Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the North West region.

 Financial
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank573
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads9269722266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West17.10 %16.98 %18.02 %
As % of the General category40.26 %37.38 %41.31 %
Salaries quoted8438572034
Average salary£42,000£41,500£41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.200 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£63,800£61,400£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£41,500£40,000
% change year-on-year
+1.200 %+3.750 %
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
230026005486
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West42.47 %45.43 %43.64 %
Salaries quoted201422954759
Average salary£37,500£35,000£37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-5.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£22,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
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 North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West 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 North West region.

North West Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the North West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CheshireUp+2433£42,500+6.25 %
ManchesterDown-6338£40,000-11.11 %
LancashireUp+252£33,000-15.38 %
MerseysideDown-926£35,000-15.66 %
Finance EnglandFinance
England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1321 (18.35 %)Windows
2254 (14.52 %)SQL Server
3225 (12.86 %)SQL
4194 (11.09 %)Microsoft
5171 (9.777 %)ITIL
6168 (9.605 %).NET
6168 (9.605 %)Project Management
7163 (9.320 %)Banking
8134 (7.662 %)UNIX
9133 (7.604 %)Windows Server 2003
10132 (7.547 %)Retail
11130 (7.433 %)Oracle
12127 (7.261 %)Datawarehouse
13113 (6.461 %)SAP
14109 (6.232 %)Degree
15108 (6.175 %)Windows 2000
16106 (6.061 %)HP
17105 (6.003 %)Problem Management
18103 (5.889 %)Active Directory
19102 (5.832 %)C#
20100 (5.718 %)XML
2199 (5.660 %)MS Visio
2298 (5.603 %)IIS
2298 (5.603 %)ASP.NET
2397 (5.546 %)LAN
2495 (5.432 %)Middleware
2587 (4.974 %)WAN
2686 (4.917 %)Citrix
2784 (4.803 %)MS Excel
2784 (4.803 %)Pensions

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1168 (9.605 %).NET
2100 (5.718 %)XML
398 (5.603 %)ASP.NET
495 (5.432 %)Middleware
557 (3.259 %)Spring
654 (3.087 %)CSS
741 (2.344 %)Web Services
840 (2.287 %)HTML
939 (2.230 %)AJAX
1036 (2.058 %)XHTML
1134 (1.944 %)WebSphere
1224 (1.372 %)J2EE
1315 (0.858 %)WinForms
1315 (0.858 %)XSLT
1414 (0.800 %)ASP
1512 (0.686 %)Hibernate
1610 (0.572 %)JMS
179 (0.515 %).NET Framework
179 (0.515 %)XSL
179 (0.515 %)JSP
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
198 (5.603 %)IIS
255 (3.145 %)SharePoint
347 (2.687 %)MS Exchange
437 (2.115 %)Exchange Server 2003
530 (1.715 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
628 (1.601 %)Exchange Server 2007
725 (1.429 %)SharePoint Server 2007
824 (1.372 %)BizTalk Server
919 (1.086 %)CMS
1018 (1.029 %)WebSphere Application Server
1115 (0.858 %)MQSeries
1212 (0.686 %)Office Communications Server
1311 (0.629 %)Tuxedo
1410 (0.572 %)Tomcat
159 (0.515 %)SAS
168 (0.457 %)CICS
176 (0.343 %)Apache
185 (0.286 %)Exchange Server 2000
185 (0.286 %)Lotus Notes
185 (0.286 %)ColdFusion
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
199 (5.660 %)MS Visio
284 (4.803 %)MS Excel
348 (2.744 %)MS Office
410 (0.572 %)MS Project
58 (0.457 %)MS PowerPoint
66 (0.343 %)Spreadsheet
72 (0.114 %)Photoshop
81 (0.057 %)PrintSoft PReS
81 (0.057 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.057 %)Adobe Illustrator
North West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
138 (2.173 %)Dynamics CRM
231 (1.772 %)Dynamics AX
327 (1.544 %)Oracle EBS
327 (1.544 %)Microsoft CRM
423 (1.315 %)Oracle Applications
521 (1.201 %)SAP CO
521 (1.201 %)Axapta
521 (1.201 %)SAP FI
521 (1.201 %)SAP FI/CO
618 (1.029 %)Oracle 11i
715 (0.858 %)SAP Business One
813 (0.743 %)Oracle Financials
912 (0.686 %)Dynamics GP
1010 (0.572 %)Oracle EBS R12
118 (0.457 %)Dynamics NAV
127 (0.400 %)Applix TM1
127 (0.400 %)Remedy ITSM
127 (0.400 %)SAP ERP
127 (0.400 %)SAP BPC
136 (0.343 %)Great Plains
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
197 (5.546 %)LAN
287 (4.974 %)WAN
381 (4.631 %)Firewall
462 (3.545 %)SAN
548 (2.744 %)TCP/IP
646 (2.630 %)VoIP
646 (2.630 %)SSL
737 (2.115 %)Internet
835 (2.001 %)CTI
934 (1.944 %)IPsec
1029 (1.658 %)VPN
1126 (1.487 %)3G
1225 (1.429 %)Nortel Meridian
1319 (1.086 %)PBX
1418 (1.029 %)Intranet
1515 (0.858 %)IGRP
1515 (0.858 %)DNS
1614 (0.800 %)Ethernet
1713 (0.743 %)PSTN
1713 (0.743 %)DHCP
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1254 (14.52 %)SQL Server
2127 (7.261 %)Datawarehouse
374 (4.231 %)SQL Server 2005
441 (2.344 %)SQL Server 2000
540 (2.287 %)BusinessObjects
629 (1.658 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
728 (1.601 %)SQL Server Integration Services
827 (1.544 %)RDBMS
827 (1.544 %)SQL Server 2008
924 (1.372 %)MySQL
924 (1.372 %)Ingres
1020 (1.144 %)Oracle 8/8i
1118 (1.029 %)OLTP
1217 (0.972 %)NonStop SQL
1316 (0.915 %)Crystal Reports
1316 (0.915 %)DB2
1316 (0.915 %)ETL
1414 (0.800 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1414 (0.800 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1513 (0.743 %)SAP BW
North West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
127 (1.544 %)Ant
127 (1.544 %)JUnit
216 (0.915 %)Visual Studio
313 (0.743 %)Eclipse
49 (0.515 %)Subversion
58 (0.457 %)Dreamweaver
67 (0.400 %)Oracle APEX
76 (0.343 %)VSS/SourceSafe
76 (0.343 %)Team Foundation Server
85 (0.286 %)QuickTest Pro
93 (0.172 %)Maven
93 (0.172 %)CruiseControl
93 (0.172 %)PowerBuilder
102 (0.114 %)ERwin
102 (0.114 %)Oracle Forms
102 (0.114 %)InstallShield
111 (0.057 %)NUnit
111 (0.057 %)WatiN
111 (0.057 %)csUnit
111 (0.057 %)TeamCity
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1163 (9.320 %)Banking
2132 (7.547 %)Retail
384 (4.803 %)Pensions
479 (4.517 %)Insurance
558 (3.316 %)Telecoms
558 (3.316 %)Marketing
653 (3.030 %)Retail Banking
747 (2.687 %)Education
844 (2.516 %)Financial Institution
942 (2.401 %)Health
942 (2.401 %)Billing
1034 (1.944 %)Advertising
1127 (1.544 %)Pharmaceutical
1226 (1.487 %)Government
1325 (1.429 %)Private Banking
1424 (1.372 %)Auditing
1523 (1.315 %)Manufacturing
1616 (0.915 %)Local Government
1714 (0.800 %)Legal
1811 (0.629 %)Back Office
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1214 (12.24 %)Consultant
2204 (11.66 %)Analyst
3194 (11.09 %)Developer
4162 (9.262 %)Architect
599 (5.660 %)Project Manager
670 (4.002 %)DBA
766 (3.774 %)Designer
864 (3.659 %)Business Analyst
948 (2.744 %)Team Leader
1045 (2.573 %).NET Developer
1144 (2.516 %)Support Analyst
1236 (2.058 %)SQL DBA
1236 (2.058 %)Support Engineer
1334 (1.944 %)Programme Manager
1433 (1.887 %)Service Manager
1433 (1.887 %)C# Developer
1532 (1.830 %)Web Developer
1532 (1.830 %)Security Consultant
1631 (1.772 %)Java Developer
1730 (1.715 %)Dynamics AX Consultant
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
165 (3.716 %)Mainframe
242 (2.401 %)Blackberry
242 (2.401 %)Tandem
334 (1.944 %)IVR
433 (1.887 %)PKI
524 (1.372 %)Management Information System
622 (1.258 %)PMI
720 (1.144 %)PDA
819 (1.086 %)Multithreading
916 (0.915 %)iSeries
1015 (0.858 %)Replication
1113 (0.743 %)Computer Science
1113 (0.743 %)IBM Mainframe
1113 (0.743 %)NHS
1212 (0.686 %)Portuguese Language
1311 (0.629 %)Mathematics
1410 (0.572 %)FMCG
159 (0.515 %)N-Tier
168 (0.457 %)AS400
177 (0.400 %)Italian Language
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1321 (18.35 %)Windows
2134 (7.662 %)UNIX
3133 (7.604 %)Windows Server 2003
4108 (6.175 %)Windows 2000
574 (4.231 %)Windows Server 2008
661 (3.488 %)Windows NT
741 (2.344 %)AIX
835 (2.001 %)Windows 2000 Server
926 (1.487 %)Linux
1016 (0.915 %)Windows Vista
1115 (0.858 %)Solaris
1214 (0.800 %)zOS
1214 (0.800 %)Windows XP
137 (0.400 %)VMS
143 (0.172 %)Red Hat Linux
143 (0.172 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
152 (0.114 %)HPUX
152 (0.114 %)Windows 7
161 (0.057 %)i5/OS
161 (0.057 %)OS/400
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1171 (9.777 %)ITIL
2168 (9.605 %)Project Management
3105 (6.003 %)Problem Management
482 (4.688 %)Change Management
578 (4.460 %)PRINCE2
676 (4.345 %)CRM
773 (4.174 %)Service Delivery
869 (3.945 %)Service Management
869 (3.945 %)Business Intelligence
963 (3.602 %)ERP
963 (3.602 %)Business Continuity
1053 (3.030 %)Disaster Recovery
1151 (2.916 %)Configuration Management
1247 (2.687 %)Business Desktop Deployment
1247 (2.687 %)Migration
1344 (2.516 %)Release Management
1442 (2.401 %)Information Security
1540 (2.287 %)Business Analysis
1638 (2.173 %)E-Commerce
1736 (2.058 %)Business Development
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1225 (12.86 %)SQL
2102 (5.832 %)C#
373 (4.174 %)VB.NET
469 (3.945 %)JavaScript
561 (3.488 %)C
659 (3.373 %)Java
736 (2.058 %)VB
831 (1.772 %)PHP
928 (1.601 %)Shell Script
1020 (1.144 %)T-SQL
1020 (1.144 %)Korn
1119 (1.086 %)C++
1218 (1.029 %)X++
1315 (0.858 %)VB6
1315 (0.858 %)Perl
1412 (0.686 %)COBOL
1511 (0.629 %)VBA
1610 (0.572 %)JCL
175 (0.286 %)PL/SQL
184 (0.229 %)PowerHouse
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1109 (6.232 %)Degree
249 (2.802 %)ITIL Certification
343 (2.459 %)Microsoft Certification
428 (1.601 %)MCSE
526 (1.487 %)PMI Certification
621 (1.201 %)PRINCE2 Certification
621 (1.201 %)Cisco Certification
621 (1.201 %)ISEB
713 (0.743 %)Citrix Certification
812 (0.686 %)CCNA
812 (0.686 %)MCTS
911 (0.629 %)MCPD
1010 (0.572 %)CISSP
1010 (0.572 %)CIMA
1010 (0.572 %)ACCA
119 (0.515 %)Security Cleared
119 (0.515 %)HND
128 (0.457 %)CCIE
128 (0.457 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
137 (0.400 %)PMP
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
134 (1.944 %)SLA
224 (1.372 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
322 (1.258 %)QA
49 (0.515 %)ISO27001
49 (0.515 %)ISO9001
52 (0.114 %)Basel II
52 (0.114 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.057 %)ISO17799
61 (0.057 %)BS7799
North West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1103 (5.889 %)Active Directory
248 (2.744 %)ISA Server
317 (0.972 %)VMware Infrastructure
416 (0.915 %)XenApp
510 (0.572 %)MetaFrame
510 (0.572 %)VMware ESX
68 (0.457 %)XenServer
75 (0.286 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
84 (0.229 %)Terminal Services
84 (0.229 %)Oracle RAC
84 (0.229 %)Citrix Presentation Server
91 (0.057 %)Oracle RMAN
North West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
152 (2.973 %)SCOM
152 (2.973 %)MOM
248 (2.744 %)SCCM
321 (1.201 %)WSUS
420 (1.144 %)Tivoli
519 (1.086 %)Norton AntiVirus
614 (0.800 %)OpenView
79 (0.515 %)Tivoli Monitoring
86 (0.343 %)CiscoWorks
94 (0.229 %)HP Quality Center
94 (0.229 %)HP NNM
102 (0.114 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
102 (0.114 %)Backup Exec
102 (0.114 %)Foglight
102 (0.114 %)MIMEsweeper
102 (0.114 %)MSI
111 (0.057 %)NetBackup
111 (0.057 %)Nagios
111 (0.057 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
111 (0.057 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1194 (11.09 %)Microsoft
2130 (7.433 %)Oracle
3113 (6.461 %)SAP
4106 (6.061 %)HP
586 (4.917 %)Citrix
675 (4.288 %)Cisco
764 (3.659 %)IBM
852 (2.973 %)Avaya
948 (2.744 %)Altiris
1047 (2.687 %)VMware
1146 (2.630 %)CA
1242 (2.401 %)Nortel
1340 (2.287 %)Business Objects
1431 (1.772 %)Hyperion
1526 (1.487 %)Teradata
1625 (1.429 %)Sybase
1625 (1.429 %)Juniper
1721 (1.201 %)Symantec
1820 (1.144 %)EMC
1919 (1.086 %)Cognos