The first table below looks at the demand for Financial Analysis skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Financial Analysis over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Analysis
Rank 757 834 681
Rank change year-on-year
+77 -153
Permanent jobs citing Financial Analysis 107 66 189
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.098% 0.054% 0.155%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.129% 0.072% 0.210%
Number of salaries quoted 71 55 151
Average salary £52,500 £54,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.66% -9.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £28,150 £36,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £79,000 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £51,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-22.33% +14.44%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
83042 91442 90017
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.35% 74.55% 73.64%
Number of salaries quoted 68087 77706 75411
Average salary £45,000 £47,250 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -0.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Financial Analysis
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Financial Analysis Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Analysis
Salary Trend

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

Financial Analysis Salary Trend

Financial Analysis
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Financial Analysis over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 within the UK.

Financial Analysis Salary Histogram

Financial Analysis
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Analysis within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +74 102 £52,500 -8.69%
London +93 72 £55,000 -4.34%
South East +10 20 £54,500 -7.62%
City of London +29 17 £57,500 +64.28%
Hampshire +12 7 £65,000 +116.66%
Berkshire +1 6 £61,250 +3.81%
Surrey +12 5 £40,000 -33.33%
Reading - 4 £77,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £37,500 -
North West -6 3 £28,000 -5.88%
Leicestershire - 3 £37,500 -
Leicester - 3 £37,500 -
Winchester - 3 £49,000 -
Weybridge - 2 £22,000 -
Liverpool - 2 £26,750 -
Merseyside - 2 £26,750 -
Stirling - 2 £28,250 -
Scotland - 2 £28,250 -
Norfolk +2 1 £27,750 -44.50%
East of England 0 1 £27,750 -46.88%
Manchester -4 1 £32,500 +8.33%
Yorkshire - 1 - -
West Yorkshire - 1 - -
South Yorkshire - 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £37,500 -
Slough - 1 £45,000 -
Sheffield - 1 - -
Wakefield - 1 - -
Leeds - 1 - -
Kettering - 1 £37,500 -

Financial Analysis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Financial Analysis 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 Financial Analysis.

1 183 (100.00%) Finance
2 54 (29.51%) SQL
3 49 (26.78%) MS Excel
4 45 (24.59%) Degree
5 40 (21.86%) Data Analysis
6 39 (21.31%) Business Intelligence
6 39 (21.31%) Project Management
7 38 (20.77%) Microsoft
8 35 (19.13%) SQL Server
9 33 (18.03%) Data Modelling
10 32 (17.49%) VBA
11 29 (15.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 28 (15.30%) Analytics
13 27 (14.75%) Oracle
14 26 (14.21%) OLAP
15 22 (12.02%) ACCA
16 21 (11.48%) T-SQL
16 21 (11.48%) Cognos
17 20 (10.93%) CIMA
18 18 (9.836%) MS Office
18 18 (9.836%) MS PowerPoint
19 17 (9.290%) Marketing
19 17 (9.290%) SAP
19 17 (9.290%) .NET
19 17 (9.290%) Oracle Reports
19 17 (9.290%) SQL Server Analysis Services
20 16 (8.743%) Mathematics
20 16 (8.743%) SQL Server 2005
21 15 (8.197%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 15 (8.197%) Microsoft Analysis Services

Financial Analysis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Financial Analysis 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 Financial Analysis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (9.290%) .NET
2 9 (4.918%) MDX
3 8 (4.372%) ASP.NET
4 4 (2.186%) Middleware
4 4 (2.186%) NHibernate
4 4 (2.186%) WCF
4 4 (2.186%) WPF
4 4 (2.186%) LINQ
4 4 (2.186%) WinForms
5 2 (1.093%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.546%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.546%) HTML
6 1 (0.546%) JSP
6 1 (0.546%) XML
Application Platforms
1 9 (4.918%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.186%) SAS
2 4 (2.186%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (0.546%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 49 (26.78%) MS Excel
2 18 (9.836%) MS Office
2 18 (9.836%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.546%) Maple
3 1 (0.546%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.546%) SPSS
3 1 (0.546%) MS Project
3 1 (0.546%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.186%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (2.186%) Demantra
2 3 (1.639%) PeopleSoft Financials
3 2 (1.093%) SAP FI
3 2 (1.093%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.093%) SAP CO
3 2 (1.093%) HFM
3 2 (1.093%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.546%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.546%) Hyperion Planning
4 1 (0.546%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.546%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.546%) WebTrends
4 1 (0.546%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.372%) WAN
2 5 (2.732%) Internet
3 4 (2.186%) Ethernet
3 4 (2.186%) TCP/IP
3 4 (2.186%) DWDM
3 4 (2.186%) OSPF
3 4 (2.186%) BGP
4 3 (1.639%) IPsec
4 3 (1.639%) MPLS
4 3 (1.639%) ATM
4 3 (1.639%) SDH
5 2 (1.093%) SAN
5 2 (1.093%) Firewall
5 2 (1.093%) Cisco Nexus
6 1 (0.546%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.546%) Wireless
6 1 (0.546%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (19.13%) SQL Server
2 29 (15.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 26 (14.21%) OLAP
4 17 (9.290%) Oracle Reports
4 17 (9.290%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 16 (8.743%) SQL Server 2005
6 15 (8.197%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 15 (8.197%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 15 (8.197%) Essbase
7 14 (7.650%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (7.104%) SQL Server 2008
9 11 (6.011%) DB2
10 10 (5.464%) Oracle OLAP
11 9 (4.918%) PerformancePoint
11 9 (4.918%) ProClarity
11 9 (4.918%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (4.918%) RDBMS
12 8 (4.372%) MS Access
12 8 (4.372%) SQL Server 2000
12 8 (4.372%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 4 (2.186%) Visual Studio
1 4 (2.186%) NUnit
1 4 (2.186%) Team Foundation Server
1 4 (2.186%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 183 (100.00%) Finance
2 17 (9.290%) Marketing
3 14 (7.650%) Banking
4 9 (4.918%) Telecoms
4 9 (4.918%) Investment Banking
5 8 (4.372%) Legal
6 7 (3.825%) Advertising
6 7 (3.825%) Billing
6 7 (3.825%) Retail
7 5 (2.732%) Games
8 3 (1.639%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.639%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.546%) Military
9 1 (0.546%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.546%) Law
9 1 (0.546%) Czech Language
9 1 (0.546%) German Language
9 1 (0.546%) Music
9 1 (0.546%) Back Office
9 1 (0.546%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 69 (37.70%) Analyst
2 29 (15.85%) Consultant
3 21 (11.48%) Data Analyst
4 18 (9.836%) Architect
4 18 (9.836%) Business Analyst
5 15 (8.197%) Financial Analyst
6 13 (7.104%) Business Consultant
7 11 (6.011%) Sales Manager
7 11 (6.011%) MI Analyst
8 10 (5.464%) Senior Consultant
8 10 (5.464%) Product Manager
8 10 (5.464%) Business Intelligence Analyst
9 9 (4.918%) Report Analyst
10 7 (3.825%) Risk Consultant
10 7 (3.825%) Information Analyst
11 6 (3.279%) Developer
11 6 (3.279%) Solutions Architect
11 6 (3.279%) Senior Analyst
12 5 (2.732%) Planning Manager
12 5 (2.732%) Strategy Manager
Miscellaneous
1 16 (8.743%) Mathematics
2 15 (8.197%) Statistics
3 14 (7.650%) Management Information System
4 11 (6.011%) Data Extraction
5 9 (4.918%) Hedge funds
6 5 (2.732%) Economics
7 4 (2.186%) BBC
7 4 (2.186%) Visualisation
7 4 (2.186%) Inversion of Control
8 2 (1.093%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 2 (1.093%) Physics
8 2 (1.093%) Chemistry
8 2 (1.093%) Computer Science
8 2 (1.093%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (1.093%) Mobile Payment
9 1 (0.546%) iPad
9 1 (0.546%) Social Media
9 1 (0.546%) iPhone
9 1 (0.546%) FMCG
9 1 (0.546%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.732%) Windows
2 2 (1.093%) AIX
2 2 (1.093%) Linux
3 1 (0.546%) Android
3 1 (0.546%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (21.86%) Data Analysis
2 39 (21.31%) Business Intelligence
2 39 (21.31%) Project Management
3 33 (18.03%) Data Modelling
4 28 (15.30%) Analytics
5 14 (7.650%) Data Management
6 13 (7.104%) ERP
6 13 (7.104%) CRM
6 13 (7.104%) Operations Research
6 13 (7.104%) Business Analytics
7 12 (6.557%) Customer Insight
8 11 (6.011%) Marketing Strategy
8 11 (6.011%) Risk Management
8 11 (6.011%) ETL
9 10 (5.464%) Kimball Methodology
10 9 (4.918%) Business Development
11 8 (4.372%) Service Delivery
11 8 (4.372%) Time Management
11 8 (4.372%) Risk Analytics
12 7 (3.825%) Quantitative Analysis
Programming Languages
1 54 (29.51%) SQL
2 32 (17.49%) VBA
3 21 (11.48%) T-SQL
4 11 (6.011%) C
5 10 (5.464%) C#
5 10 (5.464%) PL/SQL
6 8 (4.372%) VB
6 8 (4.372%) VB.NET
7 5 (2.732%) C++
8 4 (2.186%) VB6
9 2 (1.093%) PHP
9 2 (1.093%) Java
9 2 (1.093%) MATLAB
9 2 (1.093%) R
10 1 (0.546%) SAS Macro
10 1 (0.546%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.546%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 45 (24.59%) Degree
2 22 (12.02%) ACCA
3 20 (10.93%) CIMA
4 14 (7.650%) CFA
5 10 (5.464%) SC Cleared
5 10 (5.464%) DV Cleared
5 10 (5.464%) Security Cleared
6 7 (3.825%) ICAEW
7 3 (1.639%) Six Sigma Green Belt
7 3 (1.639%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
7 3 (1.639%) Six Sigma Black Belt
7 3 (1.639%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.546%) APMP
8 1 (0.546%) MBA
8 1 (0.546%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.546%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.546%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.825%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (2.732%) SLA
3 4 (2.186%) GAAP
4 2 (1.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.093%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.186%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.186%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.093%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.093%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.093%) Tivoli Storage Manager
1 2 (1.093%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 38 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 27 (14.75%) Oracle
3 21 (11.48%) Cognos
4 17 (9.290%) SAP
5 10 (5.464%) Business Objects
5 10 (5.464%) Sybase
6 9 (4.918%) Brio
7 7 (3.825%) Tableau
8 6 (3.279%) Hyperion
9 5 (2.732%) BT
9 5 (2.732%) PeopleSoft
10 4 (2.186%) SunGard
10 4 (2.186%) VMware
11 2 (1.093%) Cisco
11 2 (1.093%) IBM
11 2 (1.093%) Sun
11 2 (1.093%) EMC
11 2 (1.093%) Lotus
11 2 (1.093%) JD Edwards
11 2 (1.093%) Isilon
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