The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Fife region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 21 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 Fife region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank - 11 12
Permanent jobs citing Finance 0 6 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife - 8.219% 9.231%
As % of the General category - 46.15% 31.58%
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 5
Average salary - £42,500 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.40%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Fife
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
17 13 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Fife 41.46% 17.81% 29.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 14
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -1.84%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Fife 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 Fife region.

Fife Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 6 (75.00%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Linux
2 5 (62.50%) Validation
2 5 (62.50%) Retail
2 5 (62.50%) EPoS
2 5 (62.50%) EFTPOS
2 5 (62.50%) Middleware
2 5 (62.50%) Smartcard
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded C++
2 5 (62.50%) NFC
2 5 (62.50%) Mobile Payment
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (25.00%) MS Project
4 2 (25.00%) CMMI
4 2 (25.00%) Electronics
4 2 (25.00%) Earned Value Management
5 1 (12.50%) Carbide.c++
5 1 (12.50%) CCA
5 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
5 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
5 1 (12.50%) Matrix Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Fife 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 5 (62.50%) Middleware
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) NFC
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Carbide.c++
General
1 5 (62.50%) Retail
2 2 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
3 1 (12.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) EPoS
1 5 (62.50%) EFTPOS
1 5 (62.50%) Smartcard
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Validation
2 2 (25.00%) Risk Analysis
2 2 (25.00%) CMMI
2 2 (25.00%) Earned Value Management
3 1 (12.50%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) C
2 5 (62.50%) C++
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded C
2 5 (62.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) CCA
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft