The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term SWIFT in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SWIFT 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT)
Rank 192 - 209
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SWIFT 20 0 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.379% - 0.176%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.198% - 0.674%
Number of salaries quoted 20 0 8
Average salary £50,000 - £88,750
90% offered a salary of more than £38,000 - £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 - £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £44,000 £52,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year
-16.19% -9.48%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1669 1603 1631
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 31.66% 28.70% 26.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1407 1322 1371
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
SWIFT
England

SWIFT
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West SWIFT Jobs Demand Trend

SWIFT
Salary Trend

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

South West SWIFT Salary Trend

SWIFT
Salary Histogram

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

South West SWIFT Salary Histogram

SWIFT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SWIFT within the South West 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
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Job
Vacancies
Dorset - 10 £51,250 - 5
Somerset - 3 £38,000 - 1
SWIFT
England

SWIFT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 23 (76.67%) Finance
2 17 (56.67%) Java
3 13 (43.33%) UNIX
3 13 (43.33%) Banking
4 12 (40.00%) QA
5 10 (33.33%) Linux
6 9 (30.00%) Oracle
6 9 (30.00%) Software Testing
7 8 (26.67%) SQL
8 7 (23.33%) HP Quality Center
9 6 (20.00%) ISTQB
9 6 (20.00%) XML
9 6 (20.00%) ISEB
10 5 (16.67%) SAP
10 5 (16.67%) Basel II
10 5 (16.67%) Legal
10 5 (16.67%) WebSphere
10 5 (16.67%) Degree
10 5 (16.67%) Economics
10 5 (16.67%) Informatics
10 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
11 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
11 4 (13.33%) webMethods
11 4 (13.33%) Solaris
12 3 (10.00%) HP
12 3 (10.00%) Middleware
12 3 (10.00%) Subversion
12 3 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
12 3 (10.00%) Manual Testing
12 3 (10.00%) High Availability

SWIFT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (20.00%) XML
2 5 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 3 (10.00%) Middleware
4 2 (6.667%) WebSphere MQ
4 2 (6.667%) .NET
4 2 (6.667%) J2EE
5 1 (3.333%) HTML
5 1 (3.333%) JDBC
5 1 (3.333%) Web Services
5 1 (3.333%) ODBC
5 1 (3.333%) FpML
5 1 (3.333%) Spring
5 1 (3.333%) JRules
5 1 (3.333%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.333%) WebLogic
1 1 (3.333%) MQSeries
1 1 (3.333%) Tomcat
1 1 (3.333%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) SSL
1 2 (6.667%) SMS
1 2 (6.667%) HTTP
2 1 (3.333%) HTTPS
2 1 (3.333%) FTP
2 1 (3.333%) SWIFTNet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.667%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (3.333%) TOAD
2 1 (3.333%) Adabas
2 1 (3.333%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (10.00%) Subversion
2 2 (6.667%) ClearCase
2 2 (6.667%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (3.333%) Ant
3 1 (3.333%) LoadRunner
3 1 (3.333%) JProbe
3 1 (3.333%) Introscope
3 1 (3.333%) JIRA
3 1 (3.333%) Maven
3 1 (3.333%) FitNesse
3 1 (3.333%) Hudson
3 1 (3.333%) JProfiler
General
1 23 (76.67%) Finance
2 13 (43.33%) Banking
3 5 (16.67%) Legal
4 2 (6.667%) Advertising
5 1 (3.333%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (30.00%) Developer
2 7 (23.33%) Applications Developer
3 6 (20.00%) Analyst
4 5 (16.67%) Consultant
4 5 (16.67%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (13.33%) Lead Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Test Analyst
6 3 (10.00%) Software Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Software Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Test Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) Designer
6 3 (10.00%) Test Leader
6 3 (10.00%) Software Engineer
6 3 (10.00%) QA Leader
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Tester
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Software Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Economics
1 5 (16.67%) Informatics
1 5 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (6.667%) Clustering
3 1 (3.333%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.333%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) UNIX
2 10 (33.33%) Linux
3 4 (13.33%) Solaris
4 1 (3.333%) Windows
4 1 (3.333%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Software Testing
2 4 (13.33%) Automated Testing
3 3 (10.00%) Manual Testing
3 3 (10.00%) High Availability
4 2 (6.667%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (6.667%) Release Management
4 2 (6.667%) Performance Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Unit Testing
4 2 (6.667%) Systems Analysis
4 2 (6.667%) Business Analysis
4 2 (6.667%) OO
5 1 (3.333%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.333%) Migration
5 1 (3.333%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (3.333%) Change Management
5 1 (3.333%) Test Management
5 1 (3.333%) Waterfall
5 1 (3.333%) Functional Testing
5 1 (3.333%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 17 (56.67%) Java
2 8 (26.67%) SQL
3 2 (6.667%) Shell Script
3 2 (6.667%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.333%) VB
4 1 (3.333%) JavaScript
4 1 (3.333%) C
4 1 (3.333%) C++
4 1 (3.333%) XQuery
4 1 (3.333%) NATURAL
Qualifications
1 6 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 6 (20.00%) ISEB
2 5 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (40.00%) QA
2 5 (16.67%) Basel II
System Software
1 3 (10.00%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (6.667%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 7 (23.33%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (3.333%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Oracle
2 5 (16.67%) SAP
3 4 (13.33%) webMethods
4 3 (10.00%) HP
5 2 (6.667%) IBM
6 1 (3.333%) Pega
Bath, Avon
As my client is in the financial services industry, experience with SWIFT messaging would be highly beneficial but not essential. The Test Analyst will need the following experience: *...
Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum + Excellent Corporate Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
A major financial services technical organisation, a hugely respected and prestigious organisation, has an opportunity for a senior test analyst or test lead with a strong background in...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
South West
The Project Manager will have exceptional communication skills and proven change management skills and expertise delivering projects from inception to delivery through to BAU. Knowledge of PEGA Systems...
JM
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
South West
Leading Financial Services Sector Client now requires an exceptional Payments Programme Manager with strong Sanctions / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) experience to be accountable for successfully delivering complex projects...
JM
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
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