Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 15 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the West Yorkshire region.

 Financial
Location
3 months to
15 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank995
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Down-4
Matching permanent IT job ads2763771161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire13.48 %15.95 %20.64 %
As % of the General category34.12 %40.28 %46.46 %
Salaries quoted218268879
Average salary£39,750£37,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.000 %+11.94 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,800£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,000£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+2.430 %+2.500 %
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
8099362499
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire39.52 %39.61 %44.43 %
Salaries quoted6587032048
Average salary£35,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£47,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Finance YorkshireFinance
Yorkshire

Finance
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010.

West Yorkshire Finance Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 15 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsDown-2184£40,000+6.66 %
BradfordDown-1812£38,500+28.33 %
HalifaxDown-810£35,000-2.77 %
HuddersfieldDown-132£32,750-40.45 %
OtleyNew entry-2£60,000-
BatleyNew entry-1£31,500-
DewsburyNew entry-1£32,500-
Finance YorkshireFinance
Yorkshire

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1104 (20.27 %)Project Management
291 (17.74 %)SQL
374 (14.42 %)Banking
469 (13.45 %).NET
566 (12.87 %)Windows
566 (12.87 %)Microsoft
664 (12.48 %)Oracle
757 (11.11 %)SQL Server
856 (10.92 %)Retail
953 (10.33 %)Business Analysis
1051 (9.942 %)Insurance
1150 (9.747 %)C#
1247 (9.162 %)UNIX
1339 (7.602 %)ITIL
1438 (7.407 %)Degree
1537 (7.212 %)Stakeholder Management
1636 (7.018 %)Java
1735 (6.823 %)XML
1735 (6.823 %)Pensions
1832 (6.238 %)VMware
1832 (6.238 %)Active Directory
1832 (6.238 %)Business Intelligence
1930 (5.848 %)ASP.NET
1930 (5.848 %)Private Banking
2029 (5.653 %)Citrix
2128 (5.458 %)Firewall
2128 (5.458 %)Spring
2227 (5.263 %)Information Security
2326 (5.068 %)Datawarehouse
2326 (5.068 %)PRINCE2

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
169 (13.45 %).NET
235 (6.823 %)XML
330 (5.848 %)ASP.NET
428 (5.458 %)Spring
519 (3.704 %)HTML
617 (3.314 %)Hibernate
715 (2.924 %)WinForms
813 (2.534 %)J2EE
910 (1.949 %)CSS
910 (1.949 %)Silverlight
109 (1.754 %)WCF
109 (1.754 %)Web Services
118 (1.559 %)JSP
127 (1.365 %)ADO.NET
127 (1.365 %)WebSphere
135 (0.975 %)XHTML
135 (0.975 %)Middleware
135 (0.975 %)Adobe Flex
144 (0.780 %).NET Framework
144 (0.780 %)jQuery
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
125 (4.873 %)MS Exchange
220 (3.899 %)SAS
317 (3.314 %)WebLogic
411 (2.144 %)IIS
411 (2.144 %)SharePoint
54 (0.780 %)Liferay
54 (0.780 %)Apache
63 (0.585 %)Tomcat
63 (0.585 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (0.390 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (0.390 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
72 (0.390 %)Oracle Workflow
72 (0.390 %)Lotus Domino
81 (0.195 %)CICS
81 (0.195 %)NetWeaver
81 (0.195 %)BizTalk Server
81 (0.195 %)AquaLogic
81 (0.195 %)Documentum
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
121 (4.094 %)MS Excel
214 (2.729 %)MS Office
37 (1.365 %)MS Visio
45 (0.975 %)MS PowerPoint
54 (0.780 %)MS Project
63 (0.585 %)SPSS
63 (0.585 %)MATLAB
71 (0.195 %)CA Clarity
71 (0.195 %)Spreadsheet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
111 (2.144 %)Oracle EBS
29 (1.754 %)Oracle Applications
36 (1.170 %)Axapta
36 (1.170 %)Dynamics CRM
36 (1.170 %)Dynamics AX
43 (0.585 %)Oracle Financials
43 (0.585 %)Oracle 11i
52 (0.390 %)Navision
52 (0.390 %)Cognos Planning
52 (0.390 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
52 (0.390 %)Hyperion Planning
52 (0.390 %)Oracle EBS R12
52 (0.390 %)SAP BPC
52 (0.390 %)HFM
61 (0.195 %)SAP IS-U
61 (0.195 %)SAP FI
61 (0.195 %)SAP CRM
61 (0.195 %)SAP FI/CO
61 (0.195 %)SAP CO
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
128 (5.458 %)Firewall
214 (2.729 %)Intrusion Detection
214 (2.729 %)LAN
313 (2.534 %)WAN
49 (1.754 %)TCP/IP
57 (1.365 %)LDAP
66 (1.170 %)SAN
66 (1.170 %)NAS
75 (0.975 %)Wireless
84 (0.780 %)iSCSI
84 (0.780 %)Internet
84 (0.780 %)DNS
93 (0.585 %)SNMP
93 (0.585 %)HTTP
102 (0.390 %)RIP
102 (0.390 %)MPLS
102 (0.390 %)OSPF
102 (0.390 %)Frame Relay
111 (0.195 %)Intranet
111 (0.195 %)DHCP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
157 (11.11 %)SQL Server
226 (5.068 %)Datawarehouse
317 (3.314 %)RDBMS
317 (3.314 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (1.949 %)ETL
59 (1.754 %)BusinessObjects
59 (1.754 %)SQL Server 2000
59 (1.754 %)Oracle Reports
68 (1.559 %)Oracle 10g
76 (1.170 %)SQL Server Integration Services
76 (1.170 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
85 (0.975 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
85 (0.975 %)SQL Server 2008
85 (0.975 %)Oracle 8/8i
85 (0.975 %)DB2
85 (0.975 %)OLAP
94 (0.780 %)MS Access
94 (0.780 %)SQLPlus
94 (0.780 %)Oracle Discoverer
103 (0.585 %)Data Mining
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (2.339 %)Visual Studio
27 (1.365 %)Oracle Forms
36 (1.170 %)JDeveloper
44 (0.780 %)JUnit
53 (0.585 %)NUnit
62 (0.390 %)NetAdvantage
62 (0.390 %)Eclipse
71 (0.195 %)TestDirector
71 (0.195 %)WebLOAD
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
174 (14.42 %)Banking
256 (10.92 %)Retail
351 (9.942 %)Insurance
435 (6.823 %)Pensions
530 (5.848 %)Private Banking
625 (4.873 %)Health
723 (4.483 %)Retail Banking
814 (2.729 %)Telecoms
911 (2.144 %)Pharmaceutical
1010 (1.949 %)Government
1010 (1.949 %)Marketing
119 (1.754 %)Manufacturing
127 (1.365 %)Education
136 (1.170 %)Financial Institution
136 (1.170 %)Legal
136 (1.170 %)Graphic Design
145 (0.975 %)Auditing
145 (0.975 %)Publishing
153 (0.585 %)Construction
162 (0.390 %)Local Government
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1137 (26.71 %)Analyst
2110 (21.44 %)Developer
355 (10.72 %)Project Manager
447 (9.162 %)Business Analyst
545 (8.772 %)Architect
629 (5.653 %)Support Analyst
727 (5.263 %).NET Developer
727 (5.263 %)Consultant
824 (4.678 %)Technical Architect
923 (4.483 %)Java Developer
1019 (3.704 %)Programme Manager
1118 (3.509 %)C# Developer
1217 (3.314 %)Senior Manager
1217 (3.314 %)Senior Developer
1316 (3.119 %)Senior Analyst
1413 (2.534 %)Team Leader
1512 (2.339 %)SQL Developer
1512 (2.339 %)Senior Project Manager
1611 (2.144 %)Systems Analyst
1710 (1.949 %)Applications Support
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
124 (4.678 %)Management Information System
216 (3.119 %)PKI
313 (2.534 %)Credit Risk
49 (1.754 %)SaaS
58 (1.559 %)Client/Server
66 (1.170 %)Computer Science
75 (0.975 %)Economics
75 (0.975 %)Statistics
75 (0.975 %)iSeries
84 (0.780 %)Open Source
84 (0.780 %)Mathematics
93 (0.585 %)Blackberry
102 (0.390 %)Mainframe
102 (0.390 %)Clustering
102 (0.390 %)e-Health
111 (0.195 %)NHS
111 (0.195 %)Firmware
111 (0.195 %)HACMP
111 (0.195 %)PDA
111 (0.195 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
166 (12.87 %)Windows
247 (9.162 %)UNIX
321 (4.094 %)Linux
45 (0.975 %)Solaris
45 (0.975 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (0.780 %)Windows XP
62 (0.390 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.195 %)Windows NT
71 (0.195 %)MVS
71 (0.195 %)AIX
71 (0.195 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.195 %)Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (20.27 %)Project Management
253 (10.33 %)Business Analysis
339 (7.602 %)ITIL
437 (7.212 %)Stakeholder Management
532 (6.238 %)Business Intelligence
627 (5.263 %)Information Security
726 (5.068 %)PRINCE2
822 (4.288 %)Service Management
822 (4.288 %)Agile Software Development
921 (4.094 %)Data Analysis
1018 (3.509 %)Security Management
1116 (3.119 %)Business Development
1215 (2.924 %)Risk Management
1313 (2.534 %)Data Modelling
1412 (2.339 %)CRM
1412 (2.339 %)Change Management
1412 (2.339 %)Software Architecture
1511 (2.144 %)Service Delivery
1511 (2.144 %)ERP
1511 (2.144 %)UML
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
191 (17.74 %)SQL
250 (9.747 %)C#
336 (7.018 %)Java
423 (4.483 %)C
522 (4.288 %)VB
620 (3.899 %)VB.NET
718 (3.509 %)JavaScript
817 (3.314 %)PL/SQL
916 (3.119 %)T-SQL
1011 (2.144 %)VBA
118 (1.559 %)VB6
126 (1.170 %)X++
135 (0.975 %)VBScript
144 (0.780 %)Shell Script
144 (0.780 %)COBOL
152 (0.390 %)C++
152 (0.390 %)Perl
152 (0.390 %)Tcl
152 (0.390 %)SAS Macro
161 (0.195 %)Ruby
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
138 (7.407 %)Degree
212 (2.339 %)ISEB
36 (1.170 %)CISSP
36 (1.170 %)CISM
45 (0.975 %)APMP
45 (0.975 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (0.780 %)MCSE
54 (0.780 %)CISA
63 (0.585 %)ACCA
63 (0.585 %)MCP
63 (0.585 %)PRINCE2 Certification
72 (0.390 %)CIMA
81 (0.195 %)CCAB
81 (0.195 %)Cisco Certification
81 (0.195 %)PMP
81 (0.195 %)PMI Certification
81 (0.195 %)HND
81 (0.195 %)MCDBA
81 (0.195 %)CCNA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (2.144 %)SLA
29 (1.754 %)QA
38 (1.559 %)PCI DSS
47 (1.365 %)ISO27001
47 (1.365 %)Basel II
55 (0.975 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
64 (0.780 %)COBIT
71 (0.195 %)GAAP
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
132 (6.238 %)Active Directory
27 (1.365 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (1.170 %)Terminal Services
43 (0.585 %)Oracle RMAN
52 (0.390 %)Oracle RAC
52 (0.390 %)Terminal Server
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (0.390 %)OpenView
12 (0.390 %)Netcool
21 (0.195 %)Data Guard
21 (0.195 %)Tivoli
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
166 (12.87 %)Microsoft
264 (12.48 %)Oracle
332 (6.238 %)VMware
429 (5.653 %)Citrix
59 (1.754 %)IBM
59 (1.754 %)Business Objects
68 (1.559 %)Sun
77 (1.365 %)Cognos
85 (0.975 %)Cisco
85 (0.975 %)Adobe
85 (0.975 %)Vignette
94 (0.780 %)SAP
94 (0.780 %)Hyperion
94 (0.780 %)Agresso
103 (0.585 %)DevExpress
103 (0.585 %)Intel
103 (0.585 %)CA
112 (0.390 %)HP
112 (0.390 %)Google
112 (0.390 %)Infor