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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 10 32 11
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -21
Permanent jobs citing Finance 113 43 70
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 16.26% 6.143% 13.26%
As % of the General category 42.48% 19.91% 35.18%
Number of salaries quoted 102 39 59
Average salary £45,000 £41,712 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.88% +11.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £51,000 £76,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
266 216 199
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 38.27% 30.86% 37.69%
Number of salaries quoted 236 180 168
Average salary £40,000 £33,000 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.21% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £21,200
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £47,750
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Leicestershire Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +14 45 £47,500 +18.75%
Loughborough -10 1 £40,000 +45.45%
Finance
East Midlands

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

1 104 (53.33%) Smartcard
1 104 (53.33%) Cyber Security
2 72 (36.92%) Biometrics
3 69 (35.38%) Degree
4 65 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 63 (32.31%) SQL
6 62 (31.79%) Identity Management
7 58 (29.74%) C#
7 58 (29.74%) .NET
8 46 (23.59%) SQL Server
9 45 (23.08%) JavaScript
9 45 (23.08%) Windows
10 44 (22.56%) Web Development
11 35 (17.95%) Oracle
12 32 (16.41%) XML
13 29 (14.87%) C++
13 29 (14.87%) Java
13 29 (14.87%) Marketing
14 28 (14.36%) Security Cleared
15 27 (13.85%) LDAP
16 26 (13.33%) MS Excel
17 25 (12.82%) Web Services
18 24 (12.31%) Microsoft
19 23 (11.79%) Windows XP
19 23 (11.79%) IIS
19 23 (11.79%) Windows Server 2003
19 23 (11.79%) Windows Server 2008
19 23 (11.79%) Windows Vista
19 23 (11.79%) Test Scripting
19 23 (11.79%) Agile Software Development

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 58 (29.74%) .NET
2 32 (16.41%) XML
3 25 (12.82%) Web Services
4 21 (10.77%) ASP
5 20 (10.26%) HTML
6 17 (8.718%) XSLT
7 16 (8.205%) DHTML
8 15 (7.692%) ASP.NET
9 9 (4.615%) CSS
9 9 (4.615%) WPF
10 7 (3.590%) Django
10 7 (3.590%) jQuery
11 5 (2.564%) Ajax
12 3 (1.538%) .NET Framework
12 3 (1.538%) WCF
13 1 (0.513%) Middleware
13 1 (0.513%) XHTML
13 1 (0.513%) ADO.NET
13 1 (0.513%) NHibernate
13 1 (0.513%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 23 (11.79%) IIS
2 9 (4.615%) CMS
3 7 (3.590%) RabbitMQ
3 7 (3.590%) Amazon EC2
3 7 (3.590%) Amazon AWS
4 5 (2.564%) Joomla!
4 5 (2.564%) WordPress
5 2 (1.026%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.026%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.513%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.513%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.513%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 26 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 10 (5.128%) MS Office
3 5 (2.564%) MS PowerPoint
4 2 (1.026%) Office 365
4 2 (1.026%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (9.744%) Oracle Financials
2 17 (8.718%) Oracle EBS R12
3 16 (8.205%) Oracle iProcurement
4 12 (6.154%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (3.590%) Oracle 11i
6 4 (2.051%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (1.538%) SAP FI
7 3 (1.538%) Oracle Applications
7 3 (1.538%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (1.538%) SAP CO
8 2 (1.026%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 27 (13.85%) LDAP
2 13 (6.667%) VPN
3 10 (5.128%) NFC
4 9 (4.615%) Internet
5 3 (1.538%) Firewall
6 2 (1.026%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.513%) MPLS
7 1 (0.513%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (23.59%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.128%) TOAD
3 7 (3.590%) MySQL
4 6 (3.077%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.564%) DTS
6 3 (1.538%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.538%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (1.026%) SQL Server 2008
7 2 (1.026%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.026%) MS Access
8 1 (0.513%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.513%) UniData
8 1 (0.513%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.513%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.513%) mvBase
8 1 (0.513%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 11 (5.641%) Visual Studio
2 10 (5.128%) NUnit
3 4 (2.051%) MorphX
4 1 (0.513%) ReSharper
4 1 (0.513%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.513%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.513%) NCover
4 1 (0.513%) GitHub
General
1 29 (14.87%) Marketing
2 18 (9.231%) Retail
3 6 (3.077%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.513%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 56 (28.72%) Developer
2 32 (16.41%) Analyst
3 25 (12.82%) Consultant
4 23 (11.79%) Tester
4 23 (11.79%) Software Tester
5 16 (8.205%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 16 (8.205%) C# .NET Developer
5 16 (8.205%) C# Developer
6 15 (7.692%) Support Analyst
7 14 (7.179%) Project Manager
7 14 (7.179%) Support Manager
8 12 (6.154%) Graduate
9 11 (5.641%) Software Developer
9 11 (5.641%) Business Analyst
9 11 (5.641%) C++ Software Developer
9 11 (5.641%) .NET Developer
9 11 (5.641%) C++ Developer
10 10 (5.128%) Software Engineer
10 10 (5.128%) Senior Developer
11 9 (4.615%) Sales Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 104 (53.33%) Smartcard
2 72 (36.92%) Biometrics
3 65 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 23 (11.79%) Enterprise Software
5 21 (10.77%) Mathematics
6 13 (6.667%) Blackberry
7 11 (5.641%) PKI
8 10 (5.128%) Cryptography
8 10 (5.128%) Mobile Payment
9 7 (3.590%) Management Information System
9 7 (3.590%) SaaS
10 4 (2.051%) EPoS
11 3 (1.538%) Statistics
12 2 (1.026%) Social Media
12 2 (1.026%) Blog
12 2 (1.026%) Economics
13 1 (0.513%) W3C
13 1 (0.513%) N-Tier
13 1 (0.513%) SCADA
13 1 (0.513%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 45 (23.08%) Windows
2 23 (11.79%) Windows XP
2 23 (11.79%) Windows Server 2003
2 23 (11.79%) Windows Server 2008
2 23 (11.79%) Windows Vista
3 13 (6.667%) Android
4 11 (5.641%) BlackBerry OS
4 11 (5.641%) Apple iOS
5 7 (3.590%) Ubuntu
6 3 (1.538%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 104 (53.33%) Cyber Security
2 62 (31.79%) Identity Management
3 44 (22.56%) Web Development
4 23 (11.79%) Test Scripting
4 23 (11.79%) Agile Software Development
5 19 (9.744%) Project Management
6 16 (8.205%) Product Marketing
6 16 (8.205%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (7.179%) E-Commerce
8 12 (6.154%) Workflow
9 11 (5.641%) Information Security
9 11 (5.641%) Software Engineering
10 10 (5.128%) UML
11 9 (4.615%) Scrum
11 9 (4.615%) Extreme Programming
11 9 (4.615%) OWASP
11 9 (4.615%) Web Accessibility
12 8 (4.103%) Data Analysis
12 8 (4.103%) ERP
13 7 (3.590%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 63 (32.31%) SQL
2 58 (29.74%) C#
3 45 (23.08%) JavaScript
4 29 (14.87%) C++
4 29 (14.87%) Java
5 10 (5.128%) Objective-C
5 10 (5.128%) XAML
6 9 (4.615%) Python
7 7 (3.590%) PHP
8 6 (3.077%) VB
8 6 (3.077%) C
9 5 (2.564%) VBScript
10 3 (1.538%) T-SQL
10 3 (1.538%) X++
11 2 (1.026%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (35.38%) Degree
2 28 (14.36%) Security Cleared
3 10 (5.128%) PhD
4 7 (3.590%) CISSP
5 5 (2.564%) HNC
6 4 (2.051%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (1.538%) ISEB
7 3 (1.538%) SC Cleared
8 2 (1.026%) MCTS
8 2 (1.026%) MCITP
8 2 (1.026%) MCSE
8 2 (1.026%) MCSA
8 2 (1.026%) MCP
8 2 (1.026%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.513%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.513%) CCNA
9 1 (0.513%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.77%) ISO 9001
2 16 (8.205%) TickIT
3 2 (1.026%) SLA
4 1 (0.513%) COBIT
4 1 (0.513%) QA
System Software
1 7 (3.590%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 35 (17.95%) Oracle
2 24 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.590%) SAP
3 7 (3.590%) Sage
4 2 (1.026%) PeopleSoft
4 2 (1.026%) Apple
5 1 (0.513%) Remedy
5 1 (0.513%) CheckPoint
5 1 (0.513%) Cisco
5 1 (0.513%) Sitecore
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