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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 314 - 334
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 3 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% - 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.062% - 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
Average salary £55,000 - £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +32.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
4842 5190 6722
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 41.48% 39.47% 43.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4176 4753 6083
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Biometrics
London

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the City of London region.

City of London Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (60.00%) Social Network
2 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
2 3 (60.00%) C
3 2 (40.00%) Degree
3 2 (40.00%) Internet
3 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 1 (20.00%) Fortran
4 1 (20.00%) Java
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
4 1 (20.00%) Middleware
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Android
4 1 (20.00%) Cash Management
4 1 (20.00%) Social Media
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) OpenStack
4 1 (20.00%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (20.00%) Scrum
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
4 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) OpenStack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) HTTP
2 2 (40.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) C++ Developer
1 3 (60.00%) C++ Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) C++ Software Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior C++ Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Business Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Business Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Real Time Software Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Real Time Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Social Network
2 1 (20.00%) Social Media
2 1 (20.00%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (20.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) UNIX
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Multithreading
2 1 (20.00%) Cash Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
2 1 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) C++
2 3 (60.00%) C
3 1 (20.00%) Java
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft