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This section looks at the prevalence of the term 'Banking' in IT jobs within the City of London 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 Banking over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBanking
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank42
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching permanent IT job ads42856243
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.307 %2.602 %
As % of the category below30.15 %41.77 %
Salaries quoted35394757
Average minimum salary£54,430£57,268
Average salary£61,271£62,999
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Average maximum salary£68,112£68,729
UK excluding London average salary£44,522£47,883
% change on same period last year-7.02 %
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1421114946
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled7.650 %6.230 %
Salaries quoted1209611314
Average minimum salary£50,621£54,917
Average salary£56,112£60,203
% change on same period last year-6.79 %
Average maximum salary£61,603£65,490
UK excluding London average salary£41,063£42,118
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Banking LondonBanking
London

Banking
Demand Trend

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

City of London Banking Demand Trend

Banking
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Banking across the City of London region.

City of London Banking Salary Trend

Banking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Banking across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

City of London Banking Salary Histogram

Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Banking 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 Banking.

14783 (50.65 %)Finance
24084 (43.24 %)Investment Banking
32606 (27.59 %)Java
42532 (26.81 %)SQL
52286 (24.21 %)UNIX
62029 (21.48 %)Front Office
71858 (19.67 %)Derivative
81628 (17.24 %)Oracle
91618 (17.13 %)C#
101469 (15.55 %)C++
111250 (13.24 %)Sybase
121247 (13.20 %).NET
131141 (12.08 %)Windows
141058 (11.20 %)Degree
151044 (11.05 %)SQL Server
16981 (10.39 %)OO
17898 (9.509 %)Equities
18791 (8.376 %)Project Management
19740 (7.836 %)Fixed Income
20703 (7.444 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21701 (7.423 %)XML
22671 (7.105 %)J2EE
23660 (6.989 %)Solaris
24651 (6.893 %)Linux
25630 (6.671 %)VBA
26522 (5.527 %)Back Office
27502 (5.316 %)VB
28490 (5.188 %)Risk Management
29489 (5.178 %)Asset Management
30480 (5.083 %)Spring

Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Banking 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 Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11247 (13.20 %).NET
2701 (7.423 %)XML
3671 (7.105 %)J2EE
4480 (5.083 %)Spring
5396 (4.193 %)Hibernate
6310 (3.283 %)WinForms
7288 (3.050 %)ASP.NET
8240 (2.541 %)Middleware
9239 (2.531 %)JMS
10210 (2.224 %)WebSphere
11194 (2.054 %)HTML
12173 (1.832 %).NET Framework
13163 (1.726 %)J2SE
14161 (1.705 %)JDBC
15158 (1.673 %)WebServices
16157 (1.662 %)ASP
17156 (1.652 %)JSP
18142 (1.504 %)Swing
19124 (1.313 %)AJAX
20108 (1.144 %)Struts
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1180 (1.906 %)WebLogic
2140 (1.482 %)MS Exchange
3127 (1.345 %)JBoss
4124 (1.313 %)Apache
5122 (1.292 %)MQSeries
6111 (1.175 %)WebSphere MQ
791 (0.964 %)Tomcat
876 (0.805 %)IIS
970 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 2003
1063 (0.667 %)SharePoint
1160 (0.635 %)TIBCO EMS
1257 (0.604 %)Rendezvous
1341 (0.434 %)SAS
1429 (0.307 %)Lotus Notes
1527 (0.286 %)WebSphere Application Server
1619 (0.201 %)BizTalk Server
1718 (0.191 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1815 (0.159 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1914 (0.148 %)WebLogic Portal
2013 (0.138 %)CMS
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1404 (4.278 %)MS Excel
2303 (3.208 %)MS Office
371 (0.752 %)MS Visio
460 (0.635 %)MS Project
548 (0.508 %)Photoshop
642 (0.445 %)MS PowerPoint
734 (0.360 %)Spreadsheet
812 (0.127 %)MATLAB
97 (0.074 %)CA Clarity
97 (0.074 %)SPSS
106 (0.064 %)Adobe Illustrator
112 (0.021 %)InfoPath
112 (0.021 %)Acrobat
112 (0.021 %)AutoCAD
121 (0.011 %)FreeHand
121 (0.011 %)Fireworks
121 (0.011 %)S-PLUS
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
166 (0.699 %)Summit
240 (0.424 %)Temenos T24
334 (0.360 %)Temenos Globus
427 (0.286 %)Misys Opics
524 (0.254 %)RMDS
620 (0.212 %)Endur
719 (0.201 %)Misys Midas
818 (0.191 %)Eagle PACE
818 (0.191 %)SAP FI
917 (0.180 %)SAP R/3
917 (0.180 %)Kondor+
1016 (0.169 %)Misys Equation
1016 (0.169 %)SAP CO
1016 (0.169 %)SAP FI/CO
1114 (0.148 %)Oracle Financials
1212 (0.127 %)FLEXCUBE
1212 (0.127 %)SunGard AvantGard
1311 (0.116 %)Thomson PORTIA
149 (0.095 %)SAP ERP
149 (0.095 %)Loan IQ
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1173 (1.832 %)Internet
2165 (1.747 %)SAN
3157 (1.662 %)TCP/IP
4155 (1.641 %)LAN
5154 (1.631 %)WAN
6125 (1.324 %)Firewall
780 (0.847 %)Intranet
877 (0.815 %)VPN
970 (0.741 %)DNS
1058 (0.614 %)HTTP
1153 (0.561 %)OSPF
1251 (0.540 %)BGP
1251 (0.540 %)MPLS
1350 (0.529 %)VoIP
1431 (0.328 %)DHCP
1529 (0.307 %)FTP
1628 (0.296 %)RIP
1725 (0.265 %)IP Telephony
1819 (0.201 %)Network Security
1819 (0.201 %)SSL
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11044 (11.05 %)SQL Server
2383 (4.055 %)RDBMS
3300 (3.177 %)Oracle 10g
4253 (2.679 %)SQL Server 2005
5192 (2.033 %)Oracle 9i
6181 (1.917 %)Datawarehouse
7158 (1.673 %)ETL
8137 (1.451 %)Oracle 8/8i
9133 (1.408 %)SQL Server 2000
10116 (1.228 %)Sybase ASE
1169 (0.731 %)BusinessObjects
1267 (0.709 %)Ingres
1365 (0.688 %)DTS
1460 (0.635 %)Crystal Reports
1551 (0.540 %)Oracle Reports
1647 (0.498 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1746 (0.487 %)MS Access
1843 (0.455 %)MySQL
1941 (0.434 %)Informix
2040 (0.424 %)Reference Data
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1234 (2.478 %)ClearCase
2167 (1.768 %)TestDirector
3117 (1.239 %)JUnit
477 (0.815 %)Ant
565 (0.688 %)Eclipse
649 (0.519 %)Flash
747 (0.498 %)NUnit
845 (0.476 %)QuickTest Pro
930 (0.318 %)Subversion
1027 (0.286 %)Dreamweaver
1027 (0.286 %)WinRunner
1126 (0.275 %)LoadRunner
1224 (0.254 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1319 (0.201 %)Oracle Forms
1319 (0.201 %)Visual Studio
1418 (0.191 %)FitNesse
1516 (0.169 %)Selenium
1516 (0.169 %)Log4j
1615 (0.159 %)PowerBuilder
1615 (0.159 %)PVCS
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14783 (50.65 %)Finance
24084 (43.24 %)Investment Banking
32029 (21.48 %)Front Office
4522 (5.527 %)Back Office
5381 (4.034 %)Financial Institution
6312 (3.304 %)Retail
7306 (3.240 %)Insurance
8225 (2.382 %)Education
9187 (1.980 %)Telecoms
10165 (1.747 %)Retail Banking
11136 (1.440 %)Pensions
1297 (1.027 %)Marketing
1383 (0.879 %)Health
1473 (0.773 %)Legal
1568 (0.720 %)Private Banking
1653 (0.561 %)Corporate Banking
1751 (0.540 %)Games
1849 (0.519 %)Government
1948 (0.508 %)International Banking
2037 (0.392 %)Law
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13207 (33.96 %)Developer
22008 (21.26 %)Analyst
31116 (11.82 %)Java Developer
4697 (7.380 %)C# Developer
5681 (7.211 %)Business Analyst
6543 (5.750 %)Project Manager
7521 (5.517 %)C++ Developer
8473 (5.008 %)Support Analyst
9432 (4.574 %)Applications Support
10394 (4.172 %)Consultant
11377 (3.992 %)Senior Developer
12345 (3.653 %)DBA
13344 (3.643 %)Team Leader
14317 (3.357 %).NET Developer
15290 (3.071 %)Architect
16255 (2.700 %)Analyst Developer
17224 (2.372 %)Oracle DBA
18207 (2.192 %)Banking Business Analyst
19205 (2.171 %)Administrator
20202 (2.139 %)Java/J2EE Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11858 (19.67 %)Derivative
2898 (9.509 %)Equities
3740 (7.836 %)Fixed Income
4703 (7.444 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5444 (4.701 %)Equity Derivative
6362 (3.833 %)Credit Derivative
7331 (3.505 %)Multithreading
8232 (2.457 %)Credit Risk
9187 (1.980 %)Mathematics
10173 (1.832 %)Computer Science
11133 (1.408 %)Market Risk
12131 (1.387 %)Replication
13101 (1.069 %)Client/Server
1497 (1.027 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1574 (0.784 %)N-Tier
1664 (0.678 %)Exotic Derivative
1762 (0.657 %)Clustering
1861 (0.646 %)Blackberry
1954 (0.572 %)Grid Computing
1954 (0.572 %)Management Information System
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12286 (24.21 %)UNIX
21141 (12.08 %)Windows
3660 (6.989 %)Solaris
4651 (6.893 %)Linux
5245 (2.594 %)Windows Server 2003
6173 (1.832 %)Windows XP
7157 (1.662 %)Windows 2000
8123 (1.302 %)VMS
9101 (1.069 %)Red Hat Linux
1072 (0.762 %)AIX
1162 (0.657 %)Windows NT
1261 (0.646 %)HPUX
1342 (0.445 %)Windows 2000 Server
1425 (0.265 %)Windows Vista
1523 (0.244 %)OpenVMS
169 (0.095 %)SUSE
174 (0.042 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
183 (0.032 %)OS/400
191 (0.011 %)Windows Server 2008
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1981 (10.39 %)OO
2791 (8.376 %)Project Management
3490 (5.188 %)Risk Management
4489 (5.178 %)Asset Management
5443 (4.691 %)ITIL
6397 (4.204 %)Business Analysis
7303 (3.208 %)UML
8296 (3.134 %)Investment Management
9264 (2.795 %)OOD
10259 (2.742 %)PRINCE2
11251 (2.658 %)User Acceptance Testing
12245 (2.594 %)Agile Software Development
13209 (2.213 %)Algorithmic Trading
14178 (1.885 %)E-Commerce
15173 (1.832 %)Electronic Trading
16161 (1.705 %)Web Development
17158 (1.673 %)OOA/OOD
18148 (1.567 %)Change Management
19143 (1.514 %)Migration
20139 (1.472 %)Use Case
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12606 (27.59 %)Java
22532 (26.81 %)SQL
31618 (17.13 %)C#
41469 (15.55 %)C++
5630 (6.671 %)VBA
6502 (5.316 %)VB
7471 (4.987 %)Perl
8389 (4.119 %)Shell Script
9306 (3.240 %)C
10299 (3.166 %)PL/SQL
11192 (2.033 %)JavaScript
12142 (1.504 %)Transact-SQL
13128 (1.355 %)VB.NET
14113 (1.197 %)VB6
15100 (1.059 %)Python
1693 (0.985 %)VC++
1764 (0.678 %)ActionScript
1852 (0.551 %)Ruby
1949 (0.519 %)DCL
2039 (0.413 %)Tcl
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11058 (11.20 %)Degree
2177 (1.874 %)ISEB
3146 (1.546 %)Microsoft Certification
4108 (1.144 %)Cisco Certification
577 (0.815 %)ITIL Certification
676 (0.805 %)MCSE
765 (0.688 %)CCNP
861 (0.646 %)PMI Certification
960 (0.635 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1057 (0.604 %)PMP
1156 (0.593 %)PhD
1253 (0.561 %)MCP
1346 (0.487 %)CCNA
1440 (0.424 %)CISSP
1526 (0.275 %)CCIP
1625 (0.265 %)CCIE
1721 (0.222 %)MOS
1820 (0.212 %)Sun Certification
1919 (0.201 %)CISM
2018 (0.191 %)MBA
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1213 (2.255 %)QA
298 (1.038 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
393 (0.985 %)SLA
474 (0.784 %)Basel II
542 (0.445 %)MiFID
622 (0.233 %)IAS 39
720 (0.212 %)COBIT
813 (0.138 %)ISO17799
813 (0.138 %)ISO27001
96 (0.064 %)WCAG
96 (0.064 %)BS7799
96 (0.064 %)ISO/IEC 20000
105 (0.053 %)GAAP
105 (0.053 %)WAI
111 (0.011 %)Prudential Sourcebook
111 (0.011 %)COSO
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1231 (2.446 %)Active Directory
2103 (1.091 %)Oracle RAC
340 (0.424 %)VMware ESX
439 (0.413 %)Oracle RMAN
538 (0.402 %)VMware Infrastructure
631 (0.328 %)NetBackup
722 (0.233 %)AquaLogic
818 (0.191 %)NFS
911 (0.116 %)ISA Server
109 (0.095 %)MSMQ
117 (0.074 %)MetaFrame
126 (0.064 %)Xen
126 (0.064 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
134 (0.042 %)Backup Exec
143 (0.032 %)LiteSpeed
143 (0.032 %)NDS
143 (0.032 %)Terminal Services
143 (0.032 %)Citrix Presentation Server
152 (0.021 %)Orbix
152 (0.021 %)Terminal Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
137 (0.392 %)AutoSys
228 (0.296 %)OpenView
323 (0.244 %)Tivoli
416 (0.169 %)CONTROL-M
510 (0.106 %)BMC PATROL
68 (0.085 %)MOM
68 (0.085 %)Oracle Statspack
77 (0.074 %)CiscoWorks
77 (0.074 %)Unicenter
77 (0.074 %)Norton AntiVirus
85 (0.053 %)MIMEsweeper
85 (0.053 %)DameWare
94 (0.042 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
103 (0.032 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
103 (0.032 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
112 (0.021 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
112 (0.021 %)Netcool
112 (0.021 %)MAILsweeper
112 (0.021 %)Nagios
112 (0.021 %)CA SiteMinder
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11628 (17.24 %)Oracle
21250 (13.24 %)Sybase
3405 (4.288 %)Microsoft
4325 (3.441 %)TIBCO
5240 (2.541 %)Cisco
6230 (2.435 %)Bloomberg
7218 (2.308 %)Citrix
8217 (2.298 %)Reuters
9165 (1.747 %)Sun
10145 (1.535 %)Remedy
11139 (1.472 %)HP
12123 (1.302 %)VMware
13108 (1.144 %)Red Hat
1493 (0.985 %)SunGard
1588 (0.932 %)Calypso
1678 (0.826 %)SAP
1777 (0.815 %)VERITAS
1876 (0.805 %)Murex
1969 (0.731 %)Business Objects
2066 (0.699 %)Misys