The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 21 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 Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 807 854 847
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -7
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 53 33 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.049% 0.027% 0.020%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.146% 0.082% 0.057%
Number of salaries quoted 48 21 23
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +35.71%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £34,500
% change year-on-year
- +30.43%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36262 40019 42312
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.38% 33.02% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 29773 33735 35431
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK.

Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Top 21 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 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
England +30 52 £50,000 +5.26%
East Midlands - 43 £42,500 -
Leicestershire - 37 £50,000 -
Warwickshire +32 28 £47,500 -
West Midlands +5 28 £47,500 -
London +20 7 £65,000 +13.04%
Leicester - 5 £26,500 -
East of England - 3 - -
Derby - 3 £35,000 -
Derbyshire - 3 £35,000 -
Cambridgeshire - 3 - -
City of London - 3 £55,000 -
Northamptonshire - 3 £40,000 -
South East -9 2 - -
Buckinghamshire -20 2 - -
Surrey - 2 - -
Hertfordshire - 2 - -
South West - 1 £45,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £45,000 -
Swindon - 1 £45,000 -
Cambridge - 1 - -

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 93 (81.58%) Finance
2 86 (75.44%) Smartcard
3 85 (74.56%) Cyber Security
4 75 (65.79%) Degree
4 75 (65.79%) Identity Management
5 48 (42.11%) SQL
6 47 (41.23%) Windows
7 43 (37.72%) Computer Science
8 35 (30.70%) Agile Software Development
9 32 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
10 31 (27.19%) Test Scripting
11 30 (26.32%) Windows Vista
11 30 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
11 30 (26.32%) IIS
11 30 (26.32%) Windows XP
12 28 (24.56%) JavaScript
12 28 (24.56%) Security Cleared
13 25 (21.93%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (17.54%) Java
14 20 (17.54%) C++
15 19 (16.67%) Web Services
16 17 (14.91%) C#
16 17 (14.91%) .NET
17 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
17 16 (14.04%) NFC
18 15 (13.16%) Product Marketing
18 15 (13.16%) Marketing
18 15 (13.16%) VPN
19 14 (12.28%) PhD
19 14 (12.28%) CISSP

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (16.67%) Web Services
2 17 (14.91%) .NET
3 11 (9.649%) HTML
4 3 (2.632%) WebSphere
4 3 (2.632%) REST
5 2 (1.754%) Ajax
5 2 (1.754%) WCF
5 2 (1.754%) WPF
5 2 (1.754%) Silverlight
5 2 (1.754%) LINQ
5 2 (1.754%) ASP.NET
5 2 (1.754%) XML
5 2 (1.754%) WinForms
6 1 (0.877%) Middleware
6 1 (0.877%) MFC
6 1 (0.877%) ASP
6 1 (0.877%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 30 (26.32%) IIS
2 6 (5.263%) SAS
3 2 (1.754%) Windows Azure
3 2 (1.754%) MS Exchange
4 1 (0.877%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (9.649%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.754%) Office 365
2 2 (1.754%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 16 (14.04%) NFC
2 15 (13.16%) VPN
3 3 (2.632%) Internet
3 3 (2.632%) HTTP
3 3 (2.632%) HTTPS
4 2 (1.754%) Wireshark
4 2 (1.754%) LAN
4 2 (1.754%) VoIP
4 2 (1.754%) WAN
4 2 (1.754%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.754%) Firewall
5 1 (0.877%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (14.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.754%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (1.754%) MySQL
3 1 (0.877%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (1.754%) Hudson
1 2 (1.754%) Git (software)
1 2 (1.754%) Trac
1 2 (1.754%) Subversion
2 1 (0.877%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.877%) Visual Studio
General
1 93 (81.58%) Finance
2 15 (13.16%) Marketing
3 6 (5.263%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (2.632%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.754%) Legal
5 2 (1.754%) Electronics
5 2 (1.754%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.877%) Banking
Job Titles
1 26 (22.81%) Tester
1 26 (22.81%) Software Tester
2 20 (17.54%) Consultant
3 18 (15.79%) Software Engineer
4 16 (14.04%) Support Manager
5 15 (13.16%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 15 (13.16%) Graduate
6 11 (9.649%) Technical Consultant
7 9 (7.895%) Developer
7 9 (7.895%) Sales Consultant
7 9 (7.895%) Pre Sales Consultant
8 5 (4.386%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.386%) Programmer
9 4 (3.509%) Architect
9 4 (3.509%) Analyst
9 4 (3.509%) SAS Programmer
9 4 (3.509%) Test Engineer
10 3 (2.632%) C++ Software Engineer
10 3 (2.632%) Java Developer
10 3 (2.632%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 86 (75.44%) Smartcard
2 43 (37.72%) Computer Science
3 25 (21.93%) Enterprise Software
4 14 (12.28%) Mobile Payment
4 14 (12.28%) Mathematics
5 13 (11.40%) Cryptography
6 6 (5.263%) Statistics
7 3 (2.632%) Social Network
8 2 (1.754%) PaaS
8 2 (1.754%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.754%) Smartphone
8 2 (1.754%) Biotechnology
8 2 (1.754%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.877%) Firmware
9 1 (0.877%) N-Tier
9 1 (0.877%) Java Card
9 1 (0.877%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 47 (41.23%) Windows
2 32 (28.07%) Windows Server 2008
3 30 (26.32%) Windows Vista
3 30 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
3 30 (26.32%) Windows XP
4 6 (5.263%) UNIX
5 4 (3.509%) Linux
6 3 (2.632%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 85 (74.56%) Cyber Security
2 75 (65.79%) Identity Management
3 35 (30.70%) Agile Software Development
4 31 (27.19%) Test Scripting
5 15 (13.16%) Product Marketing
6 14 (12.28%) Workflow
7 13 (11.40%) Web Development
8 6 (5.263%) Biostatistics
9 3 (2.632%) TOGAF
9 3 (2.632%) Penetration Testing
9 3 (2.632%) UML
9 3 (2.632%) Multithreading
9 3 (2.632%) OWASP
9 3 (2.632%) Security Architecture
10 2 (1.754%) MVVM
10 2 (1.754%) Analytics
10 2 (1.754%) Continuous Integration
11 1 (0.877%) Risk Assessment
11 1 (0.877%) Software Engineering
11 1 (0.877%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (42.11%) SQL
2 28 (24.56%) JavaScript
3 20 (17.54%) Java
3 20 (17.54%) C++
4 17 (14.91%) C#
5 13 (11.40%) XAML
5 13 (11.40%) Objective-C
6 4 (3.509%) C
7 1 (0.877%) Fortran
7 1 (0.877%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.877%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.877%) VB
7 1 (0.877%) VBA
Qualifications
1 75 (65.79%) Degree
2 28 (24.56%) Security Cleared
3 14 (12.28%) PhD
3 14 (12.28%) CISSP
4 3 (2.632%) CISA
4 3 (2.632%) CISM
5 2 (1.754%) MCTS
5 2 (1.754%) MCITP
5 2 (1.754%) MCSE
5 2 (1.754%) MCSA
5 2 (1.754%) MCP
5 2 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.877%) HNC
6 1 (0.877%) HND
6 1 (0.877%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.754%) SLA
2 1 (0.877%) CDISC
2 1 (0.877%) COBIT
System Software
1 10 (8.772%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.877%) Terminal Server
Vendors
1 8 (7.018%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.386%) Oracle
3 4 (3.509%) Apple
4 2 (1.754%) Xamarin
4 2 (1.754%) Cisco
4 2 (1.754%) IBM
4 2 (1.754%) HP
4 2 (1.754%) Dell
4 2 (1.754%) Citrix
4 2 (1.754%) Hitachi
4 2 (1.754%) Toshiba
4 2 (1.754%) VMware
Swindon, South West
The role requires candidates with a solid understanding of Software engineering and also a wide range of technical skills to ensure they are able to lead a small...
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Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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