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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 45 23 17
Rank change year-on-year
-22 -6
Permanent jobs citing Finance 5 18 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.984% 8.738% 12.94%
As % of the General category 23.81% 36.00% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 18 21
Average salary £69,500 £43,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.85% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,200 £35,350 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
21 50 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 8.333% 24.27% 17.65%
Number of salaries quoted 17 49 29
Average salary £45,000 £40,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £21,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £69,000 £44,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Bedfordshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedford Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 6 (35.29%) Project Management
1 6 (35.29%) Information Security
1 6 (35.29%) Earned Value Management
2 4 (23.53%) CCSE
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (23.53%) CheckPoint
2 4 (23.53%) CCSA
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (23.53%) CCIE
2 4 (23.53%) CCSP
2 4 (23.53%) CCNP
2 4 (23.53%) CCNA
3 3 (17.65%) Network Security
4 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
4 2 (11.76%) ERP
4 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 2 (11.76%) Apple
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
4 2 (11.76%) SAP
4 2 (11.76%) ITIL
5 1 (5.882%) Windows
5 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
5 1 (5.882%) MS Access
5 1 (5.882%) ASP
5 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.882%) CSS
5 1 (5.882%) C#
5 1 (5.882%) HTML
5 1 (5.882%) JavaScript

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 (5.882%) HTML
1 1 (5.882%) .NET
1 1 (5.882%) ASP
1 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
1 1 (5.882%) CSS
1 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET MVC
Applications
1 1 (5.882%) MS Project
1 1 (5.882%) MS Office
1 1 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.882%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
2 3 (17.65%) Network Security
3 2 (11.76%) LAN
4 1 (5.882%) DHCP
4 1 (5.882%) DNS
4 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.882%) MS Access
General
1 1 (5.882%) Aerospace
1 1 (5.882%) Automotive
1 1 (5.882%) Manufacturing
1 1 (5.882%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Project Manager
2 3 (17.65%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Network Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Network Support
3 2 (11.76%) Head of IT
3 2 (11.76%) Head of Infrastructure
4 1 (5.882%) Wintel Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) Wintel Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 1 (5.882%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Wintel Support
4 1 (5.882%) 3rd Line Support
4 1 (5.882%) .NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (5.882%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.882%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.882%) Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 1 (5.882%) Windows
2 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Project Management
1 6 (35.29%) Information Security
1 6 (35.29%) Earned Value Management
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) ERP
3 1 (5.882%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.882%) C#
1 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.882%) ABAP
1 1 (5.882%) VBA
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) CCIE
1 4 (23.53%) CCSP
1 4 (23.53%) CCNP
1 4 (23.53%) CCNA
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (23.53%) CCSA
1 4 (23.53%) CCSE
2 1 (5.882%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.882%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (5.882%) Hyper-V
1 1 (5.882%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Cisco
1 4 (23.53%) CheckPoint
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.76%) Apple
2 2 (11.76%) SAP
3 1 (5.882%) VMware
3 1 (5.882%) LANDesk
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