The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 28 - 6
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 1.235% - 15.38%
As % of the General category 2.703% - 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 4
Average salary £26,500 - £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Hertford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
37 16 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertford 45.68% 42.11% 53.85%
Number of salaries quoted 36 16 14
Average salary £50,000 £25,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+100.00% -50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £22,500 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £80,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Hertfordshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertford 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 Hertford region.

Hertford Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 4 (66.67%) HFM
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) UML
2 1 (16.67%) Apache
2 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
2 1 (16.67%) HTTP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (16.67%) Time Management
2 1 (16.67%) V-Model
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
2 1 (16.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertford 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 1 (16.67%) XML
1 1 (16.67%) FIX Protocol
1 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) IIS
1 1 (16.67%) Apache
1 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) HFM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Systems Analyst
2 4 (66.67%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Support Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Linux Support
3 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (16.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
1 1 (16.67%) UML
1 1 (16.67%) CRM
1 1 (16.67%) Project Management
1 1 (16.67%) Time Management
1 1 (16.67%) V-Model
1 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
1 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Oracle
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 1 (16.67%) VMware