Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads3130049059
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.19 %21.96 %
As % of the category below39.99 %43.45 %
Salaries quoted2568038103
Average minimum salary£45,865£45,821
Average salary£50,426£50,288
% change on same period last year+0.27 %
Average maximum salary£54,986£54,756
UK excluding London average salary£43,956£44,002
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads78268112911
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled50.49 %50.54 %
Salaries quoted6523189672
Average minimum salary£43,250£44,747
Average salary£47,659£49,168
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Average maximum salary£52,067£53,590
UK excluding London average salary£41,392£42,002
% change on same period last year-1.45 %

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 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Finance Salary Histogram

Finance
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 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 change030004£50,470+0.29 %
LondonNo change017727£55,737+0.82 %
City of LondonNo change06254£57,621+1.38 %
South EastDown-14615£45,208-1.01 %
SurreyNo change01540£44,221-3.54 %
North WestDown-41469£44,947+2.58 %
South WestDown-31440£40,912-0.02 %
YorkshireUp+11422£37,693+2.22 %
East of EnglandDown-41289£43,655+4.09 %
BerkshireUp+11035£46,185+1.44 %
West YorkshireUp+1991£36,254-2.40 %
West MidlandsNo change0887£41,715+1.46 %
East MidlandsDown-2864£41,738+3.97 %
ManchesterDown-1745£49,891+5.31 %
HampshireDown-2632£44,792+5.89 %
ScotlandDown-3618£42,901+10.18 %
LeedsNo change0617£36,824-2.71 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0500£56,193-1.02 %
HertfordshireNo change0495£45,920+10.02 %
BristolDown-4460£40,835+16.02 %
North YorkshireUp+6399£41,330+19.19 %
CheshireDown-5375£40,686+1.96 %
Canary WharfNo change0355£55,953-5.03 %
BuckinghamshireUp+4354£44,529+7.53 %
GloucestershireNo change0348£41,566+14.94 %
ReadingNo change0348£44,876-5.14 %
EssexDown-5330£42,957+0.54 %
NorthamptonshireNo change0321£44,602+1.54 %
GlasgowUp+2294£40,515+7.20 %
BirminghamDown-3275£44,346-8.16 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 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.

114507 (20.18 %)SQL
213644 (18.98 %)Banking
310355 (14.41 %)SQL Server
410279 (14.30 %)Oracle
510140 (14.11 %).NET
68992 (12.51 %)Windows
78956 (12.46 %)Java
88920 (12.41 %)C#
98085 (11.25 %)UNIX
107980 (11.10 %)Degree
117675 (10.68 %)Project Management
126455 (8.981 %)Microsoft
135607 (7.801 %)C++
145103 (7.100 %)XML
154894 (6.809 %)Insurance
164375 (6.087 %)ASP.NET
174309 (5.995 %)MS Excel
184252 (5.916 %)Pensions
194223 (5.875 %)Investment Banking
204190 (5.830 %)OO
214168 (5.799 %)Retail
223950 (5.496 %)Front Office
233928 (5.465 %)PRINCE2
243898 (5.423 %)Linux
253890 (5.412 %)SAP
263885 (5.405 %)Derivative
273647 (5.074 %)J2EE
283528 (4.909 %)Financial Institution
293360 (4.675 %)Business Analysis
303186 (4.433 %)ITIL

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 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
110140 (14.11 %).NET
25103 (7.100 %)XML
34375 (6.087 %)ASP.NET
43647 (5.074 %)J2EE
52575 (3.583 %)HTML
62009 (2.795 %)WebServices
71725 (2.400 %)CSS
81535 (2.136 %)Spring
91492 (2.076 %)WebSphere
101397 (1.944 %)AJAX
111255 (1.746 %)WinForms
121219 (1.696 %)Hibernate
131216 (1.692 %)ASP
141213 (1.688 %).NET Framework
151000 (1.391 %)JSP
16969 (1.348 %)Middleware
17924 (1.286 %)STL
18689 (0.959 %)Swing
19667 (0.928 %)XSLT
20607 (0.845 %)JDBC
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11524 (2.120 %)SAS
21116 (1.553 %)SharePoint
31099 (1.529 %)WebLogic
41065 (1.482 %)MS Exchange
5958 (1.333 %)IIS
6749 (1.042 %)Apache
7656 (0.913 %)Tomcat
8653 (0.909 %)Exchange Server 2003
9612 (0.851 %)BizTalk Server
10398 (0.554 %)CMS
11381 (0.530 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12336 (0.467 %)WebSphere Application Server
13321 (0.447 %)Lotus Notes
14314 (0.437 %)MQSeries
15279 (0.388 %)JBoss
16240 (0.334 %)Oracle Workflow
17220 (0.306 %)Exchange Server 2000
18201 (0.280 %)Exchange Server 2007
19185 (0.257 %)WebSphere MQ
20176 (0.245 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14309 (5.995 %)MS Excel
22144 (2.983 %)MS Office
31222 (1.700 %)MS Visio
4847 (1.178 %)MS Project
5481 (0.669 %)MS PowerPoint
6435 (0.605 %)Spreadsheet
7397 (0.552 %)Photoshop
8341 (0.474 %)SPSS
9200 (0.278 %)CA Clarity
10194 (0.270 %)MATLAB
11115 (0.160 %)Adobe Illustrator
1238 (0.053 %)Fireworks
1326 (0.036 %)RoboHelp
1326 (0.036 %)InfoPath
1425 (0.035 %)Acrobat
1523 (0.032 %)FrameMaker
1622 (0.031 %)Shockwave
1721 (0.029 %)S-PLUS
1819 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
1819 (0.026 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11226 (1.706 %)Oracle Financials
2921 (1.281 %)SAP FI
3892 (1.241 %)Oracle Applications
4885 (1.231 %)SAP CO
5873 (1.215 %)SAP FI/CO
6858 (1.194 %)Oracle EBS
7570 (0.793 %)SAP Oil and Gas
8520 (0.723 %)Oracle 11i
9295 (0.410 %)Oracle EBS R12
10287 (0.399 %)HFM
11256 (0.356 %)SAP HR
12242 (0.337 %)Dynamics AX
13214 (0.298 %)Navision
14187 (0.260 %)Hyperion Planning
15186 (0.259 %)Endur
16177 (0.246 %)Dynamics NAV
17175 (0.243 %)Summit
18157 (0.218 %)SAP SD
19152 (0.211 %)SAP CRM
20150 (0.209 %)Great Plains
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11608 (2.237 %)Internet
21595 (2.219 %)TCP/IP
31315 (1.830 %)SAN
41153 (1.604 %)Firewall
51118 (1.555 %)WAN
61066 (1.483 %)LAN
7739 (1.028 %)VPN
8626 (0.871 %)DNS
9517 (0.719 %)VoIP
10471 (0.655 %)Intranet
11423 (0.589 %)BGP
12404 (0.562 %)OSPF
13389 (0.541 %)MPLS
14351 (0.488 %)DHCP
15267 (0.371 %)Network Security
16229 (0.319 %)Cisco PIX
17207 (0.288 %)Wireless
18200 (0.278 %)HTTP
19194 (0.270 %)SSL
20188 (0.262 %)ATM
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110355 (14.41 %)SQL Server
23095 (4.306 %)SQL Server 2005
32246 (3.125 %)Datawarehouse
42037 (2.834 %)SQL Server 2000
51684 (2.343 %)RDBMS
61516 (2.109 %)Oracle 10g
71186 (1.650 %)BusinessObjects
81157 (1.610 %)ETL
9930 (1.294 %)Oracle 9i
10776 (1.080 %)Oracle 8/8i
11722 (1.005 %)Crystal Reports
12711 (0.989 %)DB2
13710 (0.988 %)Oracle Reports
14680 (0.946 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15663 (0.922 %)SQL Server Integration Services
16661 (0.920 %)MySQL
17519 (0.722 %)SAP BW
18489 (0.680 %)DTS
19479 (0.666 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
20441 (0.614 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1933 (1.298 %)Visual Studio
2719 (1.000 %)TestDirector
3621 (0.864 %)QuickTest Pro
4496 (0.690 %)Ant
5473 (0.658 %)JUnit
6442 (0.615 %)Flash
7416 (0.579 %)WinRunner
8385 (0.536 %)Oracle Forms
9364 (0.506 %)LoadRunner
10348 (0.484 %)ClearCase
11329 (0.458 %)Eclipse
12191 (0.266 %)VSS/SourceSafe
13181 (0.252 %)Subversion
14160 (0.223 %)NUnit
15152 (0.211 %)Rational Rose
16117 (0.163 %)Dreamweaver
1797 (0.135 %)ClearQuest
1873 (0.102 %)Selenium
1971 (0.099 %)RequisitePro
2063 (0.088 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113644 (18.98 %)Banking
24894 (6.809 %)Insurance
34252 (5.916 %)Pensions
44223 (5.875 %)Investment Banking
54168 (5.799 %)Retail
63950 (5.496 %)Front Office
73528 (4.909 %)Financial Institution
83151 (4.384 %)Health
92667 (3.711 %)Telecoms
102568 (3.573 %)Marketing
112005 (2.790 %)Back Office
121741 (2.422 %)Education
131168 (1.625 %)Government
141057 (1.471 %)Legal
15977 (1.359 %)Manufacturing
16861 (1.198 %)Retail Banking
17856 (1.191 %)Games
18646 (0.899 %)Billing
19476 (0.662 %)Law
20414 (0.576 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116377 (22.79 %)Analyst
215722 (21.87 %)Developer
36761 (9.407 %)Consultant
45498 (7.649 %)Business Analyst
55210 (7.249 %)Project Manager
63252 (4.525 %)Java Developer
73157 (4.392 %)C# Developer
82933 (4.081 %).NET Developer
92892 (4.024 %)Support Analyst
102875 (4.000 %)Architect
112230 (3.103 %)Administrator
122190 (3.047 %)Senior Developer
131853 (2.578 %)DBA
141787 (2.486 %)C++ Developer
151746 (2.429 %)Team Leader
161736 (2.415 %)Programmer
171685 (2.344 %)Applications Support
181624 (2.259 %)Senior Analyst
191403 (1.952 %)Systems Analyst
201360 (1.892 %)SAP Consultant
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13885 (5.405 %)Derivative
22096 (2.916 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31910 (2.657 %)Fixed Income
41898 (2.641 %)Equities
51337 (1.860 %)Mathematics
61224 (1.703 %)Computer Science
71059 (1.473 %)Credit Risk
81055 (1.468 %)Multithreading
9952 (1.325 %)Management Information System
10927 (1.290 %)Mainframe
11780 (1.085 %)Equity Derivative
12678 (0.943 %)Client/Server
13612 (0.851 %)N-Tier
14573 (0.797 %)Credit Derivative
15515 (0.717 %)PMI
16489 (0.680 %)AS400
17454 (0.632 %)Statistics
18449 (0.625 %)Replication
19410 (0.570 %)Clustering
20397 (0.552 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18992 (12.51 %)Windows
28085 (11.25 %)UNIX
33898 (5.423 %)Linux
42456 (3.417 %)Windows Server 2003
52401 (3.341 %)Solaris
61310 (1.823 %)Windows XP
71065 (1.482 %)Windows 2000
8811 (1.128 %)AIX
9607 (0.845 %)Red Hat Linux
10447 (0.622 %)Windows 2000 Server
11303 (0.422 %)Windows NT
12266 (0.370 %)HPUX
13219 (0.305 %)Windows Vista
14183 (0.255 %)VMS
15108 (0.150 %)SUSE
16104 (0.145 %)Windows Server 2008
1794 (0.131 %)MVS
1794 (0.131 %)zOS
1866 (0.092 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1961 (0.085 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17675 (10.68 %)Project Management
24190 (5.830 %)OO
33928 (5.465 %)PRINCE2
43360 (4.675 %)Business Analysis
53186 (4.433 %)ITIL
62759 (3.839 %)Business Intelligence
72575 (3.583 %)Risk Management
82490 (3.464 %)UML
91964 (2.733 %)CRM
101907 (2.653 %)Change Management
111826 (2.541 %)Asset Management
121820 (2.532 %)ERP
131642 (2.285 %)E-Commerce
141590 (2.212 %)User Acceptance Testing
151580 (2.198 %)Agile Software Development
161462 (2.034 %)Stakeholder Management
171389 (1.933 %)Service Delivery
181270 (1.767 %)Investment Management
191152 (1.603 %)Migration
201131 (1.574 %)Data Modelling
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114507 (20.18 %)SQL
28956 (12.46 %)Java
38920 (12.41 %)C#
45607 (7.801 %)C++
53132 (4.358 %)VB
62462 (3.425 %)VB.NET
72351 (3.271 %)VBA
82251 (3.132 %)JavaScript
92141 (2.979 %)Perl
102050 (2.852 %)C
111860 (2.588 %)PL/SQL
121754 (2.440 %)Transact-SQL
131190 (1.656 %)Shell Script
141063 (1.479 %)VB6
15862 (1.199 %)PHP
16817 (1.137 %)Python
17609 (0.847 %)VC++
18578 (0.804 %)VBScript
19375 (0.522 %)COBOL
20322 (0.448 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17980 (11.10 %)Degree
21724 (2.399 %)Microsoft Certification
31633 (2.272 %)ISEB
41086 (1.511 %)Cisco Certification
5929 (1.293 %)MCSE
6826 (1.149 %)PRINCE2 Certification
7637 (0.886 %)CCNP
8612 (0.851 %)ITIL Certification
9540 (0.751 %)CIMA
10530 (0.737 %)ACCA
11504 (0.701 %)CCNA
12493 (0.686 %)MCP
13462 (0.643 %)CISSP
14423 (0.589 %)PMI Certification
15386 (0.537 %)ISTQB
16361 (0.502 %)PMP
17349 (0.486 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
18300 (0.417 %)MCSD
19294 (0.409 %)CCIE
20254 (0.353 %)MCAD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12047 (2.848 %)QA
2986 (1.372 %)SLA
3601 (0.836 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4474 (0.659 %)Basel II
5249 (0.346 %)COBIT
6153 (0.213 %)MiFID
7149 (0.207 %)ISO27001
8111 (0.154 %)GAAP
992 (0.128 %)PCI DSS
1065 (0.090 %)ISO9000
1160 (0.083 %)ISO9001
1244 (0.061 %)ISO17799
1339 (0.054 %)IAS 39
1435 (0.049 %)BS7799
1435 (0.049 %)PCI QSA
1532 (0.045 %)ISO8583
1611 (0.015 %)COSO
1611 (0.015 %)WAI
1710 (0.014 %)ISO/IEC 20000
185 (0.007 %)EFQM
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12041 (2.840 %)Active Directory
2459 (0.639 %)Oracle RAC
3401 (0.558 %)VMware Infrastructure
4398 (0.554 %)Oracle RMAN
5260 (0.362 %)NetBackup
6225 (0.313 %)VMware ESX
7145 (0.202 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8137 (0.191 %)NFS
9114 (0.159 %)ISA Server
10111 (0.154 %)Backup Exec
1184 (0.117 %)Terminal Services
1259 (0.082 %)MSMQ
1354 (0.075 %)AquaLogic
1448 (0.067 %)Xen
1448 (0.067 %)Samba
1546 (0.064 %)MetaFrame
1644 (0.061 %)Terminal Server
1728 (0.039 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1824 (0.033 %)Nmap
1919 (0.026 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1295 (0.410 %)Tivoli
2157 (0.218 %)OpenView
3108 (0.150 %)AutoSys
4102 (0.142 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
592 (0.128 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
685 (0.118 %)MOM
779 (0.110 %)CONTROL-M
869 (0.096 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
958 (0.081 %)MAILsweeper
1053 (0.074 %)BMC PATROL
1151 (0.071 %)Norton AntiVirus
1248 (0.067 %)ServiceCenter
1248 (0.067 %)HP Data Protector
1344 (0.061 %)CiscoWorks
1440 (0.056 %)Legato
1537 (0.051 %)WSUS
1636 (0.050 %)Netcool
1735 (0.049 %)SCOM
1831 (0.043 %)SCCM
1831 (0.043 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110279 (14.30 %)Oracle
26455 (8.981 %)Microsoft
33890 (5.412 %)SAP
42085 (2.901 %)Cisco
51934 (2.691 %)Sybase
61468 (2.042 %)IBM
71186 (1.650 %)Business Objects
81155 (1.607 %)HP
91066 (1.483 %)Cognos
101019 (1.418 %)Citrix
11922 (1.283 %)Reuters
12913 (1.270 %)Sun
13888 (1.235 %)VMware
14869 (1.209 %)Bloomberg
15794 (1.105 %)Hyperion
16700 (0.974 %)Red Hat
17572 (0.796 %)VERITAS
18521 (0.725 %)JD Edwards
19483 (0.672 %)Remedy
20460 (0.640 %)PeopleSoft