The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of IT role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of IT in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of Information Technology
Rank 198 206 211
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of IT 14 8 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.266% 0.143% 0.144%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.276% 0.149% 0.152%
Number of salaries quoted 13 3 8
Average salary £71,500 £77,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.74% +40.90%
UK excluding London average salary £70,000 £68,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
+2.94% +18.26%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5065 5383 5931
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.07% 96.37% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 4471 4670 5120
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of IT across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Head of IT Jobs Demand Trend

Head of IT
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of IT across the South West region.

South West Head of IT Salary Trend

Head of IT
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of IT across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Head of IT Salary Histogram

Head of IT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of IT within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire +14 6 £75,000 +14.06%
Bristol -4 5 £71,500 -20.55%
Devon - 1 £42,500 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £70,000 -
Somerset - 1 £71,500 -
Head of IT
England

Head of IT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Head of IT in their job title 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 with Head of IT in their job title.

1 11 (40.74%) ITIL
2 10 (37.04%) Change Management
2 10 (37.04%) Finance
3 9 (33.33%) Service Management
4 8 (29.63%) Information Security
4 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
6 6 (22.22%) CRM
6 6 (22.22%) Information Management
7 5 (18.52%) Degree
8 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (14.81%) Linux
8 4 (14.81%) Apache
8 4 (14.81%) SLA
8 4 (14.81%) PHP
8 4 (14.81%) MySQL
8 4 (14.81%) Process Management
8 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
9 3 (11.11%) MS Project
9 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
9 3 (11.11%) Retail
9 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
10 2 (7.407%) Retail Banking
10 2 (7.407%) RMADS
10 2 (7.407%) Mathematics
10 2 (7.407%) Banking
10 2 (7.407%) Project Management
10 2 (7.407%) MBA
10 2 (7.407%) Firewall

Head of IT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Head of IT in their job title 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 with Head of IT in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.704%) CSS
1 1 (3.704%) XML
1 1 (3.704%) HTML
1 1 (3.704%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) Apache
2 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) MySQL
General
1 10 (37.04%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Retail
3 2 (7.407%) Retail Banking
3 2 (7.407%) Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 2 (7.407%) RMADS
2 2 (7.407%) Mathematics
3 1 (3.704%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITIL
2 10 (37.04%) Change Management
3 9 (33.33%) Service Management
4 8 (29.63%) Information Security
4 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.93%) Service Delivery
6 6 (22.22%) CRM
6 6 (22.22%) Information Management
7 4 (14.81%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (14.81%) Process Management
8 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (11.11%) Incident Management
9 2 (7.407%) Project Management
9 2 (7.407%) ITSM
10 1 (3.704%) Information Security Management
10 1 (3.704%) Security Management
10 1 (3.704%) Quality Management
10 1 (3.704%) Programme Management
10 1 (3.704%) Disaster Recovery
10 1 (3.704%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.81%) PHP
2 1 (3.704%) SQL
2 1 (3.704%) Java
2 1 (3.704%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (18.52%) Degree
2 2 (7.407%) MBA
3 1 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (14.81%) SLA
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