The first table below looks at the demand for OVSD skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OVSD 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 Systems Management category.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
HP OpenView Service Desk (OVSD)
Rank 863 894 855
Rank change year-on-year
+31 -39
Permanent jobs citing OVSD 1 6 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.001% 0.005% 0.012%
As % of the Systems Management category 0.016% 0.103% 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 13
Average salary £28,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-30.00% -11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-20.00% -22.22%
All Systems Management
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Systems Management category
6090 5818 5671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 5.599% 4.744% 4.639%
Number of salaries quoted 4719 4834 4487
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,275 £29,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £61,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.75% -

OVSD
Jobs Demand Trend

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

OVSD Jobs Demand Trend

OVSD
Salary Trend

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

OVSD Salary Trend

OVSD
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing OVSD within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +27 1 £28,000 -30.00%
West Yorkshire +2 1 £28,000 -20.00%
Yorkshire -7 1 £28,000 -20.00%
Leeds - 1 £28,000 -

OVSD
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OVSD 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 OVSD.

1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) OpenView
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) SLA
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Back Office
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) ISEB

OVSD
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing OVSD 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 OVSD. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Office
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Service Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Support Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Support
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows XP
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
3 1 (33.33%) Time Management
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) SOA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) OpenView
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) HP
2 1 (33.33%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft