The first table below looks at the demand for the Platform Manager role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Platform Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Platform Manager
Rank 847 874 840
Rank change year-on-year
+27 -34
Permanent jobs requiring a Platform Manager 13 13 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.012% 0.011% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.011% 0.027%
Number of salaries quoted 10 10 24
Average salary £62,750 £70,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.35% +33.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,600 £62,500 £33,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £73,250 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £57,500 £70,000 £46,250
% change year-on-year
-17.85% +51.35%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Platform Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Platform Manager within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Platform Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Platform Manager
Salary Trend

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

Platform Manager Salary Trend

Platform Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Platform Manager over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Platform Manager Salary Histogram

Platform Manager
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Platform Manager within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +8 12 £62,750 -10.35%
London +29 9 £62,750 -10.35%
South East - 3 £57,500 -
City of London +5 2 £49,500 -20.80%
Oxford - 2 £57,500 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £57,500 -
Scotland - 1 - -
Kent - 1 - -
Maidstone - 1 - -
Edinburgh - 1 - -

Platform Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Platform Manager 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 Platform Manager in their job title.

1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 7 (29.17%) VMware
2 7 (29.17%) Windows
3 6 (25.00%) ITIL
3 6 (25.00%) Retail
4 5 (20.83%) Marketing
4 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
4 5 (20.83%) SQL
4 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
4 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
4 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
4 5 (20.83%) Change Management
5 4 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (16.67%) Internet
5 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
5 4 (16.67%) BGP
5 4 (16.67%) McAfee
5 4 (16.67%) SAN
5 4 (16.67%) Veritas
5 4 (16.67%) HP
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix
5 4 (16.67%) CCA
5 4 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
5 4 (16.67%) MCSE
5 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 4 (16.67%) SMTP
5 4 (16.67%) DHCP
5 4 (16.67%) FTP
5 4 (16.67%) HTTP

Platform Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Platform Manager 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 Platform Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (4.167%) XML
Application Platforms
1 5 (20.83%) MS Exchange
2 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2000
2 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (8.333%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (8.333%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.167%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.167%) VisionPLUS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.67%) Internet
1 4 (16.67%) BGP
1 4 (16.67%) SAN
1 4 (16.67%) SMTP
1 4 (16.67%) DHCP
1 4 (16.67%) FTP
1 4 (16.67%) HTTP
1 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 4 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (4.167%) PBX
2 1 (4.167%) VoIP
2 1 (4.167%) Firewall
2 1 (4.167%) QSIG
2 1 (4.167%) H.323
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) MySQL
2 1 (4.167%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (33.33%) Finance
2 6 (25.00%) Retail
3 5 (20.83%) Marketing
4 3 (12.50%) Banking
5 2 (8.333%) Publishing
6 1 (4.167%) Financial Institution
6 1 (4.167%) Front Office
6 1 (4.167%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.50%) Credit Risk
2 2 (8.333%) Fixed Income
2 2 (8.333%) Derivative
3 1 (4.167%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (4.167%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 7 (29.17%) Windows
2 5 (20.83%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.167%) Windows Vista
3 1 (4.167%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Linux
3 1 (4.167%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (25.00%) ITIL
2 5 (20.83%) Risk Management
2 5 (20.83%) Change Management
3 4 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 4 (16.67%) Capacity Management
3 4 (16.67%) Time Management
4 3 (12.50%) Programme Management
4 3 (12.50%) Risk Assessment
4 3 (12.50%) Change Control
4 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.50%) Configuration Management
5 2 (8.333%) Migration
5 2 (8.333%) Content Management
5 2 (8.333%) Product Management
5 2 (8.333%) Matrix Management
5 2 (8.333%) Requirements Analysis
5 2 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
6 1 (4.167%) Supplier Management
6 1 (4.167%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (16.67%) CCA
2 4 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (16.67%) MCSE
2 4 (16.67%) MCITP
2 4 (16.67%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
2 4 (16.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (12.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (16.67%) SLA
2 2 (8.333%) QA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
2 4 (16.67%) vSphere
2 4 (16.67%) XenApp
3 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) Tivoli
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
1 4 (16.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) VMware
2 4 (16.67%) McAfee
2 4 (16.67%) Veritas
2 4 (16.67%) HP
2 4 (16.67%) Citrix
2 4 (16.67%) IBM
2 4 (16.67%) Syncsort
3 3 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.333%) Oracle
5 1 (4.167%) Cadis
5 1 (4.167%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.167%) Bloomberg
5 1 (4.167%) Avaya
5 1 (4.167%) Charles River
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