The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 4 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 52 74 62
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 21.14% 35.75% 34.64%
As % of the General category 48.60% 56.92% 61.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30 27 28
Average salary £40,250 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+0.62% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £37,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £52,500 £48,250
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
107 130 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 43.50% 62.80% 56.42%
Number of salaries quoted 73 69 57
Average salary £41,000 £16,000 £39,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+156.25% -59.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,230 £15,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
County Antrim

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Belfast Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 28 (31.11%) SQL
2 21 (23.33%) Oracle
2 21 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 21 (23.33%) Linux
3 20 (22.22%) C#
4 19 (21.11%) C++
4 19 (21.11%) Degree
5 17 (18.89%) .NET
5 17 (18.89%) UNIX
6 13 (14.44%) Windows
6 13 (14.44%) Telecoms
7 12 (13.33%) C
8 11 (12.22%) Project Management
8 11 (12.22%) QA
8 11 (12.22%) WPF
9 10 (11.11%) WCF
9 10 (11.11%) Sybase
9 10 (11.11%) Java
9 10 (11.11%) New Media
10 9 (10.00%) OO
10 9 (10.00%) MS Excel
10 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
11 8 (8.889%) Embedded C
11 8 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (8.889%) ERP
11 8 (8.889%) Banking
11 8 (8.889%) Multithreading
12 7 (7.778%) Agile Software Development
12 7 (7.778%) Python
12 7 (7.778%) HTML

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 17 (18.89%) .NET
2 11 (12.22%) WPF
3 10 (11.11%) WCF
4 7 (7.778%) HTML
5 6 (6.667%) WinForms
6 5 (5.556%) .NET Framework
6 5 (5.556%) ASP.NET
7 4 (4.444%) Web Services
7 4 (4.444%) WF
8 3 (3.333%) XML
8 3 (3.333%) CSS
8 3 (3.333%) Hibernate
8 3 (3.333%) Spring
8 3 (3.333%) Ajax
9 2 (2.222%) Ruby on Rails
9 2 (2.222%) J2EE
9 2 (2.222%) Swing
9 2 (2.222%) jQuery
9 2 (2.222%) Visualforce
10 1 (1.111%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.444%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.222%) Force.com
2 2 (2.222%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.111%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.111%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.222%) MS Office
3 1 (1.111%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.111%) SPSS
3 1 (1.111%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.556%) Oracle EBS
1 5 (5.556%) Oracle EBS R12
2 3 (3.333%) Oracle Financials
2 3 (3.333%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (2.222%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (2.222%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle ASCP
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle 11i
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle iProcurement
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.556%) TCP/IP
2 4 (4.444%) NetScreen
2 4 (4.444%) Firewall
2 4 (4.444%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (4.444%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (2.222%) Internet
4 1 (1.111%) DNS
4 1 (1.111%) SAN
4 1 (1.111%) LAN
4 1 (1.111%) WAN
4 1 (1.111%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.33%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.667%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.333%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (3.333%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.333%) RDBMS
3 3 (3.333%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.111%) GIS
4 1 (1.111%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.111%) Oracle BI EE
4 1 (1.111%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 2 (2.222%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.222%) CruiseControl
1 2 (2.222%) Subversion
1 2 (2.222%) JIRA
1 2 (2.222%) Hudson
1 2 (2.222%) MSBuild
2 1 (1.111%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (1.111%) WATIR
2 1 (1.111%) Selenium
2 1 (1.111%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.111%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.111%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (1.111%) ClearQuest
2 1 (1.111%) MSI
2 1 (1.111%) InstallShield
General
1 13 (14.44%) Telecoms
2 8 (8.889%) Banking
3 6 (6.667%) Advertising
4 3 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 3 (3.333%) Retail
4 3 (3.333%) Front Office
5 2 (2.222%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.111%) Marketing
6 1 (1.111%) Back Office
6 1 (1.111%) Legal
6 1 (1.111%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 30 (33.33%) Developer
2 15 (16.67%) C# Developer
3 12 (13.33%) Analyst
4 9 (10.00%) Junior
5 6 (6.667%) Project Manager
5 6 (6.667%) .NET Developer
5 6 (6.667%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (5.556%) Software Engineer
6 5 (5.556%) Tester
6 5 (5.556%) Consultant
7 4 (4.444%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.444%) Applications Specialist
7 4 (4.444%) Programmer
7 4 (4.444%) Senior Developer
7 4 (4.444%) Java Developer
7 4 (4.444%) Test Engineer
7 4 (4.444%) C++ Software Engineer
7 4 (4.444%) Security Engineer
7 4 (4.444%) Automation Engineer
8 3 (3.333%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) New Media
2 6 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.556%) Derivative
3 5 (5.556%) Open Source
4 3 (3.333%) Client/Server
5 2 (2.222%) DTV
5 2 (2.222%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.222%) Reference Data
5 2 (2.222%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.222%) Wiki
5 2 (2.222%) Equities
6 1 (1.111%) Social Network
6 1 (1.111%) Credit Risk
6 1 (1.111%) Fat Client
6 1 (1.111%) Symmetrix DMX
6 1 (1.111%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.111%) CLARiiON
6 1 (1.111%) Fixed Income
6 1 (1.111%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.111%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.33%) Linux
2 17 (18.89%) UNIX
3 13 (14.44%) Windows
4 2 (2.222%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (12.22%) Project Management
2 9 (10.00%) OO
3 8 (8.889%) ERP
3 8 (8.889%) Business Intelligence
3 8 (8.889%) Multithreading
4 7 (7.778%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (6.667%) PRINCE2
5 6 (6.667%) Service Delivery
5 6 (6.667%) Change Management
6 5 (5.556%) Scrum
6 5 (5.556%) Unit Testing
6 5 (5.556%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (4.444%) ITIL
7 4 (4.444%) Automation Testing
7 4 (4.444%) Test Management
7 4 (4.444%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (4.444%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (4.444%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (4.444%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (4.444%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 28 (31.11%) SQL
2 20 (22.22%) C#
3 19 (21.11%) C++
4 12 (13.33%) C
5 10 (11.11%) Java
6 8 (8.889%) Embedded C
7 7 (7.778%) Python
8 6 (6.667%) JavaScript
8 6 (6.667%) Perl
9 4 (4.444%) T-SQL
9 4 (4.444%) Ruby
10 3 (3.333%) Bash shell
10 3 (3.333%) PL/SQL
11 2 (2.222%) Apex Code
11 2 (2.222%) Shell Script
12 1 (1.111%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 19 (21.11%) Degree
2 6 (6.667%) CISSP
3 4 (4.444%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (4.444%) PMP
3 4 (4.444%) PMI Certification
3 4 (4.444%) CCSA
3 4 (4.444%) CCSP
4 3 (3.333%) OCP
4 3 (3.333%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (2.222%) CCSE
5 2 (2.222%) JNCIA
6 1 (1.111%) GCIA
6 1 (1.111%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.111%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (1.111%) Security Cleared
6 1 (1.111%) Sun Certification
6 1 (1.111%) Siebel Certification
6 1 (1.111%) ACCA
6 1 (1.111%) CISA
6 1 (1.111%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.22%) QA
2 1 (1.111%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.333%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.111%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.111%) SRDF
2 1 (1.111%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.333%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.111%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (1.111%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.111%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 21 (23.33%) Oracle
2 10 (11.11%) Sybase
3 9 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (6.667%) Cisco
5 4 (4.444%) Juniper
5 4 (4.444%) CheckPoint
5 4 (4.444%) Blue Coat
6 2 (2.222%) Infragistics
6 2 (2.222%) DataSynapse
6 2 (2.222%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (2.222%) Citrix
6 2 (2.222%) HP
6 2 (2.222%) Cognos
7 1 (1.111%) Siebel
7 1 (1.111%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.111%) EMC
7 1 (1.111%) Symantec
7 1 (1.111%) ESRI
7 1 (1.111%) NetApp
7 1 (1.111%) StorageTek
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The work will be highly technical and challenging and therefore experience with some of the following key skills are required: - Java, - C++ - C# - SQL - J2EE - Matlab - HTMLThe ideal...
Real Time Recruitment
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013