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This section looks at the demand for Service Level Agreement (SLA) skills within the Watford region with a comparison to our Quality Assurance & Compliance category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SLA over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkService Level Agreement (SLA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3658
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads256
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.003 %
As % of the category below47.17 %18.75 %
Salaries quoted196
Average minimum salary£32,763£55,000
Average salary£34,658£55,000
% change on same period last year-36.98 %
Average maximum salary£36,553£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£33,253£35,099
% change on same period last year-5.26 %
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads5332
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.029 %0.013 %
Salaries quoted4630
Average minimum salary£39,330£40,094
Average salary£40,660£41,891
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£41,990£43,688
UK excluding London average salary£39,422£40,055
% change on same period last year-1.58 %
SLA HertfordshireSLA
Hertfordshire

SLA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Watford SLA Demand Trend

SLA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SLA across the Watford region.

Watford SLA Salary Trend

SLA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SLA across the Watford region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Watford SLA Salary Histogram

SLA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing SLA 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 SLA.

126 (59.09 %)Windows
222 (50.00 %)UNIX
317 (38.64 %)SQL Server
317 (38.64 %)Sybase
317 (38.64 %)DB2
49 (20.45 %)IBM
49 (20.45 %)Active Directory
49 (20.45 %)ITIL
49 (20.45 %)WebSphere
57 (15.91 %)AIX
65 (11.36 %)Service Management
65 (11.36 %)Service Delivery
65 (11.36 %)ITSM
65 (11.36 %)Identity Management
65 (11.36 %)Lotus Notes
65 (11.36 %)MS Office
65 (11.36 %)Lotus
65 (11.36 %)ITIL Certification
65 (11.36 %)Incident Management
74 (9.091 %)SQL
74 (9.091 %)Finance
83 (6.818 %)Solaris
83 (6.818 %)Linux
83 (6.818 %)Citrix
83 (6.818 %)Windows Vista
92 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
92 (4.545 %)SAN
92 (4.545 %)MS Excel
92 (4.545 %)Windows XP
92 (4.545 %)HTTP

SLA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing SLA 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 SLA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (20.45 %)WebSphere
Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (11.36 %)Lotus Notes
22 (4.545 %)IBM HTTP Server
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (11.36 %)MS Office
22 (4.545 %)MS Excel
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.545 %)HTTP
12 (4.545 %)SAN
21 (2.273 %)Wi-Fi
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (38.64 %)SQL Server
117 (38.64 %)DB2
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (9.091 %)Finance
22 (4.545 %)Publishing
22 (4.545 %)Games
22 (4.545 %)Banking
22 (4.545 %)Insurance
31 (2.273 %)Education
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
117 (38.64 %)Analyst
117 (38.64 %)Applications Support
212 (27.27 %)Administrator
37 (15.91 %)Service Analyst
45 (11.36 %)Service Desk Analyst
54 (9.091 %)Support Analyst
63 (6.818 %)1st Line Support
63 (6.818 %)Services Delivery Manager
63 (6.818 %)Service Manager
63 (6.818 %)Delivery Manager
63 (6.818 %)UNIX Support
63 (6.818 %)Helpdesk Support
72 (4.545 %)UNIX Support Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Services Delivery Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Management Information Analyst
72 (4.545 %)MI Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Information Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Helpdesk Analyst
72 (4.545 %)Applications Support Analyst
81 (2.273 %)Infrastructure Analyst
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (59.09 %)Windows
222 (50.00 %)UNIX
37 (15.91 %)AIX
43 (6.818 %)Solaris
43 (6.818 %)Linux
43 (6.818 %)Windows Vista
52 (4.545 %)Windows XP
61 (2.273 %)Windows Server 2003
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (20.45 %)ITIL
25 (11.36 %)ITSM
25 (11.36 %)Identity Management
25 (11.36 %)Service Management
25 (11.36 %)Service Delivery
25 (11.36 %)Incident Management
32 (4.545 %)Change Management
32 (4.545 %)Data Management
41 (2.273 %)Problem Management
41 (2.273 %)Workflow
41 (2.273 %)Programme Management
41 (2.273 %)PRINCE2
41 (2.273 %)CRM
41 (2.273 %)Project Management
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (9.091 %)SQL
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (11.36 %)ITIL Certification
21 (2.273 %)Degree
Watford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (20.45 %)Active Directory
22 (4.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (38.64 %)Sybase
29 (20.45 %)IBM
35 (11.36 %)Lotus
43 (6.818 %)Citrix
52 (4.545 %)VMware
61 (2.273 %)Microsoft