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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in IT jobs within the Cambridge 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2829
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads167160
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.097 %0.069 %
As % of the category below14.83 %13.73 %
Salaries quoted140127
Average minimum salary£32,192£34,575
Average salary£35,955£38,132
% change on same period last year-5.70 %
Average maximum salary£39,719£41,689
UK excluding London average salary£43,559£44,159
% change on same period last year-1.35 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads11261165
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.652 %0.501 %
Salaries quoted884945
Average minimum salary£33,842£36,004
Average salary£37,087£39,231
% change on same period last year-5.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,331£42,458
UK excluding London average salary£41,278£41,791
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Finance CambridgeshireFinance
Cambridgeshire

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1100 (26.11 %)SQL
287 (22.72 %)Degree
372 (18.80 %)C#
471 (18.54 %)Perl
567 (17.49 %)C++
567 (17.49 %).NET
666 (17.23 %)Windows
760 (15.67 %)Microsoft
857 (14.88 %)Computer Science
955 (14.36 %)Java
1049 (12.79 %)MS Office
1148 (12.53 %)C
1244 (11.49 %)PHP
1244 (11.49 %)Oracle
1340 (10.44 %)UNIX
1437 (9.661 %)PL/SQL
1536 (9.399 %)SQL Server
1634 (8.877 %)Mathematics
1733 (8.616 %)VB.NET
1733 (8.616 %)XML
1733 (8.616 %)Python
1832 (8.355 %)Linux
1931 (8.094 %)OO
2029 (7.572 %)HTML
2029 (7.572 %)Banking
2128 (7.311 %)JavaScript
2227 (7.050 %)MS Excel
2227 (7.050 %)Citrix
2326 (6.789 %)QA
2424 (6.266 %)AJAX

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
167 (17.49 %).NET
233 (8.616 %)XML
329 (7.572 %)HTML
424 (6.266 %)ASP.NET
424 (6.266 %)AJAX
522 (5.744 %)CSS
522 (5.744 %)J2EE
615 (3.916 %)STL
615 (3.916 %)XHTML
712 (3.133 %)WebServices
811 (2.872 %)Struts
910 (2.611 %)JSP
910 (2.611 %)MVC
910 (2.611 %)LAMP
107 (1.828 %)Silverlight
107 (1.828 %)jQuery
107 (1.828 %)ASP
107 (1.828 %)EJB
114 (1.044 %)MFC
114 (1.044 %)JSTL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (4.961 %)Apache
25 (1.305 %)Tomcat
32 (0.522 %)MS Exchange
32 (0.522 %)Oracle Workflow
32 (0.522 %)JBoss
41 (0.261 %)IIS
41 (0.261 %)Exchange Server 2003
41 (0.261 %)SharePoint Portal Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
149 (12.79 %)MS Office
227 (7.050 %)MS Excel
317 (4.439 %)MATLAB
415 (3.916 %)S-PLUS
513 (3.394 %)Spreadsheet
69 (2.350 %)MS Project
78 (2.089 %)Acrobat
84 (1.044 %)MS Visio
84 (1.044 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.783 %)MS PowerPoint
101 (0.261 %)RoboHelp
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (2.089 %)Navision
27 (1.828 %)Dynamics NAV
34 (1.044 %)Oracle EBS
34 (1.044 %)SAP ERP
43 (0.783 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
43 (0.783 %)Pegasus Opera
52 (0.522 %)Oracle Financials
52 (0.522 %)Oracle 11i
52 (0.522 %)Oracle HRMS
52 (0.522 %)Oracle Applications
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (2.350 %)Internet
28 (2.089 %)TCP/IP
35 (1.305 %)Firewall
35 (1.305 %)IP Telephony
43 (0.783 %)Network Security
52 (0.522 %)3G
52 (0.522 %)BGP
52 (0.522 %)SNMP
52 (0.522 %)TETRA
61 (0.261 %)Wireless
61 (0.261 %)2G
61 (0.261 %)IPCC
61 (0.261 %)VPN
61 (0.261 %)SAN
61 (0.261 %)CTI
61 (0.261 %)GSM
61 (0.261 %)LAN
61 (0.261 %)PBX
61 (0.261 %)POP3
61 (0.261 %)SMTP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
136 (9.399 %)SQL Server
222 (5.744 %)Oracle 9i
222 (5.744 %)Oracle 10g
321 (5.483 %)MySQL
420 (5.222 %)Oracle 11g
512 (3.133 %)KDB
512 (3.133 %)SQL Server 2005
610 (2.611 %)RDBMS
78 (2.089 %)SQL Server 2000
87 (1.828 %)GIS
87 (1.828 %)ETL
94 (1.044 %)OLAP
94 (1.044 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
94 (1.044 %)SQL Server Integration Services
94 (1.044 %)Datawarehouse
103 (0.783 %)Star Schema
112 (0.522 %)SQLPlus
112 (0.522 %)Oracle Reports
112 (0.522 %)Oracle Discoverer
112 (0.522 %)MS Access
Cambridge IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (3.655 %)TestDirector
211 (2.872 %)WinRunner
36 (1.567 %)Visual Studio
43 (0.783 %)Flash
43 (0.783 %)QuickTest Pro
43 (0.783 %)Subversion
52 (0.522 %)QARun
52 (0.522 %)LoadRunner
52 (0.522 %)Oracle Forms
61 (0.261 %)ProC
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (7.572 %)Banking
218 (4.700 %)Marketing
317 (4.439 %)Retail
415 (3.916 %)Pensions
514 (3.655 %)Education
612 (3.133 %)Billing
711 (2.872 %)Investment Banking
711 (2.872 %)Health
810 (2.611 %)Insurance
99 (2.350 %)Manufacturing
106 (1.567 %)Government
115 (1.305 %)Financial Institution
124 (1.044 %)Telecoms
124 (1.044 %)Retail Banking
132 (0.522 %)Games
141 (0.261 %)Law
141 (0.261 %)Legal
141 (0.261 %)Construction
141 (0.261 %)Front Office
141 (0.261 %)Back Office
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1152 (39.69 %)Developer
298 (25.59 %)Analyst
334 (8.877 %)Software Developer
431 (8.094 %)Support Analyst
528 (7.311 %)Graduate
626 (6.789 %)Senior Developer
724 (6.266 %)Business Analyst
823 (6.005 %)Software Engineer
922 (5.744 %)Web Developer
922 (5.744 %)Consultant
922 (5.744 %)Test Engineer
1021 (5.483 %)Programmer
1119 (4.961 %)Applications Support
1218 (4.700 %)Applications Support Analyst
1317 (4.439 %)C++ Developer
1416 (4.178 %)Java Developer
1416 (4.178 %)Tester
1416 (4.178 %)Perl Developer
1515 (3.916 %)Team Leader
1515 (3.916 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
157 (14.88 %)Computer Science
234 (8.877 %)Mathematics
311 (2.872 %)Web 2.0
49 (2.350 %)Management Information System
57 (1.828 %)Applied Mathematics
57 (1.828 %)Statistics
65 (1.305 %)Derivative
65 (1.305 %)Economics
74 (1.044 %)Credit Risk
83 (0.783 %)Replication
92 (0.522 %)Device Driver
92 (0.522 %)Client/Server
92 (0.522 %)NHS
92 (0.522 %)Data Protection Act
92 (0.522 %)Physics
92 (0.522 %)Market Risk
92 (0.522 %)Fat Client
92 (0.522 %)Thin Client
101 (0.261 %)Data Integration
101 (0.261 %)Field-Programmable Gate Array
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
166 (17.23 %)Windows
240 (10.44 %)UNIX
332 (8.355 %)Linux
49 (2.350 %)Windows Vista
57 (1.828 %)Solaris
65 (1.305 %)Windows XP
73 (0.783 %)Windows 2000 Server
81 (0.261 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.261 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.261 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.261 %)Debian
81 (0.261 %)OpenBSD
81 (0.261 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.261 %)AIX
81 (0.261 %)HPUX
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
131 (8.094 %)OO
224 (6.266 %)RUP
322 (5.744 %)UML
417 (4.439 %)Test Scripting
515 (3.916 %)Project Management
614 (3.655 %)Web Development
710 (2.611 %)Product Marketing
710 (2.611 %)SEO
710 (2.611 %)Software Engineering
89 (2.350 %)Agile Software Development
89 (2.350 %)E-Commerce
89 (2.350 %)ERP
98 (2.089 %)OOP
98 (2.089 %)Software Testing
107 (1.828 %)Manual Testing
107 (1.828 %)Business Intelligence
116 (1.567 %)Time Management
125 (1.305 %)Process Management
134 (1.044 %)ITIL
134 (1.044 %)Logistics
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1100 (26.11 %)SQL
272 (18.80 %)C#
371 (18.54 %)Perl
467 (17.49 %)C++
555 (14.36 %)Java
648 (12.53 %)C
744 (11.49 %)PHP
837 (9.661 %)PL/SQL
933 (8.616 %)VB.NET
933 (8.616 %)Python
1028 (7.311 %)JavaScript
1114 (3.655 %)VB
1211 (2.872 %)VB6
138 (2.089 %)Transact-SQL
146 (1.567 %)PHP5
155 (1.305 %)Shell Script
155 (1.305 %)DHTML
163 (0.783 %)VBA
163 (0.783 %)PHP4
172 (0.522 %)VBScript
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
187 (22.72 %)Degree
216 (4.178 %)PhD
310 (2.611 %)ISEB
310 (2.611 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (1.305 %)MCP
54 (1.044 %)MCSE
62 (0.522 %)ACCA
62 (0.522 %)CCVP
62 (0.522 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.261 %)ISEB Practitioner
71 (0.261 %)MySQL Certification
71 (0.261 %)CIMA
71 (0.261 %)CISSP
71 (0.261 %)CCIE
71 (0.261 %)CCNA
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (6.789 %)QA
25 (1.305 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
34 (1.044 %)SLA
41 (0.261 %)ISO9001
41 (0.261 %)ISO27001
41 (0.261 %)PCI DSS
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.044 %)Active Directory
14 (1.044 %)ISA Server
14 (1.044 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
160 (15.67 %)Microsoft
244 (11.49 %)Oracle
327 (7.050 %)Citrix
49 (2.350 %)Sage
49 (2.350 %)Sybase
58 (2.089 %)Adobe
58 (2.089 %)Cisco
66 (1.567 %)SAP
66 (1.567 %)Wall Street Systems
75 (1.305 %)Cognos
84 (1.044 %)VMware
93 (0.783 %)Sun
93 (0.783 %)Pegasus
102 (0.522 %)Kofax
102 (0.522 %)IBM
102 (0.522 %)VERITAS
111 (0.261 %)Yahoo!
111 (0.261 %)Google
111 (0.261 %)Avaya
111 (0.261 %)Nokia