Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the England region.

 Financial
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank222
Rank change year-on-year
No change0No change0
Matching permanent IT job ads172971558142147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England21.28 %19.43 %21.91 %
As % of the General category40.70 %39.18 %42.63 %
Salaries quoted138291253933699
Average salary£50,000£47,500£47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£72,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.400 %+3.750 %
England IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
424943976498860
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England52.29 %49.59 %51.40 %
Salaries quoted349343242480439
Average salary£50,000£44,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63 %-2.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£27,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£72,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Finance UKFinance
UK

Finance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Finance across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

England Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

England Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-111460£57,500+9.52 %
South EastNo change02317£45,000-
North WestUp+2919£41,500-
South WestDown-4628£37,500-6.25 %
East of EnglandDown-4564£43,500+2.35 %
YorkshireDown-3461£36,500-2.66 %
West MidlandsUp+2448£36,125+3.21 %
East MidlandsUp+1377£40,000+6.66 %
North EastUp+961£35,000-12.50 %
MidlandsDown-639£60,000+14.28 %
South CoastDown-16£35,000-48.14 %
Finance UKFinance
UK

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

17041 (21.69 %)Banking
26211 (19.13 %)SQL
34951 (15.25 %)Java
44871 (15.00 %).NET
54729 (14.57 %)C#
64452 (13.71 %)SQL Server
73832 (11.80 %)UNIX
83758 (11.57 %)Oracle
93659 (11.27 %)Windows
103622 (11.16 %)Degree
113468 (10.68 %)C++
123266 (10.06 %)Project Management
132691 (8.288 %)Microsoft
142634 (8.113 %)Investment Banking
152501 (7.703 %)Derivative
162440 (7.515 %)Front Office
172109 (6.496 %)Linux
182028 (6.246 %)XML
191940 (5.975 %)Insurance
201918 (5.908 %)OO
211840 (5.667 %)ASP.NET
221764 (5.433 %)Retail
231756 (5.409 %)Pensions
241656 (5.101 %)Financial Institution
251647 (5.073 %)MS Excel
261556 (4.793 %)Agile Software Development
271534 (4.725 %)Business Intelligence
281496 (4.608 %)Fixed Income
291457 (4.488 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
301421 (4.377 %)C

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14871 (15.00 %).NET
22028 (6.246 %)XML
31840 (5.667 %)ASP.NET
41167 (3.594 %)J2EE
5953 (2.935 %)HTML
6920 (2.834 %)Spring
7880 (2.710 %)WinForms
8864 (2.661 %)WPF
9863 (2.658 %)Web Services
10782 (2.409 %)CSS
11689 (2.122 %)AJAX
12665 (2.048 %)STL
13622 (1.916 %)WCF
14609 (1.876 %).NET Framework
15589 (1.814 %)WebSphere
16522 (1.608 %)Middleware
17515 (1.586 %)Silverlight
18482 (1.485 %)Hibernate
19420 (1.294 %)ASP
20384 (1.183 %)Boost C++ Libraries
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1702 (2.162 %)SharePoint
2483 (1.488 %)MS Exchange
2483 (1.488 %)SAS
3382 (1.177 %)IIS
4336 (1.035 %)Apache
5314 (0.967 %)Exchange Server 2003
6309 (0.952 %)WebLogic
7293 (0.902 %)Tomcat
8278 (0.856 %)CMS
9252 (0.776 %)Exchange Server 2007
10225 (0.693 %)WebSphere MQ
11208 (0.641 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12202 (0.622 %)BizTalk Server
13152 (0.468 %)MQSeries
14127 (0.391 %)Rendezvous
15123 (0.379 %)Oracle Workflow
16106 (0.326 %)ESB
17101 (0.311 %)WebSphere Application Server
1893 (0.286 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1985 (0.262 %)Lotus Notes
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11647 (5.073 %)MS Excel
2822 (2.532 %)MS Office
3631 (1.944 %)MS Visio
4299 (0.921 %)MS PowerPoint
5277 (0.853 %)MS Project
6179 (0.551 %)Adobe Illustrator
7162 (0.499 %)MATLAB
8129 (0.397 %)Spreadsheet
9125 (0.385 %)Photoshop
1093 (0.286 %)SPSS
1165 (0.200 %)CA Clarity
1233 (0.102 %)S-PLUS
1323 (0.071 %)Fireworks
1412 (0.037 %)Acrobat
159 (0.028 %)PrintSoft PReS
159 (0.028 %)InfoPath
165 (0.015 %)Stata
174 (0.012 %)FrameMaker
183 (0.009 %)RoboHelp
192 (0.006 %)ImageReady
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1310 (0.955 %)Oracle Financials
2267 (0.822 %)Oracle EBS
3237 (0.730 %)SAP FI
4218 (0.671 %)Oracle Applications
5216 (0.665 %)Dynamics CRM
6215 (0.662 %)SAP FI/CO
6215 (0.662 %)SAP CO
7193 (0.594 %)Dynamics AX
8163 (0.502 %)HFM
9159 (0.490 %)RMDS
10153 (0.471 %)Oracle EBS R12
11144 (0.444 %)Microsoft CRM
12140 (0.431 %)Axapta
13137 (0.422 %)Oracle 11i
14120 (0.370 %)Hyperion Planning
15103 (0.317 %)SAP BPC
1698 (0.302 %)Navision
1797 (0.299 %)Cognos Planning
1886 (0.265 %)Dynamics NAV
1984 (0.259 %)Summit
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1899 (2.769 %)Internet
2734 (2.261 %)TCP/IP
3531 (1.636 %)Firewall
4501 (1.543 %)SAN
5496 (1.528 %)WAN
6477 (1.469 %)LAN
7226 (0.696 %)VPN
8221 (0.681 %)Intranet
9209 (0.644 %)VoIP
10196 (0.604 %)DNS
11188 (0.579 %)OSPF
12153 (0.471 %)HTTP
13143 (0.440 %)BGP
14133 (0.410 %)SSL
15112 (0.345 %)LDAP
16108 (0.333 %)Network Security
17103 (0.317 %)DHCP
1890 (0.277 %)MPLS
1983 (0.256 %)NAS
2073 (0.225 %)Cisco ASA
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
14452 (13.71 %)SQL Server
21290 (3.973 %)SQL Server 2005
31184 (3.647 %)Datawarehouse
4652 (2.008 %)SQL Server 2008
5628 (1.934 %)BusinessObjects
6597 (1.839 %)ETL
7575 (1.771 %)SQL Server Integration Services
8572 (1.762 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
9571 (1.759 %)SQL Server 2000
10555 (1.709 %)RDBMS
11379 (1.167 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
12359 (1.106 %)MySQL
13349 (1.075 %)Crystal Reports
14342 (1.053 %)Oracle 10g
15260 (0.801 %)Oracle Reports
16252 (0.776 %)DB2
17251 (0.773 %)Oracle 8/8i
18230 (0.708 %)OLAP
19228 (0.702 %)SAP BW
20187 (0.576 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1385 (1.186 %)QuickTest Pro
2377 (1.161 %)Visual Studio
3258 (0.795 %)Subversion
4243 (0.748 %)JUnit
5200 (0.616 %)Ant
6191 (0.588 %)Eclipse
7177 (0.545 %)Maven
8159 (0.490 %)Selenium
9154 (0.474 %)NUnit
10151 (0.465 %)TestDirector
11136 (0.419 %)LoadRunner
12109 (0.336 %)Oracle Forms
1395 (0.293 %)ClearCase
1395 (0.293 %)WinRunner
1471 (0.219 %)ERwin
1568 (0.209 %)Team Foundation Server
1663 (0.194 %)FitNesse
1754 (0.166 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1838 (0.117 %)Dreamweaver
1838 (0.117 %)Expression Blend
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17041 (21.69 %)Banking
22634 (8.113 %)Investment Banking
32440 (7.515 %)Front Office
41940 (5.975 %)Insurance
51764 (5.433 %)Retail
61756 (5.409 %)Pensions
71656 (5.101 %)Financial Institution
81025 (3.157 %)Marketing
91007 (3.102 %)Telecoms
10957 (2.948 %)Health
11910 (2.803 %)Back Office
12879 (2.707 %)Education
13697 (2.147 %)Government
14444 (1.368 %)Legal
15436 (1.343 %)Retail Banking
16403 (1.241 %)Games
17322 (0.992 %)Manufacturing
18234 (0.721 %)Billing
19229 (0.705 %)Law
20186 (0.573 %)General Ledger
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18586 (26.45 %)Developer
26777 (20.87 %)Analyst
32581 (7.950 %)Business Analyst
42430 (7.485 %)Consultant
52164 (6.665 %)Project Manager
61888 (5.815 %)Architect
71827 (5.627 %)C# Developer
81821 (5.609 %)Java Developer
91479 (4.555 %)Senior Developer
101292 (3.979 %)Support Analyst
111215 (3.742 %)C++ Developer
121205 (3.711 %).NET Developer
13979 (3.015 %)Applications Support
14769 (2.369 %)Senior Analyst
15753 (2.319 %)Administrator
16721 (2.221 %)Team Leader
17689 (2.122 %)Programmer
18623 (1.919 %)Senior Manager
19535 (1.648 %)DBA
20531 (1.636 %)Software Engineer
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12501 (7.703 %)Derivative
21496 (4.608 %)Fixed Income
31457 (4.488 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41162 (3.579 %)Equities
51044 (3.216 %)Computer Science
61018 (3.135 %)Multithreading
71010 (3.111 %)Client/Server
8874 (2.692 %)Mathematics
9498 (1.534 %)Management Information System
10473 (1.457 %)Credit Risk
11447 (1.377 %)Equity Derivative
12340 (1.047 %)Credit Derivative
13315 (0.970 %)Blackberry
14271 (0.835 %)PMI
15252 (0.776 %)Mainframe
16248 (0.764 %)N-Tier
17237 (0.730 %)Replication
18235 (0.724 %)Statistics
19218 (0.671 %)Physics
20212 (0.653 %)Interest Rate Derivative
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13832 (11.80 %)UNIX
23659 (11.27 %)Windows
32109 (6.496 %)Linux
4782 (2.409 %)Solaris
5720 (2.218 %)Windows Server 2003
6513 (1.580 %)Windows XP
7321 (0.989 %)Windows 2000
8285 (0.878 %)Red Hat Linux
9272 (0.838 %)Windows Server 2008
10190 (0.585 %)Windows Vista
11186 (0.573 %)AIX
12118 (0.363 %)Windows NT
13113 (0.348 %)HPUX
1493 (0.286 %)Windows 2000 Server
1590 (0.277 %)VMS
1662 (0.191 %)Android
1760 (0.185 %)Windows 7
1848 (0.148 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1944 (0.136 %)Windows Mobile
2038 (0.117 %)CentOS
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
13266 (10.06 %)Project Management
21918 (5.908 %)OO
31556 (4.793 %)Agile Software Development
41534 (4.725 %)Business Intelligence
51401 (4.315 %)Business Analysis
61380 (4.250 %)Risk Management
71345 (4.143 %)PRINCE2
81274 (3.924 %)ITIL
9995 (3.065 %)Change Management
10925 (2.849 %)CRM
11907 (2.794 %)E-Commerce
12899 (2.769 %)UML
13866 (2.667 %)ERP
14817 (2.516 %)Stakeholder Management
15802 (2.470 %)Electronic Trading
16729 (2.245 %)Workflow
17708 (2.181 %)Scrum
18688 (2.119 %)Investment Management
19685 (2.110 %)Data Modelling
20665 (2.048 %)User Acceptance Testing
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16211 (19.13 %)SQL
24951 (15.25 %)Java
34729 (14.57 %)C#
43468 (10.68 %)C++
51421 (4.377 %)C
61212 (3.733 %)JavaScript
7970 (2.988 %)Perl
8885 (2.726 %)T-SQL
9842 (2.593 %)VB
10812 (2.501 %)VB.NET
11761 (2.344 %)VBA
12672 (2.070 %)PL/SQL
13602 (1.854 %)Shell Script
14486 (1.497 %)Python
15362 (1.115 %)PHP
16250 (0.770 %)VB6
17206 (0.634 %)VBScript
18168 (0.517 %)VC++
19161 (0.496 %)Ruby
20157 (0.484 %)Bash shell
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
13622 (11.16 %)Degree
2632 (1.947 %)ISEB
3586 (1.805 %)Microsoft Certification
4403 (1.241 %)PMI Certification
5337 (1.038 %)Cisco Certification
6274 (0.844 %)MCSE
7265 (0.816 %)PhD
8251 (0.773 %)Security Cleared
9225 (0.693 %)PRINCE2 Certification
10211 (0.650 %)ITIL Certification
11210 (0.647 %)ACCA
12208 (0.641 %)MCP
13202 (0.622 %)MCTS
14196 (0.604 %)PMP
15193 (0.594 %)CIMA
16179 (0.551 %)MCSD
17159 (0.490 %)MCAD
18152 (0.468 %)CCNA
19145 (0.447 %)CCNP
20140 (0.431 %)CISSP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11044 (3.216 %)QA
2383 (1.180 %)SLA
3235 (0.724 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4139 (0.428 %)Basel II
5108 (0.333 %)ISO27001
689 (0.274 %)PCI DSS
769 (0.213 %)COBIT
826 (0.080 %)ISO9001
922 (0.068 %)GAAP
1016 (0.049 %)ISO9000
1115 (0.046 %)MiFID
1115 (0.046 %)IAS 39
1212 (0.037 %)GxP
1212 (0.037 %)WAI
139 (0.028 %)BS25999
139 (0.028 %)IAS 32
148 (0.025 %)BS7799
148 (0.025 %)ISO17799
157 (0.022 %)ISO14001
165 (0.015 %)COSO
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1842 (2.593 %)Active Directory
2181 (0.557 %)VMware Infrastructure
3150 (0.462 %)MSMQ
4138 (0.425 %)Oracle RAC
596 (0.296 %)Oracle RMAN
664 (0.197 %)ISA Server
763 (0.194 %)Citrix Presentation Server
860 (0.185 %)VMware ESX
947 (0.145 %)XenApp
1042 (0.129 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1042 (0.129 %)NFS
1140 (0.123 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1226 (0.080 %)MetaFrame
1226 (0.080 %)Terminal Services
1323 (0.071 %)XenServer
1420 (0.062 %)Sendmail
1420 (0.062 %)Terminal Server
1519 (0.059 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1618 (0.055 %)Cronacle
1618 (0.055 %)OpenSSO
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1139 (0.428 %)Tivoli
285 (0.262 %)MOM
285 (0.262 %)SCCM
382 (0.253 %)Data Guard
477 (0.237 %)HP Quality Center
477 (0.237 %)SCOM
557 (0.176 %)OpenView
651 (0.157 %)NetBackup
749 (0.151 %)AutoSys
843 (0.132 %)Backup Exec
930 (0.092 %)CONTROL-M
1029 (0.089 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1029 (0.089 %)WSUS
1127 (0.083 %)EMC NetWorker
1127 (0.083 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1226 (0.080 %)Norton AntiVirus
1325 (0.077 %)CiscoWorks
1325 (0.077 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1423 (0.071 %)BMC PATROL
1522 (0.068 %)MSI
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13758 (11.57 %)Oracle
22691 (8.288 %)Microsoft
31414 (4.355 %)SAP
4875 (2.695 %)Sybase
5768 (2.365 %)Cisco
6628 (1.934 %)Business Objects
7613 (1.888 %)IBM
8525 (1.617 %)Citrix
9501 (1.543 %)Cognos
10491 (1.512 %)HP
11459 (1.414 %)Bloomberg
12458 (1.411 %)Reuters
13450 (1.386 %)VMware
14424 (1.306 %)TIBCO
15418 (1.287 %)Hyperion
16308 (0.949 %)Red Hat
17295 (0.909 %)Sun
18275 (0.847 %)Adobe
19224 (0.690 %)JBoss
20202 (0.622 %)Siebel