)TCP/IP
24 (2.312 %)DNS
33 (1.734 %)Firewall
42 (1.156 %)Cisco PIX
42 (1.156 %)MPLS
51 (0.578 %)SAN
51 (0.578 %)DMZ
51 (0.578 %)VPN
51 (0.578 %)SNMP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (5.202 %)SQL Server
27 (4.046 %)OLAP
27 (4.046 %)Datawarehouse
27 (4.046 %)ETL
36 (3.468 %)Oracle 8/8i
44 (2.312 %)Oracle 9i
44 (2.312 %)Oracle Reports
53 (1.734 %)Crystal Reports
53 (1.734 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (1.734 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (0.578 %)DTS
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (2.312 %)Oracle Forms
21 (0.578 %)TestDirector
21 (0.578 %)LoadRunner
21 (0.578 %)Visual Studio
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (18.50 %)Finance
221 (12.14 %)Pensions
315 (8.671 %)Health
414 (8.092 %)Banking
57 (4.046 %)Insurance
57 (4.046 %)FMCG
66 (3.468 %)Telecoms
75 (2.890 %)Law
84 (2.312 %)Retail
91 (0.578 %)Billing
91 (0.578 %)Retail Banking
91 (0.578 %)Auditing
91 (0.578 %)Front Office
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
181 (46.82 %)Analyst
248 (27.75 %)Support Analyst
324 (13.87 %)Problem Manager
422 (12.72 %)Oracle Analyst
519 (10.98 %)Incident Manager
617 (9.827 %)Service Manager
715 (8.671 %)Programmer
715 (8.671 %)Oracle Support Analyst
814 (8.092 %)Business Analyst
814 (8.092 %)Business Support Analyst
814 (8.092 %)E-Business Analyst
98 (4.624 %)Analyst Programmer
98 (4.624 %)UNIX Support
107 (4.046 %).NET Programmer
107 (4.046 %)Support Engineer
107 (4.046 %)Applications Support
107 (4.046 %)Services Delivery Manager
107 (4.046 %)Delivery Manager
107 (4.046 %)Oracle Analyst Programmer
107 (4.046 %)Applications Support Analyst
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
117 (9.827 %)Management Information System
27 (4.046 %)Data Extraction
36 (3.468 %)Mainframe
43 (1.734 %)HACMP
52 (1.156 %)CMDB
61 (0.578 %)AS400
61 (0.578 %)Replication
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
137 (21.39 %)Windows
219 (10.98 %)UNIX
316 (9.249 %)Windows XP
412 (6.936 %)AIX
510 (5.780 %)Windows 2000
68 (4.624 %)Solaris
68 (4.624 %)Linux
68 (4.624 %)Windows Vista
77 (4.046 %)Windows Server 2003
86 (3.468 %)HPUX
93 (1.734 %)Tru64
102 (1.156 %)Windows NT
102 (1.156 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
189 (51.45 %)ITIL
238 (21.97 %)Incident Management
321 (12.14 %)Change Management
414 (8.092 %)Information Management
513 (7.514 %)Service Delivery
612 (6.936 %)Service Management
711 (6.358 %)E-business
89 (5.202 %)Configuration Management
98 (4.624 %)Release Management
107 (4.046 %)Statistical Analysis
107 (4.046 %)Data Modelling
107 (4.046 %)Security Cleared
115 (2.890 %)SC Cleared
115 (2.890 %)Supplier Management
124 (2.312 %)Asset Management
124 (2.312 %)EAM
124 (2.312 %)CRM
124 (2.312 %)Workflow
133 (1.734 %)Project Management
133 (1.734 %)Strategic Planning
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (20.23 %)SQL
210 (5.780 %)PL/SQL
38 (4.624 %)Transact-SQL
38 (4.624 %)C#
46 (3.468 %)Java
55 (2.890 %)C
55 (2.890 %)VBA
64 (2.312 %)VBScript
64 (2.312 %)VB
73 (1.734 %)Shell Script
81 (0.578 %)C++
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (13.29 %)ITIL Certification
28 (4.624 %)Microsoft Certification
37 (4.046 %)MCSE
45 (2.890 %)MCDST
53 (1.734 %)MCP
62 (1.156 %)PRINCE2 Certification
62 (1.156 %)CCSP
62 (1.156 %)CISSP
62 (1.156 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.578 %)ISEB
71 (0.578 %)CNA
71 (0.578 %)Novell Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (14.45 %)SLA
29 (5.202 %)QA
31 (0.578 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.578 %)MiFID
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.468 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
16 (3.468 %)RACF
25 (2.890 %)VMware Infrastructure
25 (2.890 %)Active Directory
34 (2.312 %)NFS
41 (0.578 %)Terminal Server
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (3.468 %)Tivoli
23 (1.734 %)ServiceCenter
32 (1.156 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.578 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (20.23 %)Oracle
229 (16.76 %)Microsoft
311 (6.358 %)HP
48 (4.624 %)Sun
56 (3.468 %)Symantec
65 (2.890 %)VMware
65 (2.890 %)Cisco
74 (2.312 %)Siebel
83 (1.734 %)Avaya
92 (1.156 %)Lotus
101 (0.578 %)CheckPoint
101 (0.578 %)Juniper
101 (0.578 %)Novell
101 (0.578 %)Brocade
101 (0.578 %)Cerillion
101 (0.578 %)Remedy
101 (0.578 %)IBM
101 (0.578 %)EMC
101 (0.578 %)Citrix