The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Statistics in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Statistics 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Statistics
Rank 216 210 196
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -14
Permanent jobs citing Statistics 33 26 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.462% 0.365% 0.587%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.671% 1.361% 2.324%
Number of salaries quoted 27 21 35
Average salary £33,250 £22,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+51.13% -45.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £19,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £45,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +23.07%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1975 1910 1764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.64% 26.84% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1665 1587 1529
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Statistics
England

Statistics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Statistics Jobs Demand Trend

Statistics
Salary Trend

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

North West Statistics Salary Trend

Statistics
Salary Histogram

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

North West Statistics Salary Histogram

Statistics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Statistics 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
Manchester -16 11 £50,000 +100.00%
Cheshire +15 9 £30,000 +33.33%
Merseyside +24 5 £31,500 +57.50%
Lancashire -6 2 £21,500 +13.15%
Statistics
England

Statistics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 39 (52.70%) SQL
2 38 (51.35%) Mathematics
3 23 (31.08%) Degree
4 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
5 20 (27.03%) SAS
6 19 (25.68%) Finance
7 17 (22.97%) Data Analysis
7 17 (22.97%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (21.62%) Analytics
9 15 (20.27%) Data Warehouse
9 15 (20.27%) Economics
10 14 (18.92%) Operations Research
10 14 (18.92%) Marketing
11 13 (17.57%) SQL Server
12 12 (16.22%) Retail
13 11 (14.86%) Windows
14 10 (13.51%) CRM
14 10 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (12.16%) MS Excel
15 9 (12.16%) .NET
15 9 (12.16%) Hyper-V
15 9 (12.16%) Windows Server 2008
16 8 (10.81%) ERP
17 7 (9.459%) Windows XP
17 7 (9.459%) SharePoint
17 7 (9.459%) VBA
17 7 (9.459%) Oracle
17 7 (9.459%) Crystal Reports
17 7 (9.459%) LAN
17 7 (9.459%) WAN

Statistics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (12.16%) .NET
2 3 (4.054%) COM
3 2 (2.703%) SciPy
3 2 (2.703%) NumPy
4 1 (1.351%) XML
Application Platforms
1 20 (27.03%) SAS
2 7 (9.459%) SharePoint
3 6 (8.108%) IIS
4 3 (4.054%) MS Exchange
5 2 (2.703%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 9 (12.16%) MS Excel
2 5 (6.757%) MS Office
3 4 (5.405%) SPSS
4 2 (2.703%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (1.351%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 7 (9.459%) Dynamics NAV
2 6 (8.108%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (8.108%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.459%) LAN
1 7 (9.459%) WAN
2 6 (8.108%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.703%) Intranet
4 1 (1.351%) VPN
4 1 (1.351%) Internet
4 1 (1.351%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (1.351%) Wireless
4 1 (1.351%) Firewall
4 1 (1.351%) iSCSI
4 1 (1.351%) NAS
4 1 (1.351%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (20.27%) Data Warehouse
2 13 (17.57%) SQL Server
3 10 (13.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (9.459%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (9.459%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (9.459%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 7 (9.459%) QlikView
5 6 (8.108%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (8.108%) SQL Server 2005
6 3 (4.054%) Data Mining
7 2 (2.703%) Base SAS
7 2 (2.703%) MS Access
8 1 (1.351%) MySQL
8 1 (1.351%) Hadoop
8 1 (1.351%) NoSQL
8 1 (1.351%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.703%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.351%) FrontPage
General
1 19 (25.68%) Finance
2 14 (18.92%) Marketing
3 12 (16.22%) Retail
4 4 (5.405%) Banking
4 4 (5.405%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (4.054%) Games
5 3 (4.054%) Automotive
5 3 (4.054%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.703%) Publishing
7 1 (1.351%) Legal
Job Titles
1 37 (50.00%) Analyst
2 12 (16.22%) Data Analyst
3 10 (13.51%) Senior Analyst
3 10 (13.51%) MI Analyst
4 7 (9.459%) Systems Administrator
4 7 (9.459%) Administrator
5 6 (8.108%) Systems Engineer
5 6 (8.108%) Senior Manager
5 6 (8.108%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 6 (8.108%) Graduate
6 5 (6.757%) Developer
6 5 (6.757%) SQL Developer
7 4 (5.405%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) Senior Data Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) Report Analyst
7 4 (5.405%) Graduate Developer
7 4 (5.405%) Web Analyst
8 3 (4.054%) Junior
8 3 (4.054%) Trainee Analyst
8 3 (4.054%) Trainee
Miscellaneous
1 38 (51.35%) Mathematics
2 15 (20.27%) Economics
3 7 (9.459%) Management Information System
4 6 (8.108%) Credit Risk
5 2 (2.703%) Machine Learning
5 2 (2.703%) Biology
5 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.703%) Neural Network
6 1 (1.351%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.351%) Life Science
6 1 (1.351%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.351%) Data Extraction
6 1 (1.351%) FMCG
6 1 (1.351%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.86%) Windows
2 9 (12.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (9.459%) Windows XP
3 7 (9.459%) Windows 7
4 6 (8.108%) Windows Vista
4 6 (8.108%) Windows 8
5 2 (2.703%) Windows Server 2012
5 2 (2.703%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.97%) Data Analysis
1 17 (22.97%) Business Intelligence
2 16 (21.62%) Analytics
3 14 (18.92%) Operations Research
4 10 (13.51%) CRM
5 8 (10.81%) ERP
6 7 (9.459%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.108%) Statistical Modelling
7 6 (8.108%) Risk Analytics
7 6 (8.108%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (8.108%) Project Management
7 6 (8.108%) CHAID
8 5 (6.757%) Migration
8 5 (6.757%) Change Control
9 4 (5.405%) Predictive Modelling
9 4 (5.405%) Marketing Analytics
10 3 (4.054%) PRINCE2
10 3 (4.054%) Data Modelling
10 3 (4.054%) Statistical Analysis
10 3 (4.054%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 39 (52.70%) SQL
2 7 (9.459%) VBA
3 5 (6.757%) T-SQL
4 4 (5.405%) X++
5 2 (2.703%) R
5 2 (2.703%) Python
5 2 (2.703%) MATLAB
6 1 (1.351%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.351%) Java
6 1 (1.351%) PHP
Qualifications
1 23 (31.08%) Degree
2 2 (2.703%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.351%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.351%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.054%) SLA
2 1 (1.351%) CDISC
System Software
1 9 (12.16%) Hyper-V
2 7 (9.459%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.054%) Active Directory
4 1 (1.351%) NFS
4 1 (1.351%) XenApp
4 1 (1.351%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.351%) Nagios
1 1 (1.351%) SCOM
1 1 (1.351%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 21 (28.38%) Microsoft
2 7 (9.459%) Oracle
2 7 (9.459%) VMware
3 3 (4.054%) Cognos
3 3 (4.054%) KXEN
4 2 (2.703%) Citrix
4 2 (2.703%) Avaya
5 1 (1.351%) Cognizant
5 1 (1.351%) Cisco
5 1 (1.351%) Remedy
5 1 (1.351%) SAP
5 1 (1.351%) Mitel
5 1 (1.351%) RedDot
5 1 (1.351%) Panasonic
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Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + excellent benefits package
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Develop and maintain databases and reporting using MS Access, SQL servers and Oracle data warehouse... Skills Required : Educated to degree level with a concentration in mathematics and statistics.....
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Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Ideally you will come from a financial services background with excellent SAS skills and a passion for customer analytics. This role pays up to £35-50K dependant on...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, pension, benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent package
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