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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 3 7 3
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -4
Permanent jobs citing Finance 78 90 133
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 27.46% 26.01% 30.86%
As % of the General category 45.61% 48.91% 51.55%
Number of salaries quoted 39 31 60
Average salary £43,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
171 184 258
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 60.21% 53.18% 59.86%
Number of salaries quoted 120 92 168
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,350 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Hertfordshire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 143 (63.84%) Retail
2 104 (46.43%) Oracle
3 101 (45.09%) E-Commerce
4 92 (41.07%) Java
5 88 (39.29%) WebSphere
6 81 (36.16%) IBM
7 79 (35.27%) SQL
7 79 (35.27%) WebSphere Application Server
8 78 (34.82%) DB2
8 78 (34.82%) J2EE
9 73 (32.59%) UNIX
10 70 (31.25%) Linux
11 66 (29.46%) Windows
12 64 (28.57%) Games
13 57 (25.45%) HTTP
14 54 (24.11%) AIX
15 51 (22.77%) JavaScript
16 44 (19.64%) HTML
16 44 (19.64%) IIS
17 43 (19.20%) Project Management
18 42 (18.75%) CSS
18 42 (18.75%) IBM HTTP Server
19 41 (18.30%) Tomcat
19 41 (18.30%) MQSeries
20 40 (17.86%) JSP
21 37 (16.52%) Sun
21 37 (16.52%) Manufacturing
22 33 (14.73%) XHTML
23 31 (13.84%) Internet
24 29 (12.95%) Perl

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 88 (39.29%) WebSphere
2 78 (34.82%) J2EE
3 44 (19.64%) HTML
4 42 (18.75%) CSS
5 40 (17.86%) JSP
6 33 (14.73%) XHTML
7 23 (10.27%) Servlets
8 22 (9.821%) .NET
9 19 (8.482%) JDBC
9 19 (8.482%) XML
10 18 (8.036%) Middleware
10 18 (8.036%) EJB
11 17 (7.589%) JSTL
12 11 (4.911%) Struts
12 11 (4.911%) Web Services
13 8 (3.571%) Semantic HTML
14 6 (2.679%) SAP BSP
15 5 (2.232%) Spring
15 5 (2.232%) HTML5
15 5 (2.232%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 79 (35.27%) WebSphere Application Server
2 44 (19.64%) IIS
3 42 (18.75%) IBM HTTP Server
4 41 (18.30%) Tomcat
4 41 (18.30%) MQSeries
5 17 (7.589%) Apache
6 5 (2.232%) ESB
6 5 (2.232%) CMS
7 3 (1.339%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.893%) MS Exchange
8 2 (0.893%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.446%) SharePoint Server
9 1 (0.446%) Liferay
9 1 (0.446%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.446%) SharePoint
Applications
1 18 (8.036%) MS Excel
1 18 (8.036%) MS Office
2 10 (4.464%) MS Visio
2 10 (4.464%) MS Project
3 6 (2.679%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.446%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.446%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (6.250%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (4.018%) Oracle Financials
3 8 (3.571%) SAP FI
3 8 (3.571%) SAP CO
3 8 (3.571%) SAP FI/CO
3 8 (3.571%) Oracle EBS R12
4 7 (3.125%) SAP BPC
5 6 (2.679%) Oracle iProcurement
6 1 (0.446%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.446%) Oracle Retail
6 1 (0.446%) SAP MM
Communications & Networking
1 57 (25.45%) HTTP
2 31 (13.84%) Internet
3 15 (6.696%) Firewall
4 11 (4.911%) FTP
4 11 (4.911%) HTTPS
5 10 (4.464%) PBX
5 10 (4.464%) Unified Communications
6 7 (3.125%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.232%) VPN
8 3 (1.339%) DNS
8 3 (1.339%) DHCP
8 3 (1.339%) VoIP
8 3 (1.339%) LAN
9 2 (0.893%) UMTS
9 2 (0.893%) ADSL
9 2 (0.893%) Broadband
9 2 (0.893%) GPRS
9 2 (0.893%) SNMP
9 2 (0.893%) IPv6
9 2 (0.893%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (34.82%) DB2
2 9 (4.018%) SAP BW
2 9 (4.018%) Oracle Reports
3 7 (3.125%) SQLPlus
4 5 (2.232%) SQL Server
4 5 (2.232%) RDBMS
5 3 (1.339%) DbVisualizer
6 2 (0.893%) Berkeley DB
6 2 (0.893%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.893%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (0.446%) MySQL
7 1 (0.446%) Informix
Development Applications
1 14 (6.250%) Ant
1 14 (6.250%) Rational Application Developer
2 13 (5.804%) Jenkins
2 13 (5.804%) Eclipse
2 13 (5.804%) Subversion
3 11 (4.911%) JUnit
4 9 (4.018%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 7 (3.125%) ProC
6 5 (2.232%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.339%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (1.339%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.893%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.893%) GCC
8 2 (0.893%) Qt Creator
8 2 (0.893%) Git (software)
8 2 (0.893%) Maven
General
1 143 (63.84%) Retail
2 64 (28.57%) Games
3 37 (16.52%) Manufacturing
4 12 (5.357%) Telecoms
5 7 (3.125%) Banking
5 7 (3.125%) Legal
6 6 (2.679%) Advertising
7 5 (2.232%) Marketing
7 5 (2.232%) Publishing
8 1 (0.446%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.446%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.446%) German Language
8 1 (0.446%) Polish Language
8 1 (0.446%) Billing
8 1 (0.446%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.446%) Law
Job Titles
1 72 (32.14%) Analyst
2 42 (18.75%) Developer
3 31 (13.84%) Support Analyst
4 20 (8.929%) Architect
5 19 (8.482%) Business Analyst
6 18 (8.036%) Project Manager
7 15 (6.696%) Consultant
8 13 (5.804%) Front-End Developer
8 13 (5.804%) Tester
8 13 (5.804%) Java Developer
8 13 (5.804%) Infrastructure Architect
9 11 (4.911%) Service Manager
9 11 (4.911%) WebSphere Consultant
10 10 (4.464%) Operations Analyst
10 10 (4.464%) Technical Manager
10 10 (4.464%) Operations Support Analyst
10 10 (4.464%) Financial Analyst
10 10 (4.464%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 9 (4.018%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
11 9 (4.018%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.036%) Management Information System
2 13 (5.804%) W3C
3 11 (4.911%) FMCG
4 5 (2.232%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.786%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.786%) Thin Client
5 4 (1.786%) Fat Client
5 4 (1.786%) iPad
6 3 (1.339%) EPoS
7 2 (0.893%) Mainframe
7 2 (0.893%) Data Conversion
7 2 (0.893%) Computer Science
8 1 (0.446%) Statistics
8 1 (0.446%) Online Banking
8 1 (0.446%) Blog
8 1 (0.446%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.446%) SaaS
8 1 (0.446%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.446%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.446%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 73 (32.59%) UNIX
2 70 (31.25%) Linux
3 66 (29.46%) Windows
4 54 (24.11%) AIX
5 16 (7.143%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (7.143%) SUSE
6 10 (4.464%) Solaris
7 6 (2.679%) Windows 7
8 4 (1.786%) Windows 8
9 2 (0.893%) Windows Server 2003
9 2 (0.893%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.893%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (45.09%) E-Commerce
2 43 (19.20%) Project Management
3 29 (12.95%) Web Development
4 26 (11.61%) ITIL
5 25 (11.16%) MVC
6 17 (7.589%) Change Management
6 17 (7.589%) User Acceptance Testing
7 16 (7.143%) Performance Testing
7 16 (7.143%) Service Delivery
8 12 (5.357%) Business Analysis
8 12 (5.357%) Continuous Improvement
9 10 (4.464%) CRM
9 10 (4.464%) System Testing
10 9 (4.018%) Continuous Integration
10 9 (4.018%) Root Cause Analysis
10 9 (4.018%) Content Management
10 9 (4.018%) RAD
10 9 (4.018%) PRINCE2
11 8 (3.571%) OO
11 8 (3.571%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 92 (41.07%) Java
2 79 (35.27%) SQL
3 51 (22.77%) JavaScript
4 29 (12.95%) Perl
5 19 (8.482%) Bash shell
6 16 (7.143%) PL/SQL
7 9 (4.018%) Shell Script
8 8 (3.571%) ABAP
9 5 (2.232%) VBScript
9 5 (2.232%) C#
10 2 (0.893%) C++
10 2 (0.893%) PHP
10 2 (0.893%) VB
11 1 (0.446%) AWK
11 1 (0.446%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (5.357%) Degree
2 9 (4.018%) Sun Certification
3 7 (3.125%) ISTQB
4 6 (2.679%) ISEB
5 5 (2.232%) GIAC
5 5 (2.232%) CISSP
5 5 (2.232%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.786%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.786%) MCSE
7 3 (1.339%) CCIE
7 3 (1.339%) CCNA
8 2 (0.893%) MCSA
8 2 (0.893%) MCP
9 1 (0.446%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.446%) CCVP
9 1 (0.446%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.125%) PCI DSS
1 7 (3.125%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (2.679%) QA
3 4 (1.786%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (2.679%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.339%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.893%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 7 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
1 7 (3.125%) ServiceCenter
2 5 (2.232%) Nessus
3 2 (0.893%) Backup Exec
3 2 (0.893%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.446%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.446%) Cisco IPCC
Vendors
1 104 (46.43%) Oracle
2 81 (36.16%) IBM
3 37 (16.52%) Sun
4 28 (12.50%) HP
5 21 (9.375%) SAP
6 18 (8.036%) Red Hat
7 17 (7.589%) Microsoft
8 16 (7.143%) Dell
9 11 (4.911%) JBoss
10 7 (3.125%) VMware
11 6 (2.679%) Citrix
11 6 (2.679%) Cisco
12 5 (2.232%) Business Objects
12 5 (2.232%) Adobe
13 4 (1.786%) Apple
13 4 (1.786%) Wyse
14 2 (0.893%) Symantec
14 2 (0.893%) Avaya
14 2 (0.893%) Altiris
14 2 (0.893%) Verint
Watford, South East
My client a market leading, European, retail organisation is looking for Oracle Financials Functional Analyst to join their large team of exceptional Oracle experts. The Oracle Financials guru...
Hudson
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + package and bonus
Posted: 10 May 2013
Watford, South East
My client a market leading, global, retail organisation is looking for Oracle Financials Functional Support Analyst to join their large team of exceptional Oracle experts... If you are...
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
Duties * Coordinating and supporting the project managers * Maintaining the integrity of the project management processes within the company... This person may be required to conduct presentations to support...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
My client is looking for a Sales Insurance Business Development Manager B2B to join their Commercial department... The key responsibilities will include: To deliver the Companys new premium...
Latcom Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum Car allowance and bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013