Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term 'Finance' in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank98
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads301541
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.260 %0.276 %
As % of the category below26.66 %33.07 %
Salaries quoted257497
Average minimum salary£42,644£37,606
Average salary£46,866£40,590
% change on same period last year+15.46 %
Average maximum salary£51,087£43,573
UK excluding London average salary£44,170£43,589
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11291636
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.976 %0.835 %
Salaries quoted9681429
Average minimum salary£38,995£37,150
Average salary£42,694£40,147
% change on same period last year+6.34 %
Average maximum salary£46,394£43,145
UK excluding London average salary£41,326£41,808
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Finance East of EnglandFinance
East of England

Finance
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Finance Salary Trend

Finance
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Finance across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 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
WatfordDown-456£49,214+31.08 %
St AlbansUp+322£39,278+5.37 %
StevenageUp+1319£37,294+65.75 %
Welwyn Garden CityUp+913£51,769+40.39 %
RickmansworthUp+711£48,091+8.06 %
Bishop's StortfordDown-79£32,500-22.88 %
Potters BarDown-76£41,667+4.16 %
HoddesdonNew entry-4£35,250-
HitchinDown-64£52,500+75.00 %
LetchworthDown-34£35,683-29.22 %
RoystonNew entry-2--
HertfordUp+21£57,500+60.27 %
Finance East of EnglandFinance
East of England

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1206 (22.06 %)Oracle
2204 (21.84 %)SQL
3146 (15.63 %)Retail
4141 (15.10 %)Java
5128 (13.70 %)SQL Server
6124 (13.28 %).NET
6124 (13.28 %)Project Management
7121 (12.96 %)Insurance
8102 (10.92 %)Microsoft
998 (10.49 %)Degree
1088 (9.422 %)Windows
1187 (9.315 %)PRINCE2
1286 (9.208 %)C#
1379 (8.458 %)Banking
1476 (8.137 %)MS Excel
1570 (7.495 %)XML
1669 (7.388 %)E-Commerce
1768 (7.281 %)UNIX
1860 (6.424 %)J2EE
1860 (6.424 %)SLA
1957 (6.103 %)ASP.NET
1957 (6.103 %)Pensions
2054 (5.782 %)WebServices
2054 (5.782 %)Health
2153 (5.675 %)Telecoms
2252 (5.567 %)HTML
2349 (5.246 %)OO
2446 (4.925 %)UML
2545 (4.818 %)Marketing
2643 (4.604 %)JavaScript

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1124 (13.28 %).NET
270 (7.495 %)XML
360 (6.424 %)J2EE
457 (6.103 %)ASP.NET
554 (5.782 %)WebServices
652 (5.567 %)HTML
740 (4.283 %)XHTML
740 (4.283 %)Spring
833 (3.533 %)Hibernate
932 (3.426 %)CSS
1029 (3.105 %)WebSphere
1128 (2.998 %).NET Framework
1222 (2.355 %)Middleware
1222 (2.355 %)JSP
1316 (1.713 %)ASP
1414 (1.499 %)XSLT
1414 (1.499 %)AJAX
1511 (1.178 %)JSF
1610 (1.071 %)WSDL
179 (0.964 %)WinForms
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
135 (3.747 %)WebLogic
221 (2.248 %)IIS
319 (2.034 %)SharePoint
319 (2.034 %)MS Exchange
319 (2.034 %)Exchange Server 2003
411 (1.178 %)Office Project Server
59 (0.964 %)WebSphere Application Server
59 (0.964 %)Tomcat
59 (0.964 %)MQSeries
59 (0.964 %)Oracle Workflow
59 (0.964 %)IBM HTTP Server
67 (0.749 %)JBoss
76 (0.642 %)ColdFusion
76 (0.642 %)BizTalk Server
85 (0.535 %)Lotus Notes
94 (0.428 %)CICS
103 (0.321 %)Exchange Server 2007
112 (0.214 %)ESB
112 (0.214 %)WebLogic Portal
112 (0.214 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
176 (8.137 %)MS Excel
228 (2.998 %)MS Office
317 (1.820 %)MS PowerPoint
416 (1.713 %)MS Project
511 (1.178 %)MS Visio
511 (1.178 %)Spreadsheet
63 (0.321 %)AutoCAD
72 (0.214 %)SPSS
81 (0.107 %)MATLAB
81 (0.107 %)Simulink
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
139 (4.176 %)Oracle Financials
228 (2.998 %)Oracle 11i
324 (2.570 %)Oracle EBS
423 (2.463 %)Oracle Applications
517 (1.820 %)Oracle EBS R12
66 (0.642 %)SAP FI
66 (0.642 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
66 (0.642 %)SAP FI/CO
66 (0.642 %)SAP CO
73 (0.321 %)Navision
73 (0.321 %)SAP R/3
73 (0.321 %)SAP ERP
73 (0.321 %)Sage MMS
82 (0.214 %)Line 500
82 (0.214 %)Retail-J
82 (0.214 %)Line 50
82 (0.214 %)Great Plains
91 (0.107 %)Academy Housing
91 (0.107 %)arcHouse
91 (0.107 %)Dynamics NAV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (2.891 %)LAN
127 (2.891 %)SAN
226 (2.784 %)WAN
325 (2.677 %)Firewall
418 (1.927 %)VoIP
515 (1.606 %)Internet
613 (1.392 %)DNS
79 (0.964 %)HTTP
88 (0.857 %)Intranet
88 (0.857 %)ATM
97 (0.749 %)Extranet
105 (0.535 %)TCP/IP
114 (0.428 %)MPLS
114 (0.428 %)NetScreen
123 (0.321 %)Cisco IOS
123 (0.321 %)Network Security
123 (0.321 %)GPRS
123 (0.321 %)GSM
123 (0.321 %)DHCP
123 (0.321 %)FTP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1128 (13.70 %)SQL Server
236 (3.854 %)SQL Server 2000
333 (3.533 %)SQL Server 2005
425 (2.677 %)Oracle Reports
521 (2.248 %)TOAD
618 (1.927 %)MySQL
618 (1.927 %)GIS
717 (1.820 %)Datawarehouse
717 (1.820 %)Oracle Discoverer
717 (1.820 %)Oracle 8/8i
717 (1.820 %)DB2
816 (1.713 %)Oracle 9i
914 (1.499 %)MS Access
1011 (1.178 %)Oracle 10g
1011 (1.178 %)BusinessObjects
1110 (1.071 %)FileMaker
127 (0.749 %)SAP BW
135 (0.535 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
135 (0.535 %)SQL Server Integration Services
135 (0.535 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (1.499 %)Eclipse
211 (1.178 %)JUnit
37 (0.749 %)JIRA
46 (0.642 %)Oracle Forms
55 (0.535 %)ClearCase
55 (0.535 %)LoadRunner
55 (0.535 %)ClearQuest
55 (0.535 %)WinRunner
64 (0.428 %)TestDirector
64 (0.428 %)Rational Rose
73 (0.321 %)Visual Studio
73 (0.321 %)QuickTest Pro
82 (0.214 %)Subversion
82 (0.214 %)Rational Robot
82 (0.214 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.107 %)Ant
91 (0.107 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
91 (0.107 %)InstallShield
91 (0.107 %)TestPartner
91 (0.107 %)Oracle APEX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1146 (15.63 %)Retail
2121 (12.96 %)Insurance
379 (8.458 %)Banking
457 (6.103 %)Pensions
554 (5.782 %)Health
653 (5.675 %)Telecoms
745 (4.818 %)Marketing
839 (4.176 %)Education
932 (3.426 %)Legal
1029 (3.105 %)Financial Institution
1029 (3.105 %)Back Office
1119 (2.034 %)Investment Banking
1216 (1.713 %)Government
1311 (1.178 %)FMCG
149 (0.964 %)Pharmaceutical
158 (0.857 %)Construction
158 (0.857 %)Law
167 (0.749 %)Manufacturing
167 (0.749 %)Corporate Banking
176 (0.642 %)Publishing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1193 (20.66 %)Analyst
2162 (17.34 %)Developer
377 (8.244 %)Consultant
465 (6.959 %)Project Manager
558 (6.210 %)Support Analyst
652 (5.567 %)Architect
743 (4.604 %)Applications Support
842 (4.497 %)Business Analyst
937 (3.961 %)Junior
1035 (3.747 %)Web Developer
1035 (3.747 %).NET Developer
1134 (3.640 %)Java Developer
1233 (3.533 %)C# Developer
1330 (3.212 %)Team Leader
1330 (3.212 %)Solutions Architect
1330 (3.212 %)Support Manager
1428 (2.998 %)Administrator
1526 (2.784 %)Systems Manager
1625 (2.677 %)ASP.NET Developer
1724 (2.570 %)Service Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
120 (2.141 %)Client/Server
219 (2.034 %)Computer Science
313 (1.392 %)Management Information System
410 (1.071 %)W3C
410 (1.071 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
410 (1.071 %)Clustering
57 (0.749 %)EPoS
57 (0.749 %)EFT
57 (0.749 %)Mathematics
66 (0.642 %)APACS
66 (0.642 %)Fat Client
66 (0.642 %)Thin Client
66 (0.642 %)Mainframe
75 (0.535 %)CLARiiON
84 (0.428 %)Symmetrix
84 (0.428 %)Spread Betting
92 (0.214 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.214 %)Tandem
92 (0.214 %)Derivative
92 (0.214 %)Replication
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
188 (9.422 %)Windows
268 (7.281 %)UNIX
339 (4.176 %)Linux
430 (3.212 %)Windows Server 2003
521 (2.248 %)Solaris
617 (1.820 %)AIX
617 (1.820 %)Windows XP
75 (0.535 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (0.321 %)Windows Server 2008
83 (0.321 %)Windows 2000
83 (0.321 %)HPUX
92 (0.214 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
101 (0.107 %)VMS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1124 (13.28 %)Project Management
287 (9.315 %)PRINCE2
369 (7.388 %)E-Commerce
449 (5.246 %)OO
546 (4.925 %)UML
636 (3.854 %)Change Management
733 (3.533 %)Business Intelligence
832 (3.426 %)SOA
931 (3.319 %)ITIL
931 (3.319 %)Business Development
1028 (2.998 %)Stakeholder Management
1125 (2.677 %)Service Delivery
1224 (2.570 %)Enterprise Architecture
1224 (2.570 %)Logistics
1323 (2.463 %)Programme Management
1323 (2.463 %)Business Analysis
1421 (2.248 %)E-business
1520 (2.141 %)Resource Management
1619 (2.034 %)Risk Management
1619 (2.034 %)Risk Analysis
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1204 (21.84 %)SQL
2141 (15.10 %)Java
386 (9.208 %)C#
443 (4.604 %)JavaScript
542 (4.497 %)PL/SQL
637 (3.961 %)VB
733 (3.533 %)VB.NET
829 (3.105 %)C++
927 (2.891 %)C
1021 (2.248 %)VB6
1114 (1.499 %)PHP5
1114 (1.499 %)PHP
1213 (1.392 %)PHP4
1312 (1.285 %)Shell Script
1410 (1.071 %)VBA
158 (0.857 %)ActionScript
167 (0.749 %)Perl
175 (0.535 %)COBOL
175 (0.535 %)Transact-SQL
184 (0.428 %)ABAP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
198 (10.49 %)Degree
225 (2.677 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
311 (1.178 %)Microsoft Certification
410 (1.071 %)ISEB
410 (1.071 %)Security Cleared
59 (0.964 %)CIMA
66 (0.642 %)MCSE
75 (0.535 %)Cisco Certification
75 (0.535 %)PRINCE2 Certification
75 (0.535 %)SC Cleared
84 (0.428 %)RHCE
84 (0.428 %)CISSP
84 (0.428 %)MCP
92 (0.214 %)HND
92 (0.214 %)Sun Certification
92 (0.214 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.214 %)ACCA
92 (0.214 %)CCNA
92 (0.214 %)GSEC
101 (0.107 %)SCSA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
160 (6.424 %)SLA
234 (3.640 %)QA
317 (1.820 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
410 (1.071 %)COBIT
53 (0.321 %)ISO8583
62 (0.214 %)ISO9001
62 (0.214 %)GxP
62 (0.214 %)PCI DSS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (1.178 %)Active Directory
28 (0.857 %)NetBackup
35 (0.535 %)Oracle RMAN
35 (0.535 %)Oracle RAC
35 (0.535 %)VMware Infrastructure
43 (0.321 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
43 (0.321 %)ISA Server
52 (0.214 %)VMware ESX
61 (0.107 %)Backup Exec
61 (0.107 %)NFS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.535 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 (0.535 %)Data Guard
23 (0.321 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (0.214 %)MOM
41 (0.107 %)BMC PATROL
41 (0.107 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1206 (22.06 %)Oracle
2102 (10.92 %)Microsoft
327 (2.891 %)SAP
426 (2.784 %)IBM
522 (2.355 %)Sun
620 (2.141 %)BEA
620 (2.141 %)Cisco
719 (2.034 %)HP
816 (1.713 %)VMware
913 (1.392 %)VERITAS
1011 (1.178 %)Business Objects
1110 (1.071 %)EMC
1110 (1.071 %)Juniper
129 (0.964 %)Sage
129 (0.964 %)Cognos
138 (0.857 %)Reuters
138 (0.857 %)Mitel
147 (0.749 %)ESRI
147 (0.749 %)Dell
156 (0.642 %)CheckPoint