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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 16 3 3
Rank change year-on-year
-13 0
Permanent jobs citing Finance 135 296 238
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 10.79% 25.58% 23.26%
As % of the General category 41.16% 68.36% 53.13%
Number of salaries quoted 114 255 222
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,925 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,250 £49,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
328 433 448
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 26.22% 37.42% 43.79%
Number of salaries quoted 282 376 426
Average salary £36,400 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.11% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £26,500 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
UK

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Finance across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Wales Finance Jobs Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

Wales Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Wales Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
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 Wales region 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
South Wales -10 122 £37,500 +7.14%
North Wales -9 8 £28,500 -18.57%
West Wales +6 6 £32,000 -36.00%
Finance
UK

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

1 79 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 71 (20.82%) SQL
3 67 (19.65%) Agile Software Development
4 57 (16.72%) Microsoft
5 56 (16.42%) .NET
6 52 (15.25%) MS Excel
7 46 (13.49%) C#
8 44 (12.90%) Retail
9 43 (12.61%) Banking
10 42 (12.32%) Java
11 41 (12.02%) ASP.NET
11 41 (12.02%) Degree
12 39 (11.44%) Advertising
12 39 (11.44%) Oracle
13 34 (9.971%) Project Management
13 34 (9.971%) JavaScript
14 33 (9.677%) Scrum
15 32 (9.384%) Telecoms
15 32 (9.384%) Windows
15 32 (9.384%) SharePoint
16 31 (9.091%) SAN
17 29 (8.504%) ITIL
17 29 (8.504%) C++
18 27 (7.918%) PRINCE2
19 26 (7.625%) OO
20 24 (7.038%) Security Cleared
20 24 (7.038%) MVC
21 23 (6.745%) XML
21 23 (6.745%) Active Directory
21 23 (6.745%) SC Cleared

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales region 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.

Application Development
1 56 (16.42%) .NET
2 41 (12.02%) ASP.NET
3 23 (6.745%) XML
4 22 (6.452%) ASP.NET MVC
5 20 (5.865%) J2EE
6 19 (5.572%) Web Services
7 16 (4.692%) .NET Framework
7 16 (4.692%) SOAP
8 14 (4.106%) Spring
8 14 (4.106%) HTML
9 13 (3.812%) CSS
10 11 (3.226%) Hibernate
10 11 (3.226%) Java EE
10 11 (3.226%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 11 (3.226%) Castle Windsor
10 11 (3.226%) ASP.NET MVC 3
10 11 (3.226%) Razor View Engine
11 9 (2.639%) Struts
11 9 (2.639%) JPA
12 8 (2.346%) Spring Web Flow
Application Platforms
1 32 (9.384%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.865%) MS Exchange
3 19 (5.572%) IIS
4 17 (4.985%) Exchange Server 2010
4 17 (4.985%) Exchange Server 2007
5 11 (3.226%) CMS
5 11 (3.226%) SharePoint Server
5 11 (3.226%) Sitecore CMS
6 8 (2.346%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (1.760%) SAS
8 2 (0.587%) FileNet
8 2 (0.587%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 2 (0.587%) MSMQ
8 2 (0.587%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.293%) Site Server
9 1 (0.293%) CICS
9 1 (0.293%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.293%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.293%) Apache
9 1 (0.293%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 52 (15.25%) MS Excel
2 20 (5.865%) MS Project
3 12 (3.519%) MS Office
4 6 (1.760%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.587%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.293%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.933%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.587%) SAP PS
3 1 (0.293%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.293%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.293%) SalesLogix
3 1 (0.293%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 31 (9.091%) SAN
2 7 (2.053%) Firewall
2 7 (2.053%) Internet
3 3 (0.880%) DNS
3 3 (0.880%) VoIP
3 3 (0.880%) DHCP
3 3 (0.880%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.880%) Cisco ASA
4 2 (0.587%) Network Security
4 2 (0.587%) Nortel Alteon
4 2 (0.587%) Intranet
4 2 (0.587%) VPN
5 1 (0.293%) LAN
5 1 (0.293%) BGP
5 1 (0.293%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.293%) VRRP
5 1 (0.293%) IPsec
5 1 (0.293%) Wireless
5 1 (0.293%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.293%) FWSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (23.17%) SQL Server
2 22 (6.452%) MySQL
3 15 (4.399%) RDBMS
4 10 (2.933%) SQL Server 2008
5 5 (1.466%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (1.466%) QlikView
6 3 (0.880%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.587%) SQL Server 2012
7 2 (0.587%) Base SAS
7 2 (0.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.587%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.587%) MS Access
8 1 (0.293%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.293%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.293%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.293%) DB2
8 1 (0.293%) OLAP
8 1 (0.293%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.293%) SAP BI
8 1 (0.293%) Essbase
Development Applications
1 14 (4.106%) Team Foundation Server
1 14 (4.106%) Visual Studio
2 10 (2.933%) ReSharper
3 9 (2.639%) Maven
4 7 (2.053%) Ant
5 5 (1.466%) QuickTest Pro
6 3 (0.880%) Subversion
6 3 (0.880%) Selenium
7 2 (0.587%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.587%) WebDriver
7 2 (0.587%) TestDirector
8 1 (0.293%) ClearQuest
8 1 (0.293%) MorphX
8 1 (0.293%) NUnit
8 1 (0.293%) Rhino Mocks
8 1 (0.293%) Moq
8 1 (0.293%) MSTest
8 1 (0.293%) Git (software)
General
1 44 (12.90%) Retail
2 43 (12.61%) Banking
3 39 (11.44%) Advertising
4 32 (9.384%) Telecoms
5 22 (6.452%) Marketing
6 15 (4.399%) Financial Institution
7 13 (3.812%) Legal
8 9 (2.639%) Retail Banking
9 3 (0.880%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.587%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.587%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.587%) Military
10 2 (0.587%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.293%) Billing
Job Titles
1 126 (36.95%) Developer
2 72 (21.11%) Analyst
3 41 (12.02%) Business Analyst
4 39 (11.44%) Project Manager
5 35 (10.26%) Software Developer
6 26 (7.625%) Java Developer
7 25 (7.331%) C++ Developer
7 25 (7.331%) Architect
7 25 (7.331%) C++ Software Developer
8 23 (6.745%) .NET Developer
9 17 (4.985%) Consultant
10 15 (4.399%) Test Analyst
11 12 (3.519%) Senior Analyst
11 12 (3.519%) Solutions Architect
12 11 (3.226%) Programmer
12 11 (3.226%) Infrastructure Architect
13 10 (2.933%) Microsoft Developer
14 9 (2.639%) Web Developer
14 9 (2.639%) Customer Solutions Architect
14 9 (2.639%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.279%) Mobile Banking
2 13 (3.812%) Computer Science
3 9 (2.639%) Credit Risk
4 5 (1.466%) Social Media
4 5 (1.466%) Open Source
5 4 (1.173%) Copywriting
5 4 (1.173%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.173%) Blackberry
6 3 (0.880%) Statistics
7 2 (0.587%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.587%) iSeries
7 2 (0.587%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.587%) AS400
7 2 (0.587%) PMI
8 1 (0.293%) N-Tier
8 1 (0.293%) Client/Server
8 1 (0.293%) Mainframe
8 1 (0.293%) Economics
8 1 (0.293%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.293%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 32 (9.384%) Windows
2 20 (5.865%) Windows Server 2008
2 20 (5.865%) Windows 2000
3 19 (5.572%) Windows Server 2003
4 13 (3.812%) UNIX
5 4 (1.173%) Android
5 4 (1.173%) Windows 7
5 4 (1.173%) Linux
6 3 (0.880%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.587%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.587%) Windows Vista
7 2 (0.587%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.293%) zOS
8 1 (0.293%) MVS
8 1 (0.293%) Solaris
8 1 (0.293%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.293%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.293%) Windows Phone 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (19.65%) Agile Software Development
2 34 (9.971%) Project Management
3 33 (9.677%) Scrum
4 29 (8.504%) ITIL
5 27 (7.918%) PRINCE2
6 26 (7.625%) OO
7 24 (7.038%) MVC
8 23 (6.745%) Incident Management
9 21 (6.158%) CRM
9 21 (6.158%) TDD
10 17 (4.985%) UML
10 17 (4.985%) Service Management
11 16 (4.692%) Business Analysis
12 15 (4.399%) Unit Testing
12 15 (4.399%) Continuous Integration
13 14 (4.106%) Business Development
13 14 (4.106%) Information Security
14 13 (3.812%) Business Intelligence
14 13 (3.812%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (2.933%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 71 (20.82%) SQL
2 46 (13.49%) C#
3 42 (12.32%) Java
4 34 (9.971%) JavaScript
5 29 (8.504%) C++
6 14 (4.106%) VB
7 11 (3.226%) VB.NET
8 9 (2.639%) C
8 9 (2.639%) PHP
8 9 (2.639%) VC++
9 8 (2.346%) VB6
10 7 (2.053%) VBA
11 5 (1.466%) VBScript
12 4 (1.173%) ActionScript
12 4 (1.173%) T-SQL
13 3 (0.880%) Python
14 2 (0.587%) PHP5
14 2 (0.587%) RPG
14 2 (0.587%) Uniface
15 1 (0.293%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (12.02%) Degree
2 24 (7.038%) Security Cleared
3 23 (6.745%) SC Cleared
4 16 (4.692%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.519%) ISEB
6 10 (2.933%) PMI Certification
7 8 (2.346%) PMP
8 7 (2.053%) CISSP
9 6 (1.760%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.466%) ISTQB
11 3 (0.880%) MCSE
11 3 (0.880%) MCP
12 2 (0.587%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 2 (0.587%) CRISC
12 2 (0.587%) CISA
12 2 (0.587%) CISM
12 2 (0.587%) MCSD
12 2 (0.587%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.293%) CCIE
13 1 (0.293%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.933%) SLA
2 5 (1.466%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.173%) QA
4 2 (0.587%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.293%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 23 (6.745%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.173%) VMware ESX
3 2 (0.587%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.293%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.293%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (0.587%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.293%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (0.293%) Nessus
Vendors
1 57 (16.72%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.44%) Oracle
3 13 (3.812%) Cisco
4 11 (3.226%) Fujitsu
4 11 (3.226%) Sitecore
5 8 (2.346%) Thunderhead
6 7 (2.053%) SAP
7 6 (1.760%) IBM
8 5 (1.466%) Salesforce.com
8 5 (1.466%) VMware
8 5 (1.466%) BT
9 3 (0.880%) Cognos
9 3 (0.880%) Juniper
10 2 (0.587%) Brocade
10 2 (0.587%) Radware
10 2 (0.587%) Business Objects
10 2 (0.587%) Novell
10 2 (0.587%) ILOG
10 2 (0.587%) Nortel
10 2 (0.587%) Avaya
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