The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 21 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 General category for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 12 19 15
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 45 32 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 13.04% 7.512% 10.73%
As % of the General category 56.25% 41.56% 68.29%
Number of salaries quoted 33 20 24
Average salary £59,000 £60,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.66% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £39,750 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,500 £85,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
80 77 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 23.19% 18.08% 15.71%
Number of salaries quoted 65 47 35
Average salary £50,000 £58,500 £45,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.52% +28.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,600 £37,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Aberdeen Finance Jobs Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Aberdeen Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Finance 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 Finance.

1 27 (39.13%) SAP
2 22 (31.88%) SAP FI
2 22 (31.88%) SAP FI/CO
2 22 (31.88%) SAP CO
3 15 (21.74%) Project Management
3 15 (21.74%) CA
4 14 (20.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 14 (20.29%) Degree
5 13 (18.84%) PRINCE2
6 11 (15.94%) Oracle
7 9 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (11.59%) HFM
8 8 (11.59%) Hyperion Planning
8 8 (11.59%) SAP FSCM
8 8 (11.59%) Hyperion
9 7 (10.14%) ITIL
9 7 (10.14%) ERP
9 7 (10.14%) PRINCE
9 7 (10.14%) Service Delivery
9 7 (10.14%) Logistics
9 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (10.14%) SAP BPC
10 6 (8.696%) Change Control
10 6 (8.696%) Capacity Management
10 6 (8.696%) ACCA
10 6 (8.696%) SharePoint Server
10 6 (8.696%) Risk Management
10 6 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 6 (8.696%) PMI
10 6 (8.696%) PMI Certification

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Finance 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 Finance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.449%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.696%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (5.797%) MS Exchange
2 4 (5.797%) Lync
2 4 (5.797%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (4.348%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.449%) MS Project
2 1 (1.449%) MS Office
2 1 (1.449%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 22 (31.88%) SAP FI
1 22 (31.88%) SAP FI/CO
1 22 (31.88%) SAP CO
2 14 (20.29%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 8 (11.59%) HFM
3 8 (11.59%) Hyperion Planning
3 8 (11.59%) SAP FSCM
4 7 (10.14%) SAP BPC
5 3 (4.348%) Maximo
6 1 (1.449%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (1.449%) SAP R/3
6 1 (1.449%) SAP MM
6 1 (1.449%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (1.449%) SAP PM
6 1 (1.449%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (1.449%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (1.449%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.797%) SAN
1 4 (5.797%) LAN
1 4 (5.797%) WAN
1 4 (5.797%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.797%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.348%) GIS
3 2 (2.899%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 4 (5.797%) LSMW
General
1 3 (4.348%) Legal
2 1 (1.449%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (1.449%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.449%) Advertising
2 1 (1.449%) Billing
2 1 (1.449%) German Language
2 1 (1.449%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 27 (39.13%) Consultant
2 22 (31.88%) SAP Consultant
3 20 (28.99%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
4 9 (13.04%) Analyst
4 9 (13.04%) Systems Accountant
5 7 (10.14%) Project Manager
5 7 (10.14%) SAP CO Consultant
5 7 (10.14%) SAP FI Consultant
6 6 (8.696%) IT Project Manager
6 6 (8.696%) PMO Manager
7 5 (7.246%) Senior Consultant
7 5 (7.246%) Senior SAP Consultant
8 4 (5.797%) Infrastructure Analyst
8 4 (5.797%) Applications Support
9 3 (4.348%) Support Analyst
9 3 (4.348%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (4.348%) Data Manager
9 3 (4.348%) Information Manager
10 2 (2.899%) Maximo Consultant
10 2 (2.899%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.696%) PMI
2 5 (7.246%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.797%) Fat Client
3 4 (5.797%) Thin Client
3 4 (5.797%) Enterprise Storage
4 3 (4.348%) Taxonomies
5 2 (2.899%) Kindle
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (21.74%) Project Management
2 13 (18.84%) PRINCE2
3 9 (13.04%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (10.14%) ITIL
4 7 (10.14%) ERP
4 7 (10.14%) PRINCE
4 7 (10.14%) Service Delivery
4 7 (10.14%) Logistics
4 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (8.696%) Change Control
5 6 (8.696%) Capacity Management
5 6 (8.696%) Risk Management
6 5 (7.246%) Service Management
7 4 (5.797%) Load Balancing
7 4 (5.797%) Business Development
7 4 (5.797%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (5.797%) Programme Management
7 4 (5.797%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (5.797%) Security Management
7 4 (5.797%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.797%) ABAP
2 3 (4.348%) SQL
3 1 (1.449%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (20.29%) Degree
2 6 (8.696%) ACCA
2 6 (8.696%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 6 (8.696%) PMI Certification
3 4 (5.797%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.899%) SLA
1 2 (2.899%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (5.797%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.797%) vSphere
2 3 (4.348%) VMware Workstation
2 3 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.797%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 27 (39.13%) SAP
2 15 (21.74%) CA
3 11 (15.94%) Oracle
4 8 (11.59%) Hyperion
5 6 (8.696%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.797%) VMware
6 4 (5.797%) EMC
6 4 (5.797%) Citrix
6 4 (5.797%) NetApp
7 2 (2.899%) CODA
8 1 (1.449%) Sun
8 1 (1.449%) Pegasus
8 1 (1.449%) JD Edwards
8 1 (1.449%) Sage
8 1 (1.449%) Ceridian
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