The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 28 31 29
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -2
Permanent jobs citing SLA 7 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 3.182% 1.852% 2.564%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 26.92% 27.27% 33.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
Average salary £60,000 £36,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+66.66% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £36,000
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
26 11 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 11.82% 6.790% 7.692%
Number of salaries quoted 11 6 11
Average salary £50,000 £27,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+85.18% -40.00%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
West Midlands

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire SLA Salary Trend

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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Telford 0 7 £60,000 +62.16%
SLA
West Midlands

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 9 (81.82%) Cisco
1 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
1 9 (81.82%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) ITIL
3 7 (63.64%) Firewall
3 7 (63.64%) CheckPoint
3 7 (63.64%) Remedy
3 7 (63.64%) McAfee
4 6 (54.55%) Advertising
4 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 6 (54.55%) Network Security
5 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
5 2 (18.18%) Automotive
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) Capacity Management
5 2 (18.18%) VMware
5 2 (18.18%) ITSM
5 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
5 2 (18.18%) Service Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) CCNP
5 2 (18.18%) EMC
5 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (18.18%) NetApp
6 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (9.091%) Telecoms

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 7 (63.64%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) Network Security
General
1 6 (54.55%) Advertising
2 2 (18.18%) Automotive
3 1 (9.091%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Network Support
1 7 (63.64%) Support Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Network Engineer
2 6 (54.55%) Network Support Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Services Delivery Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Services Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (18.18%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (9.091%) Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Technical Support
4 1 (9.091%) Network Support Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (9.091%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Support
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Network Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Analyst
4 1 (9.091%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (9.091%) Network Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Incident Management
1 9 (81.82%) Root Cause Analysis
2 8 (72.73%) ITIL
3 6 (54.55%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Problem Management
4 2 (18.18%) Capacity Management
4 2 (18.18%) ITSM
4 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 2 (18.18%) Service Management
4 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Configuration Management
4 2 (18.18%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CCNP
1 2 (18.18%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (18.18%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (9.091%) VCP4
2 1 (9.091%) NCDA
2 1 (9.091%) NCIE
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) CheckPoint
2 7 (63.64%) Remedy
2 7 (63.64%) McAfee
3 2 (18.18%) VMware
3 2 (18.18%) EMC
3 2 (18.18%) NetApp