The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 22 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 600 - 629
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing APACS 1 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.002% - 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.006% - 0.004%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
Average salary £60,000 - £63,000
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 £35,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+44.36% +18.33%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
17508 21611 24234
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 39.79% 39.68% 42.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14427 18537 20198
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
APACS
England

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Salary Trend

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

London APACS Salary Trend

APACS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the London region over the 3 months to 22 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
City of London - 1 £60,000 -
APACS
England

APACS
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

1 7 (87.50%) Mercator
1 7 (87.50%) OpenLink
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
1 7 (87.50%) Temenos T24
1 7 (87.50%) SWIFT
1 7 (87.50%) T-Plan
2 6 (75.00%) SAP GTS
2 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (75.00%) Change Management
2 6 (75.00%) Banking
2 6 (75.00%) SAP
3 4 (50.00%) Test Management
3 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
5 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
5 1 (12.50%) VeriFone
5 1 (12.50%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (12.50%) C
5 1 (12.50%) C++
5 1 (12.50%) Advertising
5 1 (12.50%) ISO 8583
5 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
5 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
5 1 (12.50%) EMV
5 1 (12.50%) EFTPOS

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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.

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Temenos T24
2 6 (75.00%) SAP GTS
General
1 7 (87.50%) Finance
2 6 (75.00%) Banking
3 1 (12.50%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Test Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Test Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Team Leader
2 1 (12.50%) Junior Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) SWIFT
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (12.50%) EMV
2 1 (12.50%) EFTPOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 6 (75.00%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) Test Management
2 4 (50.00%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) C++
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded C
1 1 (12.50%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Mercator
1 7 (87.50%) OpenLink
1 7 (87.50%) T-Plan
2 6 (75.00%) SAP
3 1 (12.50%) VeriFone
City, London
Innovative Payments solutions provider require a Developer/ Programmer / Software Engineer with advanced embedded C/ C++ coding skills and a detailed knowledgeof Card Payments and POS systems / Payment Terminals (...
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Salary: £40000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013