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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 20 November 2009 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
20 Nov 2009
Same period 2008Same period 2007
Rank8611693
Rank change year-on-year
Up+30Down-23
Matching permanent IT job ads213977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland1.151 %1.036 %1.480 %
As % of the General category2.770 %2.680 %3.856 %
Salaries quoted133664
Average salary£33,500£36,250£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.580 %+11.53 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,500£26,250£24,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,500£53,750£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.250 %+6.660 %
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
75814551997
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland41.53 %38.64 %38.37 %
Salaries quoted51111111355
Average salary£42,500£39,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.970 %+8.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£27,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£70,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£39,000
% change year-on-year
+1.330 %-3.840 %
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 20 November 2009.

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 20 November 2009. 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
GlasgowUp+146£50,500+26.25 %
EdinburghUp+66£27,500-15.38 %
StirlingNew entry-6£32,500-
West LothianUp+272--
Insurance UKInsurance
UK

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2009, 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.

123 (50.00 %)Pensions
222 (47.83 %)Degree
222 (47.83 %)Finance
317 (36.96 %)Health
317 (36.96 %).NET
411 (23.91 %)Project Management
510 (21.74 %)Stakeholder Management
510 (21.74 %)C++
510 (21.74 %)JavaScript
510 (21.74 %)VB.NET
510 (21.74 %)Banking
69 (19.57 %)Windows
69 (19.57 %)C
78 (17.39 %)Asset Management
86 (13.04 %)Investment Banking
86 (13.04 %)Private Banking
86 (13.04 %)Wealth Management
86 (13.04 %)Performance Testing
86 (13.04 %)Load Testing
86 (13.04 %)Stress Testing
86 (13.04 %)Investment Management
86 (13.04 %)HTML
86 (13.04 %)Java
86 (13.04 %)SQL
86 (13.04 %)VB
86 (13.04 %)J2EE
86 (13.04 %)Oracle
86 (13.04 %)SQL Server
86 (13.04 %)ODBC
86 (13.04 %)HTTP

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2009, 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
117 (36.96 %).NET
26 (13.04 %)HTML
26 (13.04 %)J2EE
26 (13.04 %)ODBC
31 (2.174 %)Web Services
31 (2.174 %)XML
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.348 %)MS Exchange
12 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2000
12 (4.348 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (2.174 %)ArcGIS
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (4.348 %)MS Project
12 (4.348 %)MS Office
21 (2.174 %)ArcInfo
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (13.04 %)HTTP
22 (4.348 %)Internet
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (13.04 %)SQL Server
22 (4.348 %)MS Access
22 (4.348 %)ETL
31 (2.174 %)RDBMS
31 (2.174 %)GIS
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
16 (13.04 %)LoadRunner
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
123 (50.00 %)Pensions
222 (47.83 %)Finance
317 (36.96 %)Health
410 (21.74 %)Banking
56 (13.04 %)Investment Banking
56 (13.04 %)Private Banking
63 (6.522 %)Retail
72 (4.348 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (4.348 %)Back Office
72 (4.348 %)Electronics
72 (4.348 %)Telecoms
72 (4.348 %)Retail Banking
81 (2.174 %)3D Graphics
81 (2.174 %)Games
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (21.74 %)Applications Support
110 (21.74 %)Applications Specialist
26 (13.04 %)Project Officer
26 (13.04 %)Project Support Officer
26 (13.04 %)Test Specialist
35 (10.87 %)Coordinator
35 (10.87 %)Developer
44 (8.696 %)Project Manager
44 (8.696 %)Informatica Developer
44 (8.696 %)Project Coordinator
52 (4.348 %)Software Engineer
52 (4.348 %)Analyst
52 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
52 (4.348 %)ETL Developer
52 (4.348 %)Desktop Engineer
52 (4.348 %)Change Manager
52 (4.348 %)Firmware Engineer
61 (2.174 %)Senior Firmware Engineer
61 (2.174 %)Designer
61 (2.174 %)Microsoft Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (13.04 %)Mainframe
22 (4.348 %)Firmware
22 (4.348 %)Blackberry
22 (4.348 %)PDA
22 (4.348 %)Video Conferencing
22 (4.348 %)Computer Science
31 (2.174 %)Visualisation
31 (2.174 %)Mathematics
31 (2.174 %)Physics
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (19.57 %)Windows
26 (13.04 %)UNIX
32 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (4.348 %)Windows XP
32 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (23.91 %)Project Management
210 (21.74 %)Stakeholder Management
38 (17.39 %)Asset Management
46 (13.04 %)Wealth Management
46 (13.04 %)Performance Testing
46 (13.04 %)Load Testing
46 (13.04 %)Stress Testing
46 (13.04 %)Investment Management
54 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
54 (8.696 %)V-Model
63 (6.522 %)ITIL
72 (4.348 %)Programme Management
72 (4.348 %)Fund Management
81 (2.174 %)Unit Testing
81 (2.174 %)Software Engineering
81 (2.174 %)Systems Analysis
81 (2.174 %)Migration
81 (2.174 %)Change Management
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (21.74 %)C++
110 (21.74 %)JavaScript
110 (21.74 %)VB.NET
29 (19.57 %)C
36 (13.04 %)Java
36 (13.04 %)SQL
36 (13.04 %)VB
43 (6.522 %)Python
52 (4.348 %)Embedded C
52 (4.348 %)Perl
61 (2.174 %)C#
61 (2.174 %)Assembly Language
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (47.83 %)Degree
23 (6.522 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (4.348 %)PRINCE2 Certification
32 (4.348 %)MCP
32 (4.348 %)MCSE
32 (4.348 %)MCSA
41 (2.174 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (4.348 %)Active Directory
12 (4.348 %)Backup Exec
21 (2.174 %)VMware Infrastructure
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (13.04 %)Oracle
16 (13.04 %)HP
24 (8.696 %)Microsoft
24 (8.696 %)Informatica
32 (4.348 %)Adobe
32 (4.348 %)Cisco
32 (4.348 %)Atos Origin
41 (2.174 %)VMware
41 (2.174 %)ESRI