Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in IT jobs within the Cheshire region 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 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
6 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank84
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads335555
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.294 %0.278 %
As % of the category below36.57 %44.90 %
Salaries quoted321530
Average minimum salary£36,290£37,299
Average salary£41,368£40,631
% change on same period last year+1.81 %
Average maximum salary£46,445£43,963
UK excluding London average salary£44,319£43,628
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads9161236
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.805 %0.619 %
Salaries quoted8671138
Average minimum salary£32,920£34,418
Average salary£36,255£37,466
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
Average maximum salary£39,590£40,514
UK excluding London average salary£41,502£41,812
% change on same period last year-0.74 %
Finance North WestFinance
North West

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009. 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
KnutsfordNo change076£45,920+11.06 %
ChesterDown-2140£41,297+13.80 %
WarringtonUp+833£44,194+22.53 %
CreweUp+69£33,714+34.85 %
RuncornUp+96£51,083+10.45 %
MacclesfieldDown-53£21,500-26.55 %
WilmslowDown-142£16,250-65.42 %
NorthwichNew entry-1£40,000-
Finance North WestFinance
North West

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1191 (19.45 %)Banking
2186 (18.94 %)SQL
3144 (14.66 %)UNIX
4130 (13.24 %)ITIL
5124 (12.63 %)Windows
5124 (12.63 %)PRINCE2
6110 (11.20 %)Project Management
7109 (11.10 %)Pensions
8106 (10.79 %)Mainframe
9104 (10.59 %)VB
1099 (10.08 %)Oracle
1198 (9.980 %).NET
1292 (9.369 %)SQL Server
1387 (8.859 %)Stakeholder Management
1482 (8.350 %)Change Management
1577 (7.841 %)ASP.NET
1676 (7.739 %)VB.NET
1676 (7.739 %)Health
1774 (7.536 %)C#
1774 (7.536 %)HTML
1869 (7.026 %)Middleware
1869 (7.026 %)Java
1967 (6.823 %)MS Visio
2064 (6.517 %)Service Management
2160 (6.110 %)MS Excel
2256 (5.703 %)Retail
2354 (5.499 %)SAN
2354 (5.499 %)IBM
2452 (5.295 %)PMI
2452 (5.295 %)CSS

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (9.980 %).NET
277 (7.841 %)ASP.NET
374 (7.536 %)HTML
469 (7.026 %)Middleware
552 (5.295 %)CSS
649 (4.990 %)WebSphere
747 (4.786 %)ASP
846 (4.684 %)J2EE
944 (4.481 %)XML
1031 (3.157 %)WebServices
1120 (2.037 %)WBIMB
1120 (2.037 %)JSP
1216 (1.629 %)AJAX
1315 (1.527 %)Hibernate
1413 (1.324 %)JDBC
1512 (1.222 %)JSTL
1611 (1.120 %)Oracle Fusion
1611 (1.120 %)Servlets
1710 (1.018 %)Struts
186 (0.611 %)Spring
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
142 (4.277 %)SAS
215 (1.527 %)Apache
215 (1.527 %)Tomcat
312 (1.222 %)Gentran
410 (1.018 %)JBoss
58 (0.815 %)WebLogic
67 (0.713 %)IIS
67 (0.713 %)Tuxedo
67 (0.713 %)CICS
76 (0.611 %)SharePoint
84 (0.407 %)WebSphere Application Server
92 (0.204 %)WebSphere Message Broker
92 (0.204 %)MS Exchange
92 (0.204 %)Lotus Notes
101 (0.102 %)MQSeries
101 (0.102 %)Oracle 10gAS
101 (0.102 %)NetWeaver
101 (0.102 %)WebSphere MQ
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
167 (6.823 %)MS Visio
260 (6.110 %)MS Excel
341 (4.175 %)MS Project
425 (2.546 %)MS Office
56 (0.611 %)SPSS
65 (0.509 %)MATLAB
65 (0.509 %)MS PowerPoint
73 (0.305 %)Photoshop
82 (0.204 %)FrameMaker
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
125 (2.546 %)Oracle EBS
223 (2.342 %)Oracle 11i
316 (1.629 %)Oracle Applications
316 (1.629 %)Oracle Financials
44 (0.407 %)Navision
52 (0.204 %)Oracle Payroll
52 (0.204 %)SAP FI/CO
52 (0.204 %)SAP CO
52 (0.204 %)SAP FI
61 (0.102 %)Siebel Analytics
61 (0.102 %)SAP SD
61 (0.102 %)WebTrends
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (5.499 %)SAN
241 (4.175 %)Internet
315 (1.527 %)Intranet
412 (1.222 %)Firewall
58 (0.815 %)TCP/IP
67 (0.713 %)WAN
76 (0.611 %)LDAP
76 (0.611 %)LAN
76 (0.611 %)Intrusion Detection
85 (0.509 %)Nortel Meridian
85 (0.509 %)HTTP
93 (0.305 %)SSH
93 (0.305 %)DNS
93 (0.305 %)SSL
93 (0.305 %)SMS
93 (0.305 %)VoIP
93 (0.305 %)DHCP
102 (0.204 %)VPN
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
192 (9.369 %)SQL Server
243 (4.379 %)Datawarehouse
334 (3.462 %)SQL Server 2005
429 (2.953 %)SQL Server 2000
522 (2.240 %)DB2
620 (2.037 %)Oracle 8/8i
620 (2.037 %)BusinessObjects
715 (1.527 %)ETL
813 (1.324 %)MS Access
911 (1.120 %)Oracle 10g
911 (1.120 %)GIS
107 (0.713 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
107 (0.713 %)Oracle 9i
116 (0.611 %)OLAP
125 (0.509 %)MySQL
125 (0.509 %)Base SAS
134 (0.407 %)Oracle Reports
134 (0.407 %)Cognos Impromptu
143 (0.305 %)Crystal Reports
152 (0.204 %)RDBMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (3.259 %)Visual Studio
213 (1.324 %)Oracle Forms
312 (1.222 %)RequisitePro
411 (1.120 %)ClearQuest
411 (1.120 %)Dreamweaver
59 (0.916 %)ClearCase
67 (0.713 %)Rational Rose
76 (0.611 %)ProC
82 (0.204 %)JIRA
82 (0.204 %)JDeveloper
91 (0.102 %)QuickTest Pro
91 (0.102 %)LoadRunner
91 (0.102 %)JUnit
91 (0.102 %)MSI
91 (0.102 %)Introscope
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1191 (19.45 %)Banking
2109 (11.10 %)Pensions
376 (7.739 %)Health
456 (5.703 %)Retail
551 (5.193 %)Marketing
628 (2.851 %)Financial Institution
628 (2.851 %)Telecoms
720 (2.037 %)Retail Banking
817 (1.731 %)Insurance
912 (1.222 %)Billing
1011 (1.120 %)Government
1110 (1.018 %)Online Banking
1110 (1.018 %)Back Office
129 (0.916 %)Manufacturing
136 (0.611 %)Legal
144 (0.407 %)Auditing
153 (0.305 %)Education
162 (0.204 %)Pharmaceutical
171 (0.102 %)Automotive
171 (0.102 %)Investment Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1256 (26.07 %)Analyst
2151 (15.38 %)Developer
3135 (13.75 %)Project Manager
473 (7.434 %)Support Analyst
564 (6.517 %)Programmer
658 (5.906 %)Business Analyst
658 (5.906 %)Consultant
753 (5.397 %)Applications Support
844 (4.481 %).NET Developer
941 (4.175 %)Service Manager
941 (4.175 %)Programme Manager
1040 (4.073 %)Architect
1138 (3.870 %)Analyst Programmer
1234 (3.462 %)Applications Support Analyst
1333 (3.360 %)Team Leader
1431 (3.157 %)Senior Manager
1529 (2.953 %)Software Developer
1627 (2.749 %)DBA
1725 (2.546 %)Solutions Architect
1725 (2.546 %)Senior Developer
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1106 (10.79 %)Mainframe
252 (5.295 %)PMI
332 (3.259 %)Tandem
430 (3.055 %)IBM Mainframe
512 (1.222 %)PKI
512 (1.222 %)Management Information System
611 (1.120 %)Firmware
611 (1.120 %)Cryptography
611 (1.120 %)Mathematics
79 (0.916 %)Web 2.0
87 (0.713 %)Data Protection Act
96 (0.611 %)Client/Server
96 (0.611 %)Data Integration
105 (0.509 %)Data Conversion
105 (0.509 %)Replication
105 (0.509 %)Clustering
114 (0.407 %)AS400
114 (0.407 %)Credit Risk
123 (0.305 %)Blackberry
123 (0.305 %)Computer Science
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1144 (14.66 %)UNIX
2124 (12.63 %)Windows
351 (5.193 %)AIX
424 (2.444 %)Solaris
513 (1.324 %)HPUX
513 (1.324 %)Windows Server 2003
69 (0.916 %)VMS
78 (0.815 %)Windows 2000 Server
78 (0.815 %)Linux
86 (0.611 %)Windows XP
95 (0.509 %)Windows NT
104 (0.407 %)Tru64
113 (0.305 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.305 %)zOS
113 (0.305 %)Windows 2000
121 (0.102 %)MVS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1130 (13.24 %)ITIL
2124 (12.63 %)PRINCE2
3110 (11.20 %)Project Management
487 (8.859 %)Stakeholder Management
582 (8.350 %)Change Management
664 (6.517 %)Service Management
749 (4.990 %)Business Analysis
848 (4.888 %)Risk Management
947 (4.786 %)UML
1045 (4.582 %)Supplier Management
1143 (4.379 %)OO
1241 (4.175 %)Service Delivery
1334 (3.462 %)PRINCE
1432 (3.259 %)Resource Management
1531 (3.157 %)Project Planning
1630 (3.055 %)CRM
1729 (2.953 %)Data Modelling
1826 (2.648 %)Business Intelligence
1923 (2.342 %)E-Commerce
2022 (2.240 %)RUP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1186 (18.94 %)SQL
2104 (10.59 %)VB
376 (7.739 %)VB.NET
474 (7.536 %)C#
569 (7.026 %)Java
649 (4.990 %)Transact-SQL
743 (4.379 %)C
835 (3.564 %)JavaScript
926 (2.648 %)COBOL
926 (2.648 %)VBA
1025 (2.546 %)VBScript
1124 (2.444 %)C++
1223 (2.342 %)PL/SQL
1223 (2.342 %)VB6
1317 (1.731 %)Perl
146 (0.611 %)PHP
146 (0.611 %)Shell Script
154 (0.407 %)JCL
162 (0.204 %)XPath
162 (0.204 %)Delphi
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
152 (5.295 %)Degree
248 (4.888 %)PMI Certification
344 (4.481 %)PMP
439 (3.971 %)ITIL Certification
520 (2.037 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
520 (2.037 %)Security Cleared
615 (1.527 %)ISEB
711 (1.120 %)PRINCE2 Certification
88 (0.815 %)SC Cleared
96 (0.611 %)ISTQB
96 (0.611 %)Cisco Certification
96 (0.611 %)CCNP
105 (0.509 %)Oracle Certification
114 (0.407 %)ISEB Practitioner
114 (0.407 %)BC Cleared
122 (0.204 %)DV Cleared
122 (0.204 %)ACCA
122 (0.204 %)CIMA
122 (0.204 %)Microsoft Certification
122 (0.204 %)CISSP
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (1.426 %)QA
213 (1.324 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
310 (1.018 %)SLA
45 (0.509 %)Basel II
54 (0.407 %)COBIT
62 (0.204 %)PCI DSS
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (0.713 %)Active Directory
23 (0.305 %)RACF
32 (0.204 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (1.527 %)Legato
115 (1.527 %)Tivoli
210 (1.018 %)OpenView
39 (0.916 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
39 (0.916 %)ServiceCenter
46 (0.611 %)CiscoWorks
54 (0.407 %)AssetCenter
63 (0.305 %)SCCM
63 (0.305 %)BMC PATROL
63 (0.305 %)OMEGAMON
63 (0.305 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
63 (0.305 %)Tivoli Monitoring
72 (0.204 %)Unicenter
72 (0.204 %)EMC NetWorker
81 (0.102 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
199 (10.08 %)Oracle
254 (5.499 %)IBM
328 (2.851 %)EMC
426 (2.648 %)Siebel
426 (2.648 %)Teradata
524 (2.444 %)Ab Initio
623 (2.342 %)Microsoft
721 (2.138 %)HP
820 (2.037 %)Cisco
820 (2.037 %)Business Objects
917 (1.731 %)Brocade
1013 (1.324 %)Cognos
1112 (1.222 %)Sun
1211 (1.120 %)Nortel
1310 (1.018 %)Juniper
1310 (1.018 %)SAP
149 (0.916 %)CA
158 (0.815 %)Hyperion
158 (0.815 %)Nokia
167 (0.713 %)VERITAS