The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of ION Trading 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 ION Trading 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 Vendors for the City of London region.

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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
ION Trading
Rank 290 315 282
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -33
Permanent jobs citing ION Trading 27 11 54
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.231% 0.084% 0.353%
As % of the Vendors category 0.504% 0.180% 0.814%
Number of salaries quoted 23 11 49
Average salary £80,000 £57,500 £70,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+39.13% -17.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £55,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £89,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £27,500 £40,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-31.25% -5.88%
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5353 6104 6634
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.86% 46.43% 43.32%
Number of salaries quoted 4602 5573 5958
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
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Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London ION Trading Jobs Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

City of London ION Trading Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

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

City of London ION Trading Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 33 (73.33%) ION MarketView
2 29 (64.44%) Fixed Income
3 27 (60.00%) Finance
4 25 (55.56%) Front Office
5 18 (40.00%) Bloomberg
6 15 (33.33%) Banking
7 14 (31.11%) C#
7 14 (31.11%) Java
8 13 (28.89%) Electronic Trading
9 12 (26.67%) UNIX
9 12 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 11 (24.44%) Sybase
10 11 (24.44%) Linux
11 8 (17.78%) SQL
12 7 (15.56%) Fidessa
12 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
12 7 (15.56%) NYFIX
12 7 (15.56%) EasyScreen
12 7 (15.56%) EccoWare
12 7 (15.56%) Reuters
12 7 (15.56%) Investment Banking
12 7 (15.56%) Patsystems
12 7 (15.56%) GL TRADE
12 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
12 7 (15.56%) Multithreading
13 6 (13.33%) Windows
13 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
13 6 (13.33%) Red Hat
13 6 (13.33%) OO
14 5 (11.11%) .NET

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (4.444%) JNI
2 2 (4.444%) WPF
3 1 (2.222%) LINQ
3 1 (2.222%) .NET Framework
3 1 (2.222%) WCF
3 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
3 1 (2.222%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.444%) MS Exchange
1 2 (4.444%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 2 (4.444%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 33 (73.33%) ION MarketView
2 3 (6.667%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 2 (4.444%) Kondor+
4 1 (2.222%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (15.56%) TCP/IP
2 4 (8.889%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.667%) SQL Server
1 3 (6.667%) KDB
2 1 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Team Foundation Server
1 1 (2.222%) Moq
General
1 27 (60.00%) Finance
2 25 (55.56%) Front Office
3 15 (33.33%) Banking
4 7 (15.56%) Investment Banking
5 1 (2.222%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 14 (31.11%) Developer
2 12 (26.67%) Java Developer
3 9 (20.00%) Team Leader
4 7 (15.56%) Applications Support
5 5 (11.11%) Analyst
6 4 (8.889%) 2nd Line Support
7 3 (6.667%) Support Analyst
7 3 (6.667%) Senior Developer
7 3 (6.667%) Support Team Leader
7 3 (6.667%) Senior Java Developer
8 2 (4.444%) Linux Administrator
8 2 (4.444%) Applications Support Analyst
8 2 (4.444%) Support Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Programme Manager
8 2 (4.444%) Desktop Support
8 2 (4.444%) 3rd Line Support
8 2 (4.444%) Administrator
9 1 (2.222%) C# Developer
9 1 (2.222%) Support Specialist
9 1 (2.222%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (64.44%) Fixed Income
2 12 (26.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 5 (11.11%) Equities
4 3 (6.667%) Derivative
4 3 (6.667%) Computer Science
4 3 (6.667%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (4.444%) Mathematics
6 1 (2.222%) Market Risk
6 1 (2.222%) Interest Rate Derivative
6 1 (2.222%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 12 (26.67%) UNIX
2 11 (24.44%) Linux
3 6 (13.33%) Windows
4 5 (11.11%) Windows 8
5 4 (8.889%) Windows 7
5 4 (8.889%) Solaris
5 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (8.889%) SUSE
5 4 (8.889%) Windows Server 2008
6 3 (6.667%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (4.444%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (4.444%) Windows XP
8 1 (2.222%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (28.89%) Electronic Trading
2 7 (15.56%) Multithreading
2 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
3 6 (13.33%) OO
4 5 (11.11%) E-Commerce
5 4 (8.889%) Risk Management
6 3 (6.667%) Algorithmic Trading
6 3 (6.667%) Change Management
6 3 (6.667%) Performance Management
7 2 (4.444%) Resource Management
7 2 (4.444%) Programme Management
7 2 (4.444%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (4.444%) Data Analysis
7 2 (4.444%) Project Management
7 2 (4.444%) ITIL
7 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2
8 1 (2.222%) CRM
8 1 (2.222%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.222%) Scrum
8 1 (2.222%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) C#
1 14 (31.11%) Java
2 8 (17.78%) SQL
3 4 (8.889%) Python
4 3 (6.667%) Shell Script
4 3 (6.667%) Perl
5 2 (4.444%) C++
6 1 (2.222%) AWK
6 1 (2.222%) Korn
6 1 (2.222%) C-shell
6 1 (2.222%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 4 (8.889%) Degree
2 2 (4.444%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 2 (4.444%) RHCE
System Software
1 6 (13.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.444%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (4.444%) Red Hat Satellite
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Bloomberg
2 11 (24.44%) Sybase
3 7 (15.56%) Fidessa
3 7 (15.56%) NYFIX
3 7 (15.56%) EasyScreen
3 7 (15.56%) EccoWare
3 7 (15.56%) Reuters
3 7 (15.56%) Patsystems
3 7 (15.56%) GL TRADE
4 6 (13.33%) Red Hat
5 5 (11.11%) Oracle
6 4 (8.889%) CQG
7 2 (4.444%) VMware
7 2 (4.444%) Sophis
7 2 (4.444%) TIBCO
7 2 (4.444%) NetApp
7 2 (4.444%) JBoss
8 1 (2.222%) Siebel
8 1 (2.222%) IBM
8 1 (2.222%) Murex
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, London
The role will be very much a business facing role with a mixture of buy and build technology in an exciting and strategic area. The successful candidate will...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £60 - 80k + Bonus
Posted: 17 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, London
Experienced Test Manager/Lead QA with significant Investment Banking experience required for this client based in the City. This successful candidate will be responsible for defining and implementating...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + competitive benefits and bonus
Posted: 13 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
General IT and ideally Web, HTML, CSS, Javascript, etc) to work with household name customers to help implement their technical solutions and provide ongoing support... Conversion tracking, Google...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £23000 - £26000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013