The first table below looks at the demand for Algorithmic Trading skills in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Algorithmic Trading
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -11.53%
All Processes & Methodologies
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3629 4386 3517
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 69.49% 70.08% 68.49%
Number of salaries quoted 2775 3701 2926
Average salary £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.44% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Algorithmic Trading
South East

Algorithmic Trading
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Algorithmic Trading 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 Algorithmic Trading.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading

Algorithmic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Algorithmic Trading 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 Algorithmic Trading. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
1 1 (100.00%) C++/Java Developer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) JBoss