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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England region.

 Foreign Exchange (FX)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank82187130
Rank change year-on-year
Up+105Down-57
Matching permanent IT job ads19908213031
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England2.449 %1.024 %1.576 %
As % of the Miscellaneous category8.881 %4.268 %6.904 %
Salaries quoted15846172323
Average salary£70,000£67,500£65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.700 %+3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£40,250£45,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£82,500£90,000
UK excluding London average salary£67,500£42,500£50,000
% change year-on-year
+58.82 %-15.00 %
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryAll Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
224071923643903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England27.57 %23.99 %22.83 %
Salaries quoted184301579434862
Average salary£50,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£26,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£80,000£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£36,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+2.770 %
Foreign Exchange (FX) UKForeign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

England Foreign Exchange (FX) Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the England region.

England Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Histogram

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+481958£70,000+3.70 %
South EastDown-79£80,000+88.23 %
West MidlandsNew entry-6£35,000-
South WestUp+85£45,000-35.71 %
North WestNew entry-5£32,500-
East of EnglandUp+33£25,500-15.00 %
East MidlandsUp+41£41,000+36.66 %
MidlandsNew entry-1£55,000-
YorkshireNew entry-1£37,500-
Foreign Exchange (FX) UKForeign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

11482 (42.65 %)Banking
21457 (41.93 %)Finance
31410 (40.58 %)Derivative
41259 (36.23 %)Front Office
51130 (32.52 %)Java
61121 (32.26 %)C++
71014 (29.18 %)SQL
8813 (23.40 %)C#
9786 (22.62 %)Investment Banking
10780 (22.45 %)Fixed Income
11772 (22.22 %)UNIX
12670 (19.28 %)Equities
13496 (14.27 %).NET
14459 (13.21 %)Degree
15410 (11.80 %)Windows
16403 (11.60 %)E-Commerce
17393 (11.31 %)Linux
18338 (9.727 %)Multithreading
19337 (9.698 %)OO
20324 (9.324 %)Risk Management
21311 (8.950 %)Oracle
22305 (8.777 %)XML
23269 (7.741 %)Back Office
24268 (7.712 %)Electronic Trading
25254 (7.309 %)SQL Server
26241 (6.935 %)Project Management
27231 (6.647 %)Swing
28216 (6.216 %)WinForms
29215 (6.187 %)OOD
30210 (6.043 %)Sybase

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1496 (14.27 %).NET
2305 (8.777 %)XML
3231 (6.647 %)Swing
4216 (6.216 %)WinForms
5200 (5.755 %)WPF
6193 (5.554 %)Spring
7167 (4.806 %)JDBC
8113 (3.252 %)J2EE
9106 (3.050 %)STL
10105 (3.022 %)WCF
1190 (2.590 %)Middleware
1288 (2.532 %)AJAX
1386 (2.475 %)J2SE
1479 (2.273 %)JMS
1570 (2.014 %)Boost C++ Libraries
1664 (1.842 %).NET Framework
1755 (1.583 %)Hibernate
1755 (1.583 %)CORBA
1853 (1.525 %)JSP
1944 (1.266 %)Java EE
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
155 (1.583 %)Rendezvous
221 (0.604 %)Tomcat
320 (0.576 %)MQSeries
416 (0.460 %)WebLogic
515 (0.432 %)Progress Apama
613 (0.374 %)Apache
710 (0.288 %)IIS
89 (0.259 %)SmartSockets
89 (0.259 %)Lightstreamer
97 (0.201 %)SharePoint Server 2007
97 (0.201 %)Exchange Server 2007
97 (0.201 %)MS Exchange
105 (0.144 %)SharePoint
113 (0.086 %)Drupal
113 (0.086 %)ESB
113 (0.086 %)CMS
122 (0.058 %)TIBCO EMS
131 (0.029 %)Documentum
131 (0.029 %)WebSphere Application Server
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
152 (1.496 %)MS Excel
234 (0.978 %)Spreadsheet
327 (0.777 %)MS Visio
426 (0.748 %)MATLAB
426 (0.748 %)MS Project
523 (0.662 %)MS PowerPoint
610 (0.288 %)MS Office
74 (0.115 %)3ds Max
81 (0.029 %)S-PLUS
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
152 (1.496 %)Summit
224 (0.691 %)Misys Opics
317 (0.489 %)RMDS
414 (0.403 %)SAP CFM
414 (0.403 %)Findur
414 (0.403 %)SunGard AvantGard
414 (0.403 %)3000 Xtra
512 (0.345 %)Kondor+
610 (0.288 %)Beauchamp
77 (0.201 %)Front Arena
77 (0.201 %)Capstone
85 (0.144 %)ION MarketView
85 (0.144 %)Misys Midas
94 (0.115 %)InvestOne
94 (0.115 %)Navision
103 (0.086 %)SAP FI
103 (0.086 %)SAP FI/CO
103 (0.086 %)SAP CO
103 (0.086 %)GL Clearvision
103 (0.086 %)SunGard Stream
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
159 (1.698 %)TCP/IP
238 (1.094 %)Internet
312 (0.345 %)VoIP
49 (0.259 %)HTTP
49 (0.259 %)AMQP
57 (0.201 %)VLAN
57 (0.201 %)Cisco IOS
57 (0.201 %)PPP
64 (0.115 %)Ethernet
64 (0.115 %)FTP
64 (0.115 %)ATM
64 (0.115 %)SONET
64 (0.115 %)MPLS
64 (0.115 %)OSPF
64 (0.115 %)BGP
64 (0.115 %)Frame Relay
64 (0.115 %)IGMP
64 (0.115 %)Fast Ethernet
64 (0.115 %)Gigabit Ethernet
64 (0.115 %)SDH
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1254 (7.309 %)SQL Server
2152 (4.374 %)RDBMS
378 (2.245 %)SQL Server 2005
438 (1.094 %)SQL Server 2008
524 (0.691 %)KDB
620 (0.576 %)BusinessObjects
719 (0.547 %)SQL Server Integration Services
818 (0.518 %)SQL Server 2000
917 (0.489 %)PostgreSQL
1016 (0.460 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1114 (0.403 %)Oracle 10g
1213 (0.374 %)Crystal Reports
1312 (0.345 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1411 (0.317 %)OLAP
1411 (0.317 %)Oracle OLAP
1411 (0.317 %)Reference Data
1510 (0.288 %)Datawarehouse
168 (0.230 %)Oracle 11g
176 (0.173 %)DTS
176 (0.173 %)DB2
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
163 (1.813 %)QuickTest Pro
246 (1.324 %)Maven
343 (1.237 %)Ant
442 (1.209 %)Visual Studio
530 (0.863 %)Subversion
626 (0.748 %)JUnit
725 (0.719 %)TestDirector
824 (0.691 %)ClearCase
916 (0.460 %)NUnit
1011 (0.317 %)ClearQuest
1011 (0.317 %)Eclipse
118 (0.230 %)Team Foundation Server
125 (0.144 %)JIRA
134 (0.115 %)jMock
134 (0.115 %)PROIV
143 (0.086 %)Log4Net
152 (0.058 %)WinRunner
152 (0.058 %)FxCop
161 (0.029 %)FlexUnit
161 (0.029 %)LoadRunner
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11482 (42.65 %)Banking
21457 (41.93 %)Finance
31259 (36.23 %)Front Office
4786 (22.62 %)Investment Banking
5269 (7.741 %)Back Office
6114 (3.281 %)Pensions
7102 (2.935 %)Education
895 (2.734 %)Financial Institution
952 (1.496 %)Health
1038 (1.094 %)Telecoms
1131 (0.892 %)Construction
1230 (0.863 %)Games
1327 (0.777 %)Government
1423 (0.662 %)Retail
1517 (0.489 %)Private Banking
1613 (0.374 %)Corporate Banking
1712 (0.345 %)Retail Banking
1712 (0.345 %)Insurance
1811 (0.317 %)Mobile Games
1910 (0.288 %)Publishing
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11767 (50.85 %)Developer
2722 (20.78 %)Analyst
3632 (18.19 %)Java Developer
4476 (13.70 %)C++ Developer
5425 (12.23 %)Business Analyst
6405 (11.65 %)Senior Developer
7374 (10.76 %)C# Developer
8216 (6.216 %)Project Manager
9187 (5.381 %)Applications Support
10171 (4.921 %)Senior Java Developer
11150 (4.317 %)Java Swing Developer
12149 (4.288 %)Support Analyst
13144 (4.144 %)Senior C# Developer
14136 (3.914 %)Quantitative Developer
15122 (3.511 %)Team Leader
1687 (2.504 %)Programmer
1786 (2.475 %)Senior Analyst
1882 (2.360 %).NET Developer
1977 (2.216 %)Consultant
2071 (2.043 %)Software Engineer
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11410 (40.58 %)Derivative
2780 (22.45 %)Fixed Income
3670 (19.28 %)Equities
4338 (9.727 %)Multithreading
5201 (5.784 %)Equity Derivative
6177 (5.094 %)Credit Derivative
6177 (5.094 %)Client/Server
7138 (3.971 %)Interest Rate Derivative
8122 (3.511 %)Computer Science
9109 (3.137 %)Mathematics
1072 (2.072 %)Credit Risk
1150 (1.439 %)Market Risk
1244 (1.266 %)Physics
1343 (1.237 %)Spread Betting
1438 (1.094 %)Exotic Derivative
1528 (0.806 %)Grid Computing
1627 (0.777 %)PMI
1724 (0.691 %)Management Information System
1820 (0.576 %)Contract for Difference
1918 (0.518 %)RIA
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1772 (22.22 %)UNIX
2410 (11.80 %)Windows
3393 (11.31 %)Linux
4133 (3.827 %)Solaris
544 (1.266 %)Windows XP
630 (0.863 %)Windows Server 2003
727 (0.777 %)Windows Vista
811 (0.317 %)Android
811 (0.317 %)Windows Mobile
99 (0.259 %)HPUX
107 (0.201 %)OpenVMS
114 (0.115 %)VMS
114 (0.115 %)Windows 2000
114 (0.115 %)Windows NT
114 (0.115 %)Windows Server 2008
121 (0.029 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.029 %)SUSE
121 (0.029 %)MVS
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1403 (11.60 %)E-Commerce
2337 (9.698 %)OO
3324 (9.324 %)Risk Management
4268 (7.712 %)Electronic Trading
5241 (6.935 %)Project Management
6215 (6.187 %)OOD
7188 (5.410 %)Algorithmic Trading
8183 (5.266 %)Agile Software Development
9156 (4.489 %)Business Analysis
10144 (4.144 %)OOA/OOD
1184 (2.417 %)UML
1281 (2.331 %)Cash Management
1372 (2.072 %)User Acceptance Testing
1468 (1.957 %)PRINCE2
1560 (1.727 %)Test Management
1659 (1.698 %)Data Modelling
1659 (1.698 %)Workflow
1758 (1.669 %)Change Management
1856 (1.612 %)Scrum
1951 (1.468 %)Asset Management
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11130 (32.52 %)Java
21121 (32.26 %)C++
31014 (29.18 %)SQL
4813 (23.40 %)C#
5210 (6.043 %)Perl
6199 (5.727 %)VBA
798 (2.820 %)Python
897 (2.791 %)C
966 (1.899 %)T-SQL
1064 (1.842 %)Shell Script
1160 (1.727 %)VB
1231 (0.892 %)PL/SQL
1330 (0.863 %)JavaScript
1427 (0.777 %)PHP
1525 (0.719 %)VC++
1622 (0.633 %)Korn
1713 (0.374 %)VB.NET
1812 (0.345 %)Ruby
199 (0.259 %)Bash shell
199 (0.259 %)VB6
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1459 (13.21 %)Degree
250 (1.439 %)PhD
335 (1.007 %)PMI Certification
421 (0.604 %)ISEB
516 (0.460 %)Microsoft Certification
615 (0.432 %)MCP
712 (0.345 %)PMP
811 (0.317 %)MCAD
811 (0.317 %)MCSD
811 (0.317 %)MCTS
98 (0.230 %)Security Cleared
106 (0.173 %)ISTQB
106 (0.173 %)DV Cleared
106 (0.173 %)Sun Certification
106 (0.173 %)ITIL Certification
115 (0.144 %)CIMA
115 (0.144 %)MBA
124 (0.115 %)JNCIA
124 (0.115 %)JNCIS
124 (0.115 %)JNCIP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1106 (3.050 %)QA
214 (0.403 %)SLA
33 (0.086 %)Basel II
42 (0.058 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (0.460 %)Active Directory
22 (0.058 %)Samba
22 (0.058 %)NFS
31 (0.029 %)Oracle RAC
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (0.576 %)Tivoli
213 (0.374 %)AutoSys
32 (0.058 %)CONTROL-M
41 (0.029 %)Dollar Universe
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1311 (8.950 %)Oracle
2210 (6.043 %)Sybase
3140 (4.029 %)TIBCO
4133 (3.827 %)Murex
5104 (2.993 %)Microsoft
687 (2.504 %)Reuters
769 (1.986 %)Calypso
853 (1.525 %)Bloomberg
938 (1.094 %)Wall Street Systems
1035 (1.007 %)SunGard
1129 (0.835 %)Fidessa
1129 (0.835 %)Sun
1226 (0.748 %)Cisco
1320 (0.576 %)JBoss
1320 (0.576 %)Business Objects
1320 (0.576 %)Sophis
1418 (0.518 %)SAP
1516 (0.460 %)Misys
1516 (0.460 %)Infragistics
1516 (0.460 %)DataSynapse