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

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads4051953789
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled21.81 %22.42 %
As % of the category below41.47 %43.09 %
Salaries quoted3260141205
Average minimum salary£45,377£46,503
Average salary£49,785£50,850
% change on same period last year-2.09 %
Average maximum salary£54,193£55,197
UK excluding London average salary£43,354£44,190
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads97696124842
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled52.59 %52.04 %
Salaries quoted7975598013
Average minimum salary£43,276£45,760
Average salary£47,581£50,176
% change on same period last year-5.17 %
Average maximum salary£51,887£54,592
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Finance Demand Trend

Finance
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Finance within the UK.

Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandNo change038789£49,745-2.23 %
LondonNo change022604£54,937-2.04 %
City of LondonNo change07477£55,682-3.78 %
South EastDown-25878£43,942-2.71 %
North WestUp+22313£43,782-3.00 %
SurreyUp+12110£43,031-0.55 %
YorkshireUp+42106£38,804+3.69 %
South WestDown-21769£39,867+2.92 %
East of EnglandDown-51718£42,742-4.59 %
BerkshireDown-11399£45,972-3.00 %
West MidlandsUp+11119£41,096+3.42 %
West YorkshireDown-11049£38,056-0.40 %
ManchesterNo change0984£46,703-2.02 %
East MidlandsDown-2942£43,116+5.11 %
HampshireUp+1933£41,921-0.59 %
ScotlandNo change0877£42,260+4.94 %
CheshireUp+1859£44,246+7.67 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1777£55,116-5.49 %
LeedsUp+1676£38,845-1.07 %
HertfordshireDown-5668£44,567-2.65 %
BristolNo change0649£40,217+8.63 %
Canary WharfUp+1593£55,731-8.65 %
North YorkshireUp+2573£41,011+15.20 %
South YorkshireUp+27493£36,006-3.49 %
ReadingUp+6460£46,448-4.90 %
NorthamptonshireNo change0435£46,713+3.64 %
GlasgowUp+1419£43,004+14.59 %
EssexDown-4403£44,897-7.51 %
CambridgeshireDown-5396£36,364-3.19 %
GloucestershireDown-3393£38,908+10.04 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

116912 (20.02 %)SQL
216710 (19.78 %)Banking
312023 (14.23 %)Oracle
411828 (14.00 %)SQL Server
511234 (13.30 %).NET
610972 (12.99 %)Java
710248 (12.13 %)Windows
810202 (12.08 %)UNIX
99766 (11.56 %)C#
109513 (11.26 %)Degree
119180 (10.87 %)Project Management
127179 (8.499 %)Microsoft
137034 (8.328 %)C++
146104 (7.227 %)XML
155672 (6.715 %)Insurance
165094 (6.031 %)Investment Banking
175001 (5.921 %)Derivative
184910 (5.813 %)Retail
194880 (5.778 %)MS Excel
204774 (5.652 %)Front Office
214764 (5.640 %)ASP.NET
224698 (5.562 %)OO
234533 (5.367 %)Pensions
244497 (5.324 %)PRINCE2
254430 (5.245 %)Linux
264424 (5.238 %)SAP
274406 (5.216 %)Financial Institution
284330 (5.126 %)J2EE
293919 (4.640 %)Business Analysis
303804 (4.504 %)VB

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111234 (13.30 %).NET
26104 (7.227 %)XML
34764 (5.640 %)ASP.NET
44330 (5.126 %)J2EE
53055 (3.617 %)HTML
62270 (2.688 %)WebServices
71936 (2.292 %)Spring
81863 (2.206 %)WebSphere
91818 (2.152 %)CSS
101505 (1.782 %)Hibernate
111476 (1.747 %)AJAX
121469 (1.739 %)ASP
131413 (1.673 %)WinForms
141325 (1.569 %).NET Framework
151240 (1.468 %)JSP
161139 (1.348 %)Middleware
171079 (1.277 %)STL
18814 (0.964 %)JDBC
19804 (0.952 %)XSLT
20741 (0.877 %)JMS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11701 (2.014 %)SAS
21265 (1.498 %)SharePoint
31222 (1.447 %)MS Exchange
41144 (1.354 %)IIS
51113 (1.318 %)WebLogic
6892 (1.056 %)Apache
7746 (0.883 %)Exchange Server 2003
8656 (0.777 %)Tomcat
9654 (0.774 %)BizTalk Server
10508 (0.601 %)MQSeries
11409 (0.484 %)JBoss
11409 (0.484 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12398 (0.471 %)Lotus Notes
13397 (0.470 %)CMS
14393 (0.465 %)WebSphere Application Server
15336 (0.398 %)Oracle Workflow
16317 (0.375 %)WebSphere MQ
17298 (0.353 %)CICS
18170 (0.201 %)Exchange Server 2000
19167 (0.198 %)NetWeaver
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14880 (5.778 %)MS Excel
22699 (3.195 %)MS Office
31360 (1.610 %)MS Visio
4988 (1.170 %)MS Project
5603 (0.714 %)MS PowerPoint
6473 (0.560 %)Spreadsheet
7426 (0.504 %)Photoshop
8393 (0.465 %)SPSS
9209 (0.247 %)MATLAB
10162 (0.192 %)CA Clarity
11148 (0.175 %)Adobe Illustrator
1262 (0.073 %)S-PLUS
1353 (0.063 %)Fireworks
1440 (0.047 %)Acrobat
1529 (0.034 %)FreeHand
1627 (0.032 %)PrintSoft PReS
1725 (0.030 %)InfoPath
1725 (0.030 %)FrameMaker
1824 (0.028 %)AutoCAD
1923 (0.027 %)RoboHelp
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11288 (1.525 %)Oracle Financials
21015 (1.202 %)SAP FI
3984 (1.165 %)Oracle Applications
4953 (1.128 %)Oracle EBS
5941 (1.114 %)SAP CO
6929 (1.100 %)SAP FI/CO
7643 (0.761 %)Oracle 11i
8528 (0.625 %)SAP Oil and Gas
9383 (0.453 %)Dynamics AX
10286 (0.339 %)Navision
11280 (0.331 %)HFM
12260 (0.308 %)Axapta
13252 (0.298 %)SAP HR
14244 (0.289 %)Summit
15213 (0.252 %)Dynamics CRM
16211 (0.250 %)Dynamics NAV
17210 (0.249 %)Great Plains
18194 (0.230 %)Endur
19146 (0.173 %)SAP CRM
20140 (0.166 %)Hyperion Planning
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12156 (2.553 %)Internet
21866 (2.209 %)TCP/IP
31501 (1.777 %)SAN
41316 (1.558 %)WAN
51313 (1.554 %)Firewall
61177 (1.393 %)LAN
7794 (0.940 %)VPN
8768 (0.909 %)DNS
9563 (0.667 %)Intranet
10525 (0.622 %)VoIP
11441 (0.522 %)OSPF
12418 (0.495 %)BGP
13391 (0.463 %)DHCP
14370 (0.438 %)MPLS
15300 (0.355 %)Network Security
16260 (0.308 %)Wireless
17255 (0.302 %)HTTP
18233 (0.276 %)Cisco PIX
19208 (0.246 %)LDAP
20207 (0.245 %)EIGRP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111828 (14.00 %)SQL Server
23251 (3.849 %)SQL Server 2005
32432 (2.879 %)Datawarehouse
42306 (2.730 %)SQL Server 2000
52097 (2.483 %)RDBMS
61913 (2.265 %)Oracle 10g
71431 (1.694 %)BusinessObjects
81294 (1.532 %)Oracle 9i
91205 (1.427 %)ETL
101098 (1.300 %)DB2
11902 (1.068 %)Crystal Reports
12866 (1.025 %)Oracle 8/8i
13806 (0.954 %)Oracle Reports
14803 (0.951 %)MySQL
15725 (0.858 %)SAP BW
16600 (0.710 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
17538 (0.637 %)OLAP
18537 (0.636 %)SQL Server Integration Services
19535 (0.633 %)DTS
20447 (0.529 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11116 (1.321 %)Visual Studio
21095 (1.296 %)TestDirector
3651 (0.771 %)Ant
4579 (0.685 %)QuickTest Pro
5565 (0.669 %)JUnit
6482 (0.571 %)Oracle Forms
7470 (0.556 %)Eclipse
7470 (0.556 %)WinRunner
8455 (0.539 %)Flash
9437 (0.517 %)ClearCase
10329 (0.390 %)LoadRunner
11263 (0.311 %)Subversion
12240 (0.284 %)Rational Rose
13217 (0.257 %)VSS/SourceSafe
14187 (0.221 %)Dreamweaver
15153 (0.181 %)NUnit
16109 (0.129 %)ClearQuest
1797 (0.115 %)PowerBuilder
1894 (0.111 %)JIRA
1990 (0.107 %)RequisitePro
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116710 (19.78 %)Banking
25672 (6.715 %)Insurance
35094 (6.031 %)Investment Banking
44910 (5.813 %)Retail
54774 (5.652 %)Front Office
64533 (5.367 %)Pensions
74406 (5.216 %)Financial Institution
83427 (4.057 %)Health
93163 (3.745 %)Telecoms
102721 (3.221 %)Marketing
112308 (2.732 %)Back Office
122083 (2.466 %)Education
131413 (1.673 %)Government
141333 (1.578 %)Legal
151262 (1.494 %)Manufacturing
161003 (1.187 %)Games
17973 (1.152 %)Retail Banking
18752 (0.890 %)Billing
19579 (0.685 %)Law
20495 (0.586 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119794 (23.43 %)Analyst
218668 (22.10 %)Developer
38263 (9.783 %)Consultant
46843 (8.102 %)Business Analyst
56452 (7.639 %)Project Manager
64152 (4.916 %)Java Developer
73421 (4.050 %)C# Developer
83287 (3.892 %)Architect
93185 (3.771 %)Support Analyst
103184 (3.770 %).NET Developer
112539 (3.006 %)Administrator
122525 (2.989 %)DBA
132303 (2.727 %)C++ Developer
142295 (2.717 %)Senior Developer
152138 (2.531 %)Programmer
162047 (2.423 %)Applications Support
171993 (2.360 %)Team Leader
181924 (2.278 %)Senior Analyst
191804 (2.136 %)Systems Analyst
201686 (1.996 %)Test Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15001 (5.921 %)Derivative
22530 (2.995 %)Equities
32453 (2.904 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42395 (2.835 %)Fixed Income
51545 (1.829 %)Mathematics
61516 (1.795 %)Computer Science
71326 (1.570 %)Multithreading
81167 (1.382 %)Mainframe
91140 (1.350 %)Credit Risk
101064 (1.260 %)Equity Derivative
111046 (1.238 %)Management Information System
12834 (0.987 %)Client/Server
13752 (0.890 %)Credit Derivative
14675 (0.799 %)PMI
15593 (0.702 %)AS400
16573 (0.678 %)Replication
17529 (0.626 %)N-Tier
18514 (0.609 %)Clustering
19510 (0.604 %)Blackberry
20486 (0.575 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110248 (12.13 %)Windows
210202 (12.08 %)UNIX
34430 (5.245 %)Linux
42814 (3.332 %)Solaris
52748 (3.253 %)Windows Server 2003
61596 (1.890 %)Windows XP
71174 (1.390 %)Windows 2000
81091 (1.292 %)AIX
9627 (0.742 %)Red Hat Linux
10622 (0.736 %)Windows 2000 Server
11361 (0.427 %)HPUX
12288 (0.341 %)Windows Vista
13273 (0.323 %)Windows NT
14270 (0.320 %)VMS
15168 (0.199 %)MVS
16118 (0.140 %)zOS
1799 (0.117 %)SUSE
1880 (0.095 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1966 (0.078 %)OpenVMS
2064 (0.076 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19180 (10.87 %)Project Management
24698 (5.562 %)OO
34497 (5.324 %)PRINCE2
43919 (4.640 %)Business Analysis
53394 (4.018 %)ITIL
63209 (3.799 %)UML
72986 (3.535 %)Risk Management
82852 (3.377 %)Business Intelligence
92291 (2.712 %)CRM
102236 (2.647 %)Asset Management
112153 (2.549 %)Change Management
122022 (2.394 %)ERP
131753 (2.075 %)User Acceptance Testing
141649 (1.952 %)E-Commerce
151620 (1.918 %)Stakeholder Management
161609 (1.905 %)Service Delivery
171561 (1.848 %)Agile Software Development
181542 (1.826 %)Investment Management
191421 (1.682 %)Migration
201323 (1.566 %)Data Modelling
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116912 (20.02 %)SQL
210972 (12.99 %)Java
39766 (11.56 %)C#
47034 (8.328 %)C++
53804 (4.504 %)VB
62844 (3.367 %)VB.NET
72690 (3.185 %)JavaScript
82651 (3.139 %)VBA
92470 (2.924 %)C
102431 (2.878 %)Perl
112301 (2.724 %)PL/SQL
121961 (2.322 %)Transact-SQL
131616 (1.913 %)Shell Script
141121 (1.327 %)VB6
15943 (1.116 %)PHP
16882 (1.044 %)VC++
17699 (0.828 %)Python
18678 (0.803 %)VBScript
19503 (0.596 %)COBOL
20415 (0.491 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19513 (11.26 %)Degree
22128 (2.519 %)ISEB
31823 (2.158 %)Microsoft Certification
41081 (1.280 %)Cisco Certification
51032 (1.222 %)PRINCE2 Certification
61021 (1.209 %)MCSE
7661 (0.783 %)ACCA
8591 (0.700 %)ITIL Certification
9590 (0.699 %)CIMA
10555 (0.657 %)CCNA
11521 (0.617 %)CCNP
12508 (0.601 %)MCP
13504 (0.597 %)PMI Certification
14496 (0.587 %)CISSP
15405 (0.479 %)PMP
16380 (0.450 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
17334 (0.395 %)PhD
18333 (0.394 %)MCSD
19278 (0.329 %)ISTQB
20261 (0.309 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12426 (2.872 %)QA
21062 (1.257 %)SLA
3610 (0.722 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4598 (0.708 %)Basel II
5263 (0.311 %)COBIT
6167 (0.198 %)ISO27001
7125 (0.148 %)MiFID
899 (0.117 %)GAAP
979 (0.094 %)ISO9000
1078 (0.092 %)ISO8583
1078 (0.092 %)PCI DSS
1170 (0.083 %)ISO17799
1266 (0.078 %)BS7799
1351 (0.060 %)IAS 39
1442 (0.050 %)ISO9001
1538 (0.045 %)PCI QSA
1623 (0.027 %)WCAG
1716 (0.019 %)WAI
1814 (0.017 %)COSO
1912 (0.014 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12407 (2.850 %)Active Directory
2588 (0.696 %)Oracle RAC
3526 (0.623 %)Oracle RMAN
4461 (0.546 %)VMware Infrastructure
5304 (0.360 %)NetBackup
6264 (0.313 %)VMware ESX
7158 (0.187 %)NFS
8131 (0.155 %)Citrix Presentation Server
9122 (0.144 %)ISA Server
10109 (0.129 %)Backup Exec
1191 (0.108 %)AquaLogic
1273 (0.086 %)Terminal Services
1372 (0.085 %)MetaFrame
1466 (0.078 %)MSMQ
1554 (0.064 %)Samba
1653 (0.063 %)Xen
1734 (0.040 %)RACF
1833 (0.039 %)Nmap
1922 (0.026 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1922 (0.026 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1404 (0.478 %)Tivoli
2189 (0.224 %)OpenView
3134 (0.159 %)CONTROL-M
4127 (0.150 %)MOM
5106 (0.125 %)AutoSys
690 (0.107 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
785 (0.101 %)BMC PATROL
881 (0.096 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
978 (0.092 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1065 (0.077 %)CiscoWorks
1158 (0.069 %)ServiceCenter
1158 (0.069 %)SCOM
1255 (0.065 %)Norton AntiVirus
1354 (0.064 %)Legato
1450 (0.059 %)OMEGAMON
1549 (0.058 %)HP Data Protector
1644 (0.052 %)Netcool
1738 (0.045 %)Unicenter
1738 (0.045 %)Tivoli Monitoring
1738 (0.045 %)MAILsweeper
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112023 (14.23 %)Oracle
27179 (8.499 %)Microsoft
34424 (5.238 %)SAP
42860 (3.386 %)Sybase
52266 (2.683 %)Cisco
61647 (1.950 %)IBM
71431 (1.694 %)Business Objects
81282 (1.518 %)Citrix
91264 (1.496 %)HP
101098 (1.300 %)Sun
111062 (1.257 %)VMware
121056 (1.250 %)Cognos
131030 (1.219 %)Reuters
141004 (1.189 %)Bloomberg
15761 (0.901 %)Hyperion
16690 (0.817 %)Red Hat
17643 (0.761 %)VERITAS
18615 (0.728 %)TIBCO
19547 (0.648 %)EMC
20509 (0.603 %)Remedy