The first table below looks at the demand for Solvency II skills in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Solvency II over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Solvency II
Rank 115 99 90
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -9
Permanent jobs citing Solvency II 3 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.176% 0.067% 0.074%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.911% 0.943% 0.962%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £54,000 £65,000 £48,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.92% +34.02%
UK excluding London average salary £54,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+8.00% +11.11%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
157 106 104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 9.235% 7.152% 7.738%
Number of salaries quoted 119 95 87
Average salary £45,000 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.88% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,400 £24,500 £24,900
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%
Solvency II
West Midlands

Solvency II
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Solvency II across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Birmingham Solvency II Jobs Demand Trend

Solvency II
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Solvency II Salary Trend

Solvency II
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Solvency II 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 Solvency II.

1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Cognos
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management

Solvency II
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing Solvency II 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 Solvency II. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) SAS
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Subversion
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Release Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 3 (100.00%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Financial Modelling
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Oracle
1 3 (100.00%) Cognos