The first table below looks at the demand for Strategic Planning skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Strategic Planning 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Strategic Planning
Rank 235 242 232
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -10
Permanent jobs citing Strategic Planning 13 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.182% 0.128% 0.131%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.239% 0.175% 0.191%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 5
Average salary £38,000 £67,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.70% +58.82%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £53,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £73,500 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £63,625 £52,485
% change year-on-year
-17.48% +21.22%
All Processes & Methodologies
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5447 5146 4717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 76.40% 72.98% 68.73%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4502 4139
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% -2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,429
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Strategic Planning across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

North West Strategic Planning Jobs Demand Trend

Strategic Planning
Salary Trend

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

North West Strategic Planning Salary Trend

Strategic Planning
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Strategic Planning across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Strategic Planning Salary Histogram

Strategic Planning
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Strategic Planning 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 -14 10 £34,500 -31.00%
Cheshire +4 2 £28,500 -60.00%
Merseyside - 1 £70,000 -
Strategic Planning
England

Strategic Planning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 27 (71.05%) .NET
2 25 (65.79%) Finance
3 23 (60.53%) SQL Server
4 22 (57.89%) Project Management
5 21 (55.26%) Resource Management
6 18 (47.37%) SAP
7 16 (42.11%) Oracle
7 16 (42.11%) IBM
7 16 (42.11%) Degree
8 15 (39.47%) Computer Science
8 15 (39.47%) Business Analysis
8 15 (39.47%) Dynamics AX
8 15 (39.47%) ERP
8 15 (39.47%) Windows
8 15 (39.47%) AIX
8 15 (39.47%) HPUX
8 15 (39.47%) Solaris
8 15 (39.47%) Linux
8 15 (39.47%) Informix
8 15 (39.47%) SQL
8 15 (39.47%) Java
8 15 (39.47%) DB2
8 15 (39.47%) Sun
8 15 (39.47%) Baan
8 15 (39.47%) JD Edwards
8 15 (39.47%) Manufacturing
8 15 (39.47%) Process Management
9 9 (23.68%) C#
10 6 (15.79%) PRINCE2
10 6 (15.79%) Apple

Strategic Planning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 27 (71.05%) .NET
2 5 (13.16%) ASP.NET
2 5 (13.16%) CSS
2 5 (13.16%) XHTML
2 5 (13.16%) Ajax
2 5 (13.16%) .NET Framework
2 5 (13.16%) LINQ
2 5 (13.16%) jQuery
2 5 (13.16%) HTML5
2 5 (13.16%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
2 5 (13.16%) CSS3
2 5 (13.16%) Razor View Engine
2 5 (13.16%) HTML
Applications
1 2 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (39.47%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (7.895%) SAP LE
2 3 (7.895%) SAP MDM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.263%) LAN
1 2 (5.263%) WAN
1 2 (5.263%) Firewall
2 1 (2.632%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (60.53%) SQL Server
2 15 (39.47%) DB2
2 15 (39.47%) Informix
3 5 (13.16%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 25 (65.79%) Finance
2 15 (39.47%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.895%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.632%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (47.37%) Analyst
2 17 (44.74%) Business Analyst
3 6 (15.79%) Development Manager
4 5 (13.16%) Junior
4 5 (13.16%) Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Web Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Junior Web Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Architect
6 3 (7.895%) IT Development Manager
6 3 (7.895%) Graduate
6 3 (7.895%) Graduate Developer
6 3 (7.895%) SAP Architect
6 3 (7.895%) Graduate Web Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Senior Architect
7 2 (5.263%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.263%) Systems Development Manager
7 2 (5.263%) Systems Manager
8 1 (2.632%) IT Project Manager
8 1 (2.632%) IT Director
Miscellaneous
1 15 (39.47%) Computer Science
2 3 (7.895%) iPad
3 1 (2.632%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 15 (39.47%) Windows
1 15 (39.47%) AIX
1 15 (39.47%) HPUX
1 15 (39.47%) Solaris
1 15 (39.47%) Linux
2 6 (15.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.632%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (57.89%) Project Management
2 21 (55.26%) Resource Management
3 15 (39.47%) Process Management
3 15 (39.47%) ERP
3 15 (39.47%) Business Analysis
4 6 (15.79%) PRINCE2
5 5 (13.16%) ITIL
5 5 (13.16%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (13.16%) MVC
5 5 (13.16%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.895%) Enterprise Architecture
6 3 (7.895%) Logistics
7 2 (5.263%) PRINCE
8 1 (2.632%) Service Delivery
8 1 (2.632%) Change Management
8 1 (2.632%) Validation
8 1 (2.632%) Scrum
8 1 (2.632%) Content Management
8 1 (2.632%) Identity Management
8 1 (2.632%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (39.47%) Java
1 15 (39.47%) SQL
2 9 (23.68%) C#
3 5 (13.16%) JavaScript
4 3 (7.895%) Objective-C
5 1 (2.632%) VB
5 1 (2.632%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.632%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (42.11%) Degree
2 5 (13.16%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.632%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.632%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.632%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.632%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (2.632%) MIIS
Vendors
1 18 (47.37%) SAP
2 16 (42.11%) IBM
2 16 (42.11%) Oracle
3 15 (39.47%) Baan
3 15 (39.47%) JD Edwards
3 15 (39.47%) Sun
4 6 (15.79%) Apple
5 2 (5.263%) Microsoft
5 2 (5.263%) Cisco
6 1 (2.632%) HP
6 1 (2.632%) EMC
6 1 (2.632%) Citrix
6 1 (2.632%) BMC
6 1 (2.632%) VMware
6 1 (2.632%) Capita