The first table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 24 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 Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Problem Management
Rank 49 53 -
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -
Permanent jobs citing Problem Management 5 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 1.269% 0.655% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.706% 0.860% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 0
Average salary £39,000 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £39,000 £39,750
% change year-on-year
-3.84% -1.88%
All Processes & Methodologies
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
293 349 329
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 74.37% 76.20% 69.41%
Number of salaries quoted 252 338 309
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Problem Management
Northamptonshire

Problem Management
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Problem Management across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northampton Problem Management Jobs Demand Trend

Problem Management
Salary Trend

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

Northampton Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Retail
2 5 (71.43%) Trend Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL V3
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL V2
2 5 (71.43%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
4 1 (14.29%) WCF
4 1 (14.29%) WPF
4 1 (14.29%) C#
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 1 (14.29%) MCP
4 1 (14.29%) MCAD
4 1 (14.29%) MCSD
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) RUP
4 1 (14.29%) LAN
4 1 (14.29%) WAN
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton 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.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) .NET Framework
1 1 (14.29%) WCF
1 1 (14.29%) WPF
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (71.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Service Manager
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Manager
3 2 (28.57%) Service Desk Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Services Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Sales Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Account Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Manager
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (14.29%) Account Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 5 (71.43%) Service Delivery
2 5 (71.43%) Trend Analysis
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL V3
2 5 (71.43%) ITIL V2
2 5 (71.43%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (28.57%) ITSM
4 1 (14.29%) Change Management
4 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 1 (14.29%) PRINCE2
4 1 (14.29%) RUP
4 1 (14.29%) Configuration Management
4 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) MCP
1 1 (14.29%) MCAD
1 1 (14.29%) MCSD
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) ITIL Certification
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft