The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 20 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 4 9 1
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 242 272 407
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 25.21% 19.47% 32.00%
As % of the General category 64.88% 53.86% 65.12%
Number of salaries quoted 206 234 308
Average salary £42,750 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £72,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
373 505 625
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 38.85% 36.15% 49.14%
Number of salaries quoted 314 422 499
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
East of England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Essex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 20 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
Brentwood +1 49 £40,000 +45.45%
Basildon -7 42 £50,000 +25.00%
Colchester +4 23 £28,000 -36.00%
Chelmsford +11 15 £43,000 +1.17%
Rayleigh +1 6 £40,000 +66.66%
Harlow +37 4 £50,000 +25.00%
Southend-on-Sea +1 4 £35,000 +45.83%
Saffron Walden +6 1 £35,000 +40.00%
Finance
East of England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

1 189 (32.20%) SQL Server
2 185 (31.52%) .NET
3 153 (26.06%) Microsoft
4 151 (25.72%) SQL
5 148 (25.21%) Windows
6 131 (22.32%) C#
7 87 (14.82%) Active Directory
8 85 (14.48%) VMware
9 75 (12.78%) WCF
10 70 (11.93%) Oracle
11 69 (11.75%) DNS
12 68 (11.58%) SQL Server 2008
13 67 (11.41%) WPF
13 67 (11.41%) SQL Server 2005
13 67 (11.41%) VB.NET
14 66 (11.24%) ITIL
15 65 (11.07%) OO
16 63 (10.73%) ASP.NET
16 63 (10.73%) Degree
16 63 (10.73%) Silverlight
17 61 (10.39%) Java
18 60 (10.22%) IIS
18 60 (10.22%) Business Intelligence
19 59 (10.05%) Citrix
20 56 (9.540%) XML
21 55 (9.370%) HTML
22 54 (9.199%) Project Management
23 53 (9.029%) MS Excel
24 48 (8.177%) VMware ESX
25 44 (7.496%) ERP

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex 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
1 185 (31.52%) .NET
2 75 (12.78%) WCF
3 67 (11.41%) WPF
4 63 (10.73%) Silverlight
4 63 (10.73%) ASP.NET
5 56 (9.540%) XML
6 55 (9.370%) HTML
7 24 (4.089%) CSS
7 24 (4.089%) XSD
7 24 (4.089%) XSLT
8 23 (3.918%) Web Services
9 22 (3.748%) jQuery
10 21 (3.578%) WinForms
11 19 (3.237%) .NET Framework
12 18 (3.066%) Ajax
13 16 (2.726%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
14 15 (2.555%) LINQ
15 10 (1.704%) JSP
15 10 (1.704%) SOAP
15 10 (1.704%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 60 (10.22%) IIS
2 18 (3.066%) Apache
3 10 (1.704%) Tomcat
3 10 (1.704%) WebLogic
3 10 (1.704%) GlassFish
4 9 (1.533%) ESB
5 8 (1.363%) Oracle Workflow
5 8 (1.363%) Oracle Application Server
6 6 (1.022%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.852%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.341%) Documentum
8 2 (0.341%) SAS
8 2 (0.341%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.341%) CMS
9 1 (0.170%) Exchange Server 2007
9 1 (0.170%) Exchange Server 2003
9 1 (0.170%) SharePoint 2010
9 1 (0.170%) Exchange Server 2010
9 1 (0.170%) Rendezvous
9 1 (0.170%) MSMQ
Applications
1 53 (9.029%) MS Excel
2 41 (6.985%) MS Office
3 9 (1.533%) MS PowerPoint
4 7 (1.193%) MS Project
5 6 (1.022%) Simulink
6 5 (0.852%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.511%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.511%) Adobe Illustrator
8 2 (0.341%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.170%) RoboHelp
Business Applications
1 15 (2.555%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 11 (1.874%) SAP FI/CO
2 11 (1.874%) SAP CO
2 11 (1.874%) SAP FI
3 10 (1.704%) PeopleSoft Financials
4 9 (1.533%) Oracle Financials
5 8 (1.363%) Dynamics CRM
6 6 (1.022%) Cognos Planning
7 5 (0.852%) Oracle EBS
8 4 (0.681%) Oracle Applications
8 4 (0.681%) AWD
9 3 (0.511%) Oracle EBS R12
9 3 (0.511%) VisionPLUS
9 3 (0.511%) CODA-Financials
10 2 (0.341%) SAP R/3
10 2 (0.341%) Dynamics AX
11 1 (0.170%) Agresso
11 1 (0.170%) Dynamics NAV
11 1 (0.170%) Oracle iProcurement
11 1 (0.170%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.75%) DNS
2 39 (6.644%) DHCP
3 38 (6.474%) LDAP
4 20 (3.407%) Firewall
5 18 (3.066%) SAN
6 9 (1.533%) Internet
6 9 (1.533%) DVB
6 9 (1.533%) Broadband
7 8 (1.363%) VoIP
8 5 (0.852%) LAN
8 5 (0.852%) HTTP
9 4 (0.681%) WAN
9 4 (0.681%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (0.511%) Network Security
10 3 (0.511%) FTP
11 2 (0.341%) ADSL
11 2 (0.341%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.341%) VPN
11 2 (0.341%) NetScreen
11 2 (0.341%) BIG-IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 189 (32.20%) SQL Server
2 68 (11.58%) SQL Server 2008
3 67 (11.41%) SQL Server 2005
4 31 (5.281%) Oracle 8/8i
4 31 (5.281%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 29 (4.940%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 29 (4.940%) Oracle 11g
6 28 (4.770%) Oracle Reports
7 26 (4.429%) MySQL
8 25 (4.259%) Data Warehouse
9 21 (3.578%) Oracle 10g
10 18 (3.066%) RDBMS
11 16 (2.726%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 12 (2.044%) SQL Server 2000
12 12 (2.044%) SQLPlus
13 8 (1.363%) PerformancePoint
14 7 (1.193%) SQL Server 2012
15 6 (1.022%) Microsoft Analysis Services
15 6 (1.022%) Oracle 9i
16 4 (0.681%) DB2
Development Applications
1 38 (6.474%) Visual Studio
2 15 (2.555%) TestDirector
2 15 (2.555%) QuickTest Pro
3 13 (2.215%) Oracle Forms
4 12 (2.044%) Rhino Mocks
5 10 (1.704%) Subversion
5 10 (1.704%) VSS/SourceSafe
6 8 (1.363%) NUnit
7 7 (1.193%) MSTest
8 6 (1.022%) LabVIEW
9 5 (0.852%) Team Foundation Server
10 2 (0.341%) WebLOAD
10 2 (0.341%) PowerBuilder
11 1 (0.170%) CruiseControl
General
1 37 (6.303%) Banking
2 23 (3.918%) Financial Institution
3 19 (3.237%) Retail
4 12 (2.044%) Aerospace
5 10 (1.704%) Publishing
6 9 (1.533%) Back Office
6 9 (1.533%) Electronics
7 7 (1.193%) Advertising
7 7 (1.193%) Marketing
8 4 (0.681%) Law
9 3 (0.511%) Manufacturing
9 3 (0.511%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.341%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.170%) Billing
11 1 (0.170%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.170%) Automotive
11 1 (0.170%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.170%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 173 (29.47%) Analyst
2 165 (28.11%) Developer
3 78 (13.29%) .NET Developer
4 55 (9.370%) C# Developer
5 49 (8.348%) Support Analyst
5 49 (8.348%) Business Analyst
6 43 (7.325%) Project Manager
7 39 (6.644%) Support Engineer
8 32 (5.451%) DBA
9 31 (5.281%) Technical Analyst
10 29 (4.940%) Server Engineer
10 29 (4.940%) Server Support
11 26 (4.429%) Server Support Engineer
12 23 (3.918%) Cognos Specialist
12 23 (3.918%) SQL DBA
13 20 (3.407%) Junior
13 20 (3.407%) Citrix Support
14 19 (3.237%) VB.NET Developer
15 18 (3.066%) C# .NET Developer
16 17 (2.896%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 39 (6.644%) Enterprise Software
2 25 (4.259%) Management Information System
3 23 (3.918%) Data Extraction
4 11 (1.874%) Replication
5 9 (1.533%) AS400
5 9 (1.533%) STB
5 9 (1.533%) DTV
6 8 (1.363%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.022%) VHDL
7 6 (1.022%) Fixed Income
8 5 (0.852%) Clustering
8 5 (0.852%) Equities
8 5 (0.852%) Computer Science
9 4 (0.681%) Smartphone
9 4 (0.681%) Client/Server
9 4 (0.681%) N-Tier
9 4 (0.681%) PMI
10 3 (0.511%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.511%) CESG
10 3 (0.511%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 148 (25.21%) Windows
2 32 (5.451%) Linux
3 21 (3.578%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 21 (3.578%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (2.555%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (2.215%) UNIX
6 8 (1.363%) Android
7 7 (1.193%) Windows 7
8 6 (1.022%) Apple iOS
9 5 (0.852%) Windows 2000 Server
10 4 (0.681%) Windows 2000
11 3 (0.511%) Windows Vista
12 2 (0.341%) Windows Server 2012
13 1 (0.170%) Windows 8
13 1 (0.170%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (11.24%) ITIL
2 65 (11.07%) OO
3 60 (10.22%) Business Intelligence
4 54 (9.199%) Project Management
5 44 (7.496%) ERP
6 43 (7.325%) Change Control
7 34 (5.792%) E-Commerce
8 32 (5.451%) Change Management
9 28 (4.770%) MVC
10 25 (4.259%) Service Delivery
11 22 (3.748%) System Testing
12 21 (3.578%) Wealth Management
12 21 (3.578%) Workflow
12 21 (3.578%) OOP
13 20 (3.407%) PRINCE2
14 19 (3.237%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (3.237%) TDD
15 17 (2.896%) Agile Software Development
15 17 (2.896%) Continuous Improvement
16 16 (2.726%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 151 (25.72%) SQL
2 131 (22.32%) C#
3 67 (11.41%) VB.NET
4 61 (10.39%) Java
5 37 (6.303%) JavaScript
6 22 (3.748%) C++
6 22 (3.748%) PL/SQL
7 20 (3.407%) T-SQL
7 20 (3.407%) VB
8 17 (2.896%) PHP
9 15 (2.555%) C
10 10 (1.704%) VBA
10 10 (1.704%) VB6
11 9 (1.533%) XAML
12 8 (1.363%) Shell Script
13 6 (1.022%) MATLAB
13 6 (1.022%) VBScript
13 6 (1.022%) COBOL
13 6 (1.022%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.852%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 63 (10.73%) Degree
2 28 (4.770%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (1.533%) SC Cleared
3 9 (1.533%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.533%) IBM Certification
4 6 (1.022%) MCITP
4 6 (1.022%) ITIL Certification
4 6 (1.022%) MCP
4 6 (1.022%) MCDBA
5 5 (0.852%) MCAD
5 5 (0.852%) MCSD
5 5 (0.852%) PMP
5 5 (0.852%) PMI Certification
5 5 (0.852%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 5 (0.852%) ISEB
5 5 (0.852%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (0.852%) MCTS
6 4 (0.681%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (0.681%) CISSP
6 4 (0.681%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (6.644%) SLA
2 3 (0.511%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 3 (0.511%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.341%) QA
4 1 (0.170%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (0.170%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 87 (14.82%) Active Directory
2 48 (8.177%) VMware ESX
3 42 (7.155%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (5.281%) XenApp
5 16 (2.726%) XenServer
6 14 (2.385%) Microsoft App-V
7 8 (1.363%) Oracle RMAN
8 7 (1.193%) VMware ESXi
9 4 (0.681%) MetaFrame
9 4 (0.681%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 3 (0.511%) Xen
10 3 (0.511%) vSphere
11 2 (0.341%) Citrix Presentation Server
11 2 (0.341%) VMware Server
12 1 (0.170%) ProxySG
12 1 (0.170%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.170%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (1.704%) Tivoli
2 8 (1.363%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 8 (1.363%) Data Guard
3 5 (0.852%) HP Quality Center
4 3 (0.511%) SCCM
4 3 (0.511%) Nagios
5 2 (0.341%) ZENworks
5 2 (0.341%) CiscoWorks
5 2 (0.341%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 2 (0.341%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.341%) HP SIM
6 1 (0.170%) Cisco UCCX
6 1 (0.170%) SCOM
6 1 (0.170%) NetBackup
6 1 (0.170%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 153 (26.06%) Microsoft
2 85 (14.48%) VMware
3 70 (11.93%) Oracle
4 59 (10.05%) Citrix
5 41 (6.985%) Cognos
6 13 (2.215%) SAP
7 12 (2.044%) AppSense
8 11 (1.874%) SolarWinds
8 11 (1.874%) IBM
9 10 (1.704%) JBoss
9 10 (1.704%) PeopleSoft
10 9 (1.533%) Cisco
10 9 (1.533%) Sage
11 8 (1.363%) JD Edwards
12 7 (1.193%) DevExpress
13 5 (0.852%) HP
14 4 (0.681%) Dell
14 4 (0.681%) CODA
15 3 (0.511%) Red Hat
15 3 (0.511%) Apple
Essex
Will need to have come from a systems / change control background... - Ability to work within the systems/change development life cycle - Ability to interview and document business requirements...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Saffron Walden, Essex
Business Analyst |Systems/Change Life Cycle, ITIL, 3rd Party Suppliers| Essex... As a successful Business Analyst you will posses as many of the following skills: *Ability to work...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Witham, Essex
The Role This is an excellent opportunity to become the C# specialist within an expanding development team as they migrate their legacy Delphi systems across to the .Net...
Coburg Banks IT
Salary: £37000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Essex, South East
You will also generate BI based on the findings. Main tasks for Cognos BI Analyst: Gather data from BI steering committee and decision makers/ data owners to define...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £42000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Billericay, Essex
The successfule candidate will work on Data Management software, providing mission critical information to their clients through the use of bespoke SQL Server, C# / VB.Net, SSIS applications.....
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £17000 - £28000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Rural Colchester, South East
Our client is a leading author of fully integrated business management software, providing solutions for ERP, finance, HR, payroll, warehousing, business intelligence, professional service automation and manufacturing. You...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: Excellent + benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Chelmsford, Essex
Manager the process of user acceptance testing, as required... Likely to have a background that includes experience in Sales Operations or Finance, combined with good IT knowledge, the...
Ortolan Group
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
We have a state-of-the-art software suite built in the latest Microsoft technologies... Desirable: - OO Analysis and Design skills Personal competencies: The Values Our corporate culture...
Xuber
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Waltham Abbey, Essex
d) C# and ASP.Net development experience. e) Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visio 2010, Microsoft InfoPath 2010 experience... g) WCF, WPF and BDC experience... i) SQL, CAML,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: 30000 - 35000
Posted: 14 May 2013
Basildon, Essex
Skills/Experience/Qualifications required to perform the role Essential: - DBA experience with Oracle 10g / 11g Standard Edition Databases on the Microsoft Windows platform. - Oracle Database Performance Tuning (manual) -...
Xuber
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Essex, South East
The systems are a mix of in-house developed, vendor developed and ASP deployed and utilise a number of underlying technologies including DB2, IMS, PL/1, Java, Websphere,...
Argyll Scott International
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Essex
Skills/Experience required: ** Experience developing ASP.Net applications with Visual Studio ** VB.Net and ASP.Net 3.5/4.0 ** MYSQL ** HTML and CSS Knowledge ** Javascript and Jquery **...
Gregory James
Salary: £25000 to £35000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
Essex
The ideal candidate will have excellent knowledge of Oracle E- Business Suite with a focus on Finance Modules and Order Management Modules versions 11.5.10 and R12.
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Essex
Line Support Engineer - Citrix / VMware, you will have experience in: - Windows 2003-2012/VMware/Xen. - Citrix Administration (Presentation Server)... AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc...). - At...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP, GPO, LDAP etc) Extensive experience supporting & configuring Citrix XenApp 4.5, XenApp 5, 6 and 6.5. Support experience of Citrix XenServer and...
Logic Engagements Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Essex
Appsense... - Migration from Presentation server to XenApp. - Citrix Performance tuning... - Server Virtualisation and consolidation experience using Citrix XenServer/Metaframe and VMWare (ESX) technologies... AD schema architecture, DNS, DHCP,...
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Essex
Basic skills or understanding of C programming / embedded systems will put you head and shoulders above other candidates... People Source specialise in niche technology markets including Information Technology,...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chelmsford, South East
Knowledge and experience of financial and Quality Assurance processes... Liaising and communicating with other professionals and parents/carers NVQ 4 Care or completed within 18 months of appointment.
Working for Essex
Salary: £2221 - £25473 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013