The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 1 3 10
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +7
Permanent jobs citing Finance 43 65 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 17.84% 22.03% 9.309%
As % of the General category 39.81% 55.56% 36.84%
Number of salaries quoted 24 58 34
Average salary £42,500 £51,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.07% +13.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £66,250 £65,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
108 117 95
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Midlands 44.81% 39.66% 25.27%
Number of salaries quoted 78 102 75
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £40,500 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,500 £70,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
- +4.93%
Finance
England

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Midlands Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 22 (24.72%) Oracle
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.10%) SAP
3 13 (14.61%) Windows
3 13 (14.61%) VMware
3 13 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (13.48%) Cisco
4 12 (13.48%) HP
4 12 (13.48%) Citrix
4 12 (13.48%) Project Management
5 11 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (12.36%) LAN
5 11 (12.36%) WAN
5 11 (12.36%) ITIL
5 11 (12.36%) Retail
5 11 (12.36%) Hyper-V
5 11 (12.36%) XenApp
5 11 (12.36%) XenServer
5 11 (12.36%) XenDesktop
5 11 (12.36%) vSphere
5 11 (12.36%) Lync
6 9 (10.11%) QA
6 9 (10.11%) Service Management
6 9 (10.11%) Solaris
6 9 (10.11%) Oracle Financials
6 9 (10.11%) UNIX
6 9 (10.11%) Service Delivery
7 8 (8.989%) OpenVMS
7 8 (8.989%) SharePoint
7 8 (8.989%) Oracle EBS

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 6 (6.742%) Middleware
2 5 (5.618%) Velocity
3 1 (1.124%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (1.124%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (12.36%) Lync
2 8 (8.989%) SharePoint
3 5 (5.618%) SAS
4 3 (3.371%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.124%) ESB
5 1 (1.124%) WebSphere Message Broker
Business Applications
1 9 (10.11%) Oracle Financials
2 8 (8.989%) Oracle EBS
2 8 (8.989%) SAP Business One
3 5 (5.618%) SAP CO
3 5 (5.618%) SAP FI/CO
3 5 (5.618%) SAP FI
3 5 (5.618%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (3.371%) Hyperion Planning
4 3 (3.371%) Sage 200
5 2 (2.247%) Oracle 11i
6 1 (1.124%) HFM
6 1 (1.124%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (1.124%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (1.124%) Oracle General Ledger
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.36%) LAN
1 11 (12.36%) WAN
2 2 (2.247%) Internet
3 1 (1.124%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.618%) Oracle BI EE
2 4 (4.494%) QlikView
2 4 (4.494%) Oracle ODI
2 4 (4.494%) Essbase
3 2 (2.247%) Base SAS
3 2 (2.247%) SAP BI
3 2 (2.247%) MySQL
3 2 (2.247%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.124%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.124%) Oracle Exadata
4 1 (1.124%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (2.247%) Hudson
General
1 11 (12.36%) Retail
2 8 (8.989%) Banking
3 7 (7.865%) Manufacturing
4 6 (6.742%) Billing
5 5 (5.618%) Retail Banking
5 5 (5.618%) Corporate Banking
5 5 (5.618%) International Banking
6 4 (4.494%) Telecoms
6 4 (4.494%) Legal
7 1 (1.124%) Marketing
7 1 (1.124%) Back Office
7 1 (1.124%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 17 (19.10%) Architect
2 14 (15.73%) Consultant
3 12 (13.48%) Analyst
3 12 (13.48%) Solutions Architect
4 9 (10.11%) Client Services Manager
4 9 (10.11%) Service Manager
5 7 (7.865%) Oracle Consultant
5 7 (7.865%) Project Manager
6 4 (4.494%) Head of Business Intelligence
6 4 (4.494%) Head of Development
6 4 (4.494%) Storage Architect
6 4 (4.494%) Support Analyst
6 4 (4.494%) SAP Consultant
6 4 (4.494%) Oracle Financials Consultant
6 4 (4.494%) Risk Analyst
6 4 (4.494%) Credit Analyst
7 3 (3.371%) ERP Consultant
7 3 (3.371%) SAP FI/CO Consultant
7 3 (3.371%) Technical Specialist
7 3 (3.371%) SAS Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.618%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 5 (5.618%) Credit Risk
2 2 (2.247%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.247%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.124%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.124%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (1.124%) Oracle Exalytics
Operating Systems
1 13 (14.61%) Windows
2 9 (10.11%) Solaris
2 9 (10.11%) UNIX
3 8 (8.989%) OpenVMS
4 2 (2.247%) Linux
5 1 (1.124%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.48%) Project Management
2 11 (12.36%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (12.36%) ITIL
3 9 (10.11%) Service Management
3 9 (10.11%) Service Delivery
4 8 (8.989%) Business Analysis
5 7 (7.865%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (7.865%) Enterprise Architecture
5 7 (7.865%) Migration
6 6 (6.742%) ERP
6 6 (6.742%) Programme Management
6 6 (6.742%) Requirements Analysis
7 5 (5.618%) Requirements Management
7 5 (5.618%) Risk Management
7 5 (5.618%) Portfolio Management
7 5 (5.618%) Performance Improvement
7 5 (5.618%) Change Control
7 5 (5.618%) Technical Architecture
7 5 (5.618%) Wealth Management
8 4 (4.494%) Customer Engagement
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.742%) C
1 6 (6.742%) SQL
2 5 (5.618%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (7.865%) Degree
2 4 (4.494%) SC Cleared
2 4 (4.494%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.124%) CISA
3 1 (1.124%) CISM
3 1 (1.124%) CISSP
3 1 (1.124%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (10.11%) QA
2 6 (6.742%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 5 (5.618%) FATCA
4 1 (1.124%) Basel II
4 1 (1.124%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 13 (14.61%) VMware Infrastructure
2 11 (12.36%) Hyper-V
2 11 (12.36%) XenApp
2 11 (12.36%) XenServer
2 11 (12.36%) XenDesktop
2 11 (12.36%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.494%) EMC NetWorker
1 4 (4.494%) Legato
1 4 (4.494%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 22 (24.72%) Oracle
1 22 (24.72%) Microsoft
2 17 (19.10%) SAP
3 13 (14.61%) VMware
4 12 (13.48%) Cisco
4 12 (13.48%) HP
4 12 (13.48%) Citrix
5 5 (5.618%) Misys
5 5 (5.618%) Temenos
5 5 (5.618%) TSYS
5 5 (5.618%) Fiserv
5 5 (5.618%) Avaloq
5 5 (5.618%) Fundtech
6 4 (4.494%) Fujitsu
6 4 (4.494%) Symantec
6 4 (4.494%) JD Edwards
6 4 (4.494%) Hyperion
6 4 (4.494%) Business Objects
7 3 (3.371%) Sage
8 2 (2.247%) IBM
Midlands
Excellent opportunity for a SAS Analyst / Analytics Consultant to join an expanding organisation and forward-thinking company... The successful candidate will act as the key contact point for...
Experis IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Midlands
THE COMPANY This is an exciting opportunity to work in a highly innovative company that provides valuable analytical solutions to several financial services and ecommerce businesses... Using in...
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
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