The first table below looks at the demand for GAAP skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GAAP 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 of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Rank 827 873 838
Rank change year-on-year
+46 -35
Permanent jobs citing GAAP 33 14 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.030% 0.012% 0.027%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.308% 0.128% 0.335%
Number of salaries quoted 21 7 21
Average salary £62,500 £75,000 £85,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% -11.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £54,000 £42,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £79,000 £93,000
UK excluding London average salary £66,250 £57,500 £42,000
% change year-on-year
+15.21% +36.90%
All Quality Assurance & Compliance
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Quality Assurance & Compliance category
10718 10898 9852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 9.867% 8.993% 8.073%
Number of salaries quoted 8660 8962 8132
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.43%

GAAP
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GAAP within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Quality Assurance & Compliance category.

GAAP Jobs Demand Trend

GAAP
Salary Trend

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

GAAP Salary Trend

GAAP
Salary Histogram

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

GAAP Salary Histogram

GAAP
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GAAP 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 +28 31 £62,500 -16.66%
London +44 23 £57,500 -23.33%
South East - 5 £62,500 -
City of London +7 3 £41,500 -
Manchester - 3 £80,000 -
North West - 3 £80,000 -
Edinburgh +11 2 - -
Scotland -4 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £47,500 -
Berkshire - 2 £66,250 -
Reading - 2 £66,250 -

GAAP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 49 (89.09%) Finance
2 20 (36.36%) Legal
3 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
4 15 (27.27%) SunGard
4 15 (27.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 15 (27.27%) Degree
5 13 (23.64%) ACCA
5 13 (23.64%) SAP
6 11 (20.00%) Sun
6 11 (20.00%) Time Management
7 10 (18.18%) HFM
7 10 (18.18%) CIMA
7 10 (18.18%) Management Information System
7 10 (18.18%) Hyperion
7 10 (18.18%) SQL
8 8 (14.55%) Project Management
8 8 (14.55%) Hedge funds
9 7 (12.73%) MS Excel
9 7 (12.73%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (12.73%) Performance Management
10 6 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
10 6 (10.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 6 (10.91%) Billing
10 6 (10.91%) MS PowerPoint
10 6 (10.91%) VBA
10 6 (10.91%) Oracle
10 6 (10.91%) Business Objects
10 6 (10.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 6 (10.91%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (9.091%) Basel II

GAAP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (9.091%) XBRL
1 5 (9.091%) XML
1 5 (9.091%) iXBRL
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) MS Excel
2 6 (10.91%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (3.636%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (3.636%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (18.18%) HFM
2 4 (7.273%) Rolfe and Nolan
2 4 (7.273%) SunGard GMI
2 4 (7.273%) Hyperion Planning
2 4 (7.273%) SAP BPC
2 4 (7.273%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.818%) Finacle
3 1 (1.818%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (1.818%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.818%) Findur
3 1 (1.818%) Temenos T24
3 1 (1.818%) Summit
3 1 (1.818%) Front Arena
3 1 (1.818%) Misys Midas
3 1 (1.818%) Misys Opics
3 1 (1.818%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) ATM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (12.73%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (10.91%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 6 (10.91%) BusinessObjects
3 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 5 (9.091%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (7.273%) Oracle BI EE
4 4 (7.273%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
5 2 (3.636%) MS Access
6 1 (1.818%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (7.273%) Eclipse
General
1 49 (89.09%) Finance
2 20 (36.36%) Legal
3 6 (10.91%) Billing
4 5 (9.091%) Banking
5 4 (7.273%) Back Office
6 3 (5.455%) Law
6 3 (5.455%) German Language
6 3 (5.455%) General Ledger
7 2 (3.636%) Marketing
8 1 (1.818%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.818%) Italian Language
8 1 (1.818%) Turkish Language
8 1 (1.818%) Investment Banking
8 1 (1.818%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (20.00%) Analyst
2 8 (14.55%) Developer
3 7 (12.73%) Data Warehouse Developer
4 6 (10.91%) Consultant
4 6 (10.91%) Systems Manager
5 4 (7.273%) Data Warehouse Analyst
5 4 (7.273%) SAP Consultant
5 4 (7.273%) Analyst Developer
5 4 (7.273%) Auditor
5 4 (7.273%) Architect
5 4 (7.273%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.273%) Support Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Operations Manager
6 3 (5.455%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Data Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Management Consultant
6 3 (5.455%) Senior Financial Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Financial Analyst
6 3 (5.455%) Internal Auditor
7 2 (3.636%) Audit Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (18.18%) Management Information System
2 8 (14.55%) Hedge funds
3 6 (10.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (7.273%) Derivative
4 4 (7.273%) Reference Data
4 4 (7.273%) Equities
4 4 (7.273%) Fixed Income
5 2 (3.636%) Economics
6 1 (1.818%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.818%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.818%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.818%) Physics
6 1 (1.818%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) Business Intelligence
2 11 (20.00%) Time Management
3 8 (14.55%) Project Management
4 7 (12.73%) Performance Management
5 6 (10.91%) User Acceptance Testing
6 4 (7.273%) Analytics
6 4 (7.273%) Master Data Management
6 4 (7.273%) Cash Management
6 4 (7.273%) Data Management
6 4 (7.273%) Stress Testing
6 4 (7.273%) Enterprise Data Management
6 4 (7.273%) Data Architecture
6 4 (7.273%) Financial Analysis
7 3 (5.455%) Change Management
7 3 (5.455%) ETL
7 3 (5.455%) Six Sigma
8 2 (3.636%) Asset Management
8 2 (3.636%) Fund Accounting
8 2 (3.636%) Data Validation
8 2 (3.636%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 10 (18.18%) SQL
2 6 (10.91%) VBA
3 4 (7.273%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (27.27%) Degree
2 13 (23.64%) ACCA
3 10 (18.18%) CIMA
4 4 (7.273%) CISA
4 4 (7.273%) CCAB
5 3 (5.455%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 3 (5.455%) Six Sigma Master Black Belt
5 3 (5.455%) Six Sigma Black Belt
6 1 (1.818%) SAP Certification
6 1 (1.818%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (27.27%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 5 (9.091%) Basel II
3 1 (1.818%) QA
3 1 (1.818%) IAS 39
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) SunGard
2 13 (23.64%) SAP
3 11 (20.00%) Sun
4 10 (18.18%) Hyperion
5 6 (10.91%) Oracle
5 6 (10.91%) Business Objects
6 5 (9.091%) Microsoft
7 4 (7.273%) Microgen
7 4 (7.273%) PeopleSoft
7 4 (7.273%) Cognos
7 4 (7.273%) Misys
7 4 (7.273%) Fidessa
7 4 (7.273%) Cognizant
8 2 (3.636%) Reuters
8 2 (3.636%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.818%) OpenLink
9 1 (1.818%) Calypso
9 1 (1.818%) Murex
9 1 (1.818%) OutlookSoft
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