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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Insurance in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 9 February 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 Scotland region.

 Insurance
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank837680
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads244697
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland1.324 %1.816 %1.855 %
As % of the General category3.235 %5.100 %4.716 %
Salaries quoted214082
Average salary£45,000£38,500£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.88 %+28.33 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£27,500£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£42,400
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.330 %-
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
7429022057
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland40.93 %35.61 %39.35 %
Salaries quoted4237091419
Average salary£42,500£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£25,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,500£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.660 %-
Insurance UKInsurance
UK

Insurance
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Insurance Salary Trend

Insurance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Insurance across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 9 February 2010.

Scotland Insurance Salary Histogram

Insurance
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Insurance within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EdinburghUp+1618£45,000-25.00 %
StirlingDown-36£28,000-34.11 %
Insurance UKInsurance
UK

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

133 (67.35 %)Finance
227 (55.10 %)Pensions
319 (38.78 %)C++
319 (38.78 %).NET
319 (38.78 %)Windows
417 (34.69 %)UNIX
417 (34.69 %)Banking
516 (32.65 %)Degree
516 (32.65 %)Oracle
615 (30.61 %)Java
712 (24.49 %)VB.NET
810 (20.41 %)Project Management
810 (20.41 %)C
99 (18.37 %)C#
99 (18.37 %)SQL
99 (18.37 %)ASP.NET
99 (18.37 %)Health
99 (18.37 %)WinForms
108 (16.33 %)Stakeholder Management
117 (14.29 %)Mainframe
117 (14.29 %)HP
126 (12.24 %)LoadRunner
126 (12.24 %)ODBC
126 (12.24 %)HTTP
126 (12.24 %)VB
126 (12.24 %)J2EE
126 (12.24 %)SQL Server
126 (12.24 %)HTML
126 (12.24 %)Asset Management
126 (12.24 %)Investment Banking

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (38.78 %).NET
29 (18.37 %)ASP.NET
29 (18.37 %)WinForms
36 (12.24 %)ODBC
36 (12.24 %)J2EE
36 (12.24 %)HTML
42 (4.082 %)XML
51 (2.041 %)GTK+
51 (2.041 %)Motif
51 (2.041 %)X-Windows
51 (2.041 %)Web Services
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.082 %)Lotus Notes
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.082 %)MS Office
12 (4.082 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (12.24 %)HTTP
21 (2.041 %)GPRS
21 (2.041 %)TCP/IP
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (12.24 %)SQL Server
21 (2.041 %)PostgreSQL
21 (2.041 %)BusinessObjects
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (12.24 %)LoadRunner
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
133 (67.35 %)Finance
227 (55.10 %)Pensions
317 (34.69 %)Banking
49 (18.37 %)Health
56 (12.24 %)Investment Banking
56 (12.24 %)Private Banking
62 (4.082 %)Retail
62 (4.082 %)Electronics
71 (2.041 %)3D Graphics
71 (2.041 %)Electric
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (22.45 %)Developer
29 (18.37 %)Technical Architect
29 (18.37 %)Software Developer
29 (18.37 %)Architect
29 (18.37 %)Technical Developer
36 (12.24 %)Test Specialist
45 (10.20 %)Coordinator
45 (10.20 %)Analyst
54 (8.163 %)Project Manager
54 (8.163 %)Project Coordinator
63 (6.122 %)Project Officer
63 (6.122 %)Project Support Officer
63 (6.122 %)Applications Specialist
63 (6.122 %)Support Analyst
63 (6.122 %)Applications Support
72 (4.082 %)Systems Analyst
72 (4.082 %)Firmware Engineer
72 (4.082 %)Team Leader
72 (4.082 %)Change Manager
81 (2.041 %)Test Team Leader
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (14.29 %)Mainframe
23 (6.122 %)Computer Science
32 (4.082 %)Firmware
41 (2.041 %)CUDA
41 (2.041 %)Visualisation
41 (2.041 %)PDA
41 (2.041 %)Mathematics
41 (2.041 %)Physics
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
119 (38.78 %)Windows
217 (34.69 %)UNIX
32 (4.082 %)Linux
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (20.41 %)Project Management
28 (16.33 %)Stakeholder Management
36 (12.24 %)Asset Management
36 (12.24 %)Investment Management
36 (12.24 %)Wealth Management
36 (12.24 %)Performance Testing
36 (12.24 %)Load Testing
36 (12.24 %)Stress Testing
45 (10.20 %)ITIL
52 (4.082 %)PRINCE2
52 (4.082 %)Change Management
52 (4.082 %)Programme Management
61 (2.041 %)Migration
61 (2.041 %)Automated Testing
61 (2.041 %)Software Engineering
61 (2.041 %)Systems Analysis
61 (2.041 %)Test Automation
61 (2.041 %)Problem Management
61 (2.041 %)Unit Testing
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (38.78 %)C++
215 (30.61 %)Java
312 (24.49 %)VB.NET
410 (20.41 %)C
59 (18.37 %)C#
59 (18.37 %)SQL
66 (12.24 %)VB
73 (6.122 %)JavaScript
82 (4.082 %)Perl
82 (4.082 %)Python
82 (4.082 %)Embedded C
91 (2.041 %)Assembly Language
91 (2.041 %)PL/SQL
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (32.65 %)Degree
21 (2.041 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (2.041 %)ISEB
21 (2.041 %)Microsoft Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.041 %)NetBackup
11 (2.041 %)VMware Infrastructure
11 (2.041 %)Active Directory
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (2.041 %)OMEGAMON
11 (2.041 %)Tivoli NetView
11 (2.041 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (2.041 %)MOM
11 (2.041 %)BMC PATROL
11 (2.041 %)Unicenter
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
116 (32.65 %)Oracle
27 (14.29 %)HP
33 (6.122 %)Microsoft
42 (4.082 %)Lotus
42 (4.082 %)Atos Origin
51 (2.041 %)VMware
51 (2.041 %)MicroStrategy
51 (2.041 %)Intel
51 (2.041 %)BMC
51 (2.041 %)Cognos
51 (2.041 %)Unisys
51 (2.041 %)IBM
51 (2.041 %)Business Objects