The first table below looks at the demand for Operations Research 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 Research over the 3 months to 18 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Operations Research (or Operational Research)
Rank - 186 177
Permanent jobs citing Operations Research 0 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.021% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.030% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
Average salary - £50,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +100.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £41,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+3.65% +9.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3962 3334 3034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.84% 70.31% 69.72%
Number of salaries quoted 3326 2875 2555
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 Research
England

Operations Research
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Operations Research Jobs Demand Trend

Operations Research
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Operations Research Salary Trend

Operations Research
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Operations Research 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 Research.

1 6 (100.00%) Retail
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 4 (66.67%) MS Access
3 2 (33.33%) SAS
3 2 (33.33%) Mapinfo
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Economics
3 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
4 1 (16.67%) GIS

Operations Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Operations Research 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 Research. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (66.67%) MS Access
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (16.67%) GIS
General
1 6 (100.00%) Retail
2 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Database Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Technical Analyst
3 3 (50.00%) Graduate
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Economics
1 2 (33.33%) Mathematics
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Customer Insight
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Mapinfo
Warwick, Warwickshire
They are now looking to appoint 2 bright and capable graduates (usually from Computer Science or Math degrees) to train as technical consultants... The role is Client facing...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £16000 - £25000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
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