The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 20 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 Miscellaneous category for the Leicestershire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 45 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 36 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 5.302% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 16.14% - -
Number of salaries quoted 34 0 0
Average salary £50,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +32.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
223 187 152
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 32.84% 26.41% 28.36%
Number of salaries quoted 194 163 137
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,500 £22,850
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,300 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
Biometrics
East Midlands

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Leicestershire Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Leicestershire Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Leicester - 5 £26,500 -
Biometrics
East Midlands

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 72 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 72 (100.00%) Finance
1 72 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 62 (86.11%) Identity Management
3 58 (80.56%) Degree
4 34 (47.22%) Computer Science
5 33 (45.83%) Windows
6 32 (44.44%) SQL
7 24 (33.33%) IIS
7 24 (33.33%) Windows XP
7 24 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
7 24 (33.33%) Windows Vista
7 24 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (33.33%) Test Scripting
7 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 24 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
8 23 (31.94%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (25.00%) JavaScript
10 15 (20.83%) Product Marketing
10 15 (20.83%) Marketing
11 13 (18.06%) Workflow
12 11 (15.28%) VPN
13 10 (13.89%) PhD
13 10 (13.89%) Java
13 10 (13.89%) C#
13 10 (13.89%) C++
13 10 (13.89%) .NET
13 10 (13.89%) Web Services
13 10 (13.89%) Mobile Payment
13 10 (13.89%) Web Development

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (13.89%) .NET
1 10 (13.89%) Web Services
2 8 (11.11%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 24 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (1.389%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (11.11%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.389%) Office 365
2 1 (1.389%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.28%) VPN
2 10 (13.89%) NFC
3 1 (1.389%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.389%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 72 (100.00%) Finance
2 15 (20.83%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (33.33%) Tester
1 24 (33.33%) Software Tester
2 17 (23.61%) Consultant
3 15 (20.83%) Pre Sales Engineer
4 14 (19.44%) Support Manager
5 10 (13.89%) Software Engineer
5 10 (13.89%) Graduate
6 9 (12.50%) Pre Sales Consultant
6 9 (12.50%) Sales Consultant
7 8 (11.11%) Technical Consultant
8 1 (1.389%) Business Analyst
8 1 (1.389%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 72 (100.00%) Smartcard
2 34 (47.22%) Computer Science
3 23 (31.94%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (13.89%) Mobile Payment
4 10 (13.89%) Cryptography
4 10 (13.89%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.389%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 33 (45.83%) Windows
2 24 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 24 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 24 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 24 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (1.389%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 62 (86.11%) Identity Management
3 24 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 24 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 15 (20.83%) Product Marketing
5 13 (18.06%) Workflow
6 10 (13.89%) Web Development
7 1 (1.389%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (44.44%) SQL
2 18 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 10 (13.89%) XAML
3 10 (13.89%) Objective-C
3 10 (13.89%) C#
3 10 (13.89%) C++
3 10 (13.89%) Java
Qualifications
1 58 (80.56%) Degree
2 24 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 10 (13.89%) PhD
4 8 (11.11%) CISSP
5 1 (1.389%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.389%) MCTS
5 1 (1.389%) MCITP
5 1 (1.389%) MCP
5 1 (1.389%) MCSE
5 1 (1.389%) MCSA
System Software
1 8 (11.11%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (1.389%) Microsoft
1 1 (1.389%) Apple