The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA 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 Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Northampton region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 32 53 58
Rank change year-on-year
+21 +5
Permanent jobs citing SLA 22 3 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 5.584% 0.655% 1.055%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 56.41% 6.250% 12.82%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 5
Average salary £22,500 £25,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% -30.13%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,300 £20,800
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £33,100 £46,800
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £36,000
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Northampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
39 48 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northampton 9.898% 10.48% 8.228%
Number of salaries quoted 31 48 36
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £48,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Northamptonshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Northampton SLA Jobs Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

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

Northampton SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northampton SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 26 (50.00%) Finance
2 17 (32.69%) MS Office
3 16 (30.77%) Project Management
4 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
5 13 (25.00%) ITIL
6 11 (21.15%) PRINCE2
6 11 (21.15%) Banking
7 10 (19.23%) LAN
7 10 (19.23%) WAN
7 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (17.31%) MS Exchange
9 8 (15.38%) MCP
10 7 (13.46%) Windows
10 7 (13.46%) MCSE
11 6 (11.54%) MS Project
11 6 (11.54%) TCP/IP
11 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
11 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
12 5 (9.615%) SC Cleared
12 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
12 5 (9.615%) Windows 7
12 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2003
12 5 (9.615%) Windows Vista
12 5 (9.615%) MCSA
12 5 (9.615%) Windows XP
12 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2003
13 4 (7.692%) Telecoms
13 4 (7.692%) Active Directory
13 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
13 4 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northampton region citing SLA 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 SLA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 9 (17.31%) MS Exchange
2 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2003
3 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (5.769%) SharePoint
5 1 (1.923%) Lync
5 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 17 (32.69%) MS Office
2 14 (26.92%) MS Excel
3 6 (11.54%) MS Project
4 4 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (19.23%) LAN
1 10 (19.23%) WAN
2 6 (11.54%) TCP/IP
3 2 (3.846%) Firewall
4 1 (1.923%) NAS
4 1 (1.923%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.923%) VLAN
4 1 (1.923%) SAN
4 1 (1.923%) DHCP
4 1 (1.923%) VoIP
4 1 (1.923%) Intranet
4 1 (1.923%) MPLS
4 1 (1.923%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.769%) SQL Server
General
1 26 (50.00%) Finance
2 11 (21.15%) Banking
3 4 (7.692%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.769%) Retail
5 2 (3.846%) Law
6 1 (1.923%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (28.85%) Analyst
2 13 (25.00%) Programme Manager
3 11 (21.15%) Project Manager
4 10 (19.23%) Service Analyst
5 9 (17.31%) 2nd Line Support
5 9 (17.31%) Change Manager
5 9 (17.31%) Business Change Manager
5 9 (17.31%) Service Desk Analyst
5 9 (17.31%) Business Manager
6 8 (15.38%) Business Project Manager
6 8 (15.38%) Business Change Project Manager
6 8 (15.38%) Help Desk Support
6 8 (15.38%) Change Project Manager
7 7 (13.46%) Service Manager
8 4 (7.692%) Support Analyst
8 4 (7.692%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (5.769%) Systems Manager
10 2 (3.846%) Services Delivery Manager
10 2 (3.846%) Support Engineer
10 2 (3.846%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.769%) SaaS
1 3 (5.769%) EPoS
2 1 (1.923%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.923%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.46%) Windows
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (9.615%) Windows 7
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Vista
2 5 (9.615%) Windows XP
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (30.77%) Project Management
2 13 (25.00%) ITIL
3 11 (21.15%) PRINCE2
4 4 (7.692%) Project Planning
5 3 (5.769%) Performance Management
5 3 (5.769%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (5.769%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (5.769%) Test Scripting
5 3 (5.769%) Service Management
5 3 (5.769%) Service Delivery
6 2 (3.846%) Budget Control
7 1 (1.923%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.923%) Time Management
7 1 (1.923%) Network Design
7 1 (1.923%) Data Analysis
7 1 (1.923%) SSADM
7 1 (1.923%) BPR
7 1 (1.923%) Workflow
7 1 (1.923%) Change Management
Qualifications
1 10 (19.23%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (15.38%) MCP
3 7 (13.46%) MCSE
4 6 (11.54%) Security Cleared
5 5 (9.615%) SC Cleared
5 5 (9.615%) MCSA
6 4 (7.692%) MCITP
7 3 (5.769%) CIPD
7 3 (5.769%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (3.846%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 2 (3.846%) CCNA
8 2 (3.846%) MOS
9 1 (1.923%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (1.923%) Degree
9 1 (1.923%) CCDP
9 1 (1.923%) CCIE
9 1 (1.923%) A+ Certification
9 1 (1.923%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (1.923%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.923%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.923%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.923%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 6 (11.54%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.769%) Cisco
3 2 (3.846%) Citrix
4 1 (1.923%) Webroot
4 1 (1.923%) EMC
4 1 (1.923%) Nokia
4 1 (1.923%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.923%) VMware
Northampton or Coventry
Installation, Commissioning and Repair of Ethernet circuits. - Ability to use and understand the results of 9083, ISDN, BERT and Ethernet Testers using appropriates test procedures... - CATV, Broadband, HFC...
Virgin Media
Salary: £22,000 - 30,000 + 5% bonus and VM benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013