Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank8486
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads814
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.006 %
As % of the category below19.51 %31.82 %
Salaries quoted714
Average minimum salary£34,429£30,714
Average salary£38,964£32,571
% change on same period last year+19.62 %
Average maximum salary£43,500£34,429
UK excluding London average salary£37,204£35,209
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads4144
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.020 %
Salaries quoted3938
Average minimum salary£32,396£31,184
Average salary£38,443£34,533
% change on same period last year+11.32 %
Average maximum salary£44,490£37,882
UK excluding London average salary£40,162£39,927
% change on same period last year+0.58 %
SLA OxfordshireSLA
Oxfordshire

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Oxford SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

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

Oxford SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Oxford SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

116 (66.67 %)ITIL
28 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (33.33 %)MCSE
37 (29.17 %)Microsoft
46 (25.00 %)MCSA
55 (20.83 %)MS Excel
64 (16.67 %)CCNA
64 (16.67 %)Active Directory
64 (16.67 %)Cisco
64 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
64 (16.67 %)SAN
64 (16.67 %)Service Management
73 (12.50 %)VMware
73 (12.50 %)LAN
73 (12.50 %)Windows
82 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
82 (8.333 %)MCP
82 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
82 (8.333 %)CNA
82 (8.333 %)Novell Certification
82 (8.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
82 (8.333 %)ITIL Certification
82 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
82 (8.333 %)Stakeholder Management
82 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
82 (8.333 %)Change Management
82 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (4.167 %)German Language
91 (4.167 %)SAP ERP
91 (4.167 %)Time Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
12 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (4.167 %)IIS
21 (4.167 %)Apache
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.83 %)MS Excel
21 (4.167 %)MS Office
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (4.167 %)SAP HR
11 (4.167 %)SAP Payroll
11 (4.167 %)SAP ERP
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.67 %)SAN
23 (12.50 %)LAN
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (41.67 %)Analyst
26 (25.00 %)Support Analyst
26 (25.00 %)Team Leader
26 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Team Leader
34 (16.67 %)3rd Line Support
34 (16.67 %)Service Analyst
43 (12.50 %)2nd Line Support
43 (12.50 %)Service Desk Analyst
52 (8.333 %)IT Support Analyst
52 (8.333 %)Service Manager
52 (8.333 %)Support Team Leader
52 (8.333 %)3rd Line Support Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Customer Support Engineer
61 (4.167 %)Web Administrator
61 (4.167 %)Incident Manager
61 (4.167 %)Payroll Manager
61 (4.167 %)SAP Manager
61 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support Analyst
61 (4.167 %)Project Manager
61 (4.167 %)Senior Support Analyst
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.167 %)Client/Server
11 (4.167 %)Blackberry
11 (4.167 %)Management Information System
11 (4.167 %)German Language
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (12.50 %)Windows
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (66.67 %)ITIL
24 (16.67 %)Service Management
32 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
32 (8.333 %)Change Management
32 (8.333 %)Stakeholder Management
32 (8.333 %)PRINCE2
41 (4.167 %)ERP
41 (4.167 %)Project Management
41 (4.167 %)Time Management
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
18 (33.33 %)MCSE
18 (33.33 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (25.00 %)MCSA
34 (16.67 %)CCNA
34 (16.67 %)Cisco Certification
42 (8.333 %)MCP
42 (8.333 %)CNA
42 (8.333 %)Novell Certification
42 (8.333 %)ITIL Certification
51 (4.167 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (4.167 %)CNE
51 (4.167 %)Citrix Certification
Oxford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (16.67 %)Active Directory
22 (8.333 %)VMware ESX
31 (4.167 %)Terminal Services
Oxford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (8.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (29.17 %)Microsoft
24 (16.67 %)Cisco
33 (12.50 %)VMware
41 (4.167 %)SAP
41 (4.167 %)IBM
41 (4.167 %)Citrix