The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bloomberg 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 Vendors for the City of London region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Bloomberg.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bloomberg
Rank 211 217 156
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -61
Permanent jobs citing Bloomberg 106 119 191
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.903% 0.897% 1.259%
As % of the Vendors category 1.967% 1.924% 2.903%
Number of salaries quoted 81 110 152
Average salary £47,500 £50,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £36,600
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+31.25% -
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5389 6185 6580
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.90% 46.61% 43.36%
Number of salaries quoted 4620 5643 5934
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Bloomberg
London

Bloomberg
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Bloomberg across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Bloomberg Jobs Demand Trend

Bloomberg
Salary Trend

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

City of London Bloomberg Salary Trend

Bloomberg
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Bloomberg across the City of London region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

City of London Bloomberg Salary Histogram

Bloomberg
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg.

1 142 (68.93%) Reuters
2 138 (66.99%) Finance
3 79 (38.35%) Windows
4 72 (34.95%) Banking
5 71 (34.47%) Microsoft
6 70 (33.98%) SQL
7 54 (26.21%) Front Office
8 50 (24.27%) Active Directory
9 49 (23.79%) MS Excel
10 48 (23.30%) SQL Server
11 47 (22.82%) C#
12 43 (20.87%) ITIL
13 40 (19.42%) Fidessa
14 39 (18.93%) .NET
14 39 (18.93%) Oracle
14 39 (18.93%) Fixed Income
15 37 (17.96%) Blackberry
16 35 (16.99%) MS Office
17 30 (14.56%) UNIX
18 27 (13.11%) Degree
19 26 (12.62%) Hedge funds
19 26 (12.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
20 25 (12.14%) VBA
20 25 (12.14%) Windows 7
21 22 (10.68%) Linux
21 22 (10.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 22 (10.68%) Investment Banking
22 21 (10.19%) Windows XP
22 21 (10.19%) Investment Management
23 20 (9.709%) Windows Server 2008

Bloomberg
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (18.93%) .NET
2 18 (8.738%) WPF
3 13 (6.311%) MDX
4 12 (5.825%) WCF
5 6 (2.913%) .NET Framework
6 4 (1.942%) Protocol Buffers
6 4 (1.942%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
6 4 (1.942%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (1.942%) ASP.NET
7 3 (1.456%) COM
7 3 (1.456%) XML
8 2 (0.971%) Application Packaging
8 2 (0.971%) ASP
8 2 (0.971%) Middleware
8 2 (0.971%) WinForms
9 1 (0.485%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (0.485%) NHibernate
9 1 (0.485%) XML Messaging
9 1 (0.485%) Web Services
9 1 (0.485%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 26 (12.62%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 20 (9.709%) MS Exchange
3 16 (7.767%) SharePoint
4 7 (3.398%) Exchange Server 2010
5 5 (2.427%) Rendezvous
5 5 (2.427%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (1.942%) Lotus Notes
7 1 (0.485%) Exchange Server 2003
7 1 (0.485%) CMS
7 1 (0.485%) SAS
7 1 (0.485%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 49 (23.79%) MS Excel
2 35 (16.99%) MS Office
3 13 (6.311%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (5.825%) ION MarketView
2 10 (4.854%) RMDS
3 9 (4.369%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 4 (1.942%) LatentZero
5 2 (0.971%) 3000 Xtra
5 2 (0.971%) Monis
6 1 (0.485%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.485%) Summit
6 1 (0.485%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.223%) TCP/IP
2 14 (6.796%) IP Telephony
3 9 (4.369%) Firewall
4 8 (3.883%) Network Security
4 8 (3.883%) LAN
4 8 (3.883%) DNS
5 7 (3.398%) VoIP
5 7 (3.398%) WAN
5 7 (3.398%) DHCP
5 7 (3.398%) HTTP
6 5 (2.427%) Cisco Nexus
7 3 (1.456%) VPN
8 2 (0.971%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.971%) SAN
9 1 (0.485%) SSL
9 1 (0.485%) ADSL
9 1 (0.485%) ISDN
9 1 (0.485%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (23.30%) SQL Server
2 14 (6.796%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 14 (6.796%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (6.311%) RDBMS
3 13 (6.311%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 6 (2.913%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (1.942%) SAP HANA
5 4 (1.942%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (1.942%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (1.942%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.456%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 11 (5.340%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
2 10 (4.854%) Subversion
3 8 (3.883%) MSBuild
3 8 (3.883%) CruiseControl
4 7 (3.398%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (1.456%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.485%) NUnit
6 1 (0.485%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.485%) JIRA
6 1 (0.485%) MSTest
General
1 138 (66.99%) Finance
2 72 (34.95%) Banking
3 54 (26.21%) Front Office
4 22 (10.68%) Investment Banking
5 10 (4.854%) Back Office
6 3 (1.456%) Advertising
7 1 (0.485%) Wholesale Banking
7 1 (0.485%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.485%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (30.10%) Analyst
2 48 (23.30%) Developer
3 46 (22.33%) Support Analyst
4 29 (14.08%) Desktop Support
5 18 (8.738%) Applications Support
6 16 (7.767%) Excel Developer
7 13 (6.311%) Support Engineer
8 12 (5.825%) Desktop Support Analyst
8 12 (5.825%) Desktop Analyst
9 9 (4.369%) Service Desk Analyst
9 9 (4.369%) Administrator
9 9 (4.369%) Service Analyst
10 8 (3.883%) Applications Support Analyst
10 8 (3.883%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.398%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.398%) Test Manager
11 7 (3.398%) IT Support
12 6 (2.913%) Trade Floor Support Analyst
12 6 (2.913%) RAD Developer
12 6 (2.913%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 39 (18.93%) Fixed Income
2 37 (17.96%) Blackberry
3 26 (12.62%) Hedge funds
4 22 (10.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (9.223%) Equities
6 17 (8.252%) Derivative
7 12 (5.825%) Client/Server
8 9 (4.369%) Thin Client
8 9 (4.369%) Fat Client
8 9 (4.369%) Mathematics
9 6 (2.913%) Computer Science
10 5 (2.427%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 5 (2.427%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.942%) Reference Data
11 4 (1.942%) Equity Derivative
12 3 (1.456%) Management Information System
12 3 (1.456%) Social Media
12 3 (1.456%) Enterprise Software
13 1 (0.485%) Credit Derivative
13 1 (0.485%) Economics
Operating Systems
1 79 (38.35%) Windows
2 30 (14.56%) UNIX
3 25 (12.14%) Windows 7
4 22 (10.68%) Linux
5 21 (10.19%) Windows XP
6 20 (9.709%) Windows Server 2008
7 11 (5.340%) Windows Server 2003
8 6 (2.913%) Solaris
9 5 (2.427%) SUSE
9 5 (2.427%) Windows 8
10 3 (1.456%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.456%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (0.971%) Apple iOS
12 1 (0.485%) Debian
12 1 (0.485%) Windows 2000
12 1 (0.485%) AIX
12 1 (0.485%) CentOS
12 1 (0.485%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (20.87%) ITIL
2 21 (10.19%) Investment Management
3 18 (8.738%) Electronic Trading
4 16 (7.767%) Business Intelligence
4 16 (7.767%) OO
5 15 (7.282%) Analytics
6 13 (6.311%) Asset Management
6 13 (6.311%) Service Management
6 13 (6.311%) System Testing
7 12 (5.825%) Unit Testing
8 11 (5.340%) TDD
8 11 (5.340%) Software Testing
8 11 (5.340%) Service Delivery
8 11 (5.340%) Data Analytics
9 10 (4.854%) Scrum
9 10 (4.854%) Agile Software Development
10 7 (3.398%) Data Modelling
10 7 (3.398%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (3.398%) Use Case
10 7 (3.398%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 70 (33.98%) SQL
2 47 (22.82%) C#
3 25 (12.14%) VBA
4 20 (9.709%) Java
5 14 (6.796%) VB.NET
6 10 (4.854%) T-SQL
7 9 (4.369%) Perl
8 7 (3.398%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.427%) Python
9 5 (2.427%) PowerShell
10 4 (1.942%) PL/SQL
10 4 (1.942%) VBScript
10 4 (1.942%) XAML
11 3 (1.456%) Korn
11 3 (1.456%) VB
11 3 (1.456%) C-shell
12 2 (0.971%) C++
13 1 (0.485%) Ruby
13 1 (0.485%) AWK
13 1 (0.485%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (13.11%) Degree
2 11 (5.340%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (5.340%) MCSE
3 5 (2.427%) MCP
3 5 (2.427%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.942%) MCSA
5 3 (1.456%) MBA
5 3 (1.456%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.971%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.971%) MCITP
7 1 (0.485%) MCDST
7 1 (0.485%) CCNA
7 1 (0.485%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.485%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.456%) SLA
2 2 (0.971%) QA
2 2 (0.971%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.485%) Data Quality
System Software
1 50 (24.27%) Active Directory
2 7 (3.398%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.913%) VMware ESX
4 4 (1.942%) vSphere
5 3 (1.456%) XenApp
5 3 (1.456%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.971%) Cronacle
7 1 (0.485%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.485%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.971%) McAfee ePO
1 2 (0.971%) Zenoss
1 2 (0.971%) WSUS
2 1 (0.485%) Backup Exec
2 1 (0.485%) Tivoli
2 1 (0.485%) BMC PATROL
2 1 (0.485%) Control-M
2 1 (0.485%) Unicenter
2 1 (0.485%) OpenView
2 1 (0.485%) TIBCO Hawk
2 1 (0.485%) SCOM
Vendors
1 142 (68.93%) Reuters
2 71 (34.47%) Microsoft
3 40 (19.42%) Fidessa
4 39 (18.93%) Oracle
5 20 (9.709%) ION Trading
6 12 (5.825%) Sybase
6 12 (5.825%) Cisco
7 11 (5.340%) Citrix
8 10 (4.854%) Tradeweb
8 10 (4.854%) Avaya
9 9 (4.369%) Patsystems
9 9 (4.369%) VMware
9 9 (4.369%) EasyScreen
10 8 (3.883%) CQG
11 7 (3.398%) GL TRADE
11 7 (3.398%) EccoWare
11 7 (3.398%) NYFIX
11 7 (3.398%) TIBCO
12 6 (2.913%) Charles River
12 6 (2.913%) Red Hat
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
The successful Desktop Support Engineer will provide 1st and 2nd line systems/application support to users via phone/email and face to face. You will be expected to...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent benefits and discretionary bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Perform daily, routine checks ensuring proactive steps are taken to remedy issues before the customer is aware... *Work alongside the Events Marketing team and business sponsors in supporting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Package and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
IT Director required by our London-based client, a leading independent provider of investment management, financial planning and wealth management (stockbroking) services to a client base of over...
Clifford Jackson
Salary: From £90,000 to £125,000 per annum + excellent package + car + pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Essential Skills and Experience: Front Office / eTrading Application Support / Fidessa / Trade Floor Support A global Brokerage company require a front office etrading application support analyst to work with...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The ideal candidate will have a background in professional services / business analysis / project management with a financial vendor such as Cadis, Eagle, Netik, GoldenSource or Asset Control, market...
Real Staffing
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + BONUS AND BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Desired experience of the E-Trading System/ Infrastructure Expert: * Unix Administration and Installation (system administrator/engineer experience) * Experience of hardware platforms and technologies (HP,IBM,network,SAN etc.) -...
Grey Spark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Benefits + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
Knowledge of Cash eTrading (ION platform, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, Bondvision, Market Axess, etc ) Excellent understanding of Credit Derivatives Good understanding of bond pricing is also necessary (Asset swap, Z-...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Salary: Competitive benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
You will develop distributed systems in UNIX; write C++ applications to build the next generation of feeds infrastructure; use PERL/Python scripting to glue the different pieces; build...
Bloomberg
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Candidate Requirements Proficient in C/C++, object-oriented design, design patterns, UNIX, IPC, multi-threading and SQL Be comfortable with scripting languages like PERL/Python and PL/SQL.
Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Provide primary support for Fixed Income / Rates & Credit electronic trading business using ION trading technology. Working with Bloomberg TOMS for trade, position and P&L management. Need strong...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The following experience is essential for the role:- Confidence building edge router configurations using Cisco / Nortel / Juniper.- Routing experience with a least 2 of the following protocols: OSPF/...
Bloomberg
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Bloomberg R&D is hiring... The Role Bloomberg, the premier financial technology firm, offers exciting opportunities for highly motivated software developers to build and enhance its state of...
Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
The RoleThe Bloomberg Message system delivers over two hundred million messages a day ranging from financial information and trades to emails from friends. It is one of Bloomberg'...
Bloomberg
Salary: competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
The Bloomberg Message system delivers over two hundred million messages a day ranging from financial information and trades to emails from friends. It is one of Bloomberg's...
Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013