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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 30 37 53
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +16
Permanent jobs citing SLA 45 30 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 6.696% 4.498% 1.411%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 63.38% 43.48% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 32 27 6
Average salary £47,000 £38,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.07% -18.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,600 £29,900 £21,375
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £51,250
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £36,000 £36,000
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
71 69 65
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 10.57% 10.34% 13.10%
Number of salaries quoted 55 65 55
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £51,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -12.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £39,250 £31,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Berkshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

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

Slough SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 33 (43.42%) Finance
2 27 (35.53%) Degree
3 26 (34.21%) SQL
4 22 (28.95%) UNIX
4 22 (28.95%) CRM
5 21 (27.63%) Oracle
6 20 (26.32%) SAP
6 20 (26.32%) PL/SQL
6 20 (26.32%) Sage
7 19 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
7 19 (25.00%) Cisco
8 18 (23.68%) DNS
9 15 (19.74%) Windows
9 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
10 13 (17.11%) Cisco PIX
10 13 (17.11%) Network Security
10 13 (17.11%) Service Delivery
10 13 (17.11%) Linux
11 11 (14.47%) Firewall
12 9 (11.84%) ITIL
13 8 (10.53%) Telecoms
14 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2008
14 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2003
14 7 (9.211%) CCNP
14 7 (9.211%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (7.895%) Juniper
15 6 (7.895%) Project Management
15 6 (7.895%) Risk Analysis
16 5 (6.579%) Matrix Management
16 5 (6.579%) Load Balancing

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 5 (6.579%) WebLogic
1 5 (6.579%) IIS
1 5 (6.579%) Apache
2 2 (2.632%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (1.316%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.316%) Lync
3 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 5 (6.579%) MS Project
1 5 (6.579%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.316%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.316%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 19 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
2 18 (23.68%) DNS
3 13 (17.11%) Cisco PIX
3 13 (17.11%) Network Security
4 11 (14.47%) Firewall
5 5 (6.579%) Internet
5 5 (6.579%) TCP/IP
5 5 (6.579%) SSL
6 2 (2.632%) LAN
6 2 (2.632%) WAN
7 1 (1.316%) HTTP
7 1 (1.316%) GPRS
7 1 (1.316%) GSM
7 1 (1.316%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.579%) MySQL
2 3 (3.947%) Oracle 9i
2 3 (3.947%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (3.947%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server
General
1 33 (43.42%) Finance
2 8 (10.53%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.947%) Banking
4 2 (2.632%) Retail
5 1 (1.316%) Advertising
5 1 (1.316%) Publishing
5 1 (1.316%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 22 (28.95%) Analyst
2 20 (26.32%) Support Analyst
2 20 (26.32%) Team Leader
3 19 (25.00%) Support Team Leader
4 15 (19.74%) Oracle Team Leader
5 14 (18.42%) Oracle Analyst
5 14 (18.42%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 13 (17.11%) Network Manager
7 11 (14.47%) UNIX Team Leader
8 10 (13.16%) UNIX Support Analyst
8 10 (13.16%) UNIX Support
9 9 (11.84%) Support Engineer
10 6 (7.895%) Senior Support Engineer
11 5 (6.579%) Senior Oracle Analyst
11 5 (6.579%) Senior UNIX Support
11 5 (6.579%) Senior UNIX Support Analyst
11 5 (6.579%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (6.579%) Senior Support Analyst
11 5 (6.579%) Senior Analyst
11 5 (6.579%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.632%) Handset
2 1 (1.316%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.316%) IBM Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 22 (28.95%) UNIX
2 15 (19.74%) Windows
3 13 (17.11%) Linux
4 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (9.211%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (6.579%) Solaris
6 1 (1.316%) Windows XP
6 1 (1.316%) MVS
6 1 (1.316%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.95%) CRM
2 13 (17.11%) Service Delivery
3 9 (11.84%) ITIL
4 6 (7.895%) Project Management
4 6 (7.895%) Risk Analysis
5 5 (6.579%) Matrix Management
5 5 (6.579%) Load Balancing
5 5 (6.579%) Change Control
5 5 (6.579%) PRINCE
5 5 (6.579%) PRINCE2
6 3 (3.947%) Service Management
7 2 (2.632%) Release Management
7 2 (2.632%) Problem Management
7 2 (2.632%) Capacity Management
7 2 (2.632%) Time Management
8 1 (1.316%) Data Entry
8 1 (1.316%) Incident Management
8 1 (1.316%) Workflow
8 1 (1.316%) Security Management
8 1 (1.316%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (34.21%) SQL
2 20 (26.32%) PL/SQL
3 5 (6.579%) PHP
4 1 (1.316%) Java
4 1 (1.316%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 27 (35.53%) Degree
2 7 (9.211%) CCNP
2 7 (9.211%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.632%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.632%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.632%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.632%) MCSE
4 1 (1.316%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.632%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.316%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.316%) XenApp
Vendors
1 21 (27.63%) Oracle
2 20 (26.32%) SAP
2 20 (26.32%) Sage
3 19 (25.00%) Cisco
4 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
5 6 (7.895%) Juniper
6 3 (3.947%) Citrix
6 3 (3.947%) Linedata
7 2 (2.632%) VMware
7 2 (2.632%) Fujitsu
7 2 (2.632%) Lotus
8 1 (1.316%) IBM
8 1 (1.316%) Dell
8 1 (1.316%) EMC
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