The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Biometrics in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Biometrics over the 3 months to 20 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 Miscellaneous category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Biometrics
Rank 177 185 165
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -20
Permanent jobs citing Biometrics 27 1 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.547% 0.022% 0.171%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.184% 0.087% 0.711%
Number of salaries quoted 27 1 7
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +50.79%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
- +32.35%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1236 1145 985
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 25.06% 25.37% 24.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1032 968 804
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,875
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
Biometrics
England

Biometrics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Biometrics Jobs Demand Trend

Biometrics
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Biometrics Salary Trend

Biometrics
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Biometrics across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Biometrics Salary Histogram

Biometrics
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Biometrics within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Warwickshire +33 27 £50,000 +5.26%
Biometrics
England

Biometrics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics.

1 48 (100.00%) Smartcard
1 48 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 48 (100.00%) Finance
1 48 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 39 (81.25%) Degree
3 33 (68.75%) Windows
4 32 (66.67%) SQL
5 24 (50.00%) IIS
5 24 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 24 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
5 24 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 24 (50.00%) Windows Vista
5 24 (50.00%) Test Scripting
5 24 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 15 (31.25%) Security Cleared
6 15 (31.25%) Computer Science
7 14 (29.17%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (16.67%) Workflow
8 8 (16.67%) MS Excel
8 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
8 8 (16.67%) CISSP
8 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 8 (16.67%) HTML
8 8 (16.67%) JavaScript
9 6 (12.50%) Marketing
9 6 (12.50%) Product Marketing
10 1 (2.083%) Office 365
10 1 (2.083%) Android
10 1 (2.083%) MS Office
10 1 (2.083%) MCP

Biometrics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Biometrics 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 Biometrics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 24 (50.00%) IIS
2 1 (2.083%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 8 (16.67%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.083%) Office 365
2 1 (2.083%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) TCP/IP
1 1 (2.083%) VPN
1 1 (2.083%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 48 (100.00%) Finance
2 6 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 24 (50.00%) Tester
1 24 (50.00%) Software Tester
2 9 (18.75%) Support Manager
3 8 (16.67%) Consultant
3 8 (16.67%) Technical Consultant
4 6 (12.50%) Pre Sales Engineer
5 1 (2.083%) Business Analyst
5 1 (2.083%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 48 (100.00%) Smartcard
2 15 (31.25%) Computer Science
3 14 (29.17%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.083%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 33 (68.75%) Windows
2 24 (50.00%) Windows XP
2 24 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 24 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 24 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.083%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 48 (100.00%) Cyber Security
2 24 (50.00%) Test Scripting
2 24 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (16.67%) Workflow
4 6 (12.50%) Product Marketing
5 1 (2.083%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 32 (66.67%) SQL
2 8 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 39 (81.25%) Degree
2 15 (31.25%) Security Cleared
3 8 (16.67%) CISSP
4 1 (2.083%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.083%) MCTS
4 1 (2.083%) MCITP
4 1 (2.083%) MCP
4 1 (2.083%) MCSE
4 1 (2.083%) MCSA
System Software
1 8 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (2.083%) Microsoft
1 1 (2.083%) Apple