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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 10 6 9
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +3
Permanent jobs citing Finance 23 23 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 20.54% 18.55% 17.41%
As % of the General category 71.88% 76.67% 59.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14 8 28
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
32 30 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 28.57% 24.19% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 39
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 West Lothian region.

West Lothian Finance Salary Trend

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 West Lothian 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
Livingston -6 21 £36,000 -0.68%
Linlithgow - 1 - -
Finance
Scotland

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 31 (83.78%) SQL
2 28 (75.68%) UNIX
3 25 (67.57%) Oracle
4 22 (59.46%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (59.46%) Business Intelligence
4 22 (59.46%) ETL
4 22 (59.46%) Telecoms
5 20 (54.05%) Informatica
5 20 (54.05%) Netezza
5 20 (54.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 19 (51.35%) MySQL
7 17 (45.95%) Ab Initio
8 16 (43.24%) RDBMS
9 14 (37.84%) Teradata
9 14 (37.84%) TDD
9 14 (37.84%) Banking
9 14 (37.84%) Korn
10 11 (29.73%) Informix
11 10 (27.03%) DataStage
12 8 (21.62%) Broadband
12 8 (21.62%) VBScript
12 8 (21.62%) Java
12 8 (21.62%) Test Automation
13 7 (18.92%) Degree
14 6 (16.22%) SLA
15 5 (13.51%) DB2
16 3 (8.108%) Agile Software Development
16 3 (8.108%) QuickTest Pro
16 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
16 3 (8.108%) MS Office

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 1 (2.703%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.703%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (8.108%) MS Office
1 3 (8.108%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle Financials
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (2.703%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 8 (21.62%) Broadband
2 2 (5.405%) BSS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (59.46%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (51.35%) MySQL
3 16 (43.24%) RDBMS
4 11 (29.73%) Informix
5 10 (27.03%) DataStage
6 5 (13.51%) DB2
7 2 (5.405%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (2.703%) Data Mining
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (2.703%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 3 (8.108%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 22 (59.46%) Telecoms
2 14 (37.84%) Banking
3 2 (5.405%) Billing
Job Titles
1 14 (37.84%) Developer
2 8 (21.62%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 8 (21.62%) Data Warehouse Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Analyst
3 6 (16.22%) Support Engineer
4 5 (13.51%) Test Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Technical Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) Technical Test Analyst
5 3 (8.108%) Database Developer
5 3 (8.108%) Ab Initio Developer
5 3 (8.108%) Automation Tester
5 3 (8.108%) Tester
6 2 (5.405%) Senior Data Modeller
6 2 (5.405%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.405%) Data Modeller
7 1 (2.703%) Business Intelligence Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Oracle Functional Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Data Warehouse Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Senior Tester
7 1 (2.703%) Oracle Financials Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.108%) Open Source
2 2 (5.405%) Reference Data
3 1 (2.703%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) UNIX
2 2 (5.405%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (59.46%) Business Intelligence
1 22 (59.46%) ETL
2 20 (54.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (37.84%) TDD
4 8 (21.62%) Test Automation
5 3 (8.108%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.108%) Data Modelling
6 2 (5.405%) Resource Management
6 2 (5.405%) Project Management
6 2 (5.405%) eTOM
7 1 (2.703%) Data Management
7 1 (2.703%) Information Management
7 1 (2.703%) Programme Management
7 1 (2.703%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.703%) Change Management
7 1 (2.703%) ITIL
7 1 (2.703%) ERP
7 1 (2.703%) Business Development
7 1 (2.703%) Master Data Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (83.78%) SQL
2 14 (37.84%) Korn
3 8 (21.62%) VBScript
3 8 (21.62%) Java
4 3 (8.108%) Perl
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 25 (67.57%) Oracle
2 20 (54.05%) Informatica
2 20 (54.05%) Netezza
3 17 (45.95%) Ab Initio
4 14 (37.84%) Teradata
5 3 (8.108%) Microsoft
5 3 (8.108%) HP
6 1 (2.703%) Pegasus