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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in IT jobs within the Bedford region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2913
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching permanent IT job ads1624
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.010 %
As % of the category below9.143 %26.37 %
Salaries quoted1220
Average minimum salary£41,000£39,150
Average salary£43,000£42,200
% change on same period last year+1.89 %
Average maximum salary£45,000£45,250
UK excluding London average salary£43,354£44,190
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads17591
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.094 %0.038 %
Salaries quoted16882
Average minimum salary£32,255£35,173
Average salary£35,689£36,817
% change on same period last year-3.06 %
Average maximum salary£39,122£38,460
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Finance BedfordshireFinance
Bedfordshire

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Finance across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Bedford Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Bedford Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

110 (33.33 %)Education
28 (26.67 %)SQL
37 (23.33 %).NET
46 (20.00 %)Degree
54 (13.33 %)Government
54 (13.33 %)Stakeholder Management
54 (13.33 %)VMware
54 (13.33 %)Agile Software Development
54 (13.33 %)SQL Server
54 (13.33 %)MS Excel
54 (13.33 %)Windows
54 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
63 (10.00 %)VB.NET
63 (10.00 %)Microsoft
63 (10.00 %)MS Office
63 (10.00 %)Oracle
63 (10.00 %)C
63 (10.00 %)Kofax
63 (10.00 %)Insurance
63 (10.00 %)Marketing
72 (6.667 %)Business Development
72 (6.667 %)Pensions
72 (6.667 %)Telemarketing
72 (6.667 %)Local Government
72 (6.667 %)Resource Management
72 (6.667 %)CRM
72 (6.667 %)UNIX
81 (3.333 %)Apache
81 (3.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (23.33 %).NET
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.333 %)Apache
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (13.33 %)MS Excel
23 (10.00 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)Pegasus Opera
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.333 %)ATM
11 (3.333 %)ISDN
11 (3.333 %)VoIP
11 (3.333 %)RIP
11 (3.333 %)TCP/IP
11 (3.333 %)SSL
11 (3.333 %)MPLS
11 (3.333 %)OSPF
11 (3.333 %)BGP
11 (3.333 %)Firewall
11 (3.333 %)Cisco IOS
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (13.33 %)SQL Server
21 (3.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i
21 (3.333 %)TOAD
21 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
21 (3.333 %)Oracle 11g
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.333 %)TestDirector
11 (3.333 %)Rational Robot
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (33.33 %)Education
24 (13.33 %)Government
33 (10.00 %)Insurance
33 (10.00 %)Marketing
42 (6.667 %)Local Government
42 (6.667 %)Pensions
42 (6.667 %)Telemarketing
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (23.33 %)Administrator
24 (13.33 %)Systems Administrator
24 (13.33 %)Team Leader
33 (10.00 %)Consultant
33 (10.00 %)Analyst
33 (10.00 %)Applications Support
42 (6.667 %)Service Manager
42 (6.667 %)Programme Manager
42 (6.667 %)Sales Executive
42 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
42 (6.667 %)Business Development Executive
42 (6.667 %)Software Consultant
51 (3.333 %)QA Analyst
51 (3.333 %)Oracle Team Leader
51 (3.333 %)IT Services Manager
51 (3.333 %)Implementation Consultant
51 (3.333 %)Technical Manager
51 (3.333 %)Network Support
51 (3.333 %)Programme Director
51 (3.333 %)Technical Services Manager
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (13.33 %)Windows
22 (6.667 %)UNIX
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (13.33 %)Configuration Management
14 (13.33 %)Stakeholder Management
14 (13.33 %)Agile Software Development
22 (6.667 %)CRM
22 (6.667 %)Business Development
22 (6.667 %)Resource Management
31 (3.333 %)ERP
31 (3.333 %)Service Delivery
31 (3.333 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (3.333 %)Automated Testing
31 (3.333 %)Software Testing
31 (3.333 %)Programme Management
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (26.67 %)SQL
23 (10.00 %)C
23 (10.00 %)VB.NET
31 (3.333 %)C#
31 (3.333 %)Java
31 (3.333 %)VB
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (20.00 %)Degree
21 (3.333 %)Cisco Certification
Bedford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.333 %)QA
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (3.333 %)Oracle RMAN
11 (3.333 %)Oracle RAC
Bedford IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (3.333 %)OpenView
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (13.33 %)VMware
23 (10.00 %)Kofax
23 (10.00 %)Oracle
23 (10.00 %)Microsoft
31 (3.333 %)HP
31 (3.333 %)Juniper
31 (3.333 %)Empirix
31 (3.333 %)Pegasus
31 (3.333 %)Cisco