The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term APACS in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited APACS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Miscellaneous category for the South East region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Association for Payment Clearing Services (APACS)
Rank 430 443 434
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Permanent jobs citing APACS 4 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.018% 0.021% 0.017%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.059% 0.070% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 4
Average salary £51,250 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.42% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £51,250 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+44.36% -11.25%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6807 7175 6996
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.86% 30.02% 29.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5650 6109 6115
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,250 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
APACS
England

APACS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing APACS across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East APACS Jobs Demand Trend

APACS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing APACS across the South East region.

South East APACS Salary Trend

APACS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing APACS across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East APACS Salary Histogram

APACS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing APACS within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Berkshire +18 1 £67,500 +145.45%
APACS
England

APACS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing APACS 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 APACS.

1 7 (70.00%) EPoS
1 7 (70.00%) EMV
1 7 (70.00%) Chip and PIN
2 6 (60.00%) EFT
3 5 (50.00%) ISEB
3 5 (50.00%) ISO 8583
3 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 4 (40.00%) PCI DSS
4 4 (40.00%) VocaLink
4 4 (40.00%) TSYS
4 4 (40.00%) VeriFone
4 4 (40.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
4 4 (40.00%) Sage
4 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
4 4 (40.00%) ATM
4 4 (40.00%) EFTPOS
4 4 (40.00%) Smartcard
4 4 (40.00%) Mobile Commerce
4 4 (40.00%) Banking
5 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
5 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (20.00%) Derivative
6 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) QA
6 2 (20.00%) UNIX
6 2 (20.00%) Windows

APACS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South East region citing APACS 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 APACS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) OLTP
General
1 4 (40.00%) Banking
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (10.00%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Analyst
1 5 (50.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Test Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) QA Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Tester
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) EPoS
1 7 (70.00%) EMV
1 7 (70.00%) Chip and PIN
2 6 (60.00%) EFT
3 4 (40.00%) EFTPOS
3 4 (40.00%) Smartcard
4 2 (20.00%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (40.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (40.00%) Mobile Commerce
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Regression Testing
4 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) Automated Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (50.00%) ISEB
2 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) ISO 8583
2 4 (40.00%) PCI DSS
3 2 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) VocaLink
1 4 (40.00%) TSYS
1 4 (40.00%) VeriFone
1 4 (40.00%) Wincor Nixdorf
1 4 (40.00%) Sage
2 3 (30.00%) Microsoft