The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of RedDot 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 RedDot over the 3 months to 23 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 RedDot Solutions.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RedDot
Rank 246 233 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing RedDot 3 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.042% 0.042% -
As % of the Vendors category 0.091% 0.091% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 0
Average salary £50,000 £40,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £38,750 £38,250
% change year-on-year
+12.90% +1.30%
All Vendors
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
3281 3308 3509
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 45.91% 46.49% 50.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2711 2840 3063
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% -1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £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
RedDot
England

RedDot
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West RedDot Jobs Demand Trend

RedDot
Salary Trend

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

North West RedDot Salary Trend

RedDot
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RedDot across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West RedDot Salary Histogram

RedDot
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RedDot within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Lancashire - 2 £50,000 -
Cheshire - 1 £25,000 -
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England

RedDot
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RedDot 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 RedDot.

1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) CRM
2 3 (75.00%) .NET
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) MVC
2 3 (75.00%) Open Text
2 3 (75.00%) Content Management
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (75.00%) EPiServer
2 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2013
2 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
2 3 (75.00%) WCF
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Document Management
3 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (25.00%) FrontPage
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Intranet

RedDot
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing RedDot 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 RedDot. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) .NET
1 3 (75.00%) ASP.NET
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
1 3 (75.00%) .NET Framework
1 3 (75.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (25.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (25.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (25.00%) FrontPage
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Architect
1 3 (75.00%) SharePoint Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) CRM
1 3 (75.00%) MVC
1 3 (75.00%) Content Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Document Management
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Open Text
2 3 (75.00%) EPiServer