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

 Financial
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank865
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads191259822
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds15.40 %17.79 %21.02 %
As % of the General category35.97 %43.17 %46.89 %
Salaries quoted140171569
Average salary£37,500£39,319£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.620 %+17.37 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,000£23,900
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£56,150£62,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.400 %+3.750 %
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
5316001753
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds42.82 %41.21 %44.83 %
Salaries quoted4534641368
Average salary£35,000£37,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+15.38 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£23,150£23,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£47,500£59,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Finance West YorkshireFinance
West Yorkshire

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

179 (23.17 %)Project Management
252 (15.25 %).NET
351 (14.96 %)Microsoft
351 (14.96 %)Banking
449 (14.37 %)Business Analysis
449 (14.37 %)SQL Server
548 (14.08 %)Windows
647 (13.78 %)SQL
741 (12.02 %)Oracle
839 (11.44 %)Insurance
936 (10.56 %)Retail
1033 (9.677 %)ITIL
1033 (9.677 %)C#
1033 (9.677 %)Java
1132 (9.384 %)UNIX
1231 (9.091 %)Active Directory
1231 (9.091 %)VMware
1231 (9.091 %)Pensions
1329 (8.504 %)XML
1428 (8.211 %)Citrix
1526 (7.625 %)ASP.NET
1625 (7.331 %)Degree
1724 (7.038 %)Firewall
1823 (6.745 %)MS Exchange
1823 (6.745 %)Private Banking
1922 (6.452 %)Agile Software Development
1922 (6.452 %)Service Management
1922 (6.452 %)Health
1922 (6.452 %)Information Security
2021 (6.158 %)Spring

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
152 (15.25 %).NET
229 (8.504 %)XML
326 (7.625 %)ASP.NET
421 (6.158 %)Spring
516 (4.692 %)Hibernate
615 (4.399 %)J2EE
615 (4.399 %)HTML
710 (2.933 %)Silverlight
89 (2.639 %)WCF
97 (2.053 %)ADO.NET
97 (2.053 %)CSS
106 (1.760 %)JSP
106 (1.760 %)Web Services
106 (1.760 %)WebSphere
115 (1.466 %)WinForms
115 (1.466 %)Adobe Flex
124 (1.173 %)jQuery
124 (1.173 %)MooTools
124 (1.173 %)Middleware
132 (0.587 %)JSR 168
Leeds IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (6.745 %)MS Exchange
217 (4.985 %)WebLogic
310 (2.933 %)SharePoint
46 (1.760 %)SAS
54 (1.173 %)Apache
63 (0.880 %)Tomcat
63 (0.880 %)IIS
63 (0.880 %)Liferay
72 (0.587 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
72 (0.587 %)Exchange Server 2003
81 (0.293 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.293 %)Oracle Workflow
81 (0.293 %)CICS
81 (0.293 %)NetWeaver
Leeds IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (4.106 %)MS Excel
210 (2.933 %)MS Office
35 (1.466 %)MS Visio
35 (1.466 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.587 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.587 %)SPSS
42 (0.587 %)MS Project
Leeds IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
17 (2.053 %)Axapta
17 (2.053 %)Dynamics CRM
17 (2.053 %)Dynamics AX
24 (1.173 %)Oracle Financials
32 (0.587 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.587 %)Navision
41 (0.293 %)Oracle EBS
41 (0.293 %)SAP CRM
41 (0.293 %)HFM
41 (0.293 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
41 (0.293 %)SAP IS-U
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
124 (7.038 %)Firewall
214 (4.106 %)LAN
313 (3.812 %)WAN
410 (2.933 %)Intrusion Detection
59 (2.639 %)TCP/IP
67 (2.053 %)LDAP
67 (2.053 %)SAN
76 (1.760 %)NAS
85 (1.466 %)Internet
85 (1.466 %)Wireless
94 (1.173 %)iSCSI
103 (0.880 %)DNS
103 (0.880 %)SNMP
112 (0.587 %)RIP
112 (0.587 %)Frame Relay
112 (0.587 %)MPLS
112 (0.587 %)OSPF
121 (0.293 %)Intranet
121 (0.293 %)DHCP
121 (0.293 %)VoIP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
149 (14.37 %)SQL Server
213 (3.812 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (2.639 %)Datawarehouse
39 (2.639 %)SQL Server 2000
46 (1.760 %)RDBMS
54 (1.173 %)SQLPlus
54 (1.173 %)DB2
54 (1.173 %)SQL Server Integration Services
54 (1.173 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
63 (0.880 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
63 (0.880 %)SQL Server 2008
63 (0.880 %)Oracle Reports
63 (0.880 %)MS Access
72 (0.587 %)Cognos Powerplay
72 (0.587 %)Oracle 9i
72 (0.587 %)OLAP
72 (0.587 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.587 %)MySQL
72 (0.587 %)BusinessObjects
72 (0.587 %)ETL
Leeds IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (2.346 %)Visual Studio
24 (1.173 %)JUnit
33 (0.880 %)TestDirector
33 (0.880 %)NUnit
42 (0.587 %)NetAdvantage
42 (0.587 %)Eclipse
51 (0.293 %)JDeveloper
51 (0.293 %)Oracle Forms
51 (0.293 %)WebLOAD
Leeds IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
151 (14.96 %)Banking
239 (11.44 %)Insurance
336 (10.56 %)Retail
431 (9.091 %)Pensions
523 (6.745 %)Private Banking
622 (6.452 %)Health
713 (3.812 %)Telecoms
811 (3.226 %)Pharmaceutical
99 (2.639 %)Government
99 (2.639 %)Retail Banking
108 (2.346 %)Manufacturing
108 (2.346 %)Education
117 (2.053 %)Marketing
126 (1.760 %)Graphic Design
126 (1.760 %)Legal
135 (1.466 %)Financial Institution
144 (1.173 %)Auditing
153 (0.880 %)Publishing
162 (0.587 %)Local Government
162 (0.587 %)Construction
Leeds IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
187 (25.51 %)Analyst
280 (23.46 %)Developer
338 (11.14 %)Project Manager
435 (10.26 %)Architect
529 (8.504 %)Business Analyst
623 (6.745 %)Technical Architect
623 (6.745 %)Consultant
722 (6.452 %)Java Developer
819 (5.572 %).NET Developer
915 (4.399 %)Support Analyst
1013 (3.812 %)Senior Developer
1110 (2.933 %)Programme Manager
1110 (2.933 %)SQL Developer
129 (2.639 %)Service Analyst
129 (2.639 %)Software Developer
138 (2.346 %)Systems Analyst
138 (2.346 %)Senior Manager
138 (2.346 %)Financial Analyst
138 (2.346 %)Designer
147 (2.053 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
Leeds IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
119 (5.572 %)Management Information System
216 (4.692 %)PKI
39 (2.639 %)SaaS
48 (2.346 %)Client/Server
55 (1.466 %)Computer Science
64 (1.173 %)Open Source
73 (0.880 %)Statistics
73 (0.880 %)Blackberry
82 (0.587 %)Mainframe
82 (0.587 %)Credit Risk
82 (0.587 %)Clustering
82 (0.587 %)e-Health
82 (0.587 %)Economics
82 (0.587 %)Mathematics
91 (0.293 %)NHS
91 (0.293 %)Firmware
91 (0.293 %)HACMP
91 (0.293 %)Multithreading
91 (0.293 %)IBM Mainframe
91 (0.293 %)iSeries
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
148 (14.08 %)Windows
232 (9.384 %)UNIX
319 (5.572 %)Linux
44 (1.173 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (0.880 %)Solaris
62 (0.587 %)Windows XP
71 (0.293 %)MVS
71 (0.293 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.293 %)AIX
71 (0.293 %)Windows Server 2008
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
179 (23.17 %)Project Management
249 (14.37 %)Business Analysis
333 (9.677 %)ITIL
422 (6.452 %)Service Management
422 (6.452 %)Agile Software Development
422 (6.452 %)Information Security
520 (5.865 %)PRINCE2
614 (4.106 %)Security Management
713 (3.812 %)Stakeholder Management
713 (3.812 %)Business Development
812 (3.519 %)CRM
812 (3.519 %)Software Architecture
911 (3.226 %)ERP
911 (3.226 %)IT Governance
1010 (2.933 %)Data Analysis
1010 (2.933 %)Change Management
119 (2.639 %)Asset Management
119 (2.639 %)Business Intelligence
128 (2.346 %)SOA
128 (2.346 %)Configuration Management
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
147 (13.78 %)SQL
233 (9.677 %)Java
233 (9.677 %)C#
315 (4.399 %)VB.NET
414 (4.106 %)C
414 (4.106 %)JavaScript
414 (4.106 %)VB
510 (2.933 %)T-SQL
68 (2.346 %)PL/SQL
77 (2.053 %)X++
84 (1.173 %)VBScript
84 (1.173 %)VBA
84 (1.173 %)Shell Script
84 (1.173 %)VB6
92 (0.587 %)C++
101 (0.293 %)COBOL
101 (0.293 %)Perl
101 (0.293 %)PHP
101 (0.293 %)Ruby
101 (0.293 %)JCL
Leeds IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
125 (7.331 %)Degree
210 (2.933 %)ISEB
36 (1.760 %)Microsoft Certification
45 (1.466 %)MCSE
54 (1.173 %)CISA
54 (1.173 %)APMP
63 (0.880 %)MCP
72 (0.587 %)CISSP
72 (0.587 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.587 %)CISM
81 (0.293 %)CCAB
81 (0.293 %)ACCA
81 (0.293 %)HND
81 (0.293 %)MCDBA
81 (0.293 %)CCIE
81 (0.293 %)CCNP
81 (0.293 %)CCNA
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (2.346 %)PCI DSS
26 (1.760 %)QA
33 (0.880 %)ISO27001
33 (0.880 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
41 (0.293 %)GAAP
Leeds IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
131 (9.091 %)Active Directory
27 (2.053 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (1.760 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.293 %)Terminal Server
Leeds IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.587 %)OpenView
12 (0.587 %)Netcool
21 (0.293 %)Tivoli
Leeds IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (14.96 %)Microsoft
241 (12.02 %)Oracle
331 (9.091 %)VMware
428 (8.211 %)Citrix
58 (2.346 %)IBM
66 (1.760 %)Cisco
75 (1.466 %)Vignette
75 (1.466 %)Adobe
84 (1.173 %)Cognos
93 (0.880 %)CA
93 (0.880 %)Sun
93 (0.880 %)HP
93 (0.880 %)Agresso
93 (0.880 %)DevExpress
102 (0.587 %)Google
102 (0.587 %)Infragistics
102 (0.587 %)Business Objects
102 (0.587 %)Intel
111 (0.293 %)Nortel
111 (0.293 %)Hitachi