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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT jobs within the City of London region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reuters over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank10794
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads373366
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.201 %0.153 %
As % of the category below4.490 %4.550 %
Salaries quoted265260
Average minimum salary£44,868£49,812
Average salary£50,017£52,433
% change on same period last year-4.60 %
Average maximum salary£55,166£55,054
UK excluding London average salary£50,408£44,556
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads83088044
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.473 %3.353 %
Salaries quoted69815992
Average minimum salary£48,323£51,069
Average salary£53,075£55,417
% change on same period last year-4.22 %
Average maximum salary£57,828£59,765
UK excluding London average salary£39,913£41,942
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Reuters LondonReuters
London

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Reuters Group PLC.

Reuters
Demand Trend

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

City of London Reuters Demand Trend

Reuters
Salary Trend

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

City of London Reuters Salary Trend

Reuters
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Reuters Salary Histogram

Reuters
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1602 (83.96 %)Bloomberg
2361 (50.35 %)Finance
3290 (40.45 %)Windows
4217 (30.26 %)Banking
5176 (24.55 %)UNIX
6159 (22.18 %)Windows XP
7157 (21.90 %)SQL
8143 (19.94 %)Equities
9130 (18.13 %)Front Office
10112 (15.62 %)Windows Server 2003
11108 (15.06 %)Derivative
12101 (14.09 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1393 (12.97 %)Linux
1485 (11.85 %)MS Exchange
1485 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
1582 (11.44 %)Java
1582 (11.44 %)MS Office
1678 (10.88 %)MS Excel
1775 (10.46 %)Active Directory
1775 (10.46 %)Fixed Income
1874 (10.32 %)VBA
1972 (10.04 %)TCP/IP
2071 (9.902 %)Microsoft
2167 (9.344 %)Investment Management
2264 (8.926 %)Windows 2000
2361 (8.508 %)Degree
2361 (8.508 %)GL TRADE
2459 (8.229 %)Solaris
2459 (8.229 %)Oracle
2459 (8.229 %)Fidessa

Reuters
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
153 (7.392 %).NET
240 (5.579 %)XML
321 (2.929 %)J2EE
321 (2.929 %)Spring
420 (2.789 %)Hibernate
519 (2.650 %)FIX Protocol
615 (2.092 %)Java RMI
714 (1.953 %)WebSphere
813 (1.813 %)JMX
813 (1.813 %)MVC
813 (1.813 %)Struts
813 (1.813 %)XSL
813 (1.813 %)CORBA
98 (1.116 %)WinForms
107 (0.976 %)XML Messaging
107 (0.976 %)Application Packaging
107 (0.976 %)ASP.NET
116 (0.837 %)STL
116 (0.837 %)Middleware
124 (0.558 %)WebServices
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
185 (11.85 %)MS Exchange
244 (6.137 %)Exchange Server 2003
322 (3.068 %)Exchange Server 2000
413 (1.813 %)WebSphere Application Server
413 (1.813 %)WebLogic
413 (1.813 %)JBoss
510 (1.395 %)MQSeries
68 (1.116 %)Lotus Notes
77 (0.976 %)SharePoint
84 (0.558 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
93 (0.418 %)Rendezvous
102 (0.279 %)MTS
102 (0.279 %)Exchange Server 2007
111 (0.139 %)Exchange Server 5.5
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
182 (11.44 %)MS Office
278 (10.88 %)MS Excel
317 (2.371 %)Spreadsheet
45 (0.697 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (0.279 %)MS Project
52 (0.279 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
151 (7.113 %)RMDS
229 (4.045 %)Kondor+
320 (2.789 %)Misys Opics
49 (1.255 %)Minerva
58 (1.116 %)Capstone
65 (0.697 %)assyst
74 (0.558 %)SoftGrid
83 (0.418 %)Summit
92 (0.279 %)Endur
92 (0.279 %)FRONT ARENA
92 (0.279 %)Beauchamp
92 (0.279 %)Advent Geneva
101 (0.139 %)Misys Midas
101 (0.139 %)SunGard AvantGard
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
172 (10.04 %)TCP/IP
237 (5.160 %)LAN
333 (4.603 %)WAN
426 (3.626 %)VPN
426 (3.626 %)Internet
518 (2.510 %)Firewall
614 (1.953 %)Wireless
614 (1.953 %)Intranet
78 (1.116 %)DHCP
87 (0.976 %)VoIP
96 (0.837 %)SNMP
105 (0.697 %)IP Telephony
105 (0.697 %)VLAN
105 (0.697 %)Cisco IOS
105 (0.697 %)Network Security
114 (0.558 %)SSL
114 (0.558 %)SAN
114 (0.558 %)Ethernet
123 (0.418 %)DNS
132 (0.279 %)Cisco ASA
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
157 (7.950 %)SQL Server
224 (3.347 %)RDBMS
322 (3.068 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (1.395 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (1.116 %)KDB
58 (1.116 %)Crystal Reports
67 (0.976 %)ETL
67 (0.976 %)Oracle 10g
76 (0.837 %)BusinessObjects
76 (0.837 %)Reference Data
76 (0.837 %)MySQL
76 (0.837 %)Oracle 9i
84 (0.558 %)Data Mining
93 (0.418 %)TOAD
93 (0.418 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.139 %)Oracle Reports
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
120 (2.789 %)Eclipse
213 (1.813 %)Ant
213 (1.813 %)JUnit
32 (0.279 %)Visual Studio
32 (0.279 %)Oracle Forms
32 (0.279 %)XDE
32 (0.279 %)MSI
32 (0.279 %)InstallShield
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1361 (50.35 %)Finance
2217 (30.26 %)Banking
3130 (18.13 %)Front Office
485 (11.85 %)Investment Banking
549 (6.834 %)Financial Institution
630 (4.184 %)Health
728 (3.905 %)Telecoms
823 (3.208 %)Back Office
915 (2.092 %)Pensions
1012 (1.674 %)Insurance
1111 (1.534 %)Education
124 (0.558 %)Legal
124 (0.558 %)Marketing
133 (0.418 %)Government
141 (0.139 %)Wholesale Banking
141 (0.139 %)Private Banking
141 (0.139 %)Retail
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1284 (39.61 %)Analyst
2169 (23.57 %)Support Analyst
397 (13.53 %)Developer
487 (12.13 %)Applications Support
570 (9.763 %)Desktop Support
642 (5.858 %)Business Analyst
739 (5.439 %)Data Analyst
838 (5.300 %)Support Engineer
936 (5.021 %)Market Analyst
1035 (4.881 %)Market Data Analyst
1035 (4.881 %)Applications Support Analyst
1035 (4.881 %)Desktop Analyst
1132 (4.463 %)Desktop Support Analyst
1228 (3.905 %)VBA Developer
1228 (3.905 %)Excel Developer
1325 (3.487 %)Senior Analyst
1424 (3.347 %)Java Developer
1523 (3.208 %)Excel VBA Developer
1622 (3.068 %)Desktop Engineer
1720 (2.789 %)Administrator
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1143 (19.94 %)Equities
2108 (15.06 %)Derivative
3101 (14.09 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
475 (10.46 %)Fixed Income
535 (4.881 %)Blackberry
619 (2.650 %)Swaptions
715 (2.092 %)Equity Derivative
715 (2.092 %)Management Information System
814 (1.953 %)PDA
99 (1.255 %)Mathematics
108 (1.116 %)Data Extraction
117 (0.976 %)Credit Derivative
126 (0.837 %)Computer Science
126 (0.837 %)Statistics
133 (0.418 %)Video Conferencing
133 (0.418 %)Clustering
133 (0.418 %)BBC
142 (0.279 %)AS400
142 (0.279 %)Multithreading
142 (0.279 %)Market Risk
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1290 (40.45 %)Windows
2176 (24.55 %)UNIX
3159 (22.18 %)Windows XP
4112 (15.62 %)Windows Server 2003
593 (12.97 %)Linux
664 (8.926 %)Windows 2000
759 (8.229 %)Solaris
818 (2.510 %)Windows Vista
917 (2.371 %)Windows NT
1012 (1.674 %)Windows 2000 Server
1110 (1.395 %)Red Hat Linux
129 (1.255 %)Windows CE
133 (0.418 %)SUSE
133 (0.418 %)Ubuntu
142 (0.279 %)HPUX
151 (0.139 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
167 (9.344 %)Investment Management
258 (8.089 %)ITIL
357 (7.950 %)Electronic Trading
449 (6.834 %)Algorithmic Trading
541 (5.718 %)Asset Management
639 (5.439 %)Project Management
727 (3.766 %)Agile Software Development
727 (3.766 %)Business Analysis
824 (3.347 %)Service Delivery
824 (3.347 %)User Acceptance Testing
921 (2.929 %)RAD
1019 (2.650 %)Scrum
1118 (2.510 %)Regression Testing
1217 (2.371 %)Data Analysis
1315 (2.092 %)Data Modelling
1414 (1.953 %)Risk Management
1513 (1.813 %)Disaster Recovery
1513 (1.813 %)AOP
1513 (1.813 %)UML
1612 (1.674 %)OO
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1157 (21.90 %)SQL
282 (11.44 %)Java
374 (10.32 %)VBA
456 (7.810 %)C++
541 (5.718 %)C#
631 (4.324 %)VB
726 (3.626 %)C
820 (2.789 %)Perl
916 (2.232 %)VB.NET
1015 (2.092 %)Shell Script
116 (0.837 %)VC++
116 (0.837 %)Python
125 (0.697 %)Jython
134 (0.558 %)JavaScript
143 (0.418 %)VB6
143 (0.418 %)Transact-SQL
152 (0.279 %)VBScript
152 (0.279 %)PL/SQL
161 (0.139 %)PHP
161 (0.139 %)Korn
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
161 (8.508 %)Degree
237 (5.160 %)Microsoft Certification
324 (3.347 %)MCSE
419 (2.650 %)MCP
513 (1.813 %)Cisco Certification
69 (1.255 %)CCNP
78 (1.116 %)CCNA
85 (0.697 %)CISA
94 (0.558 %)CNE
94 (0.558 %)Novell Certification
94 (0.558 %)HNC
94 (0.558 %)HND
102 (0.279 %)MOS
111 (0.139 %)RHCT
111 (0.139 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
111 (0.139 %)CFA
111 (0.139 %)MCAD
111 (0.139 %)ISEB
111 (0.139 %)MCSA
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.697 %)SLA
23 (0.418 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.279 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
175 (10.46 %)Active Directory
210 (1.395 %)Backup Exec
37 (0.976 %)MetaFrame
42 (0.279 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.139 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.139 %)Citrix Presentation Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
122 (3.068 %)ServiceCenter
26 (0.837 %)DameWare
26 (0.837 %)OpenView
32 (0.279 %)Tivoli
32 (0.279 %)ARCserve
32 (0.279 %)AppManager
32 (0.279 %)HP Data Protector
41 (0.139 %)CiscoWorks
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1602 (83.96 %)Bloomberg
271 (9.902 %)Microsoft
361 (8.508 %)GL TRADE
459 (8.229 %)Oracle
459 (8.229 %)Fidessa
544 (6.137 %)Sybase
633 (4.603 %)HP
732 (4.463 %)Cisco
830 (4.184 %)Citrix
929 (4.045 %)SimCorp
929 (4.045 %)CQG
1028 (3.905 %)Trema
1127 (3.766 %)Wall Street Systems
1226 (3.626 %)TIBCO
1325 (3.487 %)Murex
1423 (3.208 %)Misys
1423 (3.208 %)Sun
1423 (3.208 %)Patsystems
1522 (3.068 %)Remedy
1619 (2.650 %)VERITAS