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The table below looks at the demand for Statistical Arbitrage skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Statistical Arbitrage over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStatistical Arbitrage
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank310311
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads3315
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.551 %0.231 %
Salaries quoted2813
Average minimum salary£65,000£66,538
Average salary£79,464£71,346
% change on same period last year+11.37 %
Average maximum salary£93,929£76,154
UK excluding London average salary-£45,000
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads59866497
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled3.465 %2.796 %
Salaries quoted50704747
Average minimum salary£55,202£56,193
Average salary£62,787£62,681
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Average maximum salary£70,372£69,170
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Statistical Arbitrage LondonStatistical Arbitrage
London

Statistical Arbitrage
Demand Trend

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

City of London Statistical Arbitrage Demand Trend

Statistical Arbitrage
Salary Trend

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

City of London Statistical Arbitrage Salary Trend

Statistical Arbitrage
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Statistical Arbitrage across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Statistical Arbitrage Salary Histogram

Statistical Arbitrage
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Statistical Arbitrage 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 Statistical Arbitrage.

126 (61.90 %)OO
225 (59.52 %)C++
225 (59.52 %)Java
225 (59.52 %)Front Office
323 (54.76 %)C#
418 (42.86 %)Computer Science
517 (40.48 %)Mathematics
613 (30.95 %)Banking
711 (26.19 %).NET
89 (21.43 %)Finance
98 (19.05 %)SQL
107 (16.67 %)Education
116 (14.29 %)Equities
116 (14.29 %)Perl
116 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
116 (14.29 %)Algorithmic Trading
125 (11.90 %)Electronic Trading
125 (11.90 %)Degree
125 (11.90 %)UNIX
125 (11.90 %)SQL Server
125 (11.90 %)PhD
134 (9.524 %)J2SE
134 (9.524 %)Linux
142 (4.762 %)Derivative
142 (4.762 %)Investment Banking
142 (4.762 %)Multithreading
142 (4.762 %)Shell Script
142 (4.762 %)ASP.NET
151 (2.381 %)Hibernate
151 (2.381 %)Fixed Income

Statistical Arbitrage
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Statistical Arbitrage 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 Statistical Arbitrage. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (26.19 %).NET
24 (9.524 %)J2SE
32 (4.762 %)ASP.NET
41 (2.381 %)STL
41 (2.381 %)XML
41 (2.381 %)Hibernate
41 (2.381 %)WinForms
41 (2.381 %)Spring
41 (2.381 %).NET Remoting
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.381 %)MATLAB
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (11.90 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
125 (59.52 %)Front Office
213 (30.95 %)Banking
39 (21.43 %)Finance
47 (16.67 %)Education
52 (4.762 %)Investment Banking
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (83.33 %)Developer
214 (33.33 %)C# Developer
313 (30.95 %)Java Developer
313 (30.95 %)C++ Developer
48 (19.05 %)C++/Java Developer
54 (9.524 %)C++/C# Developer
54 (9.524 %)Applications Developer
63 (7.143 %).NET Developer
72 (4.762 %)Technical Support
72 (4.762 %)Software Engineer
72 (4.762 %)C++ Software Engineer
72 (4.762 %)Quant Developer
81 (2.381 %)Junior Developer
81 (2.381 %)Progress Developer
81 (2.381 %)Senior Java Developer
81 (2.381 %)Senior C++ Developer
81 (2.381 %)Real Time Developer
81 (2.381 %)GUI Developer
81 (2.381 %)Junior
81 (2.381 %)Senior Developer
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (42.86 %)Computer Science
217 (40.48 %)Mathematics
36 (14.29 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
36 (14.29 %)Equities
42 (4.762 %)Derivative
42 (4.762 %)Multithreading
51 (2.381 %)Fixed Income
51 (2.381 %)Equity Derivative
51 (2.381 %)Statistics
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (11.90 %)UNIX
24 (9.524 %)Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (61.90 %)OO
26 (14.29 %)Algorithmic Trading
35 (11.90 %)Electronic Trading
41 (2.381 %)Project Management
41 (2.381 %)Asset Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (59.52 %)C++
125 (59.52 %)Java
223 (54.76 %)C#
38 (19.05 %)SQL
46 (14.29 %)Perl
52 (4.762 %)Shell Script
61 (2.381 %)VB.NET
61 (2.381 %)Python
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (11.90 %)PhD
15 (11.90 %)Degree
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.381 %)MSMQ