The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Preston 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 Preston region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 10 19 8
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 20 11 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 16.53% 8.943% 17.39%
As % of the General category 37.74% 39.29% 38.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19 7 3
Average salary £44,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.92% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £26,000 £30,600
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £51,000 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
53 28 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 43.80% 22.76% 45.65%
Number of salaries quoted 46 24 12
Average salary £32,000 £32,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.53% -10.95%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,204 £25,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £42,500 £46,250
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Lancashire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Preston Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 10 (31.25%) Java
1 10 (31.25%) J2EE
2 8 (25.00%) ERP
3 7 (21.88%) CRM
3 7 (21.88%) SQL
3 7 (21.88%) Ant
3 7 (21.88%) JUnit
3 7 (21.88%) Web Services
3 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
3 7 (21.88%) TDD
3 7 (21.88%) Spring
3 7 (21.88%) Maven
4 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
5 5 (15.63%) C#
5 5 (15.63%) VB.NET
5 5 (15.63%) .NET
5 5 (15.63%) UML
5 5 (15.63%) OO
5 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
5 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
5 5 (15.63%) Web Development
5 5 (15.63%) .NET Framework
6 4 (12.50%) Groovy
6 4 (12.50%) RUP
6 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 4 (12.50%) PRINCE
6 4 (12.50%) Oracle
7 3 (9.375%) Middleware
7 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
7 3 (9.375%) Stakeholder Management

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 10 (31.25%) J2EE
2 7 (21.88%) Web Services
2 7 (21.88%) Spring
3 5 (15.63%) .NET
3 5 (15.63%) .NET Framework
4 3 (9.375%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) ESB
2 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (3.125%) CATIA
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (3.125%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) Intranet
1 1 (3.125%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (15.63%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (3.125%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Ant
1 7 (21.88%) JUnit
1 7 (21.88%) Maven
General
1 1 (3.125%) Aerospace
1 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
1 1 (3.125%) Banking
1 1 (3.125%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Analyst
2 9 (28.13%) Business Analyst
3 8 (25.00%) Developer
4 7 (21.88%) Architect
5 5 (15.63%) Software Developer
5 5 (15.63%) Programmer
5 5 (15.63%) .NET Developer
5 5 (15.63%) C# Developer
5 5 (15.63%) VB.NET Developer
5 5 (15.63%) C# Software Developer
5 5 (15.63%) C# .NET Developer
5 5 (15.63%) .NET Software Developer
6 4 (12.50%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
6 4 (12.50%) Java Programmer
6 4 (12.50%) Business Architect
6 4 (12.50%) Java Analyst Programmer
6 4 (12.50%) Analyst Programmer
7 3 (9.375%) Java Developer
7 3 (9.375%) Consultant
7 3 (9.375%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.125%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) ERP
2 7 (21.88%) CRM
2 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
2 7 (21.88%) TDD
3 5 (15.63%) UML
3 5 (15.63%) OO
3 5 (15.63%) Web Development
4 4 (12.50%) RUP
4 4 (12.50%) Data Modelling
4 4 (12.50%) PRINCE
5 3 (9.375%) PRINCE2
5 3 (9.375%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (9.375%) Project Management
5 3 (9.375%) Logistics
6 2 (6.250%) Change Control
6 2 (6.250%) Lean Six Sigma
6 2 (6.250%) Programme Management
6 2 (6.250%) Six Sigma
7 1 (3.125%) ITIL
7 1 (3.125%) BPR
Programming Languages
1 10 (31.25%) Java
2 7 (21.88%) SQL
3 5 (15.63%) C#
3 5 (15.63%) VB.NET
4 4 (12.50%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (6.250%) Degree
2 1 (3.125%) ISEB
2 1 (3.125%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.125%) PMI Certification
2 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Oracle
3 2 (6.250%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.125%) Symantec
4 1 (3.125%) McAfee
4 1 (3.125%) HP
4 1 (3.125%) Citrix
4 1 (3.125%) ArcSight