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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in IT jobs within the Midlands 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 Finance over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank43
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads161327
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.087 %0.136 %
As % of the category below36.84 %40.93 %
Salaries quoted117274
Average minimum salary£42,291£41,776
Average salary£50,361£49,163
% change on same period last year+2.43 %
Average maximum salary£58,432£56,550
UK excluding London average salary£43,354£44,190
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads437799
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.235 %0.333 %
Salaries quoted331635
Average minimum salary£43,814£41,595
Average salary£49,773£48,211
% change on same period last year+3.24 %
Average maximum salary£55,733£54,827
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Finance EnglandFinance
England

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Midlands Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

Midlands Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Midlands Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

193 (20.67 %)Oracle
289 (19.78 %)SAP
365 (14.44 %)ERP
456 (12.44 %)SQL
545 (10.00 %)Oracle Financials
545 (10.00 %)Sage
644 (9.778 %)Telecoms
743 (9.556 %)Manufacturing
743 (9.556 %)Degree
842 (9.333 %)Retail
935 (7.778 %)Project Management
1034 (7.556 %)Oracle 11i
1133 (7.333 %)Microsoft
1232 (7.111 %)Government
1330 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft
1330 (6.667 %)Banking
1427 (6.000 %)MS Excel
1427 (6.000 %)CRM
1427 (6.000 %)Baan
1427 (6.000 %)Oracle EBS
1526 (5.778 %)PRINCE2
1624 (5.333 %)ACCA
1624 (5.333 %)Java
1723 (5.111 %)Epicor
1723 (5.111 %)CIMA
1723 (5.111 %)Service Delivery
1822 (4.889 %)Dynamics AX
1921 (4.667 %)Health
1921 (4.667 %)JD Edwards
1921 (4.667 %)Business Intelligence

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Midlands 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.

Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (4.222 %)WebSphere
218 (4.000 %)XML
313 (2.889 %)HTML
411 (2.444 %)Struts
411 (2.444 %)Spring
411 (2.444 %)JSF
411 (2.444 %)Java SE
411 (2.444 %)Java EE
510 (2.222 %)J2EE
63 (0.667 %).NET
72 (0.444 %)ASP.NET
72 (0.444 %)Middleware
81 (0.222 %)WinForms
81 (0.222 %)SAP Basis
81 (0.222 %)ActiveX
81 (0.222 %)WBIMB
81 (0.222 %)ISPF
81 (0.222 %)CSS
81 (0.222 %)WebServices
81 (0.222 %)ASP
Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (3.333 %)WebSphere Application Server
212 (2.667 %)SAS
39 (2.000 %)Oracle Workflow
45 (1.111 %)SharePoint
53 (0.667 %)SharePoint Server 2007
62 (0.444 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (0.444 %)Mathematica
62 (0.444 %)BizTalk Server
71 (0.222 %)Commerce Server
71 (0.222 %)Oracle 9iAS
71 (0.222 %)NetWeaver
71 (0.222 %)MS Exchange
71 (0.222 %)MQSeries
71 (0.222 %)Oracle 10gAS
Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
127 (6.000 %)MS Excel
210 (2.222 %)MS Visio
33 (0.667 %)MS Office
33 (0.667 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.444 %)SPSS
42 (0.444 %)MATLAB
51 (0.222 %)S-PLUS
51 (0.222 %)Stata
Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
145 (10.00 %)Oracle Financials
234 (7.556 %)Oracle 11i
327 (6.000 %)Oracle EBS
422 (4.889 %)Dynamics AX
520 (4.444 %)Great Plains
619 (4.222 %)Axapta
619 (4.222 %)Movex
718 (4.000 %)JDE OneWorld
817 (3.778 %)Oracle Applications
914 (3.111 %)SAP FI
1011 (2.444 %)Dynamics NAV
1110 (2.222 %)SyteLine
129 (2.000 %)Oracle ASCP
129 (2.000 %)SAP FI/CO
129 (2.000 %)SAP CO
138 (1.778 %)Oracle Manufacturing
147 (1.556 %)SAP HR
147 (1.556 %)SAP Payroll
147 (1.556 %)SAP HR-PA
156 (1.333 %)SAP SD
Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (1.778 %)VoIP
18 (1.778 %)WAN
26 (1.333 %)Firewall
35 (1.111 %)Symposium
35 (1.111 %)Nortel Meridian
35 (1.111 %)LAN
35 (1.111 %)PBX
35 (1.111 %)SAN
35 (1.111 %)CTI
35 (1.111 %)Internet
43 (0.667 %)TCP/IP
43 (0.667 %)VLAN
52 (0.444 %)Network Security
52 (0.444 %)Broadband
61 (0.222 %)SSL
Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (4.667 %)SQL Server
219 (4.222 %)Datawarehouse
315 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
413 (2.889 %)Oracle Discoverer
512 (2.667 %)Oracle Reports
512 (2.667 %)SAP BW
611 (2.444 %)BusinessObjects
79 (2.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
79 (2.000 %)Oracle 9i
85 (1.111 %)TOAD
94 (0.889 %)SQL Server 2005
103 (0.667 %)Data Mining
103 (0.667 %)ETL
103 (0.667 %)RDBMS
112 (0.444 %)Star Schema
112 (0.444 %)Base SAS
112 (0.444 %)SAP BI
112 (0.444 %)Data Mart
121 (0.222 %)BODI
121 (0.222 %)PostgreSQL
Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (2.444 %)Oracle Forms
25 (1.111 %)TestDirector
33 (0.667 %)QuickTest Pro
42 (0.444 %)ProC
51 (0.222 %)JDeveloper
Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (9.778 %)Telecoms
243 (9.556 %)Manufacturing
342 (9.333 %)Retail
432 (7.111 %)Government
530 (6.667 %)Banking
621 (4.667 %)Health
715 (3.333 %)Construction
811 (2.444 %)Insurance
910 (2.222 %)Financial Institution
910 (2.222 %)Electric
109 (2.000 %)Pensions
117 (1.556 %)Billing
126 (1.333 %)Marketing
135 (1.111 %)Local Government
135 (1.111 %)Legal
135 (1.111 %)Automotive
144 (0.889 %)Auditing
153 (0.667 %)Education
153 (0.667 %)Telemarketing
153 (0.667 %)Retail Banking
Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1178 (39.56 %)Consultant
239 (8.667 %)Analyst
336 (8.000 %)SAP Consultant
434 (7.556 %)Oracle Consultant
532 (7.111 %)Project Manager
630 (6.667 %)Technical Consultant
725 (5.556 %)Architect
725 (5.556 %)Developer
821 (4.667 %)Oracle Financials Consultant
821 (4.667 %)ERP Consultant
918 (4.000 %)Functional Consultant
1017 (3.778 %)Solutions Architect
1115 (3.333 %)Administrator
1115 (3.333 %)Oracle Functional Consultant
1115 (3.333 %)AIX Administrator
1214 (3.111 %)Account Manager
1214 (3.111 %)Systems Administrator
1214 (3.111 %)Business Analyst
1313 (2.889 %)Senior Consultant
1313 (2.889 %)Trainee
Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (1.778 %)Mainframe
26 (1.333 %)Mathematics
35 (1.111 %)Statistics
35 (1.111 %)Replication
35 (1.111 %)IVR
44 (0.889 %)Client/Server
44 (0.889 %)Credit Risk
53 (0.667 %)Fat Client
53 (0.667 %)Physics
53 (0.667 %)Thin Client
53 (0.667 %)Data Integration
62 (0.444 %)Data Conversion
62 (0.444 %)Tandem
62 (0.444 %)Economics
71 (0.222 %)CCTV
71 (0.222 %)MPEG
71 (0.222 %)PMI
71 (0.222 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.222 %)NHS
71 (0.222 %)Video Conferencing
Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
121 (4.667 %)Windows
219 (4.222 %)AIX
314 (3.111 %)UNIX
412 (2.667 %)Linux
56 (1.333 %)Windows Server 2003
63 (0.667 %)Solaris
71 (0.222 %)Windows XP
Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
165 (14.44 %)ERP
235 (7.778 %)Project Management
327 (6.000 %)CRM
426 (5.778 %)PRINCE2
523 (5.111 %)Service Delivery
621 (4.667 %)Business Intelligence
718 (4.000 %)Migration
817 (3.778 %)ITIL
916 (3.556 %)OO
1015 (3.333 %)Logistics
1114 (3.111 %)EAI
1213 (2.889 %)Business Development
1311 (2.444 %)Unit Testing
1311 (2.444 %)Data Management
1311 (2.444 %)Change Management
149 (2.000 %)Workflow
149 (2.000 %)PLM
149 (2.000 %)Supply Chain Management
149 (2.000 %)Data Migration
158 (1.778 %)Zachman Framework
Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (12.44 %)SQL
224 (5.333 %)Java
319 (4.222 %)C
413 (2.889 %)PL/SQL
413 (2.889 %)ABAP
512 (2.667 %)XPath
611 (2.444 %)JavaScript
611 (2.444 %)XQuery
79 (2.000 %)RPG
88 (1.778 %)C++
97 (1.556 %)C#
97 (1.556 %)Delphi
103 (0.667 %)VB
112 (0.444 %)VB.NET
112 (0.444 %)Prolog
112 (0.444 %)Modula-2
121 (0.222 %)VBA
121 (0.222 %)JCL
121 (0.222 %)PowerHouse
121 (0.222 %)VBScript
Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (9.556 %)Degree
224 (5.333 %)ACCA
323 (5.111 %)CIMA
412 (2.667 %)Microsoft Certification
412 (2.667 %)MCSE
58 (1.778 %)CCNA
58 (1.778 %)CCA
58 (1.778 %)Citrix Certification
58 (1.778 %)Cisco Certification
58 (1.778 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
66 (1.333 %)Oracle Certification
75 (1.111 %)CCEA
75 (1.111 %)HP ASE
84 (0.889 %)ISEB
93 (0.667 %)CCNP
102 (0.444 %)CISA
102 (0.444 %)QiCA
102 (0.444 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
102 (0.444 %)SAS Certification
102 (0.444 %)ISEB Practitioner
Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.444 %)QA
25 (1.111 %)SLA
32 (0.444 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.444 %)Basel II
Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (3.111 %)Active Directory
114 (3.111 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (0.667 %)Terminal Services
Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.889 %)MOM
23 (0.667 %)HP Data Protector
Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
193 (20.67 %)Oracle
289 (19.78 %)SAP
345 (10.00 %)Sage
433 (7.333 %)Microsoft
530 (6.667 %)PeopleSoft
627 (6.000 %)Baan
723 (5.111 %)Epicor
821 (4.667 %)JD Edwards
915 (3.333 %)VMware
1014 (3.111 %)Agresso
1113 (2.889 %)CODA
1211 (2.444 %)Citrix
1211 (2.444 %)Business Objects
1310 (2.222 %)Chordiant
1310 (2.222 %)Cognos
1310 (2.222 %)Geac
1310 (2.222 %)QAD
1310 (2.222 %)Infor
149 (2.000 %)HP
149 (2.000 %)Cisco