The first table below looks at the demand for Change Control skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Change Control over the 3 months to 17 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Change Control
Rank 152 127 109
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -18
Permanent jobs citing Change Control 55 62 61
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.108% 1.377% 1.470%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.475% 1.990% 2.134%
Number of salaries quoted 42 45 42
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,200 £25,600 £31,600
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+2.40% -2.35%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3728 3115 2859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 75.09% 69.18% 68.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3143 2685 2417
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Change Control
England

Change Control
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Change Control Jobs Demand Trend

Change Control
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Change Control Salary Trend

Change Control
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Change Control across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Change Control Salary Histogram

Change Control
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Change Control within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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
Birmingham -19 12 £58,750 +78.03%
Staffordshire +1 11 £32,500 -
Warwickshire -2 10 £51,750 +47.85%
Solihull -7 7 £40,000 -
Shropshire - 5 £32,500 -
Walsall -12 4 £60,000 +84.61%
Coventry -22 2 £40,000 -15.78%
Wolverhampton - 2 £35,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £30,000 -
Sutton Coldfield - 1 £29,000 -
Change Control
England

Change Control
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Change Control 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 Change Control.

1 51 (47.22%) Project Management
2 38 (35.19%) Microsoft
3 27 (25.00%) Windows
4 25 (23.15%) VMware
5 24 (22.22%) Finance
5 24 (22.22%) SLA
6 23 (21.30%) SQL
7 22 (20.37%) HP
8 21 (19.44%) MS Excel
9 19 (17.59%) SQL Server
9 19 (17.59%) Degree
10 18 (16.67%) SharePoint
11 16 (14.81%) T-SQL
12 15 (13.89%) Oracle
12 15 (13.89%) PRINCE2
12 15 (13.89%) SCCM
13 14 (12.96%) Dell
13 14 (12.96%) Cisco
14 13 (12.04%) ITIL
15 12 (11.11%) VPN
15 12 (11.11%) MS Exchange
15 12 (11.11%) Citrix
15 12 (11.11%) Firewall
15 12 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
16 11 (10.19%) SCOM
16 11 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
16 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
16 11 (10.19%) SAN
16 11 (10.19%) Change Management
16 11 (10.19%) IBM

Change Control
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Change Control 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 Change Control. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (7.407%) Application Packaging
2 7 (6.481%) .NET
3 4 (3.704%) ASP.NET
3 4 (3.704%) Middleware
3 4 (3.704%) WebSphere
3 4 (3.704%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.778%) Spring
5 2 (1.852%) HTML
5 2 (1.852%) XHTML
5 2 (1.852%) CSS
6 1 (0.926%) XML
6 1 (0.926%) COM
6 1 (0.926%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 18 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 12 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 8 (7.407%) SharePoint 2010
3 8 (7.407%) Lync
4 4 (3.704%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (3.704%) WebLogic
5 3 (2.778%) IIS
5 3 (2.778%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.852%) BizTalk Server
6 2 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.852%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (1.852%) Apache
7 1 (0.926%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.926%) MS Project Server
7 1 (0.926%) SAS
7 1 (0.926%) nginx
7 1 (0.926%) Confluence
Applications
1 21 (19.44%) MS Excel
2 5 (4.630%) MS Office
3 3 (2.778%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.926%) MS Project
4 1 (0.926%) Simulink
4 1 (0.926%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.704%) Maximo
2 3 (2.778%) SAP R/3
3 2 (1.852%) Oracle Retail
4 1 (0.926%) Cognos Controller
4 1 (0.926%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.926%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 12 (11.11%) VPN
1 12 (11.11%) Firewall
2 11 (10.19%) SAN
3 9 (8.333%) Wireless
4 8 (7.407%) NAS
5 4 (3.704%) Intranet
6 3 (2.778%) LAN
6 3 (2.778%) VoIP
6 3 (2.778%) WAN
7 2 (1.852%) Internet
7 2 (1.852%) DNS
7 2 (1.852%) Cisco Nexus
7 2 (1.852%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.926%) VLAN
8 1 (0.926%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.926%) Cisco PIX
8 1 (0.926%) Network Security
8 1 (0.926%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (0.926%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (17.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.556%) Oracle BI EE
3 5 (4.630%) MySQL
3 5 (4.630%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (3.704%) CorVu
4 4 (3.704%) QlikView
5 3 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (1.852%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (1.852%) SQL Server 2008
7 1 (0.926%) Base SAS
7 1 (0.926%) SAS Enterprise Guide
7 1 (0.926%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (0.926%) MS Access
7 1 (0.926%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 9 (8.333%) Subversion
2 8 (7.407%) MSI
3 7 (6.481%) Git (software)
3 7 (6.481%) Team Foundation Server
3 7 (6.481%) Mercurial
4 4 (3.704%) JIRA
5 3 (2.778%) Maven
5 3 (2.778%) Ant
5 3 (2.778%) CruiseControl
5 3 (2.778%) TeamCity
5 3 (2.778%) Hudson
5 3 (2.778%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.926%) FishEye
6 1 (0.926%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.926%) RequisitePro
6 1 (0.926%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.926%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 24 (22.22%) Finance
2 7 (6.481%) Retail
3 6 (5.556%) Legal
4 4 (3.704%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.704%) Automotive
5 3 (2.778%) Billing
5 3 (2.778%) Marketing
6 2 (1.852%) Advertising
6 2 (1.852%) Electronics
6 2 (1.852%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.926%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 22 (20.37%) Consultant
3 11 (10.19%) IT Consultant
3 11 (10.19%) Analyst
4 10 (9.259%) Developer
5 9 (8.333%) Configuration Engineer
6 8 (7.407%) Technical Infrastructure Consultant
6 8 (7.407%) Senior Manager
6 8 (7.407%) Technical Consultant
6 8 (7.407%) Infrastructure Consultant
6 8 (7.407%) Release Engineer
7 6 (5.556%) Environment Manager
8 5 (4.630%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (3.704%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (3.704%) SAP Project Manager
9 4 (3.704%) SAP Manager
9 4 (3.704%) Head of Business Intelligence
10 3 (2.778%) Service Manager
10 3 (2.778%) Applications Support
10 3 (2.778%) Coordinator
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.407%) Clustering
2 4 (3.704%) CMDB
3 3 (2.778%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.778%) FMCG
3 3 (2.778%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.852%) Social Media
4 2 (1.852%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.852%) AS400
5 1 (0.926%) NHS
5 1 (0.926%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.926%) Data Integration
5 1 (0.926%) VHDL
5 1 (0.926%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
5 1 (0.926%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 27 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (6.481%) Linux
4 6 (5.556%) Windows XP
4 6 (5.556%) Windows 7
5 5 (4.630%) Ubuntu
6 4 (3.704%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (1.852%) Windows 2000
7 2 (1.852%) Windows XP Embedded
7 2 (1.852%) Windows Vista
7 2 (1.852%) UNIX
8 1 (0.926%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (47.22%) Project Management
2 15 (13.89%) PRINCE2
3 13 (12.04%) ITIL
4 11 (10.19%) Change Management
4 11 (10.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (8.333%) Risk Management
5 9 (8.333%) Data Analysis
5 9 (8.333%) Configuration Management
5 9 (8.333%) Business Intelligence
5 9 (8.333%) Project Planning
5 9 (8.333%) Time Management
6 7 (6.481%) Service Delivery
7 6 (5.556%) Migration
7 6 (5.556%) Logistics
7 6 (5.556%) OO
8 5 (4.630%) Software Engineering
8 5 (4.630%) Release Management
9 4 (3.704%) Technical Architecture
9 4 (3.704%) Web Development
9 4 (3.704%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 23 (21.30%) SQL
2 16 (14.81%) T-SQL
3 8 (7.407%) Java
4 7 (6.481%) C#
4 7 (6.481%) VB
5 6 (5.556%) VB.NET
6 5 (4.630%) VBA
7 4 (3.704%) VB6
7 4 (3.704%) C
8 3 (2.778%) Ruby
8 3 (2.778%) Python
9 2 (1.852%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.852%) PHP
9 2 (1.852%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.926%) Perl
10 1 (0.926%) C++
10 1 (0.926%) COBOL
10 1 (0.926%) VBScript
10 1 (0.926%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.926%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 19 (17.59%) Degree
2 5 (4.630%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (4.630%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 4 (3.704%) ITIL Certification
3 4 (3.704%) CCNA
3 4 (3.704%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.778%) MCSE
5 2 (1.852%) CCNP
5 2 (1.852%) ISEB
6 1 (0.926%) CISA
6 1 (0.926%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (0.926%) MCITP
6 1 (0.926%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.926%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (22.22%) SLA
2 8 (7.407%) QA
3 1 (0.926%) COSO
3 1 (0.926%) IEC 61508
3 1 (0.926%) ISO 9000
3 1 (0.926%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.926%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.926%) COBIT
System Software
1 11 (10.19%) VMware Infrastructure
2 10 (9.259%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (4.630%) Active Directory
4 4 (3.704%) XenApp
5 3 (2.778%) IAG
6 2 (1.852%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.852%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (1.852%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.926%) XenServer
7 1 (0.926%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.926%) VMware ESX
7 1 (0.926%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.926%) vSphere
7 1 (0.926%) Shibboleth
7 1 (0.926%) UAG
Systems Management
1 15 (13.89%) SCCM
2 11 (10.19%) SCOM
3 1 (0.926%) Cacti
3 1 (0.926%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
3 1 (0.926%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.926%) WSUS
Vendors
1 38 (35.19%) Microsoft
2 25 (23.15%) VMware
3 22 (20.37%) HP
4 15 (13.89%) Oracle
5 14 (12.96%) Cisco
5 14 (12.96%) Dell
6 12 (11.11%) Citrix
7 11 (10.19%) IBM
8 10 (9.259%) SAP
9 9 (8.333%) Acronis
10 6 (5.556%) NetApp
11 5 (4.630%) Cognos
11 5 (4.630%) Business Objects
11 5 (4.630%) Remedy
12 4 (3.704%) LANDesk
12 4 (3.704%) Sun
12 4 (3.704%) Red Hat
13 3 (2.778%) AccuRev
13 3 (2.778%) Symantec
14 2 (1.852%) Endeca