The first table below looks at the demand for Operations Management 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 Operations Management over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Management
Rank 202 186 180
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -6
Permanent jobs citing Operations Management 8 3 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.149% 0.064% 0.091%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.200% 0.090% 0.130%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 2
Average salary £50,000 £58,750 £61,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.89% -4.08%
90% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £49,750 £60,250
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £67,750 £62,250
UK excluding London average salary £46,500 £50,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year
-7.00% -4.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
4009 3321 3074
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.77% 70.39% 69.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3367 2863 2586
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Operations Management Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Management
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Operations Management Salary Trend

Operations Management
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Operations Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

West Midlands Operations Management Salary Histogram

Operations Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Operations Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -14 5 £50,000 -28.57%
Warwickshire - 3 £50,000 -
Operations Management
England

Operations Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Operations Management 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 Operations Management.

1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 9 (52.94%) Service Delivery
3 8 (47.06%) Service Management
4 6 (35.29%) SLA
4 6 (35.29%) Finance
5 5 (29.41%) Cisco
6 4 (23.53%) HP
6 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
6 4 (23.53%) ITSM
7 3 (17.65%) NetBackup
7 3 (17.65%) UNIX
7 3 (17.65%) HPUX
7 3 (17.65%) Quality Management
7 3 (17.65%) Project Management
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (17.65%) HP Data Protector
7 3 (17.65%) ITIL V3
7 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) Transition Management
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle Retail
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (11.76%) Digital Fuel
8 2 (11.76%) Change Control
8 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
8 2 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
8 2 (11.76%) CCNP
8 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (11.76%) Siebel
8 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
8 2 (11.76%) SOA

Operations Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Operations Management 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 Operations Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.882%) LAN
2 1 (5.882%) WAN
2 1 (5.882%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Banking
2 2 (11.76%) Retail
2 2 (11.76%) Billing
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Service Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Operations Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Services Delivery Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) ITIL Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Implementation Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Disaster Recovery Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Citrix Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Senior Citrix Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Information Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Systems Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Implementation Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Network Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix Consultant
4 1 (5.882%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Economics
1 1 (5.882%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) UNIX
1 3 (17.65%) HPUX
2 1 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) ITIL
2 9 (52.94%) Service Delivery
3 8 (47.06%) Service Management
4 4 (23.53%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (23.53%) ITSM
5 3 (17.65%) Quality Management
5 3 (17.65%) Project Management
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL V3
5 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (17.65%) Transition Management
6 2 (11.76%) Change Control
6 2 (11.76%) E-Commerce
6 2 (11.76%) SOA
6 2 (11.76%) Business Continuity
6 2 (11.76%) Business Analysis
6 2 (11.76%) Release Management
7 1 (5.882%) Resource Management
7 1 (5.882%) Data Management
7 1 (5.882%) BCP
7 1 (5.882%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.76%) CCNP
2 2 (11.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.882%) MCTS
3 1 (5.882%) MCITP
3 1 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (5.882%) CCIE
3 1 (5.882%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.882%) CCNA
3 1 (5.882%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.882%) HP AIS
3 1 (5.882%) HP ASE
3 1 (5.882%) VCAP
3 1 (5.882%) CCEE
3 1 (5.882%) CCAA
3 1 (5.882%) CCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (35.29%) SLA
2 1 (5.882%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) VMware ESX
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.882%) XenApp
1 1 (5.882%) XenServer
1 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
1 1 (5.882%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) NetBackup
1 3 (17.65%) HP Data Protector
2 1 (5.882%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Cisco
2 4 (23.53%) HP
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Fuel
3 2 (11.76%) Siebel
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) ATG
3 2 (11.76%) Endeca
4 1 (5.882%) VMware
4 1 (5.882%) Dell
4 1 (5.882%) EMC
4 1 (5.882%) Citrix
4 1 (5.882%) NetApp