The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Leicester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 23 37 12
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -25
Permanent jobs citing Finance 45 19 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 11.45% 5.307% 13.78%
As % of the General category 29.61% 15.83% 38.61%
Number of salaries quoted 41 17 30
Average salary £47,500 £40,000 £40,698
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.75% -1.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £26,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £65,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Leicester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
152 120 101
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicester 38.68% 33.52% 35.69%
Number of salaries quoted 134 106 84
Average salary £40,000 £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £27,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,550 £70,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Leicestershire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicester Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 34 (44.16%) C#
1 34 (44.16%) .NET
2 30 (38.96%) SQL Server
3 27 (35.06%) Oracle
4 25 (32.47%) SQL
5 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
6 17 (22.08%) Smartcard
6 17 (22.08%) Web Development
6 17 (22.08%) Cyber Security
7 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (20.78%) Computer Science
7 16 (20.78%) C++
7 16 (20.78%) Java
7 16 (20.78%) XML
8 15 (19.48%) MS Excel
8 15 (19.48%) Retail
8 15 (19.48%) Mathematics
9 14 (18.18%) Oracle Financials
10 13 (16.88%) Windows
10 13 (16.88%) ASP.NET
10 13 (16.88%) E-Commerce
11 12 (15.58%) Web Services
11 12 (15.58%) Project Management
11 12 (15.58%) Oracle EBS R12
11 12 (15.58%) Oracle iProcurement
12 11 (14.29%) Apple iOS
12 11 (14.29%) BlackBerry OS
12 11 (14.29%) Android
12 11 (14.29%) PKI
12 11 (14.29%) Software Engineering

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicester 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 34 (44.16%) .NET
2 16 (20.78%) XML
3 13 (16.88%) ASP.NET
4 12 (15.58%) Web Services
5 7 (9.091%) jQuery
6 5 (6.494%) ASP
6 5 (6.494%) Ajax
7 3 (3.896%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.896%) WCF
8 2 (2.597%) WPF
9 1 (1.299%) Middleware
9 1 (1.299%) ADO.NET
9 1 (1.299%) XHTML
9 1 (1.299%) XSLT
9 1 (1.299%) CSS
9 1 (1.299%) WinForms
9 1 (1.299%) LINQ
9 1 (1.299%) HTML5
9 1 (1.299%) LINQ to SQL
9 1 (1.299%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 4 (5.195%) CMS
2 2 (2.597%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.299%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.299%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (1.299%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 15 (19.48%) MS Excel
2 8 (10.39%) MS Office
3 5 (6.494%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (2.597%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (18.18%) Oracle Financials
2 12 (15.58%) Oracle EBS R12
2 12 (15.58%) Oracle iProcurement
3 8 (10.39%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (7.792%) Oracle 11i
5 1 (1.299%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.299%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.29%) LDAP
2 9 (11.69%) Internet
3 5 (6.494%) VPN
4 4 (5.195%) NFC
5 1 (1.299%) HTTP
5 1 (1.299%) MPLS
5 1 (1.299%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (38.96%) SQL Server
2 8 (10.39%) TOAD
3 6 (7.792%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 5 (6.494%) DTS
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (2.597%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (2.597%) Crystal Reports
5 2 (2.597%) MS Access
6 1 (1.299%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.299%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.299%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.299%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (1.299%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Visual Studio
2 10 (12.99%) NUnit
3 1 (1.299%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.299%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.299%) NCover
3 1 (1.299%) MorphX
3 1 (1.299%) ReSharper
3 1 (1.299%) GitHub
General
1 15 (19.48%) Retail
2 9 (11.69%) Marketing
3 1 (1.299%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.299%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 25 (32.47%) Developer
2 21 (27.27%) Analyst
3 11 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 11 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 11 (14.29%) C++ Software Developer
3 11 (14.29%) C++ Developer
4 10 (12.99%) Project Manager
4 10 (12.99%) Senior Developer
5 7 (9.091%) Consultant
5 7 (9.091%) Functional Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Oracle Analyst
5 7 (9.091%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 6 (7.792%) Oracle Consultant
6 6 (7.792%) Graduate
7 5 (6.494%) Applications Support
7 5 (6.494%) Senior Manager
8 4 (5.195%) Business Analyst
8 4 (5.195%) Software Engineer
8 4 (5.195%) Applications Support Analyst
9 3 (3.896%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 17 (22.08%) Smartcard
2 16 (20.78%) Computer Science
3 15 (19.48%) Mathematics
4 11 (14.29%) PKI
4 11 (14.29%) Blackberry
5 6 (7.792%) Biometrics
5 6 (7.792%) Management Information System
6 4 (5.195%) Mobile Payment
6 4 (5.195%) Cryptography
7 3 (3.896%) EPoS
7 3 (3.896%) Statistics
8 1 (1.299%) N-Tier
8 1 (1.299%) W3C
8 1 (1.299%) SCADA
8 1 (1.299%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.88%) Windows
2 11 (14.29%) Apple iOS
2 11 (14.29%) BlackBerry OS
2 11 (14.29%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.08%) Web Development
1 17 (22.08%) Cyber Security
2 16 (20.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (16.88%) E-Commerce
4 12 (15.58%) Project Management
5 11 (14.29%) Software Engineering
5 11 (14.29%) Information Security
6 9 (11.69%) Scrum
6 9 (11.69%) Extreme Programming
6 9 (11.69%) UML
6 9 (11.69%) Web Accessibility
6 9 (11.69%) OWASP
7 6 (7.792%) Data Analysis
7 6 (7.792%) MVC
8 5 (6.494%) Change Management
8 5 (6.494%) Requirements Analysis
8 5 (6.494%) Change Control
9 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2
9 3 (3.896%) Stakeholder Management
9 3 (3.896%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (44.16%) C#
2 25 (32.47%) SQL
3 16 (20.78%) C++
3 16 (20.78%) Java
4 11 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 6 (7.792%) VB
5 6 (7.792%) C
6 5 (6.494%) VBScript
7 4 (5.195%) XAML
7 4 (5.195%) Objective-C
8 2 (2.597%) Python
8 2 (2.597%) T-SQL
8 2 (2.597%) PHP
8 2 (2.597%) VB.NET
9 1 (1.299%) X++
Qualifications
1 6 (7.792%) Degree
2 5 (6.494%) HNC
3 4 (5.195%) PhD
4 3 (3.896%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.896%) ISEB
5 1 (1.299%) CCNA
5 1 (1.299%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.299%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.299%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.299%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.494%) ISO 9001
2 2 (2.597%) SLA
3 1 (1.299%) QA
3 1 (1.299%) COBIT
Vendors
1 27 (35.06%) Oracle
2 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.494%) Sage
4 1 (1.299%) Cisco
4 1 (1.299%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.299%) Remedy
4 1 (1.299%) SAP
4 1 (1.299%) Sitecore
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