The first table below looks at the demand for HP APS in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited HP APS over the 3 months to 17 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 Qualifications currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP Accredited Platform Specialist (HP APS)
Rank 845 888 864
Rank change year-on-year
+43 -24
Permanent jobs citing HP APS 13 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.007% 0.006%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.044% 0.024% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 5
Average salary £27,000 £32,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.92% +22.64%
UK excluding London average salary - £32,500 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +51.16%
All Qualifications
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
29773 33643 32244
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 27.62% 27.82% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 23976 28605 26864
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%

HP APS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing HP APS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

HP APS Jobs Demand Trend

HP APS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing HP APS within the UK.

HP APS Salary Trend

HP APS
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing HP APS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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
London +40 13 £27,000 -57.31%
England +38 13 £27,000 -16.92%

HP APS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing HP APS 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 HP APS.

1 31 (100.00%) Windows
1 31 (100.00%) HP
2 29 (93.55%) ITIL
3 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
3 27 (87.10%) Active Directory
4 26 (83.87%) Citrix
4 26 (83.87%) SLA
5 25 (80.65%) MS Office
5 25 (80.65%) TCP/IP
6 21 (67.74%) Reuters
6 21 (67.74%) Bloomberg
7 20 (64.52%) MCITP
8 19 (61.29%) Windows 7
9 18 (58.06%) Blackberry
10 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 8 (25.81%) MCP
12 6 (19.35%) SQL
12 6 (19.35%) MCSE
12 6 (19.35%) MS Exchange
12 6 (19.35%) A+ Certification
12 6 (19.35%) SAN
12 6 (19.35%) NetApp
12 6 (19.35%) VMware
12 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2010
12 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
12 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2008
13 5 (16.13%) Windows XP
14 4 (12.90%) LAN
14 4 (12.90%) PBX
14 4 (12.90%) WLAN

HP APS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing HP APS 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 HP APS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (3.226%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (19.35%) MS Exchange
1 6 (19.35%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (3.226%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 25 (80.65%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 25 (80.65%) TCP/IP
2 6 (19.35%) SAN
3 4 (12.90%) LAN
3 4 (12.90%) PBX
3 4 (12.90%) WLAN
3 4 (12.90%) WAN
3 4 (12.90%) Wireless
4 2 (6.452%) iSCSI
4 2 (6.452%) NAS
4 2 (6.452%) Fibre Channel
4 2 (6.452%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server
1 4 (12.90%) SQL Server 2008
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) 2nd Line Support
2 15 (48.39%) Desktop Support
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Support
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Support Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Technical Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Support Manager
4 2 (6.452%) Wintel Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Wintel Systems Engineer
4 2 (6.452%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (58.06%) Blackberry
2 2 (6.452%) EqualLogic
3 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.226%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 31 (100.00%) Windows
2 19 (61.29%) Windows 7
3 6 (19.35%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (16.13%) Windows XP
5 4 (12.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (12.90%) Linux
5 4 (12.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (93.55%) ITIL
2 1 (3.226%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (64.52%) MCITP
2 9 (29.03%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (25.81%) MCP
4 6 (19.35%) MCSE
4 6 (19.35%) A+ Certification
5 1 (3.226%) HP AIS
5 1 (3.226%) HP ASE
5 1 (3.226%) HP MASE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (83.87%) SLA
System Software
1 27 (87.10%) Active Directory
2 6 (19.35%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (12.90%) XenApp
3 4 (12.90%) XenDesktop
3 4 (12.90%) VMware ESX
4 2 (6.452%) NFS
Systems Management
1 2 (6.452%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 31 (100.00%) HP
2 27 (87.10%) Microsoft
3 26 (83.87%) Citrix
4 21 (67.74%) Reuters
4 21 (67.74%) Bloomberg
5 6 (19.35%) VMware
5 6 (19.35%) NetApp
6 4 (12.90%) Mitel
6 4 (12.90%) ProCurve
6 4 (12.90%) Red Hat
7 2 (6.452%) Symantec
7 2 (6.452%) Google
7 2 (6.452%) Juniper
7 2 (6.452%) Cisco
7 2 (6.452%) Dell
8 1 (3.226%) Lotus
8 1 (3.226%) Apple