Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the South East 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 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank104112
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching permanent IT job ads681767
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.398 %0.337 %
As % of the category below32.12 %30.03 %
Salaries quoted572622
Average minimum salary£33,515£34,675
Average salary£35,991£37,040
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£38,467£39,406
UK excluding London average salary£35,368£34,853
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads21202554
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.239 %1.122 %
Salaries quoted16242031
Average minimum salary£39,343£39,753
Average salary£42,358£42,644
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Average maximum salary£45,372£45,534
UK excluding London average salary£39,862£39,958
% change on same period last year-0.23 %
SLA EnglandSLA
England

SLA
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+18187£36,330-3.23 %
BerkshireNo change0186£37,771+1.00 %
HampshireDown-296£34,388+2.39 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4188£33,353-11.34 %
OxfordshireUp+850£33,917-0.02 %
KentDown-629£35,111+44.13 %
MiddlesexUp+1216£39,833+11.39 %
West SussexUp+218£27,875-7.93 %
East SussexDown-38£27,643-50.19 %
Home CountiesUp+125£40,625-22.61 %
Thames ValleyUp+264£40,250+3.87 %
SussexUp+81£27,500-23.07 %
SLA EnglandSLA
England

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1425 (29.19 %)ITIL
2361 (24.79 %)Windows
3268 (18.41 %)Microsoft
4192 (13.19 %)Service Delivery
5178 (12.23 %)Finance
6172 (11.81 %)Cisco
7162 (11.13 %)Health
8155 (10.65 %)MS Excel
9153 (10.51 %)MS Office
10149 (10.23 %)Active Directory
11147 (10.10 %)SQL
12136 (9.341 %)Service Management
13127 (8.723 %)Pensions
14125 (8.585 %)Firewall
15120 (8.242 %)Telecoms
15120 (8.242 %)Microsoft Certification
16108 (7.418 %)Windows Server 2003
17105 (7.212 %)Linux
18102 (7.005 %)TCP/IP
18102 (7.005 %)Cisco Certification
1999 (6.799 %)WAN
1999 (6.799 %)LAN
1999 (6.799 %)Degree
2096 (6.593 %)Project Management
2193 (6.387 %)Internet
2193 (6.387 %)Oracle
2291 (6.250 %)UNIX
2389 (6.113 %)IIS
2486 (5.907 %)SQL Server
2582 (5.632 %)CCNA

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
148 (3.297 %).NET
234 (2.335 %)ASP.NET
333 (2.266 %)WebSphere
422 (1.511 %)XML
516 (1.099 %)J2EE
516 (1.099 %)ASP
612 (0.824 %)HTML
612 (0.824 %)Middleware
710 (0.687 %)Application Packaging
89 (0.618 %)EDI
89 (0.618 %)COM
98 (0.549 %)EDIFACT
98 (0.549 %)SAP Basis
107 (0.481 %)SAP XI
107 (0.481 %)WebServices
116 (0.412 %)CSS
125 (0.343 %).NET Framework
134 (0.275 %)Spring
143 (0.206 %)COM+
152 (0.137 %)JSP
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
189 (6.113 %)IIS
277 (5.288 %)MS Exchange
354 (3.709 %)Exchange Server 2003
434 (2.335 %)SharePoint
529 (1.992 %)Lotus Notes
616 (1.099 %)Exchange Server 2007
79 (0.618 %)Apache
88 (0.549 %)WebSphere MQ
95 (0.343 %)CICS
104 (0.275 %)NetWeaver
104 (0.275 %)ColdFusion
104 (0.275 %)Lotus Domino
104 (0.275 %)Content Management Server
113 (0.206 %)Oracle Application Server
113 (0.206 %)Tomcat
113 (0.206 %)WebSphere Application Server
113 (0.206 %)WebLogic
113 (0.206 %)SAS
122 (0.137 %)Exchange Server 5.5
122 (0.137 %)Exchange Server 2000
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1155 (10.65 %)MS Excel
2153 (10.51 %)MS Office
327 (1.854 %)MS Visio
49 (0.618 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.275 %)Photoshop
54 (0.275 %)MS Project
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (1.099 %)SAP R/3
214 (0.962 %)Oracle Applications
311 (0.755 %)SAP Oil and Gas
48 (0.549 %)SAP EBP
56 (0.412 %)SAP HR
56 (0.412 %)SAP CRM
56 (0.412 %)INSURE/90
64 (0.275 %)Google Analytics
64 (0.275 %)PeopleSoft Financials
73 (0.206 %)SAP FI
73 (0.206 %)Oracle EBS
73 (0.206 %)SAP CO
82 (0.137 %)ResourceLink
82 (0.137 %)SAP FI/CO
82 (0.137 %)Microsoft CRM
82 (0.137 %)Oracle Financials
91 (0.069 %)Oracle 11i
91 (0.069 %)SAP MM
91 (0.069 %)SAP PS
91 (0.069 %)SAP WM
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1125 (8.585 %)Firewall
2102 (7.005 %)TCP/IP
399 (6.799 %)LAN
399 (6.799 %)WAN
493 (6.387 %)Internet
581 (5.563 %)VPN
676 (5.220 %)DNS
739 (2.679 %)Cisco PIX
833 (2.266 %)Wireless
931 (2.129 %)SMTP
1028 (1.923 %)OSPF
1127 (1.854 %)Network Security
1127 (1.854 %)DWDM
1224 (1.648 %)ATM
1323 (1.580 %)MPLS
1421 (1.442 %)SAN
1421 (1.442 %)VLAN
1519 (1.305 %)BGP
1618 (1.236 %)IP Telephony
1618 (1.236 %)SDH
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (5.907 %)SQL Server
224 (1.648 %)SAP BW
323 (1.580 %)SQL Server 2000
323 (1.580 %)SQL Server 2005
422 (1.511 %)BusinessObjects
519 (1.305 %)Crystal Reports
615 (1.030 %)Oracle 10g
712 (0.824 %)SQLPlus
811 (0.755 %)TOAD
811 (0.755 %)Oracle 9i
96 (0.412 %)DB2
105 (0.343 %)MS Access
105 (0.343 %)GIS
114 (0.275 %)RDBMS
123 (0.206 %)DTS
132 (0.137 %)ETL
132 (0.137 %)Oracle Reports
132 (0.137 %)Base SAS
141 (0.069 %)Reference Data
141 (0.069 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (0.549 %)Visual Studio
25 (0.343 %)Flash
25 (0.343 %)ClearCase
25 (0.343 %)ClearQuest
34 (0.275 %)Dreamweaver
43 (0.206 %)MSI
52 (0.137 %)InstallShield
52 (0.137 %)AdminStudio
52 (0.137 %)Bugzilla
52 (0.137 %)Subversion
52 (0.137 %)JIRA
52 (0.137 %)Selenium
61 (0.069 %)RequisitePro
61 (0.069 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.069 %)Oracle Forms
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1178 (12.23 %)Finance
2162 (11.13 %)Health
3127 (8.723 %)Pensions
4120 (8.242 %)Telecoms
554 (3.709 %)Retail
636 (2.473 %)Insurance
733 (2.266 %)Billing
831 (2.129 %)Government
920 (1.374 %)Legal
1019 (1.305 %)Financial Institution
1116 (1.099 %)Back Office
1211 (0.755 %)Marketing
1310 (0.687 %)Education
149 (0.618 %)Banking
158 (0.549 %)Law
167 (0.481 %)Automotive
176 (0.412 %)Military
185 (0.343 %)Construction
185 (0.343 %)Auditing
194 (0.275 %)Local Government
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1265 (18.20 %)Analyst
2141 (9.684 %)Support Analyst
3128 (8.791 %)Service Manager
497 (6.662 %)Support Engineer
594 (6.456 %)Administrator
687 (5.975 %)Team Leader
784 (5.769 %)Applications Support
872 (4.945 %)Service Analyst
968 (4.670 %)Technical Support
1067 (4.602 %)Network Engineer
1155 (3.777 %)Support Manager
1253 (3.640 %)Delivery Manager
1253 (3.640 %)Service Desk Analyst
1352 (3.571 %)Services Delivery Manager
1450 (3.434 %)2nd Line Support
1549 (3.365 %)Support Technician
1648 (3.297 %)Helpdesk Support
1745 (3.091 %)Consultant
1843 (2.953 %)Helpdesk Analyst
1937 (2.541 %)1st Line Support
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
135 (2.404 %)Clustering
219 (1.305 %)Client/Server
318 (1.236 %)Blackberry
415 (1.030 %)Computer Science
514 (0.962 %)Mainframe
514 (0.962 %)NHS
514 (0.962 %)Statistics
610 (0.687 %)French Language
79 (0.618 %)CMDB
88 (0.549 %)German Language
88 (0.549 %)NGOSS
97 (0.481 %)EPoS
97 (0.481 %)Management Information System
105 (0.343 %)Replication
114 (0.275 %)Handset
123 (0.206 %)SecurID
123 (0.206 %)PDA
123 (0.206 %)AS400
123 (0.206 %)Italian Language
123 (0.206 %)Spanish Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1361 (24.79 %)Windows
2108 (7.418 %)Windows Server 2003
3105 (7.212 %)Linux
491 (6.250 %)UNIX
578 (5.357 %)Windows XP
653 (3.640 %)Windows 2000
733 (2.266 %)Solaris
824 (1.648 %)Windows 2000 Server
915 (1.030 %)Windows Vista
1014 (0.962 %)Mac OS X
117 (0.481 %)AIX
117 (0.481 %)FreeBSD
117 (0.481 %)Red Hat Linux
126 (0.412 %)Mac OS X Server
126 (0.412 %)OS/390
135 (0.343 %)zOS
135 (0.343 %)Windows NT
135 (0.343 %)HPUX
143 (0.206 %)Windows Server 2008
143 (0.206 %)NetWare
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1425 (29.19 %)ITIL
2192 (13.19 %)Service Delivery
3136 (9.341 %)Service Management
496 (6.593 %)Project Management
569 (4.739 %)Security Cleared
653 (3.640 %)Problem Management
752 (3.571 %)PRINCE2
837 (2.541 %)Change Management
935 (2.404 %)CRM
935 (2.404 %)Load Balancing
1034 (2.335 %)SC Cleared
1131 (2.129 %)ITSM
1227 (1.854 %)Workflow
1326 (1.786 %)Process Management
1424 (1.648 %)Incident Management
1523 (1.580 %)Disaster Recovery
1621 (1.442 %)Validation
1720 (1.374 %)Business Intelligence
1720 (1.374 %)Performance Management
1818 (1.236 %)Fault Management
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1147 (10.10 %)SQL
237 (2.541 %)Java
335 (2.404 %)C
421 (1.442 %)PL/SQL
513 (0.893 %)VB
612 (0.824 %)VBA
612 (0.824 %)C#
711 (0.755 %)Perl
810 (0.687 %)ABAP
98 (0.549 %)VB.NET
98 (0.549 %)VBScript
98 (0.549 %)PHP
106 (0.412 %)Transact-SQL
115 (0.343 %)C++
124 (0.275 %)Python
133 (0.206 %)JavaScript
141 (0.069 %)Shell Script
141 (0.069 %)ActionScript
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1120 (8.242 %)Microsoft Certification
2102 (7.005 %)Cisco Certification
399 (6.799 %)Degree
482 (5.632 %)CCNA
577 (5.288 %)MCSE
673 (5.014 %)MCP
759 (4.052 %)ITIL Certification
836 (2.473 %)CCNP
922 (1.511 %)CCSA
922 (1.511 %)MOS
1018 (1.236 %)CCVP
1117 (1.168 %)A+ Certification
1212 (0.824 %)CCSP
1212 (0.824 %)CISSP
1212 (0.824 %)CCDA
1311 (0.755 %)MCSA
149 (0.618 %)CCDP
149 (0.618 %)CCIP
158 (0.549 %)MCDST
158 (0.549 %)NVQ Level 3
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (0.755 %)QA
24 (0.275 %)ISO27001
33 (0.206 %)ISO9001
41 (0.069 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.069 %)BS15000
41 (0.069 %)ISO/IEC 20000
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1149 (10.23 %)Active Directory
212 (0.824 %)Oracle RMAN
311 (0.755 %)ISA Server
311 (0.755 %)VMware ESX
49 (0.618 %)Backup Exec
57 (0.481 %)Citrix Presentation Server
65 (0.343 %)NetBackup
73 (0.206 %)NLBS
82 (0.137 %)VMware Infrastructure
91 (0.069 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
91 (0.069 %)Terminal Services
91 (0.069 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (1.511 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
215 (1.030 %)OpenView
38 (0.549 %)SCCM
38 (0.549 %)SCOM
47 (0.481 %)MIMEsweeper
47 (0.481 %)WSUS
47 (0.481 %)Legato
55 (0.343 %)MOM
64 (0.275 %)EMC NetWorker
73 (0.206 %)Norton AntiVirus
73 (0.206 %)Tivoli
73 (0.206 %)Netcool
82 (0.137 %)BMC PATROL
82 (0.137 %)DameWare
91 (0.069 %)OVSD
91 (0.069 %)ServiceCenter
91 (0.069 %)CiscoWorks
91 (0.069 %)Unicenter
91 (0.069 %)CA SiteMinder
91 (0.069 %)ARCserve
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1268 (18.41 %)Microsoft
2172 (11.81 %)Cisco
393 (6.387 %)Oracle
471 (4.876 %)Citrix
570 (4.808 %)SAP
662 (4.258 %)CheckPoint
749 (3.365 %)Remedy
835 (2.404 %)Nokia
835 (2.404 %)Nortel
933 (2.266 %)Lotus
1030 (2.060 %)VERITAS
1127 (1.854 %)IBM
1226 (1.786 %)VMware
1322 (1.511 %)Business Objects
1421 (1.442 %)Juniper
1518 (1.236 %)Sun
1617 (1.168 %)HP
1617 (1.168 %)PeopleSoft
1716 (1.099 %)Symantec
1813 (0.893 %)EMC