The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 24 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 5 2 1
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -1
Permanent jobs citing Finance 49 71 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 19.07% 30.47% 36.80%
As % of the General category 48.04% 52.21% 68.00%
Number of salaries quoted 29 28 31
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £37,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £64,000 £54,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
102 136 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 39.69% 58.37% 54.11%
Number of salaries quoted 72 71 60
Average salary £42,000 £16,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+162.50% -60.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £14,144 £15,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
UK

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 24 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
County Antrim -3 49 £40,500 +1.25%
Finance
UK

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 28 (31.82%) SQL
2 21 (23.86%) Oracle
2 21 (23.86%) SQL Server
2 21 (23.86%) Linux
3 20 (22.73%) Degree
4 18 (20.45%) C#
4 18 (20.45%) C++
5 16 (18.18%) .NET
6 15 (17.05%) UNIX
7 12 (13.64%) Windows
7 12 (13.64%) C
7 12 (13.64%) Project Management
7 12 (13.64%) Telecoms
8 11 (12.50%) QA
9 10 (11.36%) Java
9 10 (11.36%) Sybase
9 10 (11.36%) New Media
10 9 (10.23%) OO
10 9 (10.23%) MS Excel
10 9 (10.23%) ERP
10 9 (10.23%) Microsoft
10 9 (10.23%) WPF
11 8 (9.091%) Multithreading
11 8 (9.091%) Banking
11 8 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (9.091%) Embedded C
11 8 (9.091%) WCF
12 7 (7.955%) SQL Server 2008
12 7 (7.955%) Python
12 7 (7.955%) PRINCE2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland 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 16 (18.18%) .NET
2 9 (10.23%) WPF
3 8 (9.091%) WCF
4 7 (7.955%) HTML
5 5 (5.682%) ASP.NET
5 5 (5.682%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.682%) WinForms
6 4 (4.545%) WF
6 4 (4.545%) Web Services
7 3 (3.409%) CSS
7 3 (3.409%) Spring
7 3 (3.409%) Ajax
7 3 (3.409%) Hibernate
8 2 (2.273%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (2.273%) jQuery
8 2 (2.273%) J2EE
8 2 (2.273%) XML
8 2 (2.273%) Swing
8 2 (2.273%) Visualforce
9 1 (1.136%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 4 (4.545%) Oracle Workflow
2 2 (2.273%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.273%) Force.com
3 1 (1.136%) WebLogic
3 1 (1.136%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (10.23%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.273%) MS Office
3 1 (1.136%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.136%) SPSS
3 1 (1.136%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (5.682%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (4.545%) Oracle EBS R12
3 3 (3.409%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (2.273%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (2.273%) Oracle Applications
4 2 (2.273%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (1.136%) JDE World
5 1 (1.136%) Oracle ASCP
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.545%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.409%) Cisco PIX
2 3 (3.409%) Cisco ASA
2 3 (3.409%) Firewall
2 3 (3.409%) NetScreen
3 1 (1.136%) DNS
3 1 (1.136%) LAN
3 1 (1.136%) WAN
3 1 (1.136%) HTTP
3 1 (1.136%) Internet
3 1 (1.136%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (23.86%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.955%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (3.409%) RDBMS
3 3 (3.409%) Oracle 10g
3 3 (3.409%) Oracle 8/8i
3 3 (3.409%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (2.273%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.136%) MongoDB
5 1 (1.136%) Oracle BI EE
5 1 (1.136%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (1.136%) GIS
5 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (1.136%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.273%) CruiseControl
1 2 (2.273%) Subversion
1 2 (2.273%) JIRA
1 2 (2.273%) Visual Studio
1 2 (2.273%) Hudson
1 2 (2.273%) MSBuild
2 1 (1.136%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (1.136%) ClearCase
2 1 (1.136%) MSI
2 1 (1.136%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.136%) ClearQuest
2 1 (1.136%) WATIR
2 1 (1.136%) Selenium
General
1 12 (13.64%) Telecoms
2 8 (9.091%) Banking
3 6 (6.818%) Advertising
4 4 (4.545%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.409%) Retail
6 2 (2.273%) Front Office
7 1 (1.136%) Legal
7 1 (1.136%) Back Office
7 1 (1.136%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.136%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.136%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 28 (31.82%) Developer
2 13 (14.77%) C# Developer
3 12 (13.64%) Analyst
4 9 (10.23%) Junior
5 7 (7.955%) Project Manager
6 6 (6.818%) .NET Developer
6 6 (6.818%) C# .NET Developer
7 5 (5.682%) Tester
7 5 (5.682%) Software Engineer
7 5 (5.682%) Consultant
8 4 (4.545%) Java Developer
8 4 (4.545%) Test Engineer
8 4 (4.545%) C++ Software Engineer
8 4 (4.545%) Business Analyst
8 4 (4.545%) Applications Support
8 4 (4.545%) Applications Specialist
8 4 (4.545%) Senior Developer
8 4 (4.545%) Programmer
8 4 (4.545%) Automation Engineer
9 3 (3.409%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.36%) New Media
2 6 (6.818%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.682%) Open Source
3 5 (5.682%) Derivative
4 2 (2.273%) Equities
4 2 (2.273%) Wiki
4 2 (2.273%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.273%) DTV
4 2 (2.273%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.273%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.273%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.136%) Hedge funds
5 1 (1.136%) Symmetrix DMX
5 1 (1.136%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.136%) Credit Risk
5 1 (1.136%) Market Risk
5 1 (1.136%) Fat Client
5 1 (1.136%) Social Network
5 1 (1.136%) Statistics
5 1 (1.136%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 21 (23.86%) Linux
2 15 (17.05%) UNIX
3 12 (13.64%) Windows
4 2 (2.273%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (13.64%) Project Management
2 9 (10.23%) OO
2 9 (10.23%) ERP
3 8 (9.091%) Multithreading
3 8 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (7.955%) PRINCE2
4 7 (7.955%) Service Delivery
4 7 (7.955%) Change Management
4 7 (7.955%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (6.818%) Unit Testing
6 5 (5.682%) Capacity Planning
6 5 (5.682%) Customer Engagement
6 5 (5.682%) Scrum
7 4 (4.545%) Strategic Planning
7 4 (4.545%) Technical Architecture
7 4 (4.545%) Test Management
7 4 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (4.545%) Risk Management
7 4 (4.545%) Workflow
7 4 (4.545%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (31.82%) SQL
2 18 (20.45%) C#
2 18 (20.45%) C++
3 12 (13.64%) C
4 10 (11.36%) Java
5 8 (9.091%) Embedded C
6 7 (7.955%) Python
7 6 (6.818%) JavaScript
7 6 (6.818%) Perl
8 4 (4.545%) Ruby
8 4 (4.545%) T-SQL
9 3 (3.409%) Bash shell
10 2 (2.273%) Shell Script
10 2 (2.273%) PL/SQL
10 2 (2.273%) Apex Code
11 1 (1.136%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 20 (22.73%) Degree
2 5 (5.682%) CISSP
2 5 (5.682%) PMP
2 5 (5.682%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.409%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.409%) OCP
3 3 (3.409%) Oracle Certification
3 3 (3.409%) CCSP
3 3 (3.409%) CCSA
4 2 (2.273%) CCSE
5 1 (1.136%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.136%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.136%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.136%) Sun Certification
5 1 (1.136%) Siebel Certification
5 1 (1.136%) CISA
5 1 (1.136%) CISM
5 1 (1.136%) CIMA
5 1 (1.136%) ACCA
5 1 (1.136%) JNCIA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.50%) QA
2 1 (1.136%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (3.409%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (1.136%) XenDesktop
2 1 (1.136%) SRDF
2 1 (1.136%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.409%) Data Guard
2 1 (1.136%) BladeLogic
2 1 (1.136%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 21 (23.86%) Oracle
2 10 (11.36%) Sybase
3 9 (10.23%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.682%) Cisco
5 3 (3.409%) CheckPoint
5 3 (3.409%) Juniper
5 3 (3.409%) Blue Coat
6 2 (2.273%) DataSynapse
6 2 (2.273%) Salesforce.com
6 2 (2.273%) Citrix
6 2 (2.273%) Infragistics
7 1 (1.136%) ArcSight
7 1 (1.136%) Confirmit
7 1 (1.136%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.136%) UC4
7 1 (1.136%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.136%) SAP
7 1 (1.136%) HP
7 1 (1.136%) EMC
7 1 (1.136%) Cognos
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The work will be highly technical and challenging and therefore experience with some of the following key skills are required: - Java, - C++ - C# - SQL - J2EE - Matlab - HTMLThe ideal...
Real Time Recruitment
Salary: £25,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013