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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 789 836 823
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -13
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 52 30 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.051% 0.026% 0.023%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.152% 0.079% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 48 20 26
Average salary £50,000 £46,250 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% +34.05%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
- +30.43%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34213 38163 41237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.83% 33.66% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 28337 32394 34737
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £48,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

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

England Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
East Midlands - 44 £45,000 -
West Midlands +10 30 £47,500 -
London +41 6 £68,750 -
East of England - 3 - -
South East 0 2 - -
South West - 1 £45,000 -
Biometrics
UK

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 89 (85.58%) Finance
2 83 (79.81%) Smartcard
3 82 (78.85%) Cyber Security
4 72 (69.23%) Identity Management
5 71 (68.27%) Degree
6 43 (41.35%) SQL
7 42 (40.38%) Computer Science
8 41 (39.42%) Windows
9 32 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
10 29 (27.88%) Test Scripting
10 29 (27.88%) Windows Server 2008
11 28 (26.92%) Windows Vista
11 28 (26.92%) IIS
11 28 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
11 28 (26.92%) Windows XP
12 27 (25.96%) Security Cleared
13 26 (25.00%) JavaScript
14 24 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
15 19 (18.27%) Java
15 19 (18.27%) C++
16 18 (17.31%) Web Services
17 16 (15.38%) Product Marketing
17 16 (15.38%) NFC
17 16 (15.38%) Marketing
18 15 (14.42%) C#
18 15 (14.42%) .NET
18 15 (14.42%) VPN
19 14 (13.46%) PhD
19 14 (13.46%) Mathematics
19 14 (13.46%) Mobile Payment

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 18 (17.31%) Web Services
2 15 (14.42%) .NET
3 9 (8.654%) HTML
4 3 (2.885%) WebSphere
5 2 (1.923%) XML
5 2 (1.923%) Ajax
5 2 (1.923%) REST
6 1 (0.962%) WCF
6 1 (0.962%) WPF
6 1 (0.962%) Silverlight
6 1 (0.962%) LINQ
6 1 (0.962%) WinForms
6 1 (0.962%) Middleware
6 1 (0.962%) MFC
6 1 (0.962%) ASP
6 1 (0.962%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 28 (26.92%) IIS
2 4 (3.846%) SAS
3 2 (1.923%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.962%) Windows Azure
4 1 (0.962%) OpenStack
Applications
1 8 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.923%) MS Office
2 2 (1.923%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (15.38%) NFC
2 15 (14.42%) VPN
3 3 (2.885%) HTTP
3 3 (2.885%) HTTPS
3 3 (2.885%) Internet
4 2 (1.923%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.923%) Firewall
5 1 (0.962%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.962%) LAN
5 1 (0.962%) VoIP
5 1 (0.962%) WAN
5 1 (0.962%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (11.54%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.923%) MySQL
3 1 (0.962%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.962%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (0.962%) Git (software)
1 1 (0.962%) Hudson
1 1 (0.962%) Trac
1 1 (0.962%) Subversion
1 1 (0.962%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (85.58%) Finance
2 16 (15.38%) Marketing
3 4 (3.846%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (2.885%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.923%) Electronics
6 1 (0.962%) Banking
6 1 (0.962%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (23.08%) Software Tester
1 24 (23.08%) Tester
2 18 (17.31%) Consultant
3 17 (16.35%) Software Engineer
4 16 (15.38%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 15 (14.42%) Support Manager
6 14 (13.46%) Graduate
7 9 (8.654%) Sales Consultant
7 9 (8.654%) Technical Consultant
7 9 (8.654%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 6 (5.769%) Developer
9 5 (4.808%) Analyst
9 5 (4.808%) Programmer
10 4 (3.846%) Test Engineer
10 4 (3.846%) SAS Programmer
11 3 (2.885%) C++ Software Engineer
11 3 (2.885%) C++ Developer
11 3 (2.885%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.885%) Business Analyst
11 3 (2.885%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 83 (79.81%) Smartcard
2 42 (40.38%) Computer Science
3 24 (23.08%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (13.46%) Mathematics
4 14 (13.46%) Mobile Payment
5 13 (12.50%) Cryptography
6 4 (3.846%) Statistics
7 3 (2.885%) Social Network
8 2 (1.923%) Blackberry
8 2 (1.923%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.962%) Social Media
9 1 (0.962%) Java Card
9 1 (0.962%) PaaS
9 1 (0.962%) Smartphone
9 1 (0.962%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 41 (39.42%) Windows
2 29 (27.88%) Windows Server 2008
3 28 (26.92%) Windows Vista
3 28 (26.92%) Windows Server 2003
3 28 (26.92%) Windows XP
4 5 (4.808%) UNIX
5 3 (2.885%) Android
5 3 (2.885%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (78.85%) Cyber Security
2 72 (69.23%) Identity Management
3 32 (30.77%) Agile Software Development
4 29 (27.88%) Test Scripting
5 16 (15.38%) Product Marketing
6 13 (12.50%) Web Development
6 13 (12.50%) Workflow
7 4 (3.846%) Biostatistics
8 3 (2.885%) TOGAF
8 3 (2.885%) OWASP
8 3 (2.885%) Security Architecture
8 3 (2.885%) Multithreading
8 3 (2.885%) Penetration Testing
8 3 (2.885%) UML
9 2 (1.923%) Business Analysis
10 1 (0.962%) Cash Management
10 1 (0.962%) MVVM
10 1 (0.962%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 1 (0.962%) Data Protection
10 1 (0.962%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 43 (41.35%) SQL
2 26 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 19 (18.27%) Java
3 19 (18.27%) C++
4 15 (14.42%) C#
5 13 (12.50%) Objective-C
5 13 (12.50%) XAML
6 4 (3.846%) C
7 1 (0.962%) Fortran
7 1 (0.962%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.962%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.962%) VB
7 1 (0.962%) VBA
Qualifications
1 71 (68.27%) Degree
2 27 (25.96%) Security Cleared
3 14 (13.46%) PhD
4 11 (10.58%) CISSP
5 3 (2.885%) CISA
5 3 (2.885%) CISM
6 2 (1.923%) MCSE
6 2 (1.923%) MCSA
6 2 (1.923%) MCP
6 2 (1.923%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.923%) MCTS
6 2 (1.923%) MCITP
7 1 (0.962%) HNC
7 1 (0.962%) HND
7 1 (0.962%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.962%) CDISC
1 1 (0.962%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (7.692%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.962%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 7 (6.731%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.846%) Oracle
2 4 (3.846%) Apple
3 2 (1.923%) Hitachi
3 2 (1.923%) HP
3 2 (1.923%) Dell
3 2 (1.923%) Citrix
3 2 (1.923%) Cisco
3 2 (1.923%) IBM
3 2 (1.923%) Toshiba
3 2 (1.923%) VMware
4 1 (0.962%) Xamarin
Swindon, South West
The role requires candidates with a solid understanding of Software engineering and also a wide range of technical skills to ensure they are able to lead a small...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
An exiting opportunity has become available in the U.K's leading biometric software company. Human Recognition Systems are looking for a dynamic individual to join their product...
Salary: £23000 - £33000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013