The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Human Factors in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Human Factors 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Human Factors
Rank 193 180 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Permanent jobs citing Human Factors 14 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.282% 0.200% -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.124% 0.787% -
Number of salaries quoted 6 9 0
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.26%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1245 1143 997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.08% 25.38% 24.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1043 968 814
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Human Factors
England

Human Factors
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Human Factors across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

West Midlands Human Factors Jobs Demand Trend

Human Factors
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Human Factors Salary Trend

Human Factors
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Human Factors 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
Worcestershire - 8 - -
Birmingham -19 6 £50,000 -9.09%
Human Factors
England

Human Factors
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 11 (61.11%) Electronics
1 11 (61.11%) Aerospace
1 11 (61.11%) Automotive
1 11 (61.11%) Project Planning
2 7 (38.89%) UNIX
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.556%) Citrix
3 1 (5.556%) Windows
3 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
3 1 (5.556%) Retail
3 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.556%) VMware
3 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (5.556%) C

Human Factors
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
General
1 11 (61.11%) Electronics
1 11 (61.11%) Aerospace
1 11 (61.11%) Automotive
2 1 (5.556%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Consultant
1 7 (38.89%) Recruitment Consultant
2 6 (33.33%) Infrastructure Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Architect
2 6 (33.33%) Technical Design Authority
3 4 (22.22%) Resourcer
3 4 (22.22%) Junior Resourcer
3 4 (22.22%) Junior
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Consultant
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Recruitment Consultant
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) UNIX
2 1 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Project Planning
2 1 (5.556%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) C
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Citrix
2 1 (5.556%) VMware