The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SolarWinds Orion skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SolarWinds Orion 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.

SolarWinds Orion
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank837835733
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-102
Matching permanent IT job ads383019
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.032 %0.024 %0.020 %
As % of the Systems Management category0.660 %0.524 %0.534 %
Number of salaries quoted362918
Average salary£45,000£40,000£47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-14.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£30,000£30,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£53,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£38,000£47,000
% change year-on-year
-7.89 %-19.14 %
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

SolarWinds Orion
Demand Trend

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

SolarWinds Orion Demand Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Salary Trend

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

SolarWinds Orion Salary Trend

SolarWinds Orion
Salary Histogram

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

SolarWinds Orion Salary Histogram

SolarWinds Orion
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SolarWinds Orion 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-438£45,000-
LondonUp+523£47,500+2.70 %
City of LondonNew entry-11£47,500-
South EastDown-2910£35,000-30.00 %
MiddlesexNew entry-7£35,000-
West SussexUp+73£46,000-24.89 %
BristolNew entry-2£35,000-
UxbridgeNew entry-2£33,750-
South WestNew entry-2£35,000-
East of EnglandUp+31£25,000-31.03 %
StaffordshireDown-41£40,000-20.00 %
West MidlandsDown-191£40,000+6.66 %
YorkshireDown-191£47,500+5.55 %
West YorkshireNew entry-1£47,500-
EssexNew entry-1£25,000-
LeedsNew entry-1£47,500-
CrawleyNew entry-1£42,500-
BasildonNew entry-1£25,000-

SolarWinds Orion
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

166 (97.06 %)SolarWinds
241 (60.29 %)Cisco Certification
338 (55.88 %)Cisco
433 (48.53 %)Windows
532 (47.06 %)DNS
630 (44.12 %)CCNA
630 (44.12 %)VMware
727 (39.71 %)HP
727 (39.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
826 (38.24 %)Cisco ASA
826 (38.24 %)MPLS
925 (36.76 %)Network Management
1023 (33.82 %)Active Directory
1122 (32.35 %)DHCP
1221 (30.88 %)VPN
1320 (29.41 %)WAN
1320 (29.41 %)Firewall
1320 (29.41 %)vSphere
1419 (27.94 %)IBM
1419 (27.94 %)Microsoft Certification
1518 (26.47 %)VMware ESX
1617 (25.00 %)Wireless
1617 (25.00 %)SAN
1617 (25.00 %)Dell
1617 (25.00 %)MCITP
1716 (23.53 %)Microsoft
1716 (23.53 %)NetApp
1716 (23.53 %)MCSE
1815 (22.06 %)MS Excel
1815 (22.06 %)SharePoint

SolarWinds Orion
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
17 (10.29 %).NET
17 (10.29 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (22.06 %)SharePoint
115 (22.06 %)MS Exchange
115 (22.06 %)SharePoint 2010
214 (20.59 %)Exchange Server 2007
38 (11.76 %)IIS
43 (4.412 %)Amazon EC2
51 (1.471 %)Exchange Server 2010
51 (1.471 %)SAS
51 (1.471 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (22.06 %)MS Excel
214 (20.59 %)Google Apps
33 (4.412 %)MS Office
42 (2.941 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
132 (47.06 %)DNS
226 (38.24 %)MPLS
226 (38.24 %)Cisco ASA
322 (32.35 %)DHCP
421 (30.88 %)VPN
520 (29.41 %)Firewall
520 (29.41 %)WAN
617 (25.00 %)SAN
617 (25.00 %)Wireless
715 (22.06 %)BGP
814 (20.59 %)VoIP
913 (19.12 %)LAN
913 (19.12 %)EIGRP
1012 (17.65 %)TCP/IP
1111 (16.18 %)FWSM
1210 (14.71 %)Network Security
139 (13.24 %)SSL
148 (11.76 %)WLAN
148 (11.76 %)IPsec
148 (11.76 %)Cisco PIX
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (22.06 %)SQL Server
115 (22.06 %)SQL Server 2008
214 (20.59 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (8.824 %)Banking
16 (8.824 %)Retail
16 (8.824 %)Retail Banking
21 (1.471 %)Finance
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
113 (19.12 %)Analyst
113 (19.12 %)Network Engineer
210 (14.71 %)Support Engineer
38 (11.76 %)Network Specialist
46 (8.824 %)Systems Engineer
55 (7.353 %)Infrastructure Analyst
55 (7.353 %)Infrastructure Engineer
55 (7.353 %)Storage Engineer
55 (7.353 %)Virtualisation Engineer
55 (7.353 %)Server Engineer
64 (5.882 %)Senior Network Engineer
64 (5.882 %)Network Analyst
73 (4.412 %)Senior Analyst
73 (4.412 %)Architect
73 (4.412 %)Network Consultant
73 (4.412 %)Systems Analyst
73 (4.412 %)Consultant
73 (4.412 %)Network Architect
73 (4.412 %)Senior Infrastructure Analyst
73 (4.412 %)Operations Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (4.412 %)Management Information System
13 (4.412 %)Spread Betting
13 (4.412 %)Thin Client
13 (4.412 %)Fat Client
21 (1.471 %)NHS
21 (1.471 %)Blackberry
21 (1.471 %)Data Protection Act
21 (1.471 %)Computer Science
21 (1.471 %)CMDB
21 (1.471 %)CLARiiON
21 (1.471 %)Symmetrix
21 (1.471 %)Clustering
21 (1.471 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
133 (48.53 %)Windows
211 (16.18 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (11.76 %)Windows Server 2008
45 (7.353 %)Windows XP
54 (5.882 %)Windows 2000
62 (2.941 %)Linux
62 (2.941 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (1.471 %)Windows 7
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
125 (36.76 %)Network Management
212 (17.65 %)ITIL
311 (16.18 %)Load Balancing
46 (8.824 %)Logistics
55 (7.353 %)Network Design
55 (7.353 %)Vulnerability Assessment
55 (7.353 %)Service Delivery
55 (7.353 %)WAN Optimisation
63 (4.412 %)Change Management
63 (4.412 %)Migration
63 (4.412 %)Project Management
63 (4.412 %)Network Load Balancing
72 (2.941 %)Change Control
72 (2.941 %)Capacity Management
72 (2.941 %)Supplier Management
72 (2.941 %)E-Commerce
72 (2.941 %)Asset Management
81 (1.471 %)Service Management
81 (1.471 %)Stakeholder Management
81 (1.471 %)Risk Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (13.24 %)PowerShell
25 (7.353 %)SQL
32 (2.941 %)VB
32 (2.941 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
141 (60.29 %)Cisco Certification
230 (44.12 %)CCNA
319 (27.94 %)Microsoft Certification
417 (25.00 %)MCITP
516 (23.53 %)MCSE
615 (22.06 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
615 (22.06 %)CCNP
714 (20.59 %)MCSA
85 (7.353 %)CCSP
85 (7.353 %)CCVP
92 (2.941 %)MCP
92 (2.941 %)MCTS
101 (1.471 %)JNCIA
101 (1.471 %)Degree
101 (1.471 %)CCIE
101 (1.471 %)CCDA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (10.29 %)SLA
21 (1.471 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
127 (39.71 %)VMware Infrastructure
223 (33.82 %)Active Directory
320 (29.41 %)vSphere
418 (26.47 %)VMware ESX
54 (5.882 %)Terminal Server
54 (5.882 %)DFS Replication
63 (4.412 %)Xen
63 (4.412 %)Hyper-V
63 (4.412 %)XenApp
63 (4.412 %)XenServer
63 (4.412 %)XenDesktop
72 (2.941 %)ISA Server
81 (1.471 %)SRDF
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (16.18 %)SCOM
28 (11.76 %)Nagios
37 (10.29 %)CiscoWorks
46 (8.824 %)SCCM
46 (8.824 %)Cisco UCCX
55 (7.353 %)HP SIM
64 (5.882 %)Cacti
64 (5.882 %)MOM
64 (5.882 %)Norton AntiVirus
64 (5.882 %)NetBackup
73 (4.412 %)Cisco CUCM
82 (2.941 %)WMI
91 (1.471 %)WSUS
91 (1.471 %)Backup Exec
91 (1.471 %)McAfee ePO
91 (1.471 %)OpenView
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
166 (97.06 %)SolarWinds
238 (55.88 %)Cisco
330 (44.12 %)VMware
427 (39.71 %)HP
519 (27.94 %)IBM
617 (25.00 %)Dell
716 (23.53 %)Microsoft
716 (23.53 %)NetApp
814 (20.59 %)Google
910 (14.71 %)CheckPoint
107 (10.29 %)NetIQ
116 (8.824 %)Riverbed
125 (7.353 %)Symantec
134 (5.882 %)Intel
134 (5.882 %)Nortel
134 (5.882 %)Citrix
143 (4.412 %)Juniper
143 (4.412 %)Blue Coat
152 (2.941 %)NetScout
152 (2.941 %)Aruba