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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Insurance' in IT jobs within the Watford region together with a comparison to our General terms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Insurance over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInsurance
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3029
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads3337
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.015 %
As % of the category below9.649 %12.17 %
Salaries quoted2128
Average minimum salary£37,571£32,107
Average salary£39,762£33,661
% change on same period last year+18.12 %
Average maximum salary£41,952£35,214
UK excluding London average salary£41,389£39,511
% change on same period last year+4.75 %
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads342304
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.184 %0.127 %
Salaries quoted294281
Average minimum salary£42,749£34,467
Average salary£46,121£36,230
% change on same period last year+27.30 %
Average maximum salary£49,493£37,992
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Insurance HertfordshireInsurance
Hertfordshire

Insurance
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Insurance across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Watford Insurance Demand Trend

Insurance
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Insurance across the Watford region.

Watford Insurance Salary Trend

Insurance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Insurance across the Watford region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Watford Insurance Salary Histogram

Insurance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing Insurance 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 Insurance.

138 (70.37 %)Finance
227 (50.00 %)Retail
326 (48.15 %)SQL
419 (35.19 %)UNIX
513 (24.07 %)Linux
513 (24.07 %)Oracle
513 (24.07 %)DB2
513 (24.07 %)IBM
611 (20.37 %)E-Commerce
710 (18.52 %)UML
710 (18.52 %)Health
89 (16.67 %)Project Management
98 (14.81 %)MQSeries
98 (14.81 %)HTTP
98 (14.81 %)Middleware
98 (14.81 %)Tomcat
98 (14.81 %)Windows
98 (14.81 %)AIX
98 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
98 (14.81 %)WebSphere Application Server
98 (14.81 %)IIS
98 (14.81 %)Change Management
98 (14.81 %)IBM HTTP Server
98 (14.81 %)WebSphere
107 (12.96 %)Pensions
116 (11.11 %)J2EE
116 (11.11 %)C
116 (11.11 %)MS Visio
116 (11.11 %)French Language
125 (9.259 %)Risk Analysis

Insurance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Watford region citing Insurance 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 Insurance. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (14.81 %)Middleware
18 (14.81 %)WebSphere
26 (11.11 %)J2EE
34 (7.407 %).NET
43 (5.556 %)JSF
43 (5.556 %)EJB
52 (3.704 %)CSS
52 (3.704 %)JSP
52 (3.704 %)Servlets
52 (3.704 %)Struts
52 (3.704 %)XML
52 (3.704 %)HTML
61 (1.852 %)XSLT
61 (1.852 %)XHTML
61 (1.852 %)WSDL
61 (1.852 %)JDBC
Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (14.81 %)WebSphere Application Server
18 (14.81 %)IIS
18 (14.81 %)Tomcat
18 (14.81 %)MQSeries
18 (14.81 %)IBM HTTP Server
21 (1.852 %)SAS
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (11.11 %)MS Visio
21 (1.852 %)SPSS
21 (1.852 %)MS Project
Watford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.852 %)SAP FI
11 (1.852 %)SAP FI/CO
11 (1.852 %)SAP CO
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (14.81 %)HTTP
23 (5.556 %)Internet
Watford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (24.07 %)DB2
25 (9.259 %)TOAD
31 (1.852 %)RDBMS
31 (1.852 %)BusinessObjects
31 (1.852 %)Base SAS
31 (1.852 %)Data Mining
31 (1.852 %)MySQL
Watford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (9.259 %)TestDirector
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (70.37 %)Finance
227 (50.00 %)Retail
310 (18.52 %)Health
47 (12.96 %)Pensions
52 (3.704 %)Publishing
61 (1.852 %)Banking
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (38.89 %)Analyst
210 (18.52 %)Business Analyst
39 (16.67 %)Project Manager
48 (14.81 %)Systems Administrator
48 (14.81 %)Administrator
48 (14.81 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
48 (14.81 %)UNIX Administrator
57 (12.96 %)Junior
65 (9.259 %)Support Analyst
65 (9.259 %)Insurance Business Analyst
74 (7.407 %)Junior Tester
74 (7.407 %)Systems Analyst
74 (7.407 %)Developer
74 (7.407 %)Tester
83 (5.556 %)Architect
83 (5.556 %)Consultant
83 (5.556 %)Senior Business Analyst
83 (5.556 %)Junior Java Developer
83 (5.556 %)Junior Developer
83 (5.556 %)Senior Analyst
Watford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (11.11 %)French Language
22 (3.704 %)Management Information System
31 (1.852 %)Mathematics
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (35.19 %)UNIX
213 (24.07 %)Linux
38 (14.81 %)Windows
38 (14.81 %)AIX
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (20.37 %)E-Commerce
210 (18.52 %)UML
39 (16.67 %)Project Management
48 (14.81 %)Change Management
55 (9.259 %)Risk Analysis
64 (7.407 %)Enterprise Architecture
73 (5.556 %)E-business
82 (3.704 %)PRINCE2
82 (3.704 %)Information Management
82 (3.704 %)Web Testing
82 (3.704 %)Test Scripting
82 (3.704 %)Web Development
91 (1.852 %)System Testing
91 (1.852 %)V-Model
91 (1.852 %)Automated Testing
91 (1.852 %)Business Analysis
91 (1.852 %)Operations Research
91 (1.852 %)CHAID
91 (1.852 %)PRINCE
91 (1.852 %)Risk Management
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (48.15 %)SQL
28 (14.81 %)PL/SQL
36 (11.11 %)C
44 (7.407 %)VB.NET
53 (5.556 %)Java
62 (3.704 %)JavaScript
71 (1.852 %)PHP
71 (1.852 %)SAS Macro
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.704 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (1.852 %)Sun Certification
21 (1.852 %)Degree
Watford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.704 %)SLA
21 (1.852 %)QA
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (24.07 %)Oracle
113 (24.07 %)IBM
21 (1.852 %)Business Objects
21 (1.852 %)SAP