The first table below looks at the demand for F# skills 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 F# over the 3 months to 24 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 Programming Languages category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
F#
Rank 303 310 295
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -15
Permanent jobs citing F# 18 13 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.154% 0.100% 0.233%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.287% 0.187% 0.429%
Number of salaries quoted 13 13 36
Average salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.00% -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £67,000 £76,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-27.77% -21.73%
All Programming Languages
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
6266 6970 8398
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 53.72% 53.35% 54.44%
Number of salaries quoted 5543 6523 7549
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
F#
London

F#
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London F# Jobs Demand Trend

F#
Salary Trend

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

City of London F# Salary Trend

F#
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing F# across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London F# Salary Histogram

F#
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing F# 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 F#.

1 31 (75.61%) C#
2 28 (68.29%) Java
3 25 (60.98%) Finance
4 20 (48.78%) Haskell
5 17 (41.46%) Scala
5 17 (41.46%) C++
6 16 (39.02%) .NET
6 16 (39.02%) OO
6 16 (39.02%) TDD
7 14 (34.15%) UNIX
7 14 (34.15%) Degree
8 12 (29.27%) Python
9 11 (26.83%) Multithreading
10 10 (24.39%) Guice
11 9 (21.95%) Hibernate
11 9 (21.95%) Scrum
11 9 (21.95%) Spring
11 9 (21.95%) Ruby
11 9 (21.95%) Google
11 9 (21.95%) MQSeries
11 9 (21.95%) HTTP
11 9 (21.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 9 (21.95%) Mainframe
11 9 (21.95%) Linux
11 9 (21.95%) Sybase
11 9 (21.95%) DB2
11 9 (21.95%) Apache CXF
12 8 (19.51%) Mathematics
13 7 (17.07%) Erlang
13 7 (17.07%) WCF

F#
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing F# 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 F#. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (39.02%) .NET
2 10 (24.39%) Guice
3 9 (21.95%) Hibernate
3 9 (21.95%) Spring
3 9 (21.95%) Apache CXF
4 7 (17.07%) WCF
5 3 (7.317%) WPF
6 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET MVC
6 2 (4.878%) Silverlight
6 2 (4.878%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.439%) WinForms
7 1 (2.439%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.439%) COM
7 1 (2.439%) LINQ
7 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET MVC 3
7 1 (2.439%) Reactive Extensions
Application Platforms
1 9 (21.95%) MQSeries
2 1 (2.439%) Rendezvous
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.95%) HTTP
2 2 (4.878%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) DB2
2 5 (12.20%) MySQL
3 3 (7.317%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (12.20%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.878%) SilkTest
2 2 (4.878%) NUnit
3 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.439%) Selenium
3 1 (2.439%) GitHub
3 1 (2.439%) Cucumber
General
1 25 (60.98%) Finance
2 6 (14.63%) Games
3 1 (2.439%) Front Office
3 1 (2.439%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (58.54%) Developer
2 10 (24.39%) Java Developer
3 6 (14.63%) C# Developer
3 6 (14.63%) Software Engineer
4 5 (12.20%) Tester
5 4 (9.756%) Software Developer
5 4 (9.756%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.756%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (4.878%) C# .NET Developer
6 2 (4.878%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Programmer
7 1 (2.439%) Front Office Developer
7 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (2.439%) QA Tester
7 1 (2.439%) Technical Tester
7 1 (2.439%) Performance Engineer
7 1 (2.439%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Agile C# Developer
7 1 (2.439%) WPF Developer
7 1 (2.439%) Scala Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (21.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 9 (21.95%) Mainframe
2 8 (19.51%) Mathematics
3 7 (17.07%) Open Source
4 5 (12.20%) Online Games
5 4 (9.756%) Computer Science
5 4 (9.756%) Grid Computing
6 2 (4.878%) Social Media
6 2 (4.878%) Hedge funds
7 1 (2.439%) BBC
7 1 (2.439%) Tandem
7 1 (2.439%) Blog
7 1 (2.439%) Physics
7 1 (2.439%) Chemistry
7 1 (2.439%) Social Gaming
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) UNIX
2 9 (21.95%) Linux
3 5 (12.20%) Windows
3 5 (12.20%) Apple iOS
3 5 (12.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) OO
1 16 (39.02%) TDD
2 11 (26.83%) Multithreading
3 9 (21.95%) Scrum
4 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
5 6 (14.63%) Finite Element Analysis
5 6 (14.63%) Signal Processing
6 5 (12.20%) Extreme Programming
6 5 (12.20%) Time Management
7 4 (9.756%) Software Engineering
8 3 (7.317%) Monte Carlo Method
9 2 (4.878%) BDD
9 2 (4.878%) Computer Architecture
9 2 (4.878%) Integration Testing
9 2 (4.878%) Performance Testing
9 2 (4.878%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (4.878%) Project Management
9 2 (4.878%) Automated Testing
9 2 (4.878%) MVC
10 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 31 (75.61%) C#
2 28 (68.29%) Java
3 20 (48.78%) Haskell
4 17 (41.46%) Scala
4 17 (41.46%) C++
5 12 (29.27%) Python
6 9 (21.95%) Ruby
7 7 (17.07%) Erlang
8 6 (14.63%) MATLAB
9 5 (12.20%) SQL
9 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
10 3 (7.317%) Perl
10 3 (7.317%) Clojure
11 2 (4.878%) Bash shell
11 2 (4.878%) Lisp
12 1 (2.439%) XAML
12 1 (2.439%) C
12 1 (2.439%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 14 (34.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (21.95%) Google
1 9 (21.95%) Sybase
2 3 (7.317%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.439%) TIBCO
3 1 (2.439%) IBM
City, London
Developer, C#, C++, Java, .NET, OO, F#, Winforms, GUI, SQL, Multithreading, Trading, Hedge Fund, London, Investment bank, Greenfield... You will ideally have a computer science background and will...
Aston Carter
Salary: £75000 - £120000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
The role is working at one of the best .NET systematic Stat Arb trading houses in London. They mainly focus on FX and Equities - however specific product knowledge...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
Skills: C# , .NET , Java , Python , Scala , Ruby , Perl , Haskell , F# , Scheme , Erlang, Clojure A unique high-tech software development consultancy are looking for a number of Multi-Language...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Bonus, Pension
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
To be considered for this role you'll be required to have experience with some of the following technologies - .NET / C# / C++ / Silverlight / F# Due to the complexity...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
To be considered for this role you'll be required to have experience with some of the following technologies - .NET / C# / C++ / Silverlight / F# Due to the complexity...
Capita Resourcing - IT Resourcing
Salary: £30000 - £55000 per annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
Scala, F#, Haskell, Google Guice, Developer, Greenfield, Core Java, threading, CXF, GUI, MQ Series, Concurrency, Linux, London, Investment Bank, finance, trading systems... The new system will be developed...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + BONUS
Posted: 19 May 2013