The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 21 9 7
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -2
Permanent jobs citing Finance 5 2 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 7.042% 7.692% 12.50%
As % of the General category 55.56% 100.00% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 5
Average salary £21,500 £40,000 £20,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-46.25% +95.12%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Walsall
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
9 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Walsall 12.68% 7.692% 27.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 11
Average salary £27,500 £40,000 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.25% +63.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £40,000 £18,900
10% offered a salary of more than £44,200 £53,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
West Midlands

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Walsall 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 Walsall region.

Walsall Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Walsall Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) C#
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 4 (40.00%) CSS
3 3 (30.00%) Project Management
3 3 (30.00%) Web Design
3 3 (30.00%) XHTML
3 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe
3 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (30.00%) Web Application Development
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) Business Development
5 1 (10.00%) Change Management
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
5 1 (10.00%) Logistics
5 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
5 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
5 1 (10.00%) Oracle
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) Cognizant
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (10.00%) SLA

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Walsall 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 4 (40.00%) .NET
1 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
1 4 (40.00%) CSS
2 3 (30.00%) XHTML
3 1 (10.00%) HTML
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Financials
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (10.00%) QlikView
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle BI EE
2 1 (10.00%) CorVu
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Programmer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior Programmer
2 3 (30.00%) Junior
3 2 (20.00%) Account Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Server Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Data Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C# Developer
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C# ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (10.00%) C# Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Management
1 3 (30.00%) Web Design
1 3 (30.00%) Web Application Development
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Web Development
2 2 (20.00%) Business Development
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Data Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Logistics
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Resource Management
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (10.00%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) C#
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Cognizant