The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ProCurve products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ProCurve over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors for the North West region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within HP ProCurve.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ProCurve
Rank 245 247 236
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -11
Permanent jobs citing ProCurve 3 4 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.057% 0.073%
As % of the Vendors category 0.091% 0.122% 0.146%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 5
Average salary £47,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.15% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +0.62%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3294 3280 3433
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 46.20% 46.52% 50.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2715 2825 2985
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
ProCurve
England

ProCurve
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West ProCurve Jobs Demand Trend

ProCurve
Salary Trend

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

North West ProCurve Salary Trend

ProCurve
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ProCurve within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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 -18 3 £47,500 +31.03%
ProCurve
England

ProCurve
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ProCurve 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 ProCurve.

1 12 (100.00%) HP
2 11 (91.67%) WLAN
2 11 (91.67%) Wireless
3 10 (83.33%) LAN
4 8 (66.67%) Cisco
4 8 (66.67%) CCNP
4 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
5 7 (58.33%) Network Security
5 7 (58.33%) Fortinet
5 7 (58.33%) CCSE
5 7 (58.33%) Sourcefire
5 7 (58.33%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (58.33%) Cisco Nexus
5 7 (58.33%) Check Point Certification
5 7 (58.33%) CheckPoint
5 7 (58.33%) Project Management
5 7 (58.33%) Change Management
6 5 (41.67%) WAN
7 4 (33.33%) Citrix
7 4 (33.33%) PBX
7 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
7 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
7 4 (33.33%) SQL
7 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 4 (33.33%) ITIL
7 4 (33.33%) Windows
7 4 (33.33%) Linux
7 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (33.33%) SAN

ProCurve
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing ProCurve 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 ProCurve. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 4 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 11 (91.67%) WLAN
1 11 (91.67%) Wireless
2 10 (83.33%) LAN
3 8 (66.67%) Cisco ASA
4 7 (58.33%) Cisco Nexus
4 7 (58.33%) Network Security
5 5 (41.67%) WAN
6 4 (33.33%) SAN
6 4 (33.33%) PBX
7 1 (8.333%) IPsec
7 1 (8.333%) VLAN
7 1 (8.333%) MPLS
7 1 (8.333%) OSPF
7 1 (8.333%) Firewall
7 1 (8.333%) VPN
7 1 (8.333%) DNS
7 1 (8.333%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) Network Consultant
1 7 (58.33%) Consultant
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Consultant
2 6 (50.00%) Cisco Network Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Support
3 4 (33.33%) Security Consultant
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Support Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Technical Manager
3 4 (33.33%) Support Manager
4 2 (16.67%) Network Security Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Cisco Security Consultant
5 1 (8.333%) Network Engineer
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Windows
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
1 4 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (33.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Project Management
1 7 (58.33%) Change Management
1 7 (58.33%) Customer Engagement
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (8.333%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.333%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.333%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 8 (66.67%) CCNP
2 7 (58.33%) Check Point Certification
2 7 (58.33%) CCSE
3 4 (33.33%) HP APS
4 1 (8.333%) CCNA
4 1 (8.333%) HP ASE
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware ESX
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (33.33%) XenApp
1 4 (33.33%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) HP
2 8 (66.67%) Cisco
3 7 (58.33%) CheckPoint
3 7 (58.33%) Sourcefire
3 7 (58.33%) Fortinet
4 4 (33.33%) VMware
4 4 (33.33%) Mitel
4 4 (33.33%) Citrix
4 4 (33.33%) NetApp
4 4 (33.33%) Red Hat