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This section looks at the demand for Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS) skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAssociation for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank151179
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching permanent IT job ads173
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.001 %
As % of the category below2.076 %0.346 %
Salaries quoted173
Average minimum salary£34,647£45,000
Average salary£35,265£45,000
% change on same period last year-21.63 %
Average maximum salary£35,882£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,250£34,545
% change on same period last year-0.85 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads819867
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.441 %0.361 %
Salaries quoted717758
Average minimum salary£33,553£39,982
Average salary£36,634£43,195
% change on same period last year-15.18 %
Average maximum salary£39,715£46,408
UK excluding London average salary£37,888£39,245
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
APACS East of EnglandAPACS
East of England

APACS
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire APACS Demand Trend

APACS
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire APACS Salary Trend

APACS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing APACS across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire APACS Salary Histogram

APACS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansNew entry-3£26,667-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-2£23,000-
APACS East of EnglandAPACS
East of England

APACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing APACS 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 APACS.

122 (81.48 %)Finance
219 (70.37 %)ISO8583
317 (62.96 %)SQL Server
416 (59.26 %)ASP.NET
416 (59.26 %)SOAP
416 (59.26 %)WebServices
416 (59.26 %)XML
416 (59.26 %)C#
416 (59.26 %)VB.NET
416 (59.26 %).NET
416 (59.26 %)UML
416 (59.26 %)BPEL
416 (59.26 %)Financial Institution
416 (59.26 %)WCF
416 (59.26 %)LINQ
510 (37.04 %)SQL
68 (29.63 %)EFT
76 (22.22 %)Microsoft
85 (18.52 %)Windows
94 (14.81 %)FTP
94 (14.81 %)EPoS
94 (14.81 %)Banking
103 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
103 (11.11 %)EMV
103 (11.11 %)ATM
103 (11.11 %)MySQL
103 (11.11 %)Linux
112 (7.407 %)BASE24
112 (7.407 %)EFTPOS
112 (7.407 %)Configuration Management

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (59.26 %).NET
116 (59.26 %)ASP.NET
116 (59.26 %)SOAP
116 (59.26 %)WebServices
116 (59.26 %)XML
116 (59.26 %)WCF
116 (59.26 %)LINQ
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (7.407 %)BASE24
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (14.81 %)FTP
23 (11.11 %)ATM
31 (3.704 %)ISDN
31 (3.704 %)X.25
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (62.96 %)SQL Server
23 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (11.11 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
122 (81.48 %)Finance
216 (59.26 %)Financial Institution
34 (14.81 %)Banking
42 (7.407 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (59.26 %)Developer
116 (59.26 %).NET Developer
26 (22.22 %)Analyst
35 (18.52 %)Support Analyst
44 (14.81 %)C# Developer
44 (14.81 %)Applications Support
44 (14.81 %)VB.NET Developer
44 (14.81 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (14.81 %)SQL Developer
44 (14.81 %)SQL Server Developer
44 (14.81 %)Financial Analyst
44 (14.81 %)VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
44 (14.81 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (11.11 %)Applications Support Analyst
53 (11.11 %)Support Engineer
61 (3.704 %)2nd Line Support
61 (3.704 %)Helpdesk Analyst
61 (3.704 %)Development Manager
61 (3.704 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
61 (3.704 %)Applications Development Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (29.63 %)EFT
24 (14.81 %)EPoS
33 (11.11 %)EMV
42 (7.407 %)EFTPOS
51 (3.704 %)Smartcard
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (18.52 %)Windows
23 (11.11 %)Linux
31 (3.704 %)Windows XP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (59.26 %)UML
116 (59.26 %)BPEL
22 (7.407 %)Configuration Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (59.26 %)C#
116 (59.26 %)VB.NET
210 (37.04 %)SQL
31 (3.704 %)Transact-SQL
31 (3.704 %)C++
31 (3.704 %)C
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (70.37 %)ISO8583
21 (3.704 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (22.22 %)Microsoft
21 (3.704 %)Cisco