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The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in IT jobs within the Manchester region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8362
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching permanent IT job ads110203
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.085 %
As % of the category below4.966 %7.482 %
Salaries quoted91174
Average minimum salary£36,593£37,981
Average salary£40,341£40,456
% change on same period last year-0.28 %
Average maximum salary£44,088£42,932
UK excluding London average salary£41,392£39,536
% change on same period last year+4.69 %
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads22152713
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.226 %1.138 %
Salaries quoted19482345
Average minimum salary£37,038£39,798
Average salary£42,902£44,607
% change on same period last year-3.82 %
Average maximum salary£48,767£49,416
UK excluding London average salary£41,138£41,972
% change on same period last year-1.98 %
Insurance North WestInsurance
North West

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

Manchester Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Insurance across the Manchester region.

Manchester Insurance Salary Trend

Insurance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Insurance across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Manchester Insurance Salary Histogram

Insurance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
StockportDown-219£37,063+31.25 %
BoltonDown-67£33,300+39.72 %
SalfordNew entry-4£31,125-
RochdaleNew entry-1£33,000-
Insurance North WestInsurance
North West

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

1216 (57.60 %)Finance
298 (26.13 %)Banking
383 (22.13 %)SQL
475 (20.00 %)OO
475 (20.00 %)Retail
574 (19.73 %)Project Management
670 (18.67 %).NET
769 (18.40 %)UML
868 (18.13 %)Internet
964 (17.07 %)Pensions
1060 (16.00 %)Degree
1155 (14.67 %)VB
1254 (14.40 %)J2EE
1254 (14.40 %)Java
1254 (14.40 %)Online Banking
1348 (12.80 %)PRINCE2
1444 (11.73 %)C#
1444 (11.73 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1539 (10.40 %)OOD
1637 (9.867 %)Software Testing
1736 (9.600 %)Transact-SQL
1835 (9.333 %)Rational Rose
1934 (9.067 %)RDBMS
1934 (9.067 %)XML
2032 (8.533 %)Health
2129 (7.733 %)Windows
2227 (7.200 %)Microsoft
2227 (7.200 %)Telecoms
2227 (7.200 %)Retail Banking
2325 (6.667 %)Investment Banking

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
170 (18.67 %).NET
254 (14.40 %)J2EE
334 (9.067 %)XML
423 (6.133 %)ASP.NET
517 (4.533 %)HTML
517 (4.533 %)JSP
614 (3.733 %)CSS
712 (3.200 %)ADO
712 (3.200 %)EDI
811 (2.933 %)JDBC
99 (2.400 %)XSLT
99 (2.400 %)ASP
99 (2.400 %)Spring
108 (2.133 %).NET Framework
108 (2.133 %)Servlets
117 (1.867 %)WebServices
117 (1.867 %)XHTML
117 (1.867 %)LAMP
126 (1.600 %)JMS
126 (1.600 %)SAP ALE
Manchester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (2.667 %)Tomcat
28 (2.133 %)Apache
36 (1.600 %)WebSphere Application Server
36 (1.600 %)WebLogic
45 (1.333 %)JBoss
45 (1.333 %)SAS
53 (0.800 %)CMS
62 (0.533 %)Exchange Server 2003
62 (0.533 %)GlassFish
62 (0.533 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.267 %)SharePoint Portal Server
71 (0.267 %)Lotus Notes
71 (0.267 %)IIS
Manchester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (5.333 %)MS Excel
215 (4.000 %)MS Office
32 (0.533 %)MS Visio
Manchester IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.600 %)SAP R/3
22 (0.533 %)SAP FI
22 (0.533 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
31 (0.267 %)SAP FI/CO
31 (0.267 %)SAP CO
31 (0.267 %)SAP Oil and Gas
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
168 (18.13 %)Internet
25 (1.333 %)Intranet
33 (0.800 %)VPN
41 (0.267 %)SAN
41 (0.267 %)NetScreen
41 (0.267 %)Firewall
41 (0.267 %)Network Security
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
134 (9.067 %)RDBMS
222 (5.867 %)SQL Server
313 (3.467 %)MySQL
48 (2.133 %)Crystal Reports
56 (1.600 %)DB2
63 (0.800 %)Datawarehouse
72 (0.533 %)DTS
72 (0.533 %)SAP BI
72 (0.533 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
72 (0.533 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
72 (0.533 %)SQL Server 2005
72 (0.533 %)SQL Server Integration Services
72 (0.533 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
72 (0.533 %)OLAP
72 (0.533 %)MS Access
81 (0.267 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.267 %)SAP BW
81 (0.267 %)SQL Server 2000
81 (0.267 %)GIS
81 (0.267 %)ETL
Manchester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
135 (9.333 %)Rational Rose
216 (4.267 %)LoadRunner
313 (3.467 %)WinRunner
313 (3.467 %)QuickTest Pro
411 (2.933 %)Eclipse
57 (1.867 %)Flash
66 (1.600 %)TestDirector
66 (1.600 %)Ant
66 (1.600 %)JUnit
72 (0.533 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.267 %)Rational Robot
Manchester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1216 (57.60 %)Finance
298 (26.13 %)Banking
375 (20.00 %)Retail
464 (17.07 %)Pensions
554 (14.40 %)Online Banking
632 (8.533 %)Health
727 (7.200 %)Retail Banking
727 (7.200 %)Telecoms
825 (6.667 %)Investment Banking
910 (2.667 %)Construction
109 (2.400 %)Legal
115 (1.333 %)Games
124 (1.067 %)Pharmaceutical
133 (0.800 %)Back Office
133 (0.800 %)Education
142 (0.533 %)Government
142 (0.533 %)Publishing
151 (0.267 %)Billing
151 (0.267 %)Financial Institution
Manchester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1115 (30.67 %)Analyst
273 (19.47 %)Developer
359 (15.73 %)Business Analyst
449 (13.07 %)Project Manager
536 (9.600 %)Systems Analyst
631 (8.267 %)Team Leader
723 (6.133 %)Consultant
819 (5.067 %)Java Developer
917 (4.533 %)Test Manager
1015 (4.000 %)SQL Developer
1113 (3.467 %)SQL Server Developer
1113 (3.467 %)Tester
1113 (3.467 %)Programmer
1212 (3.200 %)Access Developer
1212 (3.200 %)Financial Business Analyst
1212 (3.200 %)Financial Services Business Analyst
1311 (2.933 %)VBA Developer
1311 (2.933 %)VB Developer
1311 (2.933 %)Architect
1410 (2.667 %)Systems Manager
Manchester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (3.467 %)Mathematics
27 (1.867 %)VAX
36 (1.600 %)Life Science
43 (0.800 %)Statistics
52 (0.533 %)Management Information System
52 (0.533 %)Credit Risk
52 (0.533 %)Clustering
52 (0.533 %)Data Extraction
61 (0.267 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.267 %)APACS
61 (0.267 %)EMV
61 (0.267 %)NHS
61 (0.267 %)W3C
61 (0.267 %)Mainframe
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (7.733 %)Windows
217 (4.533 %)Linux
316 (4.267 %)OpenVMS
410 (2.667 %)VMS
59 (2.400 %)UNIX
62 (0.533 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.267 %)Red Hat Linux
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
175 (20.00 %)OO
274 (19.73 %)Project Management
369 (18.40 %)UML
448 (12.80 %)PRINCE2
539 (10.40 %)OOD
637 (9.867 %)Software Testing
725 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
824 (6.400 %)Data Modelling
921 (5.600 %)System Testing
1020 (5.333 %)Document Management
1118 (4.800 %)RAD
1118 (4.800 %)RUP
1118 (4.800 %)DSDM
1217 (4.533 %)Business Analysis
1316 (4.267 %)Test Scripting
1316 (4.267 %)User Acceptance Testing
1412 (3.200 %)Agile Software Development
1511 (2.933 %)Time Management
1610 (2.667 %)SOA
179 (2.400 %)Automated Testing
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
183 (22.13 %)SQL
255 (14.67 %)VB
354 (14.40 %)Java
444 (11.73 %)C#
536 (9.600 %)Transact-SQL
625 (6.667 %)VB.NET
724 (6.400 %)C
724 (6.400 %)JavaScript
822 (5.867 %)C++
911 (2.933 %)VBA
107 (1.867 %)PHP5
107 (1.867 %)Perl
107 (1.867 %)PHP
116 (1.600 %)ABAP
125 (1.333 %)SAPscript
125 (1.333 %)VBScript
134 (1.067 %)DHTML
143 (0.800 %)VB6
Manchester IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (16.00 %)Degree
244 (11.73 %)PRINCE2 Certification
312 (3.200 %)ISEB
45 (1.333 %)HNC
45 (1.333 %)HND
53 (0.800 %)ITIL Certification
62 (0.533 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (0.267 %)MCP
71 (0.267 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.267 %)MCSE
71 (0.267 %)CCNA
71 (0.267 %)CCSA
71 (0.267 %)CCSE
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
118 (4.800 %)QA
21 (0.267 %)SLA
Manchester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.267 %)Active Directory
11 (0.267 %)VMware ESX
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.800 %)ServiceCenter
21 (0.267 %)ARCserve
Manchester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (7.200 %)Microsoft
221 (5.600 %)SAP
319 (5.067 %)HP
49 (2.400 %)Oracle
57 (1.867 %)IBM
64 (1.067 %)Compuware
73 (0.800 %)Avaya
82 (0.533 %)Juniper
82 (0.533 %)PeopleSoft
82 (0.533 %)Siebel
82 (0.533 %)Crossbeam
91 (0.267 %)EMC
91 (0.267 %)Citrix
91 (0.267 %)Cisco
91 (0.267 %)Business Objects
91 (0.267 %)Cognos
91 (0.267 %)Nokia
91 (0.267 %)Novell
91 (0.267 %)Lotus
91 (0.267 %)Red Hat