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The table below looks at the demand for Problem Management skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Problem Management over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Problem Management
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank140175
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching permanent IT job ads8851
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.048 %0.022 %
As % of the category below1.780 %1.068 %
Salaries quoted7547
Average minimum salary£31,671£32,300
Average salary£34,207£36,490
% change on same period last year-6.25 %
Average maximum salary£36,743£40,680
UK excluding London average salary£35,841£37,957
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads49444775
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.723 %2.024 %
Salaries quoted41774118
Average minimum salary£36,146£37,333
Average salary£39,517£40,412
% change on same period last year-2.21 %
Average maximum salary£42,887£43,491
UK excluding London average salary£42,554£44,427
% change on same period last year-4.21 %
Problem Management EnglandProblem Management
England

Problem Management
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Problem Management across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Problem Management Demand Trend

Problem Management
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Problem Management Salary Trend

Problem Management
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Problem Management across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

West Midlands Problem Management Salary Histogram

Problem Management
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Problem Management within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickshireUp+2024£35,969+19.23 %
BirminghamDown-118£34,556-13.19 %
HerefordshireDown-511£38,850+15.68 %
SolihullUp+17£35,786+25.01 %
West BromwichNew entry-5£37,000-
StaffordshireNew entry-4£43,875-
ShropshireNew entry-2--
CoventryNew entry-2£25,250-
Problem Management EnglandProblem Management
England

Problem Management
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Problem 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 Problem Management.

165 (44.22 %)ITIL
259 (40.14 %)Windows
358 (39.46 %)Service Delivery
442 (28.57 %)Microsoft
540 (27.21 %)VMware
639 (26.53 %)Service Management
639 (26.53 %)SQL
729 (19.73 %)Linux
824 (16.33 %)Project Management
824 (16.33 %)Active Directory
824 (16.33 %)ITIL Certification
921 (14.29 %)SLA
921 (14.29 %)Cisco
1018 (12.24 %)Configuration Management
1117 (11.56 %)Firewall
1117 (11.56 %)VPN
1117 (11.56 %)SAN
1216 (10.88 %)UNIX
1314 (9.524 %)Change Management
1413 (8.844 %)MS Excel
1413 (8.844 %)Incident Management
1413 (8.844 %)Security Cleared
1512 (8.163 %)Windows 2000
169 (6.122 %)Shell Script
169 (6.122 %)SUSE
169 (6.122 %)Clustering
169 (6.122 %)HTML
169 (6.122 %)Perl
169 (6.122 %)MS Office
169 (6.122 %)IBM

Problem Management
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Problem 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 Problem Management. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (6.122 %)HTML
27 (4.762 %)XML
31 (0.680 %)Spring
31 (0.680 %).NET
31 (0.680 %)J2EE
31 (0.680 %)ASP.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (3.401 %)SharePoint
24 (2.721 %)Lotus Domino
33 (2.041 %)WebLogic
41 (0.680 %)Lotus Notes
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
113 (8.844 %)MS Excel
29 (6.122 %)MS Office
31 (0.680 %)MS Project
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (3.401 %)MAXIMO
23 (2.041 %)Remedy ITSM
31 (0.680 %)Remedy AR System
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (11.56 %)VPN
117 (11.56 %)SAN
117 (11.56 %)Firewall
29 (6.122 %)TCP/IP
35 (3.401 %)Intranet
35 (3.401 %)Internet
44 (2.721 %)LAN
44 (2.721 %)WAN
52 (1.361 %)FTP
52 (1.361 %)HTTP
52 (1.361 %)VoIP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (4.082 %)BusinessObjects
25 (3.401 %)MS Access
33 (2.041 %)SQL Server
33 (2.041 %)Oracle 9i
33 (2.041 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.361 %)MySQL
51 (0.680 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.041 %)PVCS
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (4.762 %)Pensions
26 (4.082 %)Automotive
26 (4.082 %)Government
35 (3.401 %)Retail
44 (2.721 %)Health
44 (2.721 %)Manufacturing
53 (2.041 %)Telecoms
62 (1.361 %)Back Office
62 (1.361 %)Law
71 (0.680 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (27.21 %)Technical Specialist
228 (19.05 %)Analyst
324 (16.33 %)Problem Manager
416 (10.88 %)Service Manager
512 (8.163 %)Service Analyst
611 (7.483 %)Support Analyst
79 (6.122 %)Service Desk Analyst
87 (4.762 %)Applications Support Analyst
87 (4.762 %)Applications Support
87 (4.762 %)Coordinator
96 (4.082 %)IT Manager
96 (4.082 %)Services Delivery Manager
96 (4.082 %)Delivery Manager
105 (3.401 %)Administrator
114 (2.721 %)Operations Manager
114 (2.721 %)Helpdesk Manager
114 (2.721 %)Technical Support
114 (2.721 %)Network Engineer
114 (2.721 %)Service Desk Manager
114 (2.721 %)IT Services Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (6.122 %)Clustering
21 (0.680 %)PMI
21 (0.680 %)EPoS
21 (0.680 %)NHS
21 (0.680 %)Management Information System
21 (0.680 %)AS400
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
159 (40.14 %)Windows
229 (19.73 %)Linux
316 (10.88 %)UNIX
412 (8.163 %)Windows 2000
59 (6.122 %)Solaris
59 (6.122 %)SUSE
67 (4.762 %)Windows XP
72 (1.361 %)HPUX
81 (0.680 %)Windows Server 2003
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
165 (44.22 %)ITIL
258 (39.46 %)Service Delivery
339 (26.53 %)Service Management
424 (16.33 %)Project Management
518 (12.24 %)Configuration Management
614 (9.524 %)Change Management
713 (8.844 %)Incident Management
713 (8.844 %)Security Cleared
87 (4.762 %)Time Management
87 (4.762 %)ITSM
96 (4.082 %)Data Analysis
105 (3.401 %)Supplier Management
105 (3.401 %)Migration
114 (2.721 %)Process Management
114 (2.721 %)Six Sigma
114 (2.721 %)Release Management
123 (2.041 %)SC Cleared
123 (2.041 %)Web Development
123 (2.041 %)Data Modelling
123 (2.041 %)RUP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
139 (26.53 %)SQL
29 (6.122 %)Shell Script
29 (6.122 %)Perl
36 (4.082 %)C#
45 (3.401 %)VB
53 (2.041 %)PHP
53 (2.041 %)PL/SQL
62 (1.361 %)JavaScript
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (16.33 %)ITIL Certification
27 (4.762 %)Network+ Certification
27 (4.762 %)MCP
27 (4.762 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (4.762 %)A+ Certification
31 (0.680 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.680 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (14.29 %)SLA
27 (4.762 %)ISO27001
34 (2.721 %)ISO9000
42 (1.361 %)ISO9001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
124 (16.33 %)Active Directory
26 (4.082 %)VMware Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.361 %)OpenView
12 (1.361 %)OVSD
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
142 (28.57 %)Microsoft
240 (27.21 %)VMware
321 (14.29 %)Cisco
49 (6.122 %)IBM
58 (5.442 %)Citrix
58 (5.442 %)Remedy
67 (4.762 %)VERITAS
67 (4.762 %)Sun
67 (4.762 %)Oracle
76 (4.082 %)Business Objects
85 (3.401 %)HP
85 (3.401 %)Lotus
85 (3.401 %)BMC
93 (2.041 %)BEA
101 (0.680 %)Cognos