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This section looks at the demand for Algorithmic Trading skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAlgorithmic Trading
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank381399
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads779882
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.419 %0.368 %
As % of the category below0.756 %0.708 %
Salaries quoted592599
Average minimum salary£57,831£61,500
Average salary£65,426£71,120
% change on same period last year-8.00 %
Average maximum salary£73,020£80,741
UK excluding London average salary£40,500£62,000
% change on same period last year-34.67 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads103081124554
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.47 %51.93 %
Salaries quoted8505299907
Average minimum salary£42,850£44,404
Average salary£46,909£48,464
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Average maximum salary£50,968£52,525
UK excluding London average salary£42,491£44,465
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Algorithmic Trading UKAlgorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Algorithmic Trading Demand Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading across the England region.

England Algorithmic Trading Salary Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Algorithmic Trading Salary Histogram

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+36776£65,553-7.92 %
East of EnglandUp+212£40,000-42.85 %
Algorithmic Trading UKAlgorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Algorithmic 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 Algorithmic Trading.

1706 (47.90 %)Java
2650 (44.10 %)C++
3616 (41.79 %)Front Office
4523 (35.48 %)Equities
4523 (35.48 %)UNIX
5502 (34.06 %)Finance
6395 (26.80 %)Banking
7393 (26.66 %)Derivative
8374 (25.37 %)Linux
9340 (23.07 %)Windows
10328 (22.25 %)SQL
11286 (19.40 %)C#
12224 (15.20 %)OO
13216 (14.65 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
14198 (13.43 %)Investment Banking
15150 (10.18 %)Degree
16148 (10.04 %)Electronic Trading
17141 (9.566 %)Equity Derivative
18130 (8.820 %)Oracle
19124 (8.412 %)Solaris
20120 (8.141 %).NET
21117 (7.938 %)SQL Server
22114 (7.734 %)Fixed Income
23109 (7.395 %)XML
24108 (7.327 %)J2SE
24108 (7.327 %)Education
25103 (6.988 %)Spring
2699 (6.716 %)Agile Software Development
2792 (6.242 %)Shell Script
2884 (5.699 %)Perl

Algorithmic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Algorithmic 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 Algorithmic Trading. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1120 (8.141 %).NET
2109 (7.395 %)XML
3108 (7.327 %)J2SE
4103 (6.988 %)Spring
573 (4.953 %)FIX Protocol
662 (4.206 %)STL
744 (2.985 %)JMS
843 (2.917 %)Hibernate
843 (2.917 %)J2EE
937 (2.510 %)WinForms
1031 (2.103 %)Swing
1127 (1.832 %)Middleware
1226 (1.764 %)ASP.NET
1323 (1.560 %)MFC
1416 (1.085 %)JDBC
1511 (0.746 %)JSP
1511 (0.746 %)Servlets
1511 (0.746 %)ADO.NET
1511 (0.746 %).NET Framework
169 (0.611 %)WebServices
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
141 (2.782 %)Rendezvous
25 (0.339 %)WebLogic
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
137 (2.510 %)MATLAB
211 (0.746 %)MS Excel
37 (0.475 %)MS Visio
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.339 %)RMDS
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (1.832 %)TCP/IP
23 (0.204 %)SSH
32 (0.136 %)SAN
32 (0.136 %)Firewall
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1117 (7.938 %)SQL Server
234 (2.307 %)RDBMS
326 (1.764 %)KDB
412 (0.814 %)PostgreSQL
412 (0.814 %)SQL Server 2005
412 (0.814 %)MySQL
59 (0.611 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (0.339 %)Data Mining
74 (0.271 %)Oracle 9i
83 (0.204 %)Oracle 8/8i
92 (0.136 %)Reference Data
101 (0.068 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.068 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.068 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.068 %)ETL
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
134 (2.307 %)Eclipse
232 (2.171 %)JUnit
326 (1.764 %)Log4j
418 (1.221 %)Ant
516 (1.085 %)ClearCase
62 (0.136 %)Visual Studio
62 (0.136 %)Flash
71 (0.068 %)WinRunner
71 (0.068 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.068 %)JMeter
71 (0.068 %)Selenium
71 (0.068 %)FitNesse
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1616 (41.79 %)Front Office
2502 (34.06 %)Finance
3395 (26.80 %)Banking
4198 (13.43 %)Investment Banking
5108 (7.327 %)Education
671 (4.817 %)Games
768 (4.613 %)Telecoms
831 (2.103 %)Financial Institution
919 (1.289 %)Pharmaceutical
1014 (0.950 %)Health
1112 (0.814 %)Back Office
123 (0.204 %)Online Gambling
131 (0.068 %)Insurance
131 (0.068 %)Graphic Design
131 (0.068 %)Animation
131 (0.068 %)Electronics
131 (0.068 %)Government
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1834 (56.58 %)Developer
2409 (27.75 %)Java Developer
3343 (23.27 %)Analyst
4244 (16.55 %)C++ Developer
5172 (11.67 %)Support Analyst
6141 (9.566 %)Applications Support
7125 (8.480 %)C# Developer
8107 (7.259 %)Senior Developer
975 (5.088 %)Applications Support Analyst
1069 (4.681 %)Junior
1162 (4.206 %)Graduate
1259 (4.003 %)Business Analyst
1358 (3.935 %)C++/Java Developer
1452 (3.528 %)C++/C# Developer
1541 (2.782 %)Analyst Developer
1541 (2.782 %)Junior Developer
1638 (2.578 %)Programmer
1735 (2.374 %)Project Manager
1735 (2.374 %)Senior Java Developer
1827 (1.832 %)Graduate Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1523 (35.48 %)Equities
2393 (26.66 %)Derivative
3216 (14.65 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4141 (9.566 %)Equity Derivative
5114 (7.734 %)Fixed Income
679 (5.360 %)Computer Science
776 (5.156 %)Multithreading
845 (3.053 %)Mathematics
934 (2.307 %)Grid Computing
1030 (2.035 %)VWAP
1127 (1.832 %)Statistics
1222 (1.493 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1317 (1.153 %)VAX
1416 (1.085 %)Credit Derivative
1512 (0.814 %)Market Risk
169 (0.611 %)Interest Rate Derivative
169 (0.611 %)N-Tier
178 (0.543 %)Physics
178 (0.543 %)French Language
187 (0.475 %)Spread Betting
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1523 (35.48 %)UNIX
2374 (25.37 %)Linux
3340 (23.07 %)Windows
4124 (8.412 %)Solaris
535 (2.374 %)Windows NT
622 (1.493 %)Windows Server 2003
718 (1.221 %)Windows XP
812 (0.814 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.136 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.136 %)Windows 2000
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1224 (15.20 %)OO
2148 (10.04 %)Electronic Trading
399 (6.716 %)Agile Software Development
474 (5.020 %)Unit Testing
555 (3.731 %)OOA/OOD
651 (3.460 %)E-Commerce
750 (3.392 %)Project Management
848 (3.256 %)Risk Management
937 (2.510 %)Business Analysis
1028 (1.900 %)User Acceptance Testing
1127 (1.832 %)Continuous Integration
1225 (1.696 %)Problem Management
1323 (1.560 %)Software Engineering
1418 (1.221 %)Scrum
1516 (1.085 %)CMMI
1516 (1.085 %)Test Scripting
1615 (1.018 %)OOD
1714 (0.950 %)SOA
1714 (0.950 %)RUP
1714 (0.950 %)BPR
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1706 (47.90 %)Java
2650 (44.10 %)C++
3328 (22.25 %)SQL
4286 (19.40 %)C#
592 (6.242 %)Shell Script
684 (5.699 %)Perl
761 (4.138 %)VBA
858 (3.935 %)VB
952 (3.528 %)Python
1051 (3.460 %)C
1121 (1.425 %)PHP
1218 (1.221 %)JavaScript
1314 (0.950 %)Tcl
149 (0.611 %)VC++
149 (0.611 %)PL/SQL
158 (0.543 %)VB.NET
167 (0.475 %)AWK
176 (0.407 %)Korn
176 (0.407 %)VBScript
184 (0.271 %)VB6
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1150 (10.18 %)Degree
249 (3.324 %)PhD
31 (0.068 %)MBA
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.289 %)QA
28 (0.543 %)MiFID
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1130 (8.820 %)Oracle
283 (5.631 %)Sybase
377 (5.224 %)TIBCO
469 (4.681 %)Fidessa
552 (3.528 %)Reuters
640 (2.714 %)Bloomberg
718 (1.221 %)Microsoft
813 (0.882 %)Portware
912 (0.814 %)Red Hat
105 (0.339 %)Cisco
105 (0.339 %)Algorithmics
114 (0.271 %)GL TRADE
114 (0.271 %)Calypso
122 (0.136 %)Citrix
122 (0.136 %)Informatica
122 (0.136 %)GUPTA
122 (0.136 %)Patsystems
131 (0.068 %)Syncfusion
131 (0.068 %)Adobe
131 (0.068 %)Murex