Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads1287243383
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK18.91 %21.75 %
As % of the General category38.19 %41.74 %
Salaries quoted1004634799
Average salary£48,000£47,500
Average salary % change on the same period last year+1.050 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000
IT Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
33701103937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK49.50 %52.11 %
Salaries quoted2727684452
Average salary£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500
% change on same period last year+1.330 %

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 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
EnglandNo change012420£49,500+4.21 %
LondonNo change07981£55,000+4.76 %
City of LondonNo change03253£55,000+4.76 %
South EastDown-21690£45,000+5.88 %
South WestDown-3655£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandDown-4525£41,500+3.75 %
North WestDown-7518£40,000-3.61 %
YorkshireDown-7410£37,500+7.14 %
BerkshireNo change0376£45,000+5.88 %
SurreyDown-7376£42,500-
West MidlandsDown-3349£35,000-6.66 %
HampshireDown-4280£45,000+12.50 %
HertfordshireUp+1237£42,500-
BristolDown-5219£37,500+7.14 %
ManchesterDown-12210£40,000-5.88 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0200£63,750+21.42 %
West YorkshireDown-3200£40,000+14.28 %
ScotlandDown-6192£37,500-3.84 %
CheshireDown-5160£41,500-5.68 %
WiltshireUp+7157£42,500+10.38 %
East MidlandsDown-14154£38,000-5.00 %
ReadingDown-2139£37,500-7.40 %
LeedsDown-2135£40,000+14.28 %
OxfordshireUp+8124£37,500+4.16 %
BuckinghamshireDown-4120£45,000+20.00 %
EssexDown-6119£41,000-8.88 %
GloucestershireDown-4104£32,500-7.14 %
CambridgeshireDown-10102£45,000+25.00 %
BirminghamDown-1100£37,500-6.25 %
SwindonUp+798£42,500+18.05 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Finance 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 Finance.

16233 (20.97 %)SQL
24609 (15.50 %)Banking
34555 (15.32 %)Oracle
44380 (14.73 %)SQL Server
54295 (14.45 %).NET
63984 (13.40 %)Java
73813 (12.83 %)C#
83622 (12.18 %)Degree
93608 (12.14 %)UNIX
103511 (11.81 %)Windows
113013 (10.14 %)Microsoft
122770 (9.318 %)Project Management
132470 (8.309 %)C++
142321 (7.808 %)Insurance
151991 (6.698 %)Linux
161939 (6.523 %)XML
171912 (6.432 %)Derivative
181910 (6.425 %)ASP.NET
191851 (6.227 %)MS Excel
201799 (6.052 %)Investment Banking
211742 (5.860 %)Pensions
221683 (5.662 %)OO
231630 (5.483 %)SAP
241566 (5.268 %)Business Intelligence
251493 (5.022 %)ITIL
261425 (4.794 %)Front Office
271389 (4.673 %)SQL Server 2005
281371 (4.612 %)Retail
291359 (4.572 %)Financial Institution
301345 (4.525 %)PRINCE2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Finance 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 Finance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14295 (14.45 %).NET
21939 (6.523 %)XML
31910 (6.425 %)ASP.NET
41256 (4.225 %)J2EE
51010 (3.398 %)HTML
6902 (3.034 %)WebServices
7746 (2.510 %)CSS
8675 (2.271 %)AJAX
9666 (2.240 %)WinForms
10665 (2.237 %)Spring
11503 (1.692 %)Middleware
12468 (1.574 %)WebSphere
13447 (1.504 %).NET Framework
14438 (1.473 %)ASP
15391 (1.315 %)STL
16370 (1.245 %)Hibernate
17349 (1.174 %)WCF
18346 (1.164 %)WPF
19300 (1.009 %)JSP
20291 (0.979 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1796 (2.678 %)SharePoint
2568 (1.911 %)MS Exchange
3426 (1.433 %)IIS
4390 (1.312 %)SharePoint Server 2007
5376 (1.265 %)SAS
6363 (1.221 %)WebLogic
7350 (1.177 %)Exchange Server 2003
8341 (1.147 %)BizTalk Server
9243 (0.817 %)Apache
10239 (0.804 %)CMS
11215 (0.723 %)Exchange Server 2007
12203 (0.683 %)Oracle Workflow
13201 (0.676 %)Tomcat
14156 (0.525 %)WebSphere Application Server
15114 (0.383 %)Lotus Notes
1695 (0.320 %)WebSphere MQ
1786 (0.289 %)MQSeries
1878 (0.262 %)TeamSite
1968 (0.229 %)ESB
2055 (0.185 %)NetWeaver
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11851 (6.227 %)MS Excel
2855 (2.876 %)MS Office
3463 (1.558 %)MS Visio
4342 (1.150 %)MS Project
5207 (0.696 %)Spreadsheet
6148 (0.498 %)MATLAB
7122 (0.410 %)MS PowerPoint
8111 (0.373 %)Photoshop
963 (0.212 %)SPSS
1058 (0.195 %)CA Clarity
1142 (0.141 %)Adobe Illustrator
1234 (0.114 %)Fireworks
1328 (0.094 %)InfoPath
1421 (0.071 %)S-PLUS
1519 (0.064 %)Simulink
1613 (0.044 %)Windchill
178 (0.027 %)DOC1
178 (0.027 %)PrintSoft PReS
187 (0.024 %)Authorware
187 (0.024 %)Paint Shop Pro
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1684 (2.301 %)Oracle Financials
2588 (1.978 %)Oracle EBS
3488 (1.642 %)SAP FI
4438 (1.473 %)SAP FI/CO
4438 (1.473 %)SAP CO
5435 (1.463 %)Oracle Applications
6349 (1.174 %)Oracle 11i
7309 (1.039 %)Dynamics AX
8276 (0.928 %)HFM
9254 (0.854 %)Axapta
10252 (0.848 %)Dynamics CRM
11217 (0.730 %)Oracle EBS R12
12202 (0.680 %)Hyperion Planning
13194 (0.653 %)Microsoft CRM
14139 (0.468 %)SAP SD
15109 (0.367 %)RMDS
16100 (0.336 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1792 (0.309 %)Oracle iProcurement
1880 (0.269 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1976 (0.256 %)SAP HR
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1817 (2.748 %)Internet
2571 (1.921 %)WAN
3546 (1.837 %)TCP/IP
4544 (1.830 %)LAN
5515 (1.732 %)Firewall
6496 (1.669 %)SAN
7382 (1.285 %)DNS
8198 (0.666 %)VPN
9193 (0.649 %)Intranet
10182 (0.612 %)NAS
10182 (0.612 %)DHCP
11174 (0.585 %)VoIP
12148 (0.498 %)OSPF
13137 (0.461 %)Network Security
14131 (0.441 %)BGP
15114 (0.383 %)MPLS
1685 (0.286 %)HTTP
1780 (0.269 %)Cisco PIX
1869 (0.232 %)ATM
1960 (0.202 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14380 (14.73 %)SQL Server
21389 (4.673 %)SQL Server 2005
31089 (3.663 %)Datawarehouse
4668 (2.247 %)BusinessObjects
5659 (2.217 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
6649 (2.183 %)SQL Server 2000
7624 (2.099 %)ETL
8588 (1.978 %)Oracle 10g
9556 (1.870 %)SQL Server Integration Services
10443 (1.490 %)RDBMS
11390 (1.312 %)Oracle 8/8i
12370 (1.245 %)Oracle Reports
13349 (1.174 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
14334 (1.124 %)MySQL
15316 (1.063 %)Crystal Reports
16304 (1.023 %)OLAP
17296 (0.996 %)Essbase
18264 (0.888 %)Oracle 9i
19258 (0.868 %)DB2
20242 (0.814 %)DTS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1550 (1.850 %)Visual Studio
2285 (0.959 %)QuickTest Pro
3240 (0.807 %)Oracle Forms
4207 (0.696 %)Ant
5178 (0.599 %)JUnit
6167 (0.562 %)TestDirector
7155 (0.521 %)Eclipse
8147 (0.494 %)Team Foundation Server
9128 (0.431 %)Subversion
10126 (0.424 %)ClearCase
11123 (0.414 %)LoadRunner
1286 (0.289 %)WinRunner
1378 (0.262 %)NUnit
1476 (0.256 %)Dreamweaver
1558 (0.195 %)ERwin
1654 (0.182 %)PowerBuilder
1753 (0.178 %)Selenium
1847 (0.158 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1942 (0.141 %)Rational Rose
1942 (0.141 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14609 (15.50 %)Banking
22321 (7.808 %)Insurance
31799 (6.052 %)Investment Banking
41742 (5.860 %)Pensions
51425 (4.794 %)Front Office
61371 (4.612 %)Retail
71359 (4.572 %)Financial Institution
81109 (3.731 %)Health
91020 (3.431 %)Marketing
10957 (3.219 %)Telecoms
11869 (2.923 %)Back Office
12855 (2.876 %)Education
13785 (2.641 %)Government
14409 (1.376 %)Manufacturing
15381 (1.282 %)Games
16340 (1.144 %)Legal
17339 (1.140 %)General Ledger
18181 (0.609 %)Construction
19175 (0.589 %)Auditing
20166 (0.558 %)Billing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16913 (23.25 %)Developer
25992 (20.16 %)Analyst
32940 (9.890 %)Consultant
41866 (6.277 %)Business Analyst
51727 (5.810 %)Project Manager
61379 (4.639 %)C# Developer
71299 (4.370 %)Architect
81293 (4.350 %)Support Analyst
91192 (4.010 %).NET Developer
101128 (3.795 %)Java Developer
11972 (3.270 %)Senior Developer
12907 (3.051 %)Administrator
13818 (2.752 %)Applications Support
14814 (2.738 %)DBA
15802 (2.698 %)C++ Developer
16792 (2.664 %)Team Leader
17525 (1.766 %)Senior Analyst
18522 (1.756 %)Programmer
19474 (1.595 %)Systems Analyst
20473 (1.591 %)SAP Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11912 (6.432 %)Derivative
2870 (2.927 %)Fixed Income
3818 (2.752 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4793 (2.668 %)Mathematics
5792 (2.664 %)Equities
6791 (2.661 %)Computer Science
7553 (1.860 %)Multithreading
8509 (1.712 %)Management Information System
9311 (1.046 %)Equity Derivative
10310 (1.043 %)Credit Risk
11290 (0.976 %)Replication
12285 (0.959 %)Client/Server
13279 (0.939 %)Credit Derivative
14271 (0.912 %)Mainframe
15228 (0.767 %)Blackberry
16210 (0.706 %)Clustering
17198 (0.666 %)Statistics
17198 (0.666 %)Spread Betting
18182 (0.612 %)Market Risk
19171 (0.575 %)Physics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13608 (12.14 %)UNIX
23511 (11.81 %)Windows
31991 (6.698 %)Linux
4992 (3.337 %)Windows Server 2003
5922 (3.102 %)Solaris
6448 (1.507 %)Windows XP
7327 (1.100 %)AIX
8276 (0.928 %)Windows 2000
9269 (0.905 %)Red Hat Linux
10182 (0.612 %)Windows 2000 Server
11149 (0.501 %)Windows Server 2008
12136 (0.457 %)HPUX
13102 (0.343 %)Windows Vista
1493 (0.313 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1573 (0.246 %)VMS
1659 (0.198 %)Windows NT
1751 (0.172 %)Windows Mobile
1835 (0.118 %)SUSE
1835 (0.118 %)Android
1930 (0.101 %)OpenVMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12770 (9.318 %)Project Management
21683 (5.662 %)OO
31566 (5.268 %)Business Intelligence
41493 (5.022 %)ITIL
51345 (4.525 %)PRINCE2
61033 (3.475 %)CRM
71024 (3.445 %)Business Analysis
8989 (3.327 %)Risk Management
9975 (3.280 %)Change Management
10913 (3.071 %)Agile Software Development
11895 (3.011 %)ERP
12894 (3.007 %)E-Commerce
13814 (2.738 %)UML
14748 (2.516 %)Service Delivery
15674 (2.267 %)Data Modelling
16632 (2.126 %)Workflow
17630 (2.119 %)User Acceptance Testing
18595 (2.002 %)Stakeholder Management
19588 (1.978 %)Asset Management
20553 (1.860 %)Electronic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16233 (20.97 %)SQL
23984 (13.40 %)Java
33813 (12.83 %)C#
42470 (8.309 %)C++
51120 (3.768 %)JavaScript
61099 (3.697 %)VB
7985 (3.313 %)VB.NET
8974 (3.276 %)Perl
9851 (2.863 %)PL/SQL
10840 (2.826 %)C
11835 (2.809 %)VBA
12819 (2.755 %)T-SQL
13575 (1.934 %)Shell Script
14566 (1.904 %)PHP
15542 (1.823 %)Python
16326 (1.097 %)VBScript
17317 (1.066 %)VB6
18188 (0.632 %)VC++
19166 (0.558 %)X++
20161 (0.542 %)Delphi
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13622 (12.18 %)Degree
2641 (2.156 %)Microsoft Certification
3495 (1.665 %)ISEB
4473 (1.591 %)CIMA
5423 (1.423 %)ACCA
6333 (1.120 %)Security Cleared
7324 (1.090 %)Cisco Certification
8292 (0.982 %)ITIL Certification
9288 (0.969 %)PRINCE2 Certification
10285 (0.959 %)MCSE
11214 (0.720 %)PhD
12188 (0.632 %)MCP
13172 (0.579 %)PMI Certification
14161 (0.542 %)CCNA
15150 (0.505 %)CISSP
16149 (0.501 %)CCNP
17125 (0.420 %)MCSD
18111 (0.373 %)SC Cleared
19105 (0.353 %)MCAD
20103 (0.346 %)CISA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1923 (3.105 %)QA
2562 (1.891 %)SLA
3226 (0.760 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
495 (0.320 %)ISO27001
594 (0.316 %)Basel II
657 (0.192 %)COBIT
657 (0.192 %)PCI DSS
735 (0.118 %)ISO9001
830 (0.101 %)ISO17799
926 (0.087 %)IAS 39
1020 (0.067 %)BS7799
1115 (0.050 %)BS15000
1115 (0.050 %)GAAP
1211 (0.037 %)ISO9000
139 (0.030 %)COSO
139 (0.030 %)JSP 440
148 (0.027 %)PCI QSA
157 (0.024 %)TickIT
157 (0.024 %)ISO14001
165 (0.017 %)IAS 32
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1781 (2.627 %)Active Directory
2220 (0.740 %)Oracle RAC
3176 (0.592 %)NetBackup
4158 (0.532 %)VMware Infrastructure
5134 (0.451 %)Oracle RMAN
6104 (0.350 %)VMware ESX
798 (0.330 %)MSMQ
858 (0.195 %)NFS
939 (0.131 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1037 (0.124 %)Xen
1132 (0.108 %)Terminal Server
1229 (0.098 %)Veritas Volume Manager
1326 (0.087 %)Snort
1425 (0.084 %)Backup Exec
1524 (0.081 %)Veritas Cluster Server
1622 (0.074 %)Samba
1721 (0.071 %)ISA Server
1819 (0.064 %)Sendmail
1917 (0.057 %)AquaLogic
1917 (0.057 %)qmail
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1143 (0.481 %)Tivoli
2133 (0.447 %)Data Guard
3109 (0.367 %)OpenView
464 (0.215 %)SCOM
563 (0.212 %)CONTROL-M
657 (0.192 %)AutoSys
756 (0.188 %)MOM
851 (0.172 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
943 (0.145 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1039 (0.131 %)Legato
1039 (0.131 %)EMC NetWorker
1137 (0.124 %)BMC PATROL
1233 (0.111 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1233 (0.111 %)SCCM
1332 (0.108 %)Norton AntiVirus
1428 (0.094 %)HP Data Protector
1428 (0.094 %)CiscoWorks
1524 (0.081 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1615 (0.050 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
1714 (0.047 %)DameWare
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14555 (15.32 %)Oracle
23013 (10.14 %)Microsoft
31630 (5.483 %)SAP
4835 (2.809 %)Sybase
5797 (2.681 %)Cisco
6680 (2.287 %)Hyperion
7668 (2.247 %)Business Objects
8644 (2.166 %)IBM
9609 (2.049 %)HP
10533 (1.793 %)Cognos
11500 (1.682 %)Citrix
12496 (1.669 %)VMware
13351 (1.181 %)Sun
14296 (0.996 %)Red Hat
15235 (0.791 %)Informatica
16230 (0.774 %)Reuters
17219 (0.737 %)TIBCO
18196 (0.659 %)Veritas
19190 (0.639 %)NetApp
20176 (0.592 %)PeopleSoft