The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance 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 terms in our General category for the Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 9 14 8
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -6
Permanent jobs citing Finance 26 36 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 14.77% 19.78% 17.65%
As % of the General category 60.47% 66.67% 60.00%
Number of salaries quoted 23 31 30
Average salary £31,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £37,500 £27,250
10% offered a salary of more than £59,000 £51,000 £62,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
43 54 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 24.43% 29.67% 29.41%
Number of salaries quoted 34 46 56
Average salary £36,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.75% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £27,300 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,750 £45,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Essex

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Colchester 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 Colchester region.

Colchester Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Colchester Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 25 (38.46%) SQL
3 17 (26.15%) .NET
3 17 (26.15%) SQL Server
4 16 (24.62%) VB.NET
4 16 (24.62%) C#
5 14 (21.54%) Test Scripting
6 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (18.46%) Silverlight
8 11 (16.92%) SAP
8 11 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (15.38%) Automated Testing
9 10 (15.38%) Oracle
9 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
10 9 (13.85%) MS Office
10 9 (13.85%) SAP FI
10 9 (13.85%) SAP CO
10 9 (13.85%) SAP FI/CO
11 8 (12.31%) JD Edwards
11 8 (12.31%) Sage
11 8 (12.31%) Oracle Reports
11 8 (12.31%) Oracle Financials
11 8 (12.31%) ERP
11 8 (12.31%) PerformancePoint
12 7 (10.77%) Use Case
12 7 (10.77%) User Stories
12 7 (10.77%) Retail
13 6 (9.231%) VMware
13 6 (9.231%) Windows
13 6 (9.231%) Business Intelligence

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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 (26.15%) .NET
2 12 (18.46%) Silverlight
3 4 (6.154%) HTML
3 4 (6.154%) XML
4 1 (1.538%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.538%) Ajax
4 1 (1.538%) WPF
4 1 (1.538%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (3.077%) Documentum
2 1 (1.538%) MS Exchange
2 1 (1.538%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (13.85%) MS Office
2 2 (3.077%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.538%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 9 (13.85%) SAP FI
1 9 (13.85%) SAP CO
1 9 (13.85%) SAP FI/CO
2 8 (12.31%) Oracle Financials
3 4 (6.154%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (1.538%) SAP R/3
4 1 (1.538%) Agresso
4 1 (1.538%) CODA-Financials
4 1 (1.538%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.538%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.077%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (3.077%) Network Security
1 2 (3.077%) BIG-IP
1 2 (3.077%) LAN
1 2 (3.077%) WAN
1 2 (3.077%) SAN
2 1 (1.538%) Intranet
2 1 (1.538%) OSPF
2 1 (1.538%) NetScreen
2 1 (1.538%) Firewall
2 1 (1.538%) Cisco ASA
2 1 (1.538%) DMVPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.15%) SQL Server
2 8 (12.31%) Oracle Reports
2 8 (12.31%) PerformancePoint
3 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (7.692%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (6.154%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (6.154%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (6.154%) SQL Server 2000
General
1 7 (10.77%) Retail
2 4 (6.154%) Banking
3 2 (3.077%) Law
4 1 (1.538%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 32 (49.23%) Analyst
2 17 (26.15%) Developer
3 16 (24.62%) .NET Developer
4 15 (23.08%) Test Analyst
5 10 (15.38%) Software Test Analyst
6 9 (13.85%) Support Analyst
7 7 (10.77%) Business Analyst
7 7 (10.77%) Insurance Business Analyst
8 5 (7.692%) DBA
8 5 (7.692%) SQL DBA
9 4 (6.154%) C# Software Developer
9 4 (6.154%) Agile Test Analyst
9 4 (6.154%) C# .NET Developer
9 4 (6.154%) .NET Software Developer
9 4 (6.154%) VB.NET Developer
9 4 (6.154%) C# Developer
9 4 (6.154%) Systems Administrator
9 4 (6.154%) Software Developer
10 3 (4.615%) Server Administrator
10 3 (4.615%) Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.538%) Replication
1 1 (1.538%) Clustering
1 1 (1.538%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.231%) Windows
2 3 (4.615%) Linux
2 3 (4.615%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (3.077%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (3.077%) UNIX
3 2 (3.077%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (1.538%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (21.54%) Test Scripting
2 11 (16.92%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (15.38%) Automated Testing
3 10 (15.38%) E-Commerce
4 8 (12.31%) ERP
5 7 (10.77%) Use Case
5 7 (10.77%) User Stories
6 6 (9.231%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (7.692%) Project Management
7 5 (7.692%) Migration
7 5 (7.692%) Scrum
8 4 (6.154%) Software Testing
8 4 (6.154%) CRM
9 2 (3.077%) Document Management
10 1 (1.538%) ITIL
10 1 (1.538%) PRINCE2
10 1 (1.538%) Logistics
10 1 (1.538%) Load Balancing
10 1 (1.538%) Fund Management
10 1 (1.538%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 25 (38.46%) SQL
2 16 (24.62%) VB.NET
2 16 (24.62%) C#
3 5 (7.692%) C
4 4 (6.154%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.077%) PL/SQL
6 1 (1.538%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.077%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (3.077%) CCIE
2 2 (3.077%) CCNP
2 2 (3.077%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.538%) PMP
3 1 (1.538%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.538%) ISEB
3 1 (1.538%) MCSA
3 1 (1.538%) CCSE
3 1 (1.538%) Degree
3 1 (1.538%) APMP
3 1 (1.538%) VCP5
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (4.615%) vSphere
2 2 (3.077%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.077%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.538%) ProxySG
3 1 (1.538%) VMware Server
3 1 (1.538%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.538%) NetBackup
1 1 (1.538%) SCCM
1 1 (1.538%) SCOM
1 1 (1.538%) Cisco UCCX
1 1 (1.538%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 40 (61.54%) Microsoft
2 11 (16.92%) SAP
3 10 (15.38%) Oracle
4 8 (12.31%) JD Edwards
4 8 (12.31%) Sage
5 6 (9.231%) VMware
6 4 (6.154%) Citrix
7 3 (4.615%) Cisco
7 3 (4.615%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.077%) F5
8 2 (3.077%) CODA
8 2 (3.077%) CheckPoint
9 1 (1.538%) Juniper
9 1 (1.538%) Symantec
9 1 (1.538%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.538%) Imperva
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