The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in IT jobs advertised for the Worcester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Finance over the 3 months to 23 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 Worcester region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial
Rank 24 18 7
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -11
Permanent jobs citing Finance 4 9 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 4.396% 9.474% 19.28%
As % of the General category 16.00% 34.62% 51.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 14
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -5.97%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
- +5.88%
All of the General Category
Worcester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
25 26 31
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcester 27.47% 27.37% 37.35%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 28
Average salary £37,500 £30,000 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00% -8.39%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £50,000 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Finance
Worcestershire

Finance
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcester 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 Worcester region.

Worcester Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 5 (45.45%) SAS
2 5 (45.45%) SAP
3 4 (36.36%) C#
3 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
3 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
4 3 (27.27%) VBA
4 3 (27.27%) .NET
4 3 (27.27%) Data Management
4 3 (27.27%) Base SAS
4 3 (27.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
4 3 (27.27%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (18.18%) Credit Risk
5 2 (18.18%) ERD
5 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
5 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
5 2 (18.18%) XPath
5 2 (18.18%) SOA
5 2 (18.18%) Oracle
5 2 (18.18%) MS Office
5 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
5 2 (18.18%) SQL
5 2 (18.18%) Web Services
5 2 (18.18%) XML
5 2 (18.18%) XSLT
5 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 2 (18.18%) Windows
5 2 (18.18%) UML
5 2 (18.18%) OOP

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcester 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 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 2 (18.18%) .NET Framework
2 2 (18.18%) Web Services
2 2 (18.18%) XML
2 2 (18.18%) XSLT
3 1 (9.091%) WinForms
3 1 (9.091%) WCF
3 1 (9.091%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 5 (45.45%) SAS
2 1 (9.091%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 2 (18.18%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (36.36%) SQL Server
2 3 (27.27%) Base SAS
2 3 (27.27%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 2 (18.18%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (9.091%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Visual Studio
1 1 (9.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Back Office
2 1 (9.091%) Aerospace
2 1 (9.091%) Automotive
2 1 (9.091%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Implementation Specialist
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Risk Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) C# Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Risk Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Developer
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Support Specialist
2 1 (9.091%) Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) C++ Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Lead Software Engineer
2 1 (9.091%) Technology Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Credit Risk
1 2 (18.18%) Computer Science
2 1 (9.091%) NHS
2 1 (9.091%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Data Management
1 3 (27.27%) Analytics
2 2 (18.18%) ERD
2 2 (18.18%) SOA
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
2 2 (18.18%) UML
2 2 (18.18%) OOP
2 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Scrum
3 1 (9.091%) Change Management
3 1 (9.091%) CAD
3 1 (9.091%) Project Management
3 1 (9.091%) CRM
3 1 (9.091%) Software Engineering
3 1 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
3 1 (9.091%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) C#
2 3 (27.27%) VBA
3 2 (18.18%) XPath
3 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
3 2 (18.18%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) XQuery
4 1 (9.091%) Shell Script
4 1 (9.091%) VC++
4 1 (9.091%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.091%) Microsoft
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