The first table below looks at the demand for SLA skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 22 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 Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
Rank 49 56 52
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs citing SLA 39 42 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 4.659% 4.482% 2.627%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 22.54% 24.14% 21.92%
Number of salaries quoted 36 39 16
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -5.10%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,000 £27,000 £22,250
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £36,000 £35,944
% change year-on-year
-2.77% +0.15%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
173 174 73
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 20.67% 18.57% 11.99%
Number of salaries quoted 156 169 69
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +18.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
SLA
Hampshire

SLA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 54 (58.70%) ITIL
2 44 (47.83%) Security Cleared
3 43 (46.74%) Active Directory
4 42 (45.65%) Fault Management
5 38 (41.30%) Windows
6 36 (39.13%) SC Cleared
7 32 (34.78%) MS Excel
8 26 (28.26%) Microsoft
9 25 (27.17%) Service Delivery
10 24 (26.09%) Time Management
11 22 (23.91%) MS Exchange
12 18 (19.57%) MS Office
13 17 (18.48%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (17.39%) Firewall
15 15 (16.30%) Microsoft App-V
15 15 (16.30%) MSI
15 15 (16.30%) Windows Server 2003
15 15 (16.30%) VPN
15 15 (16.30%) PowerShell
15 15 (16.30%) SCCM
16 14 (15.22%) AdminStudio
16 14 (15.22%) VBScript
16 14 (15.22%) TCP/IP
16 14 (15.22%) Application Packaging
17 13 (14.13%) Windows Vista
17 13 (14.13%) ISO 9001
17 13 (14.13%) Windows XP
17 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
18 12 (13.04%) WAN
19 11 (11.96%) Service Management

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 Development
1 14 (15.22%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.087%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 22 (23.91%) MS Exchange
2 7 (7.609%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (5.435%) Magento
4 3 (3.261%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (2.174%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 32 (34.78%) MS Excel
2 18 (19.57%) MS Office
3 5 (5.435%) MS Project
4 1 (1.087%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (2.174%) Remedy ITSM
1 2 (2.174%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (1.087%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 16 (17.39%) Firewall
2 15 (16.30%) VPN
3 14 (15.22%) TCP/IP
4 12 (13.04%) WAN
5 7 (7.609%) DNS
6 5 (5.435%) LAN
7 4 (4.348%) Internet
8 2 (2.174%) VoIP
8 2 (2.174%) SAN
8 2 (2.174%) MPLS
8 2 (2.174%) Fibre Channel
9 1 (1.087%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.435%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (2.174%) MySQL
2 2 (2.174%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.174%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.174%) Data Mining
3 1 (1.087%) FileMaker
3 1 (1.087%) Cognos Impromptu
Development Applications
1 15 (16.30%) MSI
2 14 (15.22%) AdminStudio
3 5 (5.435%) JIRA
3 5 (5.435%) Hudson
General
1 5 (5.435%) Retail
2 3 (3.261%) Finance
3 2 (2.174%) Telecoms
3 2 (2.174%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 24 (26.09%) Team Leader
1 24 (26.09%) Infrastructure Team Leader
1 24 (26.09%) Analyst
2 17 (18.48%) Infrastructure Manager
3 16 (17.39%) Support Analyst
4 14 (15.22%) Applications Packager
5 12 (13.04%) Technical Team Leader
6 8 (8.696%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (8.696%) Applications Support
6 8 (8.696%) Applications Support Analyst
7 7 (7.609%) Network Engineer
7 7 (7.609%) Network Support Engineer
7 7 (7.609%) Support Engineer
7 7 (7.609%) Network Support
8 6 (6.522%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (6.522%) IT Graduate
8 6 (6.522%) Graduate
9 5 (5.435%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.435%) Software Manager
9 5 (5.435%) E-Commerce Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 13 (14.13%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.435%) PMI
2 5 (5.435%) Wiki
3 3 (3.261%) Statistics
3 3 (3.261%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.174%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.174%) SaaS
5 1 (1.087%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 38 (41.30%) Windows
2 17 (18.48%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (16.30%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (14.13%) Windows Vista
4 13 (14.13%) Windows XP
5 7 (7.609%) Windows 2000
6 6 (6.522%) Windows 7
7 3 (3.261%) Linux
8 1 (1.087%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (58.70%) ITIL
2 42 (45.65%) Fault Management
3 25 (27.17%) Service Delivery
4 24 (26.09%) Time Management
5 11 (11.96%) Service Management
6 9 (9.783%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (8.696%) Data Analysis
8 6 (6.522%) Project Management
8 6 (6.522%) PRINCE2
9 5 (5.435%) E-Commerce
9 5 (5.435%) RUP
9 5 (5.435%) PRINCE
9 5 (5.435%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (5.435%) Quality Management
9 5 (5.435%) Scrum
9 5 (5.435%) Analytics
10 4 (4.348%) Incident Management
11 2 (2.174%) ERP
11 2 (2.174%) Change Control
12 1 (1.087%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 15 (16.30%) PowerShell
2 14 (15.22%) VBScript
3 5 (5.435%) Java
3 5 (5.435%) SQL
4 1 (1.087%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 44 (47.83%) Security Cleared
2 36 (39.13%) SC Cleared
3 9 (9.783%) Degree
4 8 (8.696%) Microsoft Certification
4 8 (8.696%) MCSE
5 5 (5.435%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.435%) APMP
6 2 (2.174%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (2.174%) Citrix Certification
7 1 (1.087%) CCEA
7 1 (1.087%) CCA
7 1 (1.087%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (1.087%) GCIA
7 1 (1.087%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 43 (46.74%) Active Directory
2 15 (16.30%) Microsoft App-V
3 2 (2.174%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (16.30%) SCCM
2 7 (7.609%) SCOM
3 1 (1.087%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 26 (28.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.87%) Cisco
3 7 (7.609%) Remedy
4 5 (5.435%) ATG
4 5 (5.435%) hybris
5 3 (3.261%) Citrix
5 3 (3.261%) Cognos
5 3 (3.261%) VMware
6 2 (2.174%) SonicWALL
6 2 (2.174%) HP
6 2 (2.174%) Dell
6 2 (2.174%) Juniper
6 2 (2.174%) BMC
7 1 (1.087%) Oracle
7 1 (1.087%) Northgate
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