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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 43 65 66
Rank change year-on-year
+22 +1
Permanent jobs citing SLA 29 6 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 4.394% 0.786% 1.106%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 51.79% 9.524% 15.00%
Number of salaries quoted 24 6 9
Average salary £28,750 £29,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.86% -20.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £23,250 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £36,750 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
56 63 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 8.485% 8.257% 7.371%
Number of salaries quoted 48 61 55
Average salary £36,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.28% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £43,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
East Midlands

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northamptonshire SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SLA within the Northamptonshire 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
Northampton +18 25 £35,000 +45.83%
Wellingborough - 2 £20,000 -
Daventry - 2 £20,000 -
SLA
East Midlands

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 27 (47.37%) Finance
2 18 (31.58%) MS Office
2 18 (31.58%) Project Management
3 15 (26.32%) MS Excel
3 15 (26.32%) WAN
4 14 (24.56%) ITIL
5 12 (21.05%) PRINCE2
5 12 (21.05%) LAN
5 12 (21.05%) Banking
6 9 (15.79%) MS Exchange
6 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
7 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
7 8 (14.04%) Windows
8 7 (12.28%) Telecoms
8 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (12.28%) Windows 7
9 6 (10.53%) VMware
9 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
9 6 (10.53%) MS Project
9 6 (10.53%) Citrix
9 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (10.53%) Cisco
10 5 (8.772%) CCNA
10 5 (8.772%) MCP
10 5 (8.772%) Service Delivery
10 5 (8.772%) Firewall
10 5 (8.772%) Project Planning
11 4 (7.018%) MS PowerPoint
11 4 (7.018%) SC Cleared

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 (15.79%) MS Exchange
2 3 (5.263%) SharePoint
3 2 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.509%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (1.754%) Lync
4 1 (1.754%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 18 (31.58%) MS Office
2 15 (26.32%) MS Excel
3 6 (10.53%) MS Project
4 4 (7.018%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 15 (26.32%) WAN
2 12 (21.05%) LAN
3 8 (14.04%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.772%) Firewall
5 4 (7.018%) Intranet
6 3 (5.263%) Internet
6 3 (5.263%) MPLS
6 3 (5.263%) EIGRP
6 3 (5.263%) DHCP
6 3 (5.263%) Wireless
6 3 (5.263%) VLAN
7 1 (1.754%) NAS
7 1 (1.754%) Unified Communications
7 1 (1.754%) SAN
7 1 (1.754%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (47.37%) Finance
2 12 (21.05%) Banking
3 7 (12.28%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.263%) Retail
5 2 (3.509%) Law
6 1 (1.754%) Legal
Job Titles
1 15 (26.32%) Analyst
2 13 (22.81%) Programme Manager
3 12 (21.05%) Project Manager
4 10 (17.54%) Change Manager
4 10 (17.54%) Business Change Manager
4 10 (17.54%) Business Manager
5 9 (15.79%) Business Change Project Manager
5 9 (15.79%) Business Project Manager
5 9 (15.79%) Change Project Manager
6 8 (14.04%) Service Analyst
7 7 (12.28%) 2nd Line Support
7 7 (12.28%) Service Manager
7 7 (12.28%) Service Desk Analyst
8 6 (10.53%) Help Desk Support
9 4 (7.018%) Support Engineer
9 4 (7.018%) Support Analyst
10 3 (5.263%) 1st Line Support
10 3 (5.263%) Network Analyst
10 3 (5.263%) Systems Manager
10 3 (5.263%) 1st Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.263%) EPoS
1 3 (5.263%) Blackberry
1 3 (5.263%) SaaS
2 1 (1.754%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.754%) Management Information System
2 1 (1.754%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.04%) Windows
2 7 (12.28%) Windows 7
3 4 (7.018%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (5.263%) Windows 8
5 2 (3.509%) Windows XP
5 2 (3.509%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (3.509%) Windows Vista
6 1 (1.754%) Linux
6 1 (1.754%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) Project Management
2 14 (24.56%) ITIL
3 12 (21.05%) PRINCE2
4 5 (8.772%) Service Delivery
4 5 (8.772%) Project Planning
5 3 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (5.263%) Test Scripting
5 3 (5.263%) Network Design
5 3 (5.263%) Performance Management
5 3 (5.263%) Service Management
5 3 (5.263%) Root Cause Analysis
6 2 (3.509%) Budget Control
6 2 (3.509%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (1.754%) Data Analysis
7 1 (1.754%) Time Management
7 1 (1.754%) Change Management
7 1 (1.754%) Workflow
7 1 (1.754%) SSADM
7 1 (1.754%) BPR
Qualifications
1 7 (12.28%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.772%) CCNA
3 5 (8.772%) MCP
4 4 (7.018%) MCSE
4 4 (7.018%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.018%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.263%) MCITP
5 3 (5.263%) CIPD
6 2 (3.509%) Degree
6 2 (3.509%) MOS
6 2 (3.509%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (3.509%) MCSA
6 2 (3.509%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (1.754%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.754%) CCDP
7 1 (1.754%) CCIE
7 1 (1.754%) EMC Certification
7 1 (1.754%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.754%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 8 (14.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.509%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.754%) Hyper-V
3 1 (1.754%) XenApp
3 1 (1.754%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (1.754%) SCCM
1 1 (1.754%) SCOM
1 1 (1.754%) Cisco UCCE
Vendors
1 9 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.53%) Citrix
2 6 (10.53%) VMware
2 6 (10.53%) Cisco
3 2 (3.509%) Nokia
3 2 (3.509%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.754%) Webroot
4 1 (1.754%) NetApp
4 1 (1.754%) EMC