The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 17 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 7 19 11
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -8
Permanent jobs citing Finance 76 78 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 17.04% 11.57% 17.17%
As % of the General category 45.24% 42.16% 48.78%
Number of salaries quoted 62 74 57
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,800 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £62,500 £55,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
168 185 164
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 37.67% 27.45% 35.19%
Number of salaries quoted 141 172 118
Average salary £33,000 £40,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.50% +15.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,650 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
North West

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 17 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
Liverpool +6 57 £37,500 -6.25%
Southport +4 9 £27,500 -11.29%
Finance
North West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 59 (38.82%) Windows
2 54 (35.53%) SQL
3 49 (32.24%) .NET
4 46 (30.26%) SQL Server
5 45 (29.61%) Project Management
6 41 (26.97%) Degree
7 36 (23.68%) Oracle
8 25 (16.45%) Computer Science
9 24 (15.79%) Java
9 24 (15.79%) Linux
9 24 (15.79%) Business Analysis
10 22 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 22 (14.47%) C#
10 22 (14.47%) ASP.NET
11 21 (13.82%) MS Excel
12 20 (13.16%) OO
12 20 (13.16%) SAP
12 20 (13.16%) IIS
12 20 (13.16%) Windows Server 2003
13 19 (12.50%) XML
13 19 (12.50%) Manufacturing
14 17 (11.18%) Change Management
14 17 (11.18%) JavaScript
14 17 (11.18%) PRINCE2
14 17 (11.18%) AIX
14 17 (11.18%) ERP
15 16 (10.53%) Informix
15 16 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
15 16 (10.53%) Microsoft
15 16 (10.53%) Resource Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 49 (32.24%) .NET
2 22 (14.47%) ASP.NET
3 19 (12.50%) XML
4 14 (9.211%) Web Services
5 11 (7.237%) WCF
5 11 (7.237%) WPF
5 11 (7.237%) ASP.NET MVC
5 11 (7.237%) .NET Framework
6 10 (6.579%) CSS
7 9 (5.921%) HTML
7 9 (5.921%) jQuery
8 8 (5.263%) SOAP
9 7 (4.605%) ADO.NET
9 7 (4.605%) ASP
9 7 (4.605%) Microsoft Enterprise Library
9 7 (4.605%) LINQ
10 5 (3.289%) Castle Windsor
10 5 (3.289%) Ninject
10 5 (3.289%) WinForms
10 5 (3.289%) Spring.NET
Application Platforms
1 20 (13.16%) IIS
2 14 (9.211%) Apache
2 14 (9.211%) Tomcat
3 5 (3.289%) SAS
4 2 (1.316%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (0.658%) CMS
5 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (0.658%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.658%) Orchard CMS
5 1 (0.658%) MS Exchange
5 1 (0.658%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (13.82%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.289%) MS Project
2 5 (3.289%) SPSS
2 5 (3.289%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (2.632%) MS Office
3 4 (2.632%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.316%) ZBrush
4 2 (1.316%) RoboHelp
4 2 (1.316%) 3ds Max
4 2 (1.316%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (9.868%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (1.316%) SAP BPC
2 2 (1.316%) Lawson
3 1 (0.658%) SAP R/3
3 1 (0.658%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.658%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.658%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.658%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.658%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 15 (9.868%) Internet
2 14 (9.211%) Extranet
3 12 (7.895%) Intranet
4 4 (2.632%) SAN
5 2 (1.316%) DHCP
5 2 (1.316%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.316%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (30.26%) SQL Server
2 16 (10.53%) Informix
3 15 (9.868%) DB2
4 7 (4.605%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (3.947%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (3.289%) RDBMS
6 5 (3.289%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.632%) Data Mining
8 3 (1.974%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (1.974%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.316%) MS Access
10 1 (0.658%) MySQL
10 1 (0.658%) Oracle 8/8i
10 1 (0.658%) SQL Server 2012
10 1 (0.658%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.658%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 9 (5.921%) Subversion
2 8 (5.263%) Visual Studio
3 6 (3.947%) NUnit
3 6 (3.947%) TeamCity
3 6 (3.947%) Moq
4 5 (3.289%) MSTest
4 5 (3.289%) Rhino Mocks
5 3 (1.974%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.316%) Balsamiq Mockups
7 1 (0.658%) Hudson
7 1 (0.658%) Ant
7 1 (0.658%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 19 (12.50%) Manufacturing
2 10 (6.579%) Telecoms
2 10 (6.579%) Banking
3 9 (5.921%) Retail
4 4 (2.632%) Investment Banking
4 4 (2.632%) Marketing
4 4 (2.632%) Back Office
5 3 (1.974%) Financial Institution
5 3 (1.974%) Front Office
5 3 (1.974%) Games
6 2 (1.316%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (1.316%) Publishing
7 1 (0.658%) Law
7 1 (0.658%) Legal
7 1 (0.658%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 69 (45.39%) Analyst
2 34 (22.37%) Business Analyst
3 30 (19.74%) Developer
4 17 (11.18%) Technical Analyst
5 15 (9.868%) .NET Developer
6 11 (7.237%) Senior Analyst
7 10 (6.579%) Systems Analyst
7 10 (6.579%) C# Developer
8 9 (5.921%) Project Manager
8 9 (5.921%) C# .NET Developer
9 7 (4.605%) Consultant
10 6 (3.947%) Test Analyst
10 6 (3.947%) Systems Manager
10 6 (3.947%) Systems Developer
11 5 (3.289%) ASP.NET Developer
11 5 (3.289%) Administrator
11 5 (3.289%) Support Engineer
11 5 (3.289%) Data Architect
11 5 (3.289%) Architect
11 5 (3.289%) Business Intelligence Architect
Miscellaneous
1 25 (16.45%) Computer Science
2 10 (6.579%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.947%) Blackberry
3 6 (3.947%) Statistics
3 6 (3.947%) Digital Media
4 5 (3.289%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (3.289%) Inversion of Control
4 5 (3.289%) Physics
4 5 (3.289%) Neural Network
5 4 (2.632%) SaaS
6 3 (1.974%) Credit Risk
6 3 (1.974%) PMI
7 2 (1.316%) Streaming Video
7 2 (1.316%) Open Source
7 2 (1.316%) New Media
8 1 (0.658%) RIA
8 1 (0.658%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 59 (38.82%) Windows
2 24 (15.79%) Linux
3 20 (13.16%) Windows Server 2003
4 17 (11.18%) AIX
5 15 (9.868%) HPUX
5 15 (9.868%) Solaris
5 15 (9.868%) Windows Server 2008
6 11 (7.237%) UNIX
7 4 (2.632%) Windows XP
8 2 (1.316%) Android
8 2 (1.316%) Windows 7
8 2 (1.316%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.316%) Windows Phone 8
8 2 (1.316%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (29.61%) Project Management
2 24 (15.79%) Business Analysis
3 22 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (13.16%) OO
5 17 (11.18%) PRINCE2
5 17 (11.18%) ERP
5 17 (11.18%) Change Management
6 16 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
6 16 (10.53%) Resource Management
7 15 (9.868%) Strategic Planning
7 15 (9.868%) Process Management
8 14 (9.211%) MVC
8 14 (9.211%) Agile Software Development
9 11 (7.237%) User Acceptance Testing
9 11 (7.237%) Continuous Integration
10 10 (6.579%) Multithreading
10 10 (6.579%) Analytics
11 9 (5.921%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (5.263%) Time Management
12 8 (5.263%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (35.53%) SQL
2 24 (15.79%) Java
3 22 (14.47%) C#
4 17 (11.18%) JavaScript
5 10 (6.579%) VB.NET
6 9 (5.921%) C++
6 9 (5.921%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.605%) VB
7 7 (4.605%) VB6
8 5 (3.289%) VBA
8 5 (3.289%) PL/SQL
9 4 (2.632%) PHP
10 3 (1.974%) Perl
11 2 (1.316%) Python
11 2 (1.316%) Ruby
11 2 (1.316%) Groovy
12 1 (0.658%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.658%) Uniface
12 1 (0.658%) C
Qualifications
1 41 (26.97%) Degree
2 8 (5.263%) ISEB
3 7 (4.605%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (3.947%) MCP
5 5 (3.289%) MCAD
5 5 (3.289%) MCSD
5 5 (3.289%) MCTS
6 3 (1.974%) PMI Certification
6 3 (1.974%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 2 (1.316%) SC Cleared
7 2 (1.316%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.316%) MCITP
7 2 (1.316%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (1.316%) PMP
7 2 (1.316%) PhD
8 1 (0.658%) CCNA
8 1 (0.658%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.658%) MCSE
8 1 (0.658%) CCA
8 1 (0.658%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.947%) QA
2 5 (3.289%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.658%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.974%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.658%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.658%) XenApp
2 1 (0.658%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (2.632%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (1.316%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (23.68%) Oracle
2 20 (13.16%) SAP
3 16 (10.53%) Microsoft
4 15 (9.868%) Sun
4 15 (9.868%) Baan
4 15 (9.868%) JD Edwards
4 15 (9.868%) IBM
5 2 (1.316%) OutlookSoft
5 2 (1.316%) Northgate
5 2 (1.316%) NorthgateArinso
5 2 (1.316%) Bloomberg
5 2 (1.316%) Open Text
5 2 (1.316%) Fidessa
5 2 (1.316%) HP
5 2 (1.316%) Vignette
6 1 (0.658%) Cisco
6 1 (0.658%) Citrix
6 1 (0.658%) VMware
6 1 (0.658%) Sage
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