Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Computing Careers Logo
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in IT jobs within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8452
Rank change on same period last yearDown-32
Matching permanent IT job ads271496
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.203 %
As % of the category below4.827 %8.062 %
Salaries quoted224450
Average minimum salary£31,998£33,879
Average salary£36,345£35,628
% change on same period last year+2.01 %
Average maximum salary£40,692£37,376
UK excluding London average salary£41,042£39,315
% change on same period last year+4.39 %
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads56146152
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.964 %2.519 %
Salaries quoted48595250
Average minimum salary£35,481£38,615
Average salary£40,124£42,476
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum salary£44,766£46,337
UK excluding London average salary£40,890£42,387
% change on same period last year-3.53 %
Insurance EnglandInsurance
England

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Insurance Salary Trend

Insurance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Insurance across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West Insurance Salary Histogram

Insurance
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
ManchesterDown-10178£38,078-5.12 %
CheshireDown-6653£32,000-0.37 %
MerseysideDown-1020£28,676-9.04 %
LancashireDown-2111£42,340+99.38 %
Insurance EnglandInsurance
England

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1321 (49.92 %)Finance
2155 (24.11 %)Pensions
3133 (20.68 %)SQL
4130 (20.22 %)Banking
5120 (18.66 %).NET
6110 (17.11 %)Project Management
7100 (15.55 %)Retail
895 (14.77 %)Internet
992 (14.31 %)OO
1089 (13.84 %)UML
1185 (13.22 %)Java
1284 (13.06 %)J2EE
1284 (13.06 %)VB
1377 (11.98 %)Degree
1474 (11.51 %)SQL Server
1571 (11.04 %)PRINCE2
1669 (10.73 %)Windows
1767 (10.42 %)C#
1866 (10.26 %)Health
1964 (9.953 %)Online Banking
2060 (9.331 %)XML
2155 (8.554 %)Microsoft
2254 (8.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
2352 (8.087 %)MS Excel
2449 (7.621 %)OOD
2449 (7.621 %)ASP.NET
2545 (6.998 %)VB.NET
2644 (6.843 %)RDBMS
2743 (6.687 %)Rational Rose
2842 (6.532 %)MS Office

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1120 (18.66 %).NET
284 (13.06 %)J2EE
360 (9.331 %)XML
449 (7.621 %)ASP.NET
527 (4.199 %)HTML
527 (4.199 %)CSS
527 (4.199 %)WebServices
625 (3.888 %)JSP
719 (2.955 %)ASP
818 (2.799 %)EDI
917 (2.644 %)XHTML
1016 (2.488 %)Spring
1114 (2.177 %)ADO
1114 (2.177 %)Servlets
1212 (1.866 %).NET Framework
1311 (1.711 %)SOAP
1410 (1.555 %)XSLT
159 (1.400 %)J2SE
159 (1.400 %)Hibernate
159 (1.400 %)Struts
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (3.577 %)Tomcat
213 (2.022 %)Apache
213 (2.022 %)JBoss
311 (1.711 %)SAS
48 (1.244 %)MS Exchange
57 (1.089 %)SharePoint Portal Server
65 (0.778 %)WebSphere MQ
65 (0.778 %)IIS
73 (0.467 %)WebSphere Application Server
73 (0.467 %)WebLogic
73 (0.467 %)Exchange Server 2000
73 (0.467 %)Exchange Server 2007
82 (0.311 %)CMS
82 (0.311 %)Lotus Notes
82 (0.311 %)SharePoint
91 (0.156 %)Exchange Server 2003
91 (0.156 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
152 (8.087 %)MS Excel
242 (6.532 %)MS Office
35 (0.778 %)MS Project
44 (0.622 %)MS Visio
51 (0.156 %)FrameMaker
51 (0.156 %)Photoshop
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (1.866 %)SAP R/3
25 (0.778 %)SAP FI
34 (0.622 %)SAP FI/CO
34 (0.622 %)SAP CO
34 (0.622 %)Hyperion Enterprise
43 (0.467 %)SAP WM
43 (0.467 %)SAP SCM
43 (0.467 %)SAP HR
52 (0.311 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
52 (0.311 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.311 %)SAP MM
52 (0.311 %)Oracle 11i
61 (0.156 %)BPCS
61 (0.156 %)SAP Oil and Gas
61 (0.156 %)Dynamics CRM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
195 (14.77 %)Internet
211 (1.711 %)Intranet
35 (0.778 %)VPN
44 (0.622 %)FTP
53 (0.467 %)Broadband
53 (0.467 %)VoIP
53 (0.467 %)CTI
62 (0.311 %)DHCP
62 (0.311 %)TCP/IP
62 (0.311 %)DNS
71 (0.156 %)DEFINITY
71 (0.156 %)WAN
71 (0.156 %)SMTP
71 (0.156 %)LAN
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
174 (11.51 %)SQL Server
244 (6.843 %)RDBMS
321 (3.266 %)Crystal Reports
412 (1.866 %)SQL Server 7
510 (1.555 %)MySQL
69 (1.400 %)MS Access
78 (1.244 %)Datawarehouse
87 (1.089 %)BusinessObjects
96 (0.933 %)Oracle 9i
96 (0.933 %)Oracle 10g
96 (0.933 %)SQL Server 2000
104 (0.622 %)SQL Server 2005
113 (0.467 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
113 (0.467 %)SAP BI
113 (0.467 %)FileMaker
113 (0.467 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.467 %)DTS
113 (0.467 %)DB2
122 (0.311 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.311 %)ETL
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
143 (6.687 %)Rational Rose
217 (2.644 %)LoadRunner
316 (2.488 %)Eclipse
414 (2.177 %)QuickTest Pro
513 (2.022 %)WinRunner
68 (1.244 %)TestDirector
68 (1.244 %)Flash
76 (0.933 %)Visual Studio
83 (0.467 %)Ant
83 (0.467 %)JUnit
92 (0.311 %)Oracle Forms
92 (0.311 %)NUnit
101 (0.156 %)Rational Robot
101 (0.156 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1321 (49.92 %)Finance
2155 (24.11 %)Pensions
3130 (20.22 %)Banking
4100 (15.55 %)Retail
566 (10.26 %)Health
664 (9.953 %)Online Banking
739 (6.065 %)Telecoms
828 (4.355 %)Retail Banking
926 (4.044 %)Legal
1025 (3.888 %)Investment Banking
1112 (1.866 %)Marketing
1112 (1.866 %)Construction
1210 (1.555 %)Law
139 (1.400 %)Education
148 (1.244 %)Back Office
157 (1.089 %)Pharmaceutical
157 (1.089 %)Government
157 (1.089 %)Manufacturing
165 (0.778 %)Games
174 (0.622 %)Police
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1169 (26.28 %)Analyst
2131 (20.37 %)Developer
375 (11.66 %)Project Manager
464 (9.953 %)Business Analyst
546 (7.154 %)Systems Analyst
645 (6.998 %)Consultant
732 (4.977 %)Team Leader
829 (4.510 %)Architect
923 (3.577 %)Programmer
1019 (2.955 %)Tester
1019 (2.955 %)Test Manager
1118 (2.799 %).NET Developer
1118 (2.799 %)Java Developer
1217 (2.644 %)Senior Analyst
1316 (2.488 %)Data Analyst
1316 (2.488 %)SQL Developer
1415 (2.333 %)Access Developer
1514 (2.177 %)VB Developer
1514 (2.177 %)Software Developer
1613 (2.022 %)VBA Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (2.022 %)Mathematics
27 (1.089 %)Life Science
27 (1.089 %)VAX
36 (0.933 %)Client/Server
44 (0.622 %)Management Information System
53 (0.467 %)Statistics
53 (0.467 %)Blackberry
62 (0.311 %)Mainframe
62 (0.311 %)Credit Risk
62 (0.311 %)IBM Mainframe
62 (0.311 %)Data Extraction
62 (0.311 %)NHS
71 (0.156 %)W3C
71 (0.156 %)PMI
71 (0.156 %)EMV
71 (0.156 %)AS400
71 (0.156 %)APACS
71 (0.156 %)Clustering
71 (0.156 %)Photography
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
169 (10.73 %)Windows
218 (2.799 %)Linux
218 (2.799 %)OpenVMS
315 (2.333 %)UNIX
412 (1.866 %)VMS
56 (0.933 %)Windows XP
65 (0.778 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.156 %)HPUX
71 (0.156 %)Solaris
71 (0.156 %)zOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1110 (17.11 %)Project Management
292 (14.31 %)OO
389 (13.84 %)UML
471 (11.04 %)PRINCE2
549 (7.621 %)OOD
637 (5.754 %)Software Testing
735 (5.443 %)ITIL
828 (4.355 %)E-Commerce
828 (4.355 %)Document Management
927 (4.199 %)RUP
1026 (4.044 %)DSDM
1026 (4.044 %)RAD
1125 (3.888 %)Business Analysis
1223 (3.577 %)Data Modelling
1321 (3.266 %)Change Management
1420 (3.110 %)System Testing
1519 (2.955 %)Time Management
1618 (2.799 %)SOA
1717 (2.644 %)User Acceptance Testing
1815 (2.333 %)Test Scripting
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1133 (20.68 %)SQL
285 (13.22 %)Java
384 (13.06 %)VB
467 (10.42 %)C#
545 (6.998 %)VB.NET
639 (6.065 %)C++
639 (6.065 %)JavaScript
738 (5.910 %)Transact-SQL
828 (4.355 %)C
923 (3.577 %)VBA
1013 (2.022 %)VB6
119 (1.400 %)VBScript
119 (1.400 %)PHP
127 (1.089 %)Perl
127 (1.089 %)DHTML
127 (1.089 %)ABAP
127 (1.089 %)PHP5
135 (0.778 %)SAPscript
144 (0.622 %)Delphi
153 (0.467 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (11.98 %)Degree
254 (8.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
318 (2.799 %)ISEB
414 (2.177 %)ITIL Certification
58 (1.244 %)Microsoft Certification
67 (1.089 %)HND
67 (1.089 %)MCSE
76 (0.933 %)ISTQB
85 (0.778 %)MCP
85 (0.778 %)HNC
92 (0.311 %)OCP
92 (0.311 %)Oracle Certification
101 (0.156 %)CISM
101 (0.156 %)ISEB Practitioner
101 (0.156 %)CCSP
101 (0.156 %)CCNP
101 (0.156 %)CCDP
101 (0.156 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.156 %)CCEA
101 (0.156 %)CISSP
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (4.355 %)QA
26 (0.933 %)ISO9001
26 (0.933 %)SLA
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
113 (2.022 %)Active Directory
23 (0.467 %)ISA Server
31 (0.156 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.156 %)Terminal Server
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.156 %)ServiceCenter
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
155 (8.554 %)Microsoft
232 (4.977 %)SAP
320 (3.110 %)Oracle
419 (2.955 %)HP
513 (2.022 %)Citrix
68 (1.244 %)IBM
77 (1.089 %)Business Objects
86 (0.933 %)Cisco
95 (0.778 %)Compuware
104 (0.622 %)Borland
104 (0.622 %)Hyperion
113 (0.467 %)Remedy
113 (0.467 %)Dell
122 (0.311 %)Avaya
122 (0.311 %)Sun
122 (0.311 %)Siebel
122 (0.311 %)PeopleSoft
122 (0.311 %)Sybase
122 (0.311 %)Lotus
131 (0.156 %)Novell
CWJobs.co.uk Logo
Technojobs Logo