The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution over the 3 months to 17 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 terms in our General category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Financial Institution
Rank 172 134 101
Rank change year-on-year
-38 -33
Permanent jobs citing Financial Institution 157 230 358
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.345% 1.749% 2.338%
As % of the General category 2.281% 2.799% 3.515%
Number of salaries quoted 129 211 290
Average salary £60,000 £56,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £40,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London average salary £44,500 £47,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.31% +10.58%
All of the General Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
6883 8218 10186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 58.97% 62.50% 66.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5933 7377 9052
Average salary £55,000 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.34% -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
Financial Institution
London

Financial Institution
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Financial Institution Jobs Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Salary Trend

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

City of London Financial Institution Salary Trend

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Financial Institution across the City of London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

City of London Financial Institution Salary Histogram

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

1 361 (100.00%) Finance
2 125 (34.63%) Degree
3 121 (33.52%) Java
4 118 (32.69%) SQL
5 110 (30.47%) Banking
6 73 (20.22%) Windows
7 63 (17.45%) C#
8 62 (17.17%) Front Office
9 60 (16.62%) UNIX
10 53 (14.68%) Derivative
11 52 (14.40%) Python
12 51 (14.13%) SQL Server
13 48 (13.30%) Multithreading
14 47 (13.02%) Oracle
15 46 (12.74%) Agile Software Development
16 45 (12.47%) Linux
17 44 (12.19%) Computer Science
18 41 (11.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 40 (11.08%) Perl
20 39 (10.80%) .NET
21 36 (9.972%) Microsoft
22 35 (9.695%) Solaris
23 34 (9.418%) Risk Management
23 34 (9.418%) Spring
24 31 (8.587%) QA
24 31 (8.587%) C++
24 31 (8.587%) Business Intelligence
25 30 (8.310%) OO
26 29 (8.033%) ITIL
26 29 (8.033%) TCP/IP

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (10.80%) .NET
2 34 (9.418%) Spring
3 20 (5.540%) Hibernate
4 19 (5.263%) XML
5 15 (4.155%) XSD
5 15 (4.155%) JMS
5 15 (4.155%) Guice
6 13 (3.601%) .NET Framework
7 12 (3.324%) HTML
7 12 (3.324%) J2EE
8 9 (2.493%) J2SE
9 7 (1.939%) Middleware
9 7 (1.939%) WCF
10 6 (1.662%) ASP.NET
10 6 (1.662%) COM
10 6 (1.662%) CSS
10 6 (1.662%) Web Services
10 6 (1.662%) Swing
11 5 (1.385%) WebSphere
11 5 (1.385%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 14 (3.878%) MS Exchange
2 12 (3.324%) SharePoint
2 12 (3.324%) FileNet
3 7 (1.939%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (1.662%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (1.108%) WebSphere Application Server
5 4 (1.108%) IIS
5 4 (1.108%) Exchange Server 2003
5 4 (1.108%) Exchange Server 2007
6 3 (0.831%) Apache
6 3 (0.831%) WebSphere Process Server
7 2 (0.554%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.554%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.554%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.554%) TIBCO EMS
8 1 (0.277%) CMS
8 1 (0.277%) Oracle Service Bus
8 1 (0.277%) SharePoint 2010
8 1 (0.277%) Lync
8 1 (0.277%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 19 (5.263%) MS Excel
2 14 (3.878%) MS Office
3 5 (1.385%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.277%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.277%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.662%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 5 (1.385%) Eagle PACE
3 3 (0.831%) Kondor+
4 2 (0.554%) Temenos T24
4 2 (0.554%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.554%) Summit
5 1 (0.277%) Temenos Globus
5 1 (0.277%) assyst
5 1 (0.277%) Oracle CRM
5 1 (0.277%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 29 (8.033%) TCP/IP
2 16 (4.432%) HTTP
3 13 (3.601%) Firewall
4 11 (3.047%) WAN
5 10 (2.770%) Internet
6 8 (2.216%) DNS
6 8 (2.216%) LAN
7 7 (1.939%) VPN
7 7 (1.939%) Network Security
8 6 (1.662%) OSPF
8 6 (1.662%) BGP
8 6 (1.662%) VoIP
8 6 (1.662%) Ethernet
9 5 (1.385%) Wireless
10 4 (1.108%) Cisco ASA
10 4 (1.108%) DHCP
10 4 (1.108%) SAN
11 3 (0.831%) LDAP
11 3 (0.831%) Junos
11 3 (0.831%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (14.13%) SQL Server
2 26 (7.202%) Data Warehouse
3 17 (4.709%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (4.155%) Data Mining
5 14 (3.878%) SQL Server 2008
6 13 (3.601%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 8 (2.216%) Data Mart
7 8 (2.216%) Oracle 11g
7 8 (2.216%) OLTP
8 7 (1.939%) RDBMS
8 7 (1.939%) OLAP
8 7 (1.939%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 6 (1.662%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (1.108%) DB2
10 4 (1.108%) MySQL
11 3 (0.831%) Oracle 8/8i
11 3 (0.831%) IBM InfoSphere
11 3 (0.831%) NoSQL
11 3 (0.831%) Oracle Exadata
12 2 (0.554%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 24 (6.648%) Maven
2 17 (4.709%) Jenkins
3 16 (4.432%) Hudson
4 13 (3.601%) JUnit
5 11 (3.047%) Selenium
6 8 (2.216%) NUnit
6 8 (2.216%) Subversion
6 8 (2.216%) Eclipse
6 8 (2.216%) TeamCity
7 7 (1.939%) TestComplete
7 7 (1.939%) WebDriver
7 7 (1.939%) WinRunner
7 7 (1.939%) QuickTest Pro
7 7 (1.939%) LoadRunner
7 7 (1.939%) Rational Robot
7 7 (1.939%) WebLOAD
8 4 (1.108%) FitNesse
8 4 (1.108%) jMock
8 4 (1.108%) Cucumber
8 4 (1.108%) JSUnit
General
1 361 (100.00%) Finance
2 110 (30.47%) Banking
3 62 (17.17%) Front Office
4 28 (7.756%) Investment Banking
5 18 (4.986%) Back Office
6 10 (2.770%) Telecoms
7 8 (2.216%) International Banking
8 4 (1.108%) Marketing
8 4 (1.108%) French Language
9 3 (0.831%) Publishing
10 2 (0.554%) Advertising
10 2 (0.554%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.277%) German Language
11 1 (0.277%) Retail
11 1 (0.277%) Legal
Job Titles
1 101 (27.98%) Developer
2 90 (24.93%) Analyst
3 42 (11.63%) Java Developer
4 40 (11.08%) Business Analyst
5 27 (7.479%) Support Analyst
6 18 (4.986%) Graduate
7 17 (4.709%) Architect
8 16 (4.432%) Consultant
8 16 (4.432%) Senior Developer
9 15 (4.155%) Network Engineer
9 15 (4.155%) Junior
9 15 (4.155%) Administrator
10 14 (3.878%) Project Manager
11 12 (3.324%) Data Architect
11 12 (3.324%) Programmer
12 10 (2.770%) Senior Java Developer
13 9 (2.493%) Team Leader
13 9 (2.493%) SQL Developer
13 9 (2.493%) Support Engineer
13 9 (2.493%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 53 (14.68%) Derivative
2 44 (12.19%) Computer Science
3 41 (11.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 24 (6.648%) Hedge funds
5 20 (5.540%) Mathematics
6 19 (5.263%) Fixed Income
7 18 (4.986%) Market Risk
8 16 (4.432%) Physics
9 12 (3.324%) Mobile Banking
10 11 (3.047%) Equities
11 10 (2.770%) Open Source
12 9 (2.493%) Blackberry
13 8 (2.216%) Credit Derivative
13 8 (2.216%) Credit Risk
13 8 (2.216%) Data Integration
14 7 (1.939%) Economics
15 6 (1.662%) Management Information System
16 5 (1.385%) iPad
16 5 (1.385%) Blog
17 4 (1.108%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 73 (20.22%) Windows
2 60 (16.62%) UNIX
3 45 (12.47%) Linux
4 35 (9.695%) Solaris
5 25 (6.925%) Windows Server 2008
6 16 (4.432%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (3.878%) Windows XP
8 7 (1.939%) Windows 7
9 4 (1.108%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.554%) Android
11 1 (0.277%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (13.30%) Multithreading
2 46 (12.74%) Agile Software Development
3 34 (9.418%) Risk Management
4 31 (8.587%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (8.310%) OO
6 29 (8.033%) ITIL
6 29 (8.033%) Project Management
7 28 (7.756%) TDD
8 27 (7.479%) Business Analysis
8 27 (7.479%) Scrum
9 23 (6.371%) Data Analysis
10 21 (5.817%) Data Modelling
10 21 (5.817%) BDD
11 20 (5.540%) Waterfall
12 13 (3.601%) Electronic Trading
12 13 (3.601%) Software Testing
13 12 (3.324%) Systems Analysis
13 12 (3.324%) Data Management
13 12 (3.324%) ETL
13 12 (3.324%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 121 (33.52%) Java
2 118 (32.69%) SQL
3 63 (17.45%) C#
4 52 (14.40%) Python
5 40 (11.08%) Perl
6 31 (8.587%) C++
7 21 (5.817%) VBA
8 20 (5.540%) Ruby
9 18 (4.986%) C
10 17 (4.709%) VBScript
11 15 (4.155%) T-SQL
12 13 (3.601%) Shell Script
12 13 (3.601%) PowerShell
13 10 (2.770%) PL/SQL
13 10 (2.770%) JavaScript
14 9 (2.493%) VB
15 4 (1.108%) Korn
16 3 (0.831%) Bash shell
17 2 (0.554%) COBOL
18 1 (0.277%) PHP
Qualifications
1 125 (34.63%) Degree
2 9 (2.493%) ISEB
3 8 (2.216%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (2.216%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.216%) ISTQB
4 7 (1.939%) PhD
4 7 (1.939%) CCIE
5 6 (1.662%) CCNP
5 6 (1.662%) CFA
6 5 (1.385%) MCITP
6 5 (1.385%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (1.108%) IBM Certification
7 4 (1.108%) CCNA
7 4 (1.108%) MCSA
8 3 (0.831%) CCDP
8 3 (0.831%) JNCIA
8 3 (0.831%) JNCIP
8 3 (0.831%) MCTS
9 2 (0.554%) CISA
9 2 (0.554%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.587%) QA
2 3 (0.831%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.554%) PCI DSS
3 2 (0.554%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.554%) COBIT
4 1 (0.277%) SLA
4 1 (0.277%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.277%) FATCA
System Software
1 17 (4.709%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.216%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (1.662%) VMware ESX
4 5 (1.385%) Oracle RAC
5 4 (1.108%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.554%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.554%) Xen
6 2 (0.554%) vSphere
7 1 (0.277%) PowerHA
7 1 (0.277%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.277%) Veritas Cluster Server
7 1 (0.277%) NFS
7 1 (0.277%) Samba
7 1 (0.277%) ProxySG
Systems Management
1 3 (0.831%) Puppet
1 3 (0.831%) Red Hat Satellite
2 2 (0.554%) NetBackup
2 2 (0.554%) WMI
3 1 (0.277%) WSUS
3 1 (0.277%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.277%) YUM
3 1 (0.277%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.277%) OpenView
3 1 (0.277%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 47 (13.02%) Oracle
2 36 (9.972%) Microsoft
3 24 (6.648%) Sybase
4 19 (5.263%) Cisco
5 16 (4.432%) VMware
6 15 (4.155%) Citrix
7 9 (2.493%) Juniper
7 9 (2.493%) IBM
8 8 (2.216%) HP
9 6 (1.662%) Cognos
9 6 (1.662%) Apple
9 6 (1.662%) CheckPoint
9 6 (1.662%) F5
10 5 (1.385%) Ab Initio
10 5 (1.385%) Murex
11 4 (1.108%) TIBCO
11 4 (1.108%) Calypso
11 4 (1.108%) Blue Coat
11 4 (1.108%) Kofax
11 4 (1.108%) Brocade
City, London
Application Development and Support for Propriety Trading House in London City - Assets, Java, Perl, Python C++ and C#... Perl. C++ C# SQL Server. Oracle. Sybase. Windows. UNIX. Linux.
Harrington Starr
Salary: £70000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Application Development and Support for Propriety Trading House in London City - Assets, Java, Perl, Python C++ and C#... You will be working alongside technical experts who are experienced...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £70000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
You should have strong experience of Microsoft Windows Platforms and strong networking skills... Plan, configure, install and roll-out advanced Internet-based exchanges that run on Microsoft Windows...
I.T. Skillfinder
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
As a C# Real-Time Developer (.Net, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Low Latency, Data Feeds) you will be joining a team diverse in their technology - the firm isn'...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + bonus and benefits and training
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
As a C# Real-Time Developer (.Net, Java, Perl, PHP, Ruby, Low Latency, Data Feeds) you will be joining a team diverse in their technology - the firm isn'...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £65000 per annum + bonus and benefits and training
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Developer, Java, Object Orientated Programming, Multi-threading, Design Patterns, Strong SQL, Messaging, Portfolio Management tools, Fixed Income, Asset Manager... Object Oriented Programming. Multi-threading. Familiarity with Spring, Swing,...
iKas International
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Being in a cross-asset environment, you will be expanding your business knowledge to cover FX, Commodities, Fixed Income and many more! Alongside of the business knowledge, you...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £45000 - £56000 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
If you are successful in your application for the Fixed Income Business Analyst role, you will be expected to carry out the following duties on a daily basis:...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
The successful eFX Business Analyst, will have the opportunity to work with market leading technology on a daily basis and develop their FX knowledge to a Subject Matter...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
MS Office, MS Project etc... UNIX, NT, Windows * Competent knowledge of a RDBMS in particular at least one of Oracle, Sybase & SQL Server * Competent knowledge of SQL * Knowledge...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
As the application support analyst, you will be working extensively with technologies such as Excel, VBA, SQL and FIX to technically support front office trade applications within a...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
As the application support analyst, you will be working extensively with technologies such as Excel, VBA, SQL and FIX to technically support front office trade applications within a...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious QlikView Developer who will have the opportunity to work at the forefront of QlikView BI for this Global Financial Institution...
Annapurna HR
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
City, London
C Developer / Software Engineer (Java .Net C / C++ JavaScript Objective-C iOS Android)... Experience of at least one of the following: Java, .Net, JavaScript, Objective-C, iOS, Android.
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £50k + 23 days holiday + flexible benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Technical Pre-Sales (Technical Pre-Sales, FIX, SQL, RFI's, RFP's, Latency, Implementation, Connectivity, Networks, London) Harrington Starr is currently partnered with an extremely well respected emerging...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Java, Consultancy, Banking, Finance Great role for a client facing Project Manager with hands on tech skills and the ability to wear a consultant's hat. Clients are...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + 20% Bonus, Pension
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
C++ Software Engineer / Developer London to £80k. C++ Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer (C / C++ UNIX)... Requirements for C++ Software Engineer: Strong C / C++ development skills. Multi-threaded programming.....
Client Server
Salary: £65k to £80k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 16 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, London
Server Support *MS Windows 2008 R2, MS Exchange 2010, MS Lync *Troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving hardware and software issues for end users... *Strong understanding of the Microsoft Windows...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Excellent opportunity to work with blue chip asset management, hedge fund and investment management organisations globally... Provide daily OTC derivatives operational expertise to internal team... Strong OTC derivatives...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £75,000 to £99,000 per annum Bonus and benefits package
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
As the Infrastructure Engineer, you will be working with technologies such as XenApp 6.5, NetScaler, Active Directory, SQL and Exchange... This role involves the design, implementation and...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + Overtime, Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
The successful candidate will build a fantastic portfolio of clients, from the world's leading, hedge funds, asset management and investment management houses amongst other financial institutions... A...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £70000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
They are considered innovative leaders in Dynamics CRM consultancy, they set themselves apart from others by looking at the bleeding edge of technology and utilising it encouraging natural...
Cognitive Group
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
If you are successful in your application for the Senior Project Manager role you will have complete responsibility for the delivery of their OTC derivatives trading platform. You...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Managing the implementation of upgrades after system delivery Reporting on project process to senior stakeholders If you are successful in your application for the Senior Project Manager role...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Experience Required: - Strong technical knowledge of credit risk management in major international banks, risk consultancy or rating agency environment... Understanding of credit risk and portfolio management, including risk...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £60,000 to £80,000
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Experience of end-to-end PCI-DSS certification process... *Good working knowledge of Cisco ASA Firewalls... *Site to site VPN tunnels... *Network monitoring protocols such as Syslog and...
JP Specialist Contracts
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
The day to day activities of this role will include the following: Clearing and settlements process and the management of external process relation ships You will be opening...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
You will be opening and closing the markets and monitoring market activity of the European equities trading market... Carry out functional testing and work with the UAT teams...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Skills: IT infrastructure and architecture, IT strategy... The Technology Consultant will be predominantly advising CIOs and CTOs in all aspects of IT strategy helping them to achieve sustainable...
ComputAppoint
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
A key global investment banking client is looking to bring on board a quantitative risk professional to join their counterparty risk exposure metrics team. The team is responsible...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £50000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Working knowledge of the following LAN/WAN Protocols & Technologies: (TCP/IP, Multicast, BGP, EIGRP, OSPF, MPLS, Spanning Tree, QoS)... *Working knowledge of firewall products including Checkpoint, Fortinet and...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Package and Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013