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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFinancial
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank22
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads2326642449
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled19.73 %21.49 %
As % of the category below39.73 %42.88 %
Salaries quoted1930433051
Average minimum salary£45,889£45,343
Average salary£50,341£49,778
% change on same period last year+1.12 %
Average maximum salary£54,792£54,214
UK excluding London average salary£44,159£43,744
% change on same period last year+0.94 %
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5855398996
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled49.65 %50.13 %
Salaries quoted4900378738
Average minimum salary£42,690£44,007
Average salary£46,946£48,405
% change on same period last year-3.01 %
Average maximum salary£51,201£52,803
UK excluding London average salary£41,347£41,871
% change on same period last year-1.25 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandNo change022289£50,306+0.95 %
LondonNo change012936£55,835+1.99 %
City of LondonNo change04704£57,769+4.06 %
South EastNo change03605£45,587+1.14 %
North WestDown-51272£45,090+2.40 %
SurreyNo change01169£45,709+1.60 %
South WestDown-41138£39,884-2.66 %
YorkshireUp+21012£37,185+2.12 %
East of EnglandDown-1888£43,857+5.76 %
BerkshireUp+4835£43,847-2.81 %
ManchesterDown-2674£48,409+3.07 %
West YorkshireNo change0663£36,036-0.36 %
West MidlandsDown-3620£43,607+3.87 %
East MidlandsDown-7547£41,004+3.49 %
HampshireDown-4510£46,476+11.59 %
ScotlandDown-2437£43,499+9.58 %
LeedsDown-3395£37,364+0.69 %
CheshireDown-4348£41,542+1.90 %
HertfordshireDown-3317£47,497+16.32 %
Docklands, LondonNo change0313£57,071+0.39 %
BristolDown-7313£40,373+16.87 %
GloucestershireUp+2304£42,927+14.87 %
ReadingUp+6299£41,497-12.99 %
North YorkshireUp+2273£39,775+16.21 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3270£46,141+11.32 %
EssexDown-2238£41,539-3.41 %
West SussexDown-4221£42,995-2.06 %
BirminghamDown-7218£47,242-6.58 %
CambridgeshireNo change0190£42,093+11.44 %
WiltshireDown-2189£38,140-5.71 %

Finance
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

112064 (19.97 %)SQL
211072 (18.33 %)Banking
38705 (14.41 %)Oracle
48658 (14.33 %)SQL Server
58604 (14.24 %).NET
67740 (12.81 %)C#
77449 (12.33 %)Java
87441 (12.32 %)Windows
96882 (11.39 %)UNIX
106844 (11.33 %)Degree
116337 (10.49 %)Project Management
125663 (9.374 %)Microsoft
134675 (7.739 %)C++
144291 (7.103 %)XML
154228 (6.999 %)Insurance
163827 (6.335 %)ASP.NET
173617 (5.987 %)MS Excel
183609 (5.974 %)Pensions
193564 (5.900 %)OO
203544 (5.866 %)Investment Banking
213411 (5.646 %)Retail
223362 (5.565 %)Front Office
233335 (5.521 %)SAP
243275 (5.421 %)Linux
253271 (5.415 %)Derivative
263230 (5.347 %)PRINCE2
273122 (5.168 %)J2EE
282846 (4.711 %)Financial Institution
292817 (4.663 %)ITIL
302759 (4.567 %)Business Analysis

Finance
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
18604 (14.24 %).NET
24291 (7.103 %)XML
33827 (6.335 %)ASP.NET
43122 (5.168 %)J2EE
52155 (3.567 %)HTML
61794 (2.970 %)WebServices
71563 (2.587 %)CSS
81300 (2.152 %)Spring
91263 (2.091 %)AJAX
101250 (2.069 %)WebSphere
111088 (1.801 %)WinForms
121015 (1.680 %)Hibernate
131013 (1.677 %).NET Framework
131013 (1.677 %)ASP
14838 (1.387 %)JSP
15822 (1.361 %)STL
16778 (1.288 %)Middleware
17555 (0.919 %)XSLT
18479 (0.793 %)Swing
19471 (0.780 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11203 (1.991 %)SAS
2986 (1.632 %)SharePoint
3916 (1.516 %)MS Exchange
3916 (1.516 %)WebLogic
4803 (1.329 %)IIS
5609 (1.008 %)Apache
6579 (0.958 %)Exchange Server 2003
7559 (0.925 %)Tomcat
8531 (0.879 %)BizTalk Server
9344 (0.569 %)CMS
10328 (0.543 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11261 (0.432 %)Lotus Notes
12256 (0.424 %)WebSphere Application Server
13231 (0.382 %)MQSeries
14226 (0.374 %)Oracle Workflow
15224 (0.371 %)JBoss
16223 (0.369 %)Exchange Server 2007
17190 (0.315 %)Exchange Server 2000
18143 (0.237 %)WebSphere MQ
19131 (0.217 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13617 (5.987 %)MS Excel
21782 (2.950 %)MS Office
3973 (1.611 %)MS Visio
4743 (1.230 %)MS Project
5377 (0.624 %)MS PowerPoint
6362 (0.599 %)Spreadsheet
7341 (0.564 %)Photoshop
8276 (0.457 %)SPSS
9204 (0.338 %)MATLAB
10157 (0.260 %)CA Clarity
1194 (0.156 %)Adobe Illustrator
1250 (0.083 %)Fireworks
1329 (0.048 %)RoboHelp
1421 (0.035 %)InfoPath
1520 (0.033 %)FrameMaker
1616 (0.026 %)Windchill
1616 (0.026 %)AutoCAD
1714 (0.023 %)Acrobat
1714 (0.023 %)Shockwave
1813 (0.022 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11144 (1.894 %)Oracle Financials
2858 (1.420 %)SAP FI
3816 (1.351 %)SAP CO
4813 (1.346 %)SAP FI/CO
5792 (1.311 %)Oracle EBS
6782 (1.294 %)Oracle Applications
7523 (0.866 %)SAP Oil and Gas
8480 (0.795 %)Oracle 11i
9306 (0.507 %)Oracle EBS R12
10267 (0.442 %)HFM
11219 (0.363 %)SAP HR
12218 (0.361 %)Dynamics AX
13199 (0.329 %)Navision
14175 (0.290 %)Hyperion Planning
15161 (0.267 %)Dynamics NAV
16155 (0.257 %)Endur
17151 (0.250 %)Summit
17151 (0.250 %)SAP SD
18136 (0.225 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
19132 (0.219 %)SAP CRM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11338 (2.215 %)Internet
21303 (2.157 %)TCP/IP
31018 (1.685 %)SAN
41006 (1.665 %)Firewall
51001 (1.657 %)WAN
6941 (1.558 %)LAN
7630 (1.043 %)VPN
8566 (0.937 %)DNS
9429 (0.710 %)VoIP
10404 (0.669 %)Intranet
11344 (0.569 %)BGP
12340 (0.563 %)MPLS
13335 (0.555 %)OSPF
14332 (0.550 %)DHCP
15235 (0.389 %)Network Security
16206 (0.341 %)SSL
17193 (0.319 %)Cisco PIX
18171 (0.283 %)ATM
19164 (0.271 %)HTTP
20155 (0.257 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18658 (14.33 %)SQL Server
22651 (4.388 %)SQL Server 2005
31877 (3.107 %)Datawarehouse
41620 (2.682 %)SQL Server 2000
51341 (2.220 %)RDBMS
61180 (1.953 %)Oracle 10g
71069 (1.770 %)BusinessObjects
8946 (1.566 %)ETL
9700 (1.159 %)Oracle 9i
10668 (1.106 %)Oracle 8/8i
11641 (1.061 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
12610 (1.010 %)Oracle Reports
13596 (0.987 %)Crystal Reports
13596 (0.987 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14572 (0.947 %)MySQL
15537 (0.889 %)DB2
16438 (0.725 %)SAP BW
17431 (0.713 %)DTS
18427 (0.707 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
19399 (0.660 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1813 (1.346 %)Visual Studio
2550 (0.910 %)TestDirector
3549 (0.909 %)QuickTest Pro
4387 (0.641 %)Ant
5373 (0.617 %)JUnit
6343 (0.568 %)Oracle Forms
7332 (0.550 %)WinRunner
8328 (0.543 %)LoadRunner
9327 (0.541 %)ClearCase
10291 (0.482 %)Eclipse
11162 (0.268 %)Subversion
12158 (0.262 %)NUnit
13148 (0.245 %)VSS/SourceSafe
14114 (0.189 %)Rational Rose
1592 (0.152 %)Dreamweaver
1687 (0.144 %)ClearQuest
1767 (0.111 %)RequisitePro
1767 (0.111 %)Selenium
1857 (0.094 %)ProC
1953 (0.088 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111072 (18.33 %)Banking
24228 (6.999 %)Insurance
33609 (5.974 %)Pensions
43544 (5.866 %)Investment Banking
53411 (5.646 %)Retail
63362 (5.565 %)Front Office
72846 (4.711 %)Financial Institution
82638 (4.367 %)Health
92211 (3.660 %)Telecoms
102166 (3.585 %)Marketing
111779 (2.945 %)Back Office
121495 (2.475 %)Education
131055 (1.746 %)Government
14849 (1.405 %)Manufacturing
15830 (1.374 %)Legal
16692 (1.145 %)Retail Banking
17671 (1.111 %)Games
18542 (0.897 %)Billing
19350 (0.579 %)Construction
20330 (0.546 %)Law
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113475 (22.31 %)Developer
213431 (22.23 %)Analyst
35790 (9.584 %)Consultant
44497 (7.444 %)Business Analyst
54298 (7.115 %)Project Manager
62837 (4.696 %)C# Developer
72614 (4.327 %)Java Developer
82570 (4.254 %).NET Developer
92504 (4.145 %)Architect
102456 (4.065 %)Support Analyst
111982 (3.281 %)Senior Developer
121889 (3.127 %)Administrator
131530 (2.533 %)C++ Developer
141489 (2.465 %)Team Leader
151455 (2.409 %)DBA
161407 (2.329 %)Applications Support
171394 (2.308 %)Programmer
181382 (2.288 %)Senior Analyst
191129 (1.869 %)SAP Consultant
201051 (1.740 %)Test Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13271 (5.415 %)Derivative
21875 (3.104 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31582 (2.619 %)Fixed Income
41578 (2.612 %)Equities
51111 (1.839 %)Mathematics
61065 (1.763 %)Computer Science
7902 (1.493 %)Multithreading
8901 (1.491 %)Credit Risk
9836 (1.384 %)Management Information System
10772 (1.278 %)Mainframe
11591 (0.978 %)Equity Derivative
12561 (0.929 %)Client/Server
13536 (0.887 %)N-Tier
14498 (0.824 %)Credit Derivative
15416 (0.689 %)AS400
16387 (0.641 %)PMI
17363 (0.601 %)Statistics
18353 (0.584 %)Replication
19335 (0.555 %)Blackberry
20332 (0.550 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17441 (12.32 %)Windows
26882 (11.39 %)UNIX
33275 (5.421 %)Linux
42070 (3.427 %)Windows Server 2003
51907 (3.157 %)Solaris
61084 (1.794 %)Windows XP
7893 (1.478 %)Windows 2000
8606 (1.003 %)AIX
9547 (0.905 %)Red Hat Linux
10352 (0.583 %)Windows 2000 Server
11298 (0.493 %)Windows NT
12225 (0.372 %)HPUX
13180 (0.298 %)Windows Vista
14143 (0.237 %)VMS
1598 (0.162 %)SUSE
1695 (0.157 %)Windows Server 2008
1775 (0.124 %)zOS
1870 (0.116 %)MVS
1955 (0.091 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2054 (0.089 %)NetWare
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16337 (10.49 %)Project Management
23564 (5.900 %)OO
33230 (5.347 %)PRINCE2
42817 (4.663 %)ITIL
52759 (4.567 %)Business Analysis
62472 (4.092 %)Business Intelligence
72148 (3.556 %)Risk Management
81949 (3.226 %)UML
91722 (2.850 %)CRM
101705 (2.822 %)Change Management
111589 (2.630 %)ERP
121568 (2.596 %)E-Commerce
131441 (2.385 %)Agile Software Development
141403 (2.322 %)Asset Management
151335 (2.210 %)User Acceptance Testing
161239 (2.051 %)Stakeholder Management
171237 (2.048 %)Service Delivery
181023 (1.693 %)Investment Management
19999 (1.654 %)SOA
20948 (1.569 %)Data Modelling
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112064 (19.97 %)SQL
27740 (12.81 %)C#
37449 (12.33 %)Java
44675 (7.739 %)C++
52561 (4.239 %)VB
62057 (3.405 %)VB.NET
71986 (3.287 %)JavaScript
81958 (3.241 %)VBA
91766 (2.923 %)Perl
101719 (2.846 %)C
111537 (2.544 %)PL/SQL
121499 (2.481 %)Transact-SQL
13965 (1.597 %)Shell Script
13965 (1.597 %)VB6
14789 (1.306 %)PHP
15705 (1.167 %)Python
16477 (0.790 %)VC++
17403 (0.667 %)VBScript
18322 (0.533 %)COBOL
19219 (0.363 %)RPG
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16844 (11.33 %)Degree
21486 (2.460 %)Microsoft Certification
31300 (2.152 %)ISEB
4939 (1.554 %)Cisco Certification
5769 (1.273 %)MCSE
6621 (1.028 %)PRINCE2 Certification
7555 (0.919 %)CCNP
8547 (0.905 %)ITIL Certification
9474 (0.785 %)ACCA
10471 (0.780 %)CIMA
11447 (0.740 %)Security Cleared
12444 (0.735 %)MCP
13425 (0.704 %)CCNA
14382 (0.632 %)CISSP
15330 (0.546 %)PMI Certification
16319 (0.528 %)ISTQB
17312 (0.516 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
18286 (0.473 %)PMP
19272 (0.450 %)MCSD
20243 (0.402 %)CCIE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11654 (2.738 %)QA
2924 (1.530 %)SLA
3581 (0.962 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4357 (0.591 %)Basel II
5177 (0.293 %)COBIT
6131 (0.217 %)MiFID
7128 (0.212 %)ISO27001
885 (0.141 %)GAAP
982 (0.136 %)PCI DSS
1050 (0.083 %)ISO9001
1147 (0.078 %)ISO9000
1232 (0.053 %)BS7799
1331 (0.051 %)ISO17799
1427 (0.045 %)PCI QSA
1526 (0.043 %)IAS 39
1612 (0.020 %)ISO8583
1612 (0.020 %)WAI
1711 (0.018 %)COSO
187 (0.012 %)JSP 440
196 (0.010 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11659 (2.746 %)Active Directory
2371 (0.614 %)Oracle RAC
3329 (0.545 %)VMware Infrastructure
4281 (0.465 %)Oracle RMAN
5216 (0.358 %)NetBackup
6167 (0.276 %)VMware ESX
7123 (0.204 %)Citrix Presentation Server
8108 (0.179 %)NFS
984 (0.139 %)Backup Exec
1079 (0.131 %)ISA Server
1175 (0.124 %)Terminal Server
1269 (0.114 %)Terminal Services
1367 (0.111 %)MSMQ
1438 (0.063 %)AquaLogic
1533 (0.055 %)Xen
1632 (0.053 %)Samba
1725 (0.041 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1822 (0.036 %)MetaFrame
1920 (0.033 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2015 (0.025 %)Nmap
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
1290 (0.480 %)Data Guard
2239 (0.396 %)Tivoli
3155 (0.257 %)OpenView
4106 (0.175 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
590 (0.149 %)MOM
689 (0.147 %)AutoSys
771 (0.118 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
870 (0.116 %)MAILsweeper
960 (0.099 %)CONTROL-M
1055 (0.091 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1153 (0.088 %)BMC PATROL
1252 (0.086 %)Norton AntiVirus
1349 (0.081 %)CiscoWorks
1444 (0.073 %)HP Data Protector
1543 (0.071 %)ServiceCenter
1640 (0.066 %)Nagios
1735 (0.058 %)Legato
1831 (0.051 %)Netcool
1929 (0.048 %)SCCM
2028 (0.046 %)WSUS
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18705 (14.41 %)Oracle
25663 (9.374 %)Microsoft
33335 (5.521 %)SAP
41729 (2.862 %)Cisco
51685 (2.789 %)Sybase
61242 (2.056 %)IBM
71069 (1.770 %)Business Objects
8991 (1.640 %)HP
9927 (1.534 %)Cognos
10867 (1.435 %)Citrix
11735 (1.217 %)Reuters
12723 (1.197 %)Hyperion
13710 (1.175 %)Sun
14709 (1.174 %)VMware
15683 (1.131 %)Bloomberg
16617 (1.021 %)Red Hat
17450 (0.745 %)VERITAS
17450 (0.745 %)JD Edwards
18392 (0.649 %)Remedy
19365 (0.604 %)TIBCO