The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Swaptions 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 Swaptions over the 3 months to 23 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swaptions
Rank 308 325 286
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -39
Permanent jobs citing Swaptions 12 3 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.103% 0.023% 0.262%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.249% 0.058% 0.600%
Number of salaries quoted 11 2 41
Average salary £65,000 £77,500 £82,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.12% -6.06%
UK excluding London average salary - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
4813 5150 6833
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 41.49% 39.42% 43.74%
Number of salaries quoted 4146 4715 6198
Average salary £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £82,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Swaptions
London

Swaptions
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Swaptions Jobs Demand Trend

Swaptions
Salary Trend

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

City of London Swaptions Salary Trend

Swaptions
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Swaptions 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 Swaptions.

1 15 (93.75%) SQL
1 15 (93.75%) Derivative
2 12 (75.00%) Finance
3 11 (68.75%) Equities
3 11 (68.75%) Sybase
3 11 (68.75%) Banking
4 10 (62.50%) Front Office
5 9 (56.25%) C#
5 9 (56.25%) Investment Banking
6 7 (43.75%) .NET
7 6 (37.50%) T-SQL
7 6 (37.50%) UNIX
7 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
8 5 (31.25%) Degree
8 5 (31.25%) Client/Server
8 5 (31.25%) RDBMS
8 5 (31.25%) Oracle
8 5 (31.25%) Fixed Income
9 4 (25.00%) Summit
9 4 (25.00%) XML
9 4 (25.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
10 2 (12.50%) C++
10 2 (12.50%) Java
11 1 (6.250%) Perl
11 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
11 1 (6.250%) Murex
11 1 (6.250%) Calypso
11 1 (6.250%) N-Tier
11 1 (6.250%) OO

Swaptions
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Swaptions 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 Swaptions. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (43.75%) .NET
2 4 (25.00%) XML
3 1 (6.250%) JSP
3 1 (6.250%) Hibernate
3 1 (6.250%) Spring
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Summit
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) RDBMS
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (75.00%) Finance
2 11 (68.75%) Banking
3 10 (62.50%) Front Office
4 9 (56.25%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Developer
2 7 (43.75%) .NET Developer
2 7 (43.75%) C# Developer
3 5 (31.25%) C# .NET Developer
4 4 (25.00%) Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Business Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
5 2 (12.50%) C++ Developer
5 2 (12.50%) Java Developer
6 1 (6.250%) Systems Developer
6 1 (6.250%) C++/C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (93.75%) Derivative
2 11 (68.75%) Equities
3 5 (31.25%) Client/Server
3 5 (31.25%) Fixed Income
4 4 (25.00%) Interest Rate Derivative
5 1 (6.250%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 6 (37.50%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
2 5 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.250%) OO
3 1 (6.250%) Risk Management
3 1 (6.250%) Multithreading
3 1 (6.250%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) SQL
2 9 (56.25%) C#
3 6 (37.50%) T-SQL
4 2 (12.50%) C++
4 2 (12.50%) Java
5 1 (6.250%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (31.25%) Degree
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Sybase
2 5 (31.25%) Oracle
3 1 (6.250%) Murex
3 1 (6.250%) Calypso
City, London
The .NET Developer will need to have: 3-8 years C# experience. Solid knowledge of UNIX and SQL (particularly Sybase TSQL) Financial domain and product knowledge (at least...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum Bonus and superb benefits package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Be part of a large agile development team... Develop/build Real Time derivatives trading solutions... The Java Developer will need to have: A degree (2.i or above)...
Anderson Cole Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £55,000 to £70,000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
As the hybrid project manager and business analyst, you will be focusing on front to back trade workflow and regulatory driven changes including Dodd Frank, Emir amongst others...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 15 May 2013