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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Sophis 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 Sophis over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSophis
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank313291
Rank change on same period last yearDown-22
Matching permanent IT job ads3349
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.021 %
As % of the category below0.414 %0.613 %
Salaries quoted1629
Average minimum salary£55,938£65,724
Average salary£60,156£73,448
% change on same period last year-18.09 %
Average maximum salary£64,375£81,172
UK excluding London average salary£37,750£57,174
% change on same period last year-33.97 %
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads79757998
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.413 %3.354 %
Salaries quoted66855905
Average minimum salary£48,259£50,851
Average salary£53,079£55,131
% change on same period last year-3.72 %
Average maximum salary£57,899£59,411
UK excluding London average salary£40,138£41,870
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Sophis LondonSophis
London

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Sophis.

Sophis
Demand Trend

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

City of London Sophis Demand Trend

Sophis
Salary Trend

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

City of London Sophis Salary Trend

Sophis
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Sophis across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London Sophis Salary Histogram

Sophis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Sophis 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 Sophis.

131 (72.09 %)Derivative
224 (55.81 %)C#
224 (55.81 %).NET
320 (46.51 %)Front Office
419 (44.19 %)Java
518 (41.86 %)Equity Derivative
616 (37.21 %)Finance
715 (34.88 %)Risk Management
814 (32.56 %)Project Management
814 (32.56 %)Windows
814 (32.56 %)Investment Management
913 (30.23 %)SQL
1012 (27.91 %)C++
1012 (27.91 %)Sophis VALUE
1111 (25.58 %)Pensions
1111 (25.58 %)Banking
1111 (25.58 %)Health
1111 (25.58 %)UNIX
129 (20.93 %)ASP.NET
129 (20.93 %)Asset Management
138 (18.60 %)Investment Banking
138 (18.60 %)Credit Derivative
138 (18.60 %)QA
147 (16.28 %)Actuate
156 (13.95 %)UML
156 (13.95 %)Business Analysis
156 (13.95 %)AJAX
165 (11.63 %)Murex
165 (11.63 %)Calypso
165 (11.63 %)XML

Sophis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Sophis 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 Sophis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (55.81 %).NET
29 (20.93 %)ASP.NET
36 (13.95 %)AJAX
45 (11.63 %)XML
54 (9.302 %)WinForms
54 (9.302 %)WebServices
62 (4.651 %)HTML
62 (4.651 %)CSS
62 (4.651 %)STL
62 (4.651 %)ADO
62 (4.651 %)ASP
62 (4.651 %)FIX Protocol
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)MS Exchange
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
112 (27.91 %)Sophis VALUE
23 (6.977 %)Summit
32 (4.651 %)Sophis RISQUE
32 (4.651 %)Capstone
32 (4.651 %)Decalog
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.651 %)Firewall
21 (2.326 %)SAN
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (9.302 %)SQL Server
22 (4.651 %)DTS
22 (4.651 %)TOAD
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (4.651 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.326 %)TestDirector
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (46.51 %)Front Office
216 (37.21 %)Finance
311 (25.58 %)Health
311 (25.58 %)Banking
311 (25.58 %)Pensions
48 (18.60 %)Investment Banking
55 (11.63 %)Financial Institution
55 (11.63 %)Back Office
61 (2.326 %)Education
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (53.49 %)Developer
217 (39.53 %)C# Developer
315 (34.88 %)Analyst
412 (27.91 %)Support Analyst
56 (13.95 %)Applications Support
65 (11.63 %)Applications Support Analyst
65 (11.63 %).NET Developer
73 (6.977 %)C++ Developer
73 (6.977 %)Senior Developer
82 (4.651 %)ASP.NET Developer
82 (4.651 %)3rd Line Support
82 (4.651 %)Project Manager
82 (4.651 %)Business Analyst
82 (4.651 %)Sophis Developer
82 (4.651 %)Senior C# Developer
82 (4.651 %)Senior .NET Developer
82 (4.651 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
82 (4.651 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
82 (4.651 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
82 (4.651 %)Equity Derivatives Business Analyst
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
131 (72.09 %)Derivative
218 (41.86 %)Equity Derivative
38 (18.60 %)Credit Derivative
42 (4.651 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
42 (4.651 %)Fixed Income
51 (2.326 %)Multithreading
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (32.56 %)Windows
211 (25.58 %)UNIX
33 (6.977 %)Solaris
33 (6.977 %)Linux
42 (4.651 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (4.651 %)Ubuntu
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (34.88 %)Risk Management
214 (32.56 %)Project Management
214 (32.56 %)Investment Management
39 (20.93 %)Asset Management
46 (13.95 %)Business Analysis
46 (13.95 %)UML
54 (9.302 %)OO
54 (9.302 %)TDD
54 (9.302 %)Fund Management
63 (6.977 %)User Acceptance Testing
63 (6.977 %)Web Development
63 (6.977 %)Data Modelling
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (55.81 %)C#
219 (44.19 %)Java
313 (30.23 %)SQL
412 (27.91 %)C++
53 (6.977 %)C
62 (4.651 %)VB
62 (4.651 %)VB6
62 (4.651 %)JavaScript
71 (2.326 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.326 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (18.60 %)QA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (4.651 %)Active Directory
12 (4.651 %)MetaFrame
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (16.28 %)Actuate
25 (11.63 %)Murex
25 (11.63 %)Calypso
25 (11.63 %)Oracle
34 (9.302 %)Sybase
34 (9.302 %)Infragistics
42 (4.651 %)LatentZero
42 (4.651 %)thinkFolio
42 (4.651 %)Cisco
42 (4.651 %)Microsoft
42 (4.651 %)Citrix
42 (4.651 %)Reuters
42 (4.651 %)Bloomberg