The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 17 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 Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 838 872 851
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -21
Permanent jobs citing APACS 6 8 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.006% 0.007% 0.021%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.017% 0.021% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 3 6 19
Average salary £60,000 £35,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+70.21% -21.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £27,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £37,500 £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+44.36% -11.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35142 38190 41976
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 34.00% 33.75% 34.93%
Number of salaries quoted 29139 32406 35375
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
APACS
UK

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Salary Trend

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

England APACS Salary Trend

APACS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing APACS across the England region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013.

England APACS Salary Histogram

APACS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the England region over the 3 months to 17 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East +13 4 £51,250 +46.42%
East of England +15 1 - -
London - 1 £60,000 -
APACS
UK

APACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 12 (54.55%) Banking
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
2 10 (45.45%) EPoS
3 9 (40.91%) EMV
3 9 (40.91%) Test Scripting
4 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
4 8 (36.36%) Chip and PIN
4 8 (36.36%) ISEB
5 7 (31.82%) ATM
5 7 (31.82%) EFT
5 7 (31.82%) ISO 8583
6 6 (27.27%) Change Management
6 6 (27.27%) EFTPOS
6 6 (27.27%) Mercator
6 6 (27.27%) OpenLink
6 6 (27.27%) SAP
6 6 (27.27%) Temenos T24
6 6 (27.27%) SAP GTS
6 6 (27.27%) VeriFone
6 6 (27.27%) SWIFT
6 6 (27.27%) T-Plan
7 5 (22.73%) VocaLink
7 5 (22.73%) TSYS
7 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
7 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
7 5 (22.73%) Mobile Commerce
7 5 (22.73%) Smartcard
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) Sage
7 5 (22.73%) Wincor Nixdorf

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (13.64%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.545%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.545%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Temenos T24
1 6 (27.27%) SAP GTS
2 1 (4.545%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (9.091%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (4.545%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 2 (9.091%) NUnit
1 2 (9.091%) WatiN
General
1 12 (54.55%) Banking
2 10 (45.45%) Finance
3 4 (18.18%) Retail
4 2 (9.091%) Telecoms
5 1 (4.545%) Back Office
5 1 (4.545%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 14 (63.64%) Analyst
2 12 (54.55%) Test Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Business Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Systems Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Architect
3 2 (9.091%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.091%) Tester
3 2 (9.091%) Test Engineer
3 2 (9.091%) QA Engineer
4 1 (4.545%) Junior Tester
4 1 (4.545%) Junior
4 1 (4.545%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (45.45%) EPoS
2 9 (40.91%) EMV
3 8 (36.36%) Chip and PIN
4 7 (31.82%) EFT
5 6 (27.27%) EFTPOS
5 6 (27.27%) SWIFT
6 5 (22.73%) Smartcard
7 2 (9.091%) Management Information System
7 2 (9.091%) Derivative
7 2 (9.091%) Open Source
8 1 (4.545%) Client/Server
8 1 (4.545%) SCADA
8 1 (4.545%) Mainframe
8 1 (4.545%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 4 (18.18%) Windows
2 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (9.091%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Test Scripting
2 8 (36.36%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (27.27%) Change Management
4 5 (22.73%) E-Commerce
4 5 (22.73%) Mobile Commerce
5 4 (18.18%) Test Management
5 4 (18.18%) Automated Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Integration Testing
6 3 (13.64%) Scrum
6 3 (13.64%) Regression Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Validation
7 2 (9.091%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (9.091%) UML
7 2 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
7 2 (9.091%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.091%) System Testing
7 2 (9.091%) Test Strategy
7 2 (9.091%) User Stories
8 1 (4.545%) Requirements Analysis
8 1 (4.545%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) SQL
2 2 (9.091%) T-SQL
2 2 (9.091%) C++
3 1 (4.545%) C
3 1 (4.545%) VB
3 1 (4.545%) VBA
3 1 (4.545%) Embedded C
3 1 (4.545%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) ISEB
2 5 (22.73%) ISTQB
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (4.545%) SC Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
4 1 (4.545%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (31.82%) ISO 8583
2 4 (18.18%) PCI DSS
3 3 (13.64%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) SAP
1 6 (27.27%) Mercator
1 6 (27.27%) OpenLink
1 6 (27.27%) VeriFone
1 6 (27.27%) T-Plan
2 5 (22.73%) Sage
2 5 (22.73%) Wincor Nixdorf
2 5 (22.73%) VocaLink
2 5 (22.73%) TSYS
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.091%) HP
4 1 (4.545%) Siemens