The first part of the table below looks at the demand for OpenView skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OpenView over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Systems Management category.

HP OpenView (HPOV)
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank726605549
Rank change year-on-year
Down-121Down-56
Matching permanent IT job ads149268207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.124 %0.219 %0.217 %
As % of the Systems Management category2.590 %4.683 %5.820 %
Number of salaries quoted130208145
Average salary£42,500£46,500£40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.60 %+14.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,350£32,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£60,000£58,750
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£46,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-17.39 %+22.66 %
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategoryAll Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
575457233557
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.772 %4.667 %3.726 %
Number of salaries quoted478745422746
Average salary£44,000£42,500£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.52 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,700£30,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£61,500£60,900
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000

OpenView
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing OpenView within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Systems Management category.

OpenView Demand Trend

OpenView
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OpenView within the UK.

OpenView Salary Trend

OpenView
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing OpenView over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

OpenView Salary Histogram

OpenView
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OpenView within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-119139£42,500-8.60 %
LondonDown-3252£55,000+10.00 %
South EastDown-8636£36,000-20.00 %
YorkshireDown-1720£37,750-13.71 %
SurreyDown-2917£36,000-22.58 %
West YorkshireDown-313£35,000+5.26 %
LeedsNew entry-11£36,250-
East MidlandsUp+610£75,000+36.36 %
KentNew entry-9£31,750-
Docklands, LondonNew entry-8£60,000-
City of LondonUp+87£45,000+24.13 %
East of EnglandUp+27£40,000-5.88 %
BerkshireDown-437£40,000-
CamberleyDown-66£32,500-32.29 %
North YorkshireDown-45£45,000-
West MidlandsDown-165£50,000+96.07 %
BromleyNew entry-5£35,000-
HertfordshireUp+144£52,500-10.63 %
StainesDown-44£36,000-22.58 %
CheshireDown-184£32,500+1.56 %
ReadingDown-234£40,000+26.98 %
North WestDown-584£32,500-31.57 %
South WalesNew entry-4£33,500-
WalesNew entry-4£33,500-
BristolUp+23£45,000-
DerbyshireNo change03£80,000+45.45 %
BuckinghamshireDown-13£22,500-6.25 %
DerbyDown-63£80,000+45.45 %
South WestDown-63£45,000-
BirminghamDown-83£50,000+96.07 %

OpenView
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenView 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 OpenView.

1221 (65.77 %)HP
2152 (45.24 %)Cisco
3106 (31.55 %)Cisco Certification
4105 (31.25 %)Network Management
594 (27.98 %)LAN
691 (27.08 %)ITIL
790 (26.79 %)WAN
887 (25.89 %)Firewall
983 (24.70 %)CCNA
1077 (22.92 %)Juniper
1173 (21.73 %)Windows
1270 (20.83 %)Finance
1368 (20.24 %)UNIX
1368 (20.24 %)Microsoft
1464 (19.05 %)SAN
1563 (18.75 %)Oracle
1660 (17.86 %)Linux
1759 (17.56 %)OSPF
1857 (16.96 %)VMware
1955 (16.37 %)VPN
2053 (15.77 %)CiscoWorks
2151 (15.18 %)Citrix
2249 (14.58 %)Project Management
2249 (14.58 %)Nagios
2249 (14.58 %)CCNP
2249 (14.58 %)Incident Management
2348 (14.29 %)Problem Management
2348 (14.29 %)DNS
2447 (13.99 %)BGP
2447 (13.99 %)CheckPoint

OpenView
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing OpenView 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 OpenView. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (8.333 %).NET
220 (5.952 %)Web Services
318 (5.357 %)Middleware
417 (5.060 %)J2EE
516 (4.762 %)Application Packaging
67 (2.083 %)CSS
75 (1.488 %)SOAP
75 (1.488 %)REST
83 (0.893 %)LAMP
92 (0.595 %)Java EE
101 (0.298 %)Software Packaging
101 (0.298 %)WebSphere
101 (0.298 %)Servlets
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
142 (12.50 %)MS Exchange
222 (6.548 %)Exchange Server 2010
317 (5.060 %)MQSeries
416 (4.762 %)Apache
514 (4.167 %)Exchange Server 2007
613 (3.869 %)Exchange Server 2003
79 (2.679 %)SharePoint
87 (2.083 %)Tomcat
96 (1.786 %)IIS
105 (1.488 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
114 (1.190 %)SharePoint Server
123 (0.893 %)Confluence
132 (0.595 %)Lotus Notes
141 (0.298 %)WebSphere Application Server
141 (0.298 %)WebLogic
141 (0.298 %)AquaLogic
141 (0.298 %)SAS
141 (0.298 %)BizTalk Server
141 (0.298 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
138 (11.31 %)MS Excel
227 (8.036 %)MS Office
318 (5.357 %)MS Visio
47 (2.083 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.595 %)MS Project
61 (0.298 %)AutoCAD
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (2.083 %)assyst
21 (0.298 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
194 (27.98 %)LAN
290 (26.79 %)WAN
387 (25.89 %)Firewall
464 (19.05 %)SAN
559 (17.56 %)OSPF
655 (16.37 %)VPN
748 (14.29 %)DNS
847 (13.99 %)BGP
945 (13.39 %)TCP/IP
1036 (10.71 %)Network Security
1134 (10.12 %)Cisco PIX
1230 (8.929 %)EIGRP
1329 (8.631 %)SNMP
1428 (8.333 %)MPLS
1523 (6.845 %)RIP
1622 (6.548 %)VLAN
1721 (6.250 %)Cisco Nexus
1814 (4.167 %)Cisco IOS
1814 (4.167 %)Wireless
1913 (3.869 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (11.61 %)SQL Server
211 (3.274 %)SQL Server 2008
39 (2.679 %)Oracle 8/8i
39 (2.679 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (2.083 %)SQL Server Integration Services
47 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2000
47 (2.083 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
47 (2.083 %)DTS
47 (2.083 %)TOAD
47 (2.083 %)MySQL
55 (1.488 %)Oracle 10g
55 (1.488 %)Oracle 11g
55 (1.488 %)CouchDB
55 (1.488 %)MongoDB
55 (1.488 %)NoSQL
55 (1.488 %)Redis
64 (1.190 %)Apache Cassandra
73 (0.893 %)Informix
73 (0.893 %)RDBMS
81 (0.298 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
118 (5.357 %)LoadRunner
217 (5.060 %)TestDirector
217 (5.060 %)QuickTest Pro
316 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
316 (4.762 %)SilkTest
413 (3.869 %)JIRA
55 (1.488 %)Selenium
55 (1.488 %)Git (software)
55 (1.488 %)Team Foundation Server
55 (1.488 %)Hudson
55 (1.488 %)ClearCase
55 (1.488 %)Subversion
55 (1.488 %)Maven
62 (0.595 %)Introscope
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
170 (20.83 %)Finance
224 (7.143 %)Telecoms
317 (5.060 %)Banking
416 (4.762 %)Law
512 (3.571 %)Legal
512 (3.571 %)Back Office
66 (1.786 %)Manufacturing
75 (1.488 %)Advertising
75 (1.488 %)Retail
84 (1.190 %)Investment Banking
92 (0.595 %)Marketing
92 (0.595 %)Mandarin Language
92 (0.595 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.298 %)French Language
101 (0.298 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
178 (23.21 %)Analyst
250 (14.88 %)Network Engineer
331 (9.226 %)Support Analyst
423 (6.845 %)Project Manager
520 (5.952 %)Administrator
618 (5.357 %)Test Analyst
618 (5.357 %)Support Engineer
618 (5.357 %)Network Specialist
618 (5.357 %)NOC Engineer
715 (4.464 %)Architect
814 (4.167 %)Consultant
814 (4.167 %)2nd Line Support
814 (4.167 %)Security Engineer
913 (3.869 %)Senior Network Engineer
1012 (3.571 %)Systems Administrator
1111 (3.274 %)Storage Administrator
1111 (3.274 %)Senior Network Specialist
1210 (2.976 %)Desktop Support
139 (2.679 %)Network Security Engineer
139 (2.679 %)Network Support Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
129 (8.631 %)Clustering
227 (8.036 %)e-Health
314 (4.167 %)Computer Science
411 (3.274 %)Replication
510 (2.976 %)Mathematics
510 (2.976 %)Hedge funds
69 (2.679 %)Blackberry
78 (2.381 %)Management Information System
87 (2.083 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
87 (2.083 %)Equities
96 (1.786 %)Open Source
105 (1.488 %)Fat Client
105 (1.488 %)Thin Client
114 (1.190 %)CMDB
122 (0.595 %)Statistics
122 (0.595 %)HACMP
122 (0.595 %)CLARiiON
131 (0.298 %)EMC Centera
131 (0.298 %)AS400
131 (0.298 %)Firmware
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
173 (21.73 %)Windows
268 (20.24 %)UNIX
360 (17.86 %)Linux
436 (10.71 %)Solaris
532 (9.524 %)Windows Server 2003
629 (8.631 %)Windows Server 2008
719 (5.655 %)Windows XP
818 (5.357 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
917 (5.060 %)Windows 7
1014 (4.167 %)AIX
1113 (3.869 %)Windows 2000 Server
1210 (2.976 %)HPUX
139 (2.679 %)Windows 2000
143 (0.893 %)OS/2
151 (0.298 %)SUSE
151 (0.298 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1105 (31.25 %)Network Management
291 (27.08 %)ITIL
349 (14.58 %)Project Management
349 (14.58 %)Incident Management
448 (14.29 %)Problem Management
538 (11.31 %)Change Control
633 (9.821 %)Service Management
730 (8.929 %)Change Management
825 (7.440 %)Configuration Management
922 (6.548 %)Root Cause Analysis
1021 (6.250 %)Migration
1119 (5.655 %)Automated Testing
1119 (5.655 %)Disaster Recovery
1218 (5.357 %)Test Automation
1218 (5.357 %)Performance Testing
1317 (5.060 %)Load Testing
1317 (5.060 %)Release Management
1317 (5.060 %)Load Balancing
1317 (5.060 %)Software Testing
1416 (4.762 %)User Acceptance Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (11.01 %)Java
231 (9.226 %)Shell Script
326 (7.738 %)VB
424 (7.143 %)C#
424 (7.143 %)SQL
517 (5.060 %)C++
517 (5.060 %)C
613 (3.869 %)Perl
79 (2.679 %)PHP
79 (2.679 %)PL/SQL
87 (2.083 %)VBA
96 (1.786 %)VB6
104 (1.190 %)VBScript
113 (0.893 %)PowerShell
122 (0.595 %)Bash shell
131 (0.298 %)Korn
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1106 (31.55 %)Cisco Certification
283 (24.70 %)CCNA
349 (14.58 %)CCNP
445 (13.39 %)Security Cleared
539 (11.61 %)SC Cleared
624 (7.143 %)Microsoft Certification
723 (6.845 %)Degree
820 (5.952 %)CCSA
820 (5.952 %)JNCIA
919 (5.655 %)MCSE
919 (5.655 %)CCIE
106 (1.786 %)MCDST
115 (1.488 %)BC Cleared
115 (1.488 %)CCDA
124 (1.190 %)CCSP
124 (1.190 %)MCSA
124 (1.190 %)HND
124 (1.190 %)ITIL Certification
124 (1.190 %)CCSE
132 (0.595 %)JNCIS
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (10.12 %)SLA
219 (5.655 %)QA
38 (2.381 %)ISO/IEC 27001
46 (1.786 %)COBIT
51 (0.298 %)BS25999
51 (0.298 %)ISO 9000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
142 (12.50 %)VMware Infrastructure
223 (6.845 %)Xen
321 (6.250 %)Active Directory
416 (4.762 %)Citrix Presentation Server
512 (3.571 %)Samba
610 (2.976 %)vSphere
77 (2.083 %)Veritas Cluster Server
86 (1.786 %)Oracle RMAN
86 (1.786 %)LiteSpeed
86 (1.786 %)XenApp
86 (1.786 %)NFS
95 (1.488 %)XenDesktop
95 (1.488 %)VMware ESX
102 (0.595 %)Veritas File System
102 (0.595 %)Sendmail
111 (0.298 %)VMware Server
111 (0.298 %)Veritas Volume Manager
111 (0.298 %)MetaFrame
111 (0.298 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
111 (0.298 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
153 (15.77 %)CiscoWorks
249 (14.58 %)Nagios
327 (8.036 %)NetBackup
426 (7.738 %)Netcool
517 (5.060 %)Backup Exec
517 (5.060 %)Tivoli
517 (5.060 %)HP Quality Center
616 (4.762 %)BMC PATROL
713 (3.869 %)MOM
713 (3.869 %)SCCM
713 (3.869 %)Puppet
812 (3.571 %)SCOM
911 (3.274 %)HP NNM
109 (2.679 %)ServiceCenter
118 (2.381 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
118 (2.381 %)Unicenter
127 (2.083 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
127 (2.083 %)BladeLogic
136 (1.786 %)Foglight
136 (1.786 %)OVSD
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1221 (65.77 %)HP
2152 (45.24 %)Cisco
377 (22.92 %)Juniper
468 (20.24 %)Microsoft
563 (18.75 %)Oracle
657 (16.96 %)VMware
751 (15.18 %)Citrix
847 (13.99 %)CheckPoint
935 (10.42 %)Remedy
1028 (8.333 %)Veritas
1127 (8.036 %)EMC
1226 (7.738 %)Red Hat
1226 (7.738 %)F5
1325 (7.440 %)Blue Coat
1325 (7.440 %)NetApp
1422 (6.548 %)Nokia
1422 (6.548 %)Nortel
1422 (6.548 %)Altiris
1521 (6.250 %)SolarWinds
1620 (5.952 %)TIBCO