The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Croydon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Croydon region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 93 97 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 36.19% 28.36% 37.85%
As % of the General category 69.92% 62.18% 67.70%
Number of salaries quoted 71 83 101
Average salary £54,000 £52,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,000 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
133 156 161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 51.75% 45.61% 55.90%
Number of salaries quoted 105 137 151
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -17.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £75,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Finance
London

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon 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 Croydon region.

Croydon Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Croydon region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Croydon Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 51 (27.42%) SQL
1 51 (27.42%) Oracle
2 28 (15.05%) UNIX
3 25 (13.44%) SQL Server
4 24 (12.90%) Project Management
5 23 (12.37%) Windows
5 23 (12.37%) Firewall
6 22 (11.83%) Oracle Financials
7 21 (11.29%) Java
7 21 (11.29%) Microsoft
8 18 (9.677%) Retail
9 17 (9.140%) PL/SQL
10 16 (8.602%) PRINCE2
11 15 (8.065%) C#
11 15 (8.065%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (8.065%) Degree
12 13 (6.989%) SQL Server 2008
12 13 (6.989%) Banking
13 12 (6.452%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (6.452%) Change Control
14 11 (5.914%) Windows Server 2008
14 11 (5.914%) Oracle EBS R12
14 11 (5.914%) SharePoint
14 11 (5.914%) .NET
14 11 (5.914%) Middleware
15 10 (5.376%) XML
15 10 (5.376%) Visual Studio
15 10 (5.376%) Oracle 11i
15 10 (5.376%) ERP
16 9 (4.839%) MS Excel

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon 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 11 (5.914%) .NET
1 11 (5.914%) Middleware
2 10 (5.376%) XML
3 7 (3.763%) J2EE
4 4 (2.151%) .NET Framework
4 4 (2.151%) Web Services
4 4 (2.151%) HTML
5 3 (1.613%) Spring
6 2 (1.075%) Spring Web Flow
6 2 (1.075%) jQuery
6 2 (1.075%) HTML5
6 2 (1.075%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.075%) Spring Integration
6 2 (1.075%) WSDL
6 2 (1.075%) CSS
7 1 (0.538%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.538%) COM
7 1 (0.538%) Swing
7 1 (0.538%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.538%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (5.914%) SharePoint
2 7 (3.763%) MS Exchange
2 7 (3.763%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (3.226%) WebLogic
4 4 (2.151%) SAS
5 3 (1.613%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (1.613%) Apache
5 3 (1.613%) MQSeries
5 3 (1.613%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (1.075%) ESB
6 2 (1.075%) IIS
6 2 (1.075%) CMS
6 2 (1.075%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.538%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.538%) Tomcat
7 1 (0.538%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.538%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (0.538%) Lync
7 1 (0.538%) SharePoint 2010
7 1 (0.538%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (4.839%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.538%) MS Office
2 1 (0.538%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 22 (11.83%) Oracle Financials
2 11 (5.914%) Oracle EBS R12
3 10 (5.376%) Oracle 11i
4 8 (4.301%) Oracle Applications
5 6 (3.226%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (2.688%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.538%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.538%) Oracle iProcurement
7 1 (0.538%) Misys Midas
Communications & Networking
1 23 (12.37%) Firewall
2 8 (4.301%) DNS
3 6 (3.226%) MPLS
3 6 (3.226%) SMTP
4 5 (2.688%) Wireless
4 5 (2.688%) VoIP
4 5 (2.688%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (1.613%) IPsec
5 3 (1.613%) HTTP
5 3 (1.613%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.075%) Intranet
6 2 (1.075%) LDAP
6 2 (1.075%) FTP
7 1 (0.538%) DHCP
7 1 (0.538%) SMS
7 1 (0.538%) WAN
7 1 (0.538%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (13.44%) SQL Server
2 15 (8.065%) Oracle Reports
3 13 (6.989%) SQL Server 2008
4 8 (4.301%) Oracle 10g
5 7 (3.763%) TOAD
5 7 (3.763%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (3.226%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (2.688%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (2.151%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 4 (2.151%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 3 (1.613%) DB2
9 3 (1.613%) RDBMS
9 3 (1.613%) OLTP
9 3 (1.613%) SQLPlus
10 2 (1.075%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (1.075%) Oracle Discoverer
10 2 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.538%) OLAP
11 1 (0.538%) MySQL
11 1 (0.538%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 10 (5.376%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.763%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (3.226%) QuickTest Pro
4 5 (2.688%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (2.151%) TestDirector
6 3 (1.613%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (1.075%) QARun
7 2 (1.075%) Selenium
7 2 (1.075%) LoadRunner
7 2 (1.075%) TestPartner
8 1 (0.538%) MSI
8 1 (0.538%) MSBuild
General
1 18 (9.677%) Retail
2 13 (6.989%) Banking
3 8 (4.301%) Marketing
4 7 (3.763%) Pharmaceutical
5 6 (3.226%) Retail Banking
6 4 (2.151%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.075%) Billing
8 1 (0.538%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.538%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 28 (15.05%) Analyst
2 20 (10.75%) Project Manager
3 18 (9.677%) Administrator
4 15 (8.065%) DBA
5 10 (5.376%) Service Manager
5 10 (5.376%) IT Project Manager
6 9 (4.839%) Consultant
6 9 (4.839%) Architect
6 9 (4.839%) Developer
6 9 (4.839%) Test Analyst
7 7 (3.763%) Team Leader
8 6 (3.226%) IT Services Manager
8 6 (3.226%) Middleware Administrator
8 6 (3.226%) Programme Manager
8 6 (3.226%) Build Manager
8 6 (3.226%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (3.226%) Support Analyst
9 5 (2.688%) Technical Support
9 5 (2.688%) Solutions Architect
9 5 (2.688%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.226%) Mainframe
2 4 (2.151%) Mathematics
2 4 (2.151%) Open Source
2 4 (2.151%) Clustering
3 3 (1.613%) Client/Server
3 3 (1.613%) PMI
4 2 (1.075%) Management Information System
5 1 (0.538%) HACMP
5 1 (0.538%) DataPower
5 1 (0.538%) Social Media
5 1 (0.538%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (15.05%) UNIX
2 23 (12.37%) Windows
3 11 (5.914%) Windows Server 2008
4 8 (4.301%) Windows Server 2003
5 7 (3.763%) Linux
6 4 (2.151%) Solaris
7 2 (1.075%) Windows 7
7 2 (1.075%) AIX
8 1 (0.538%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (12.90%) Project Management
2 16 (8.602%) PRINCE2
3 12 (6.452%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (6.452%) Change Control
4 10 (5.376%) ERP
5 8 (4.301%) User Acceptance Testing
5 8 (4.301%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (4.301%) ITIL
5 8 (4.301%) Disaster Recovery
5 8 (4.301%) Service Delivery
5 8 (4.301%) Business Continuity
5 8 (4.301%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (3.763%) Automated Testing
6 7 (3.763%) Release Management
7 6 (3.226%) System Testing
7 6 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (3.226%) CRM
7 6 (3.226%) Migration
8 5 (2.688%) Validation
8 5 (2.688%) Penetration Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (27.42%) SQL
2 21 (11.29%) Java
3 17 (9.140%) PL/SQL
4 15 (8.065%) C#
5 6 (3.226%) VB
5 6 (3.226%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.151%) PHP
7 3 (1.613%) VBScript
7 3 (1.613%) VB.NET
7 3 (1.613%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.613%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.075%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.538%) VBA
Qualifications
1 15 (8.065%) Degree
2 8 (4.301%) ISEB
2 8 (4.301%) HND
3 5 (2.688%) PMI Certification
3 5 (2.688%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.688%) CCNP
4 3 (1.613%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.075%) ISTQB
5 2 (1.075%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 2 (1.075%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.075%) PMP
5 2 (1.075%) QiCA
5 2 (1.075%) CISA
6 1 (0.538%) CIMA
6 1 (0.538%) ACCA
6 1 (0.538%) MCITP
6 1 (0.538%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.688%) PCI DSS
1 5 (2.688%) QA
2 4 (2.151%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.075%) SLA
4 1 (0.538%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.538%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (4.839%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.151%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.613%) Veritas Cluster Server
4 1 (0.538%) XenApp
4 1 (0.538%) vSphere
4 1 (0.538%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (1.075%) SCCM
2 1 (0.538%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.538%) SCOM
Vendors
1 51 (27.42%) Oracle
2 21 (11.29%) Microsoft
3 8 (4.301%) Cisco
4 7 (3.763%) Pegasus
5 6 (3.226%) CheckPoint
6 4 (2.151%) Twitter
6 4 (2.151%) TOWER Software
6 4 (2.151%) VMware
7 3 (1.613%) JBoss
8 2 (1.075%) F5
8 2 (1.075%) Informatica
8 2 (1.075%) Sybase
9 1 (0.538%) SAP
9 1 (0.538%) CA
9 1 (0.538%) Citrix
9 1 (0.538%) Adobe
9 1 (0.538%) IBM
9 1 (0.538%) HP
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