The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Reuters products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Reuters over the 3 months to 24 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 Vendors for the England region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Reuters Group PLC.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters
Rank 594 550 444
Rank change year-on-year
-44 -106
Permanent jobs citing Reuters 254 331 490
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.251% 0.292% 0.416%
As % of the Vendors category 0.526% 0.620% 0.893%
Number of salaries quoted 182 275 398
Average salary £40,000 £50,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £32,900 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £83,000 £81,850
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £41,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-15.15% +17.85%
All Vendors
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
48326 53402 54852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 47.78% 47.11% 46.56%
Number of salaries quoted 39934 45402 45902
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Reuters
UK

Reuters
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Reuters across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

England Reuters Jobs Demand Trend

Reuters
Salary Trend

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

England Reuters Salary Trend

Reuters
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Reuters across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Reuters Salary Histogram

Reuters
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Reuters within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -20 235 £42,500 -15.00%
South East +10 8 £52,500 -
Yorkshire - 7 £35,000 -
East of England - 3 £30,000 -
South West - 1 - -
Reuters
UK

Reuters
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Reuters 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 Reuters.

1 415 (82.34%) Bloomberg
2 279 (55.36%) Finance
3 207 (41.07%) Windows
4 193 (38.29%) Microsoft
5 189 (37.50%) Banking
6 149 (29.56%) MS Excel
7 141 (27.98%) Active Directory
8 130 (25.79%) SQL
9 127 (25.20%) MS Office
10 124 (24.60%) Blackberry
11 111 (22.02%) Front Office
12 98 (19.44%) SQL Server
12 98 (19.44%) ITIL
13 96 (19.05%) C#
14 93 (18.45%) Degree
15 90 (17.86%) Java
16 83 (16.47%) Windows XP
17 82 (16.27%) .NET
18 71 (14.09%) TCP/IP
19 69 (13.69%) UNIX
20 68 (13.49%) MS Exchange
20 68 (13.49%) TIBCO
21 65 (12.90%) Linux
22 60 (11.90%) Investment Banking
23 59 (11.71%) Hedge funds
24 58 (11.51%) Windows 7
24 58 (11.51%) Oracle
25 55 (10.91%) VBA
25 55 (10.91%) Fixed Income
26 53 (10.52%) Windows Server 2008

Reuters
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing Reuters 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 Reuters. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 82 (16.27%) .NET
2 42 (8.333%) WPF
3 27 (5.357%) Web Services
4 25 (4.960%) Spring
5 17 (3.373%) WCF
5 17 (3.373%) .NET Framework
5 17 (3.373%) Hibernate
6 15 (2.976%) HTML
7 14 (2.778%) JMS
7 14 (2.778%) MDX
7 14 (2.778%) Silverlight
8 13 (2.579%) XML
8 13 (2.579%) ASP.NET
9 10 (1.984%) FIX Protocol
10 9 (1.786%) JDBC
11 8 (1.587%) J2SE
12 7 (1.389%) WebSphere
12 7 (1.389%) Middleware
13 6 (1.190%) Swing
14 5 (0.992%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 68 (13.49%) MS Exchange
2 49 (9.722%) Exchange Server 2007
2 49 (9.722%) Exchange Server 2010
3 37 (7.341%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 20 (3.968%) SharePoint
5 14 (2.778%) Rendezvous
6 7 (1.389%) Lotus Notes
7 5 (0.992%) Exchange Server 2003
7 5 (0.992%) SAS
8 2 (0.397%) BizTalk Server
8 2 (0.397%) Progress Apama
8 2 (0.397%) TIBCO EMS
9 1 (0.198%) Confluence
9 1 (0.198%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.198%) CMS
Applications
1 149 (29.56%) MS Excel
2 127 (25.20%) MS Office
3 49 (9.722%) MS PowerPoint
4 16 (3.175%) Spreadsheet
5 6 (1.190%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.190%) Office 365
6 2 (0.397%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.397%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.397%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 39 (7.738%) RMDS
2 7 (1.389%) 3000 Xtra
2 7 (1.389%) Summit
3 5 (0.992%) ION MarketView
4 3 (0.595%) Endur
5 2 (0.397%) Sentinel
5 2 (0.397%) LatentZero
5 2 (0.397%) Tesseract
6 1 (0.198%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.198%) Eagle PACE
6 1 (0.198%) SunGard Stream Clearvision
6 1 (0.198%) Minerva
6 1 (0.198%) Kondor+
6 1 (0.198%) Bond Adapt
6 1 (0.198%) Front Arena
6 1 (0.198%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 71 (14.09%) TCP/IP
2 26 (5.159%) VPN
3 23 (4.563%) Firewall
4 21 (4.167%) Network Security
4 21 (4.167%) LAN
4 21 (4.167%) WAN
5 19 (3.770%) IP Telephony
6 17 (3.373%) Wireless
7 12 (2.381%) ADSL
8 11 (2.183%) Internet
9 10 (1.984%) BGP
9 10 (1.984%) MPLS
10 9 (1.786%) FWSM
10 9 (1.786%) Cisco Nexus
10 9 (1.786%) Cisco PIX
10 9 (1.786%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (1.786%) ISDN
10 9 (1.786%) VoIP
10 9 (1.786%) OSPF
10 9 (1.786%) EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (19.44%) SQL Server
2 17 (3.373%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (3.175%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (3.175%) SQL Server 2008
4 15 (2.976%) RDBMS
5 14 (2.778%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 9 (1.786%) SQL Server 2005
7 6 (1.190%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (0.794%) Informix
8 4 (0.794%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.794%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.595%) Oracle Reports
10 2 (0.397%) SQL Server 2000
10 2 (0.397%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.397%) MS Access
10 2 (0.397%) Sybase ASE
10 2 (0.397%) Big Data
11 1 (0.198%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.198%) KDB
11 1 (0.198%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 31 (6.151%) Team Foundation Server
2 23 (4.563%) Subversion
3 21 (4.167%) Visual Studio
4 11 (2.183%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 8 (1.587%) CruiseControl
5 8 (1.587%) MSBuild
6 7 (1.389%) Ant
6 7 (1.389%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.794%) Maven
7 4 (0.794%) MSTest
8 3 (0.595%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.595%) Hudson
8 3 (0.595%) JUnit
9 2 (0.397%) InstallShield
9 2 (0.397%) MSI
10 1 (0.198%) Moq
10 1 (0.198%) JIRA
10 1 (0.198%) Expression Blend
10 1 (0.198%) Git (software)
10 1 (0.198%) LoadRunner
General
1 279 (55.36%) Finance
2 189 (37.50%) Banking
3 111 (22.02%) Front Office
4 60 (11.90%) Investment Banking
5 34 (6.746%) Back Office
6 17 (3.373%) Financial Institution
7 8 (1.587%) Legal
8 7 (1.389%) Telecoms
9 6 (1.190%) Games
10 2 (0.397%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.397%) Retail
11 1 (0.198%) Portuguese Language
11 1 (0.198%) Spanish Language
11 1 (0.198%) Law
Job Titles
1 119 (23.61%) Analyst
2 107 (21.23%) Developer
3 86 (17.06%) Support Analyst
4 66 (13.10%) Desktop Support
5 47 (9.325%) 3rd Line Support
6 35 (6.944%) 2nd Line Support
7 32 (6.349%) Applications Support
8 27 (5.357%) Excel Developer
9 25 (4.960%) Market Data Engineer
10 24 (4.762%) Java Developer
11 22 (4.365%) Support Engineer
12 21 (4.167%) Administrator
12 21 (4.167%) Server Support
13 20 (3.968%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
14 19 (3.770%) 3rd Line Server Support
15 17 (3.373%) Desktop Analyst
15 17 (3.373%) Desktop Support Analyst
16 16 (3.175%) Technical Support
17 15 (2.976%) .NET Developer
17 15 (2.976%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 124 (24.60%) Blackberry
2 59 (11.71%) Hedge funds
3 55 (10.91%) Fixed Income
4 50 (9.921%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 46 (9.127%) PDA
6 37 (7.341%) Equities
7 28 (5.556%) Derivative
8 23 (4.563%) Computer Science
9 14 (2.778%) Management Information System
9 14 (2.778%) Mathematics
10 13 (2.579%) Fat Client
10 13 (2.579%) Thin Client
11 12 (2.381%) Client/Server
12 7 (1.389%) iPad
12 7 (1.389%) Statistics
13 6 (1.190%) Equity Derivative
14 5 (0.992%) Enterprise Software
14 5 (0.992%) Video Conferencing
15 4 (0.794%) Interest Rate Derivative
16 3 (0.595%) Swaptions
Operating Systems
1 207 (41.07%) Windows
2 83 (16.47%) Windows XP
3 69 (13.69%) UNIX
4 65 (12.90%) Linux
5 58 (11.51%) Windows 7
6 53 (10.52%) Windows Server 2008
7 37 (7.341%) Windows Server 2003
8 21 (4.167%) Mac OS X
9 11 (2.183%) Solaris
10 10 (1.984%) Windows 8
11 7 (1.389%) SUSE
12 6 (1.190%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (1.190%) Apple iOS
13 5 (0.992%) Windows Server 2012
14 3 (0.595%) Windows Vista
15 2 (0.397%) Debian
15 2 (0.397%) CentOS
16 1 (0.198%) Windows 2000
16 1 (0.198%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (19.44%) ITIL
2 45 (8.929%) Agile Software Development
3 40 (7.937%) OO
4 37 (7.341%) Electronic Trading
5 36 (7.143%) TDD
6 34 (6.746%) E-Commerce
6 34 (6.746%) Data Management
7 25 (4.960%) Project Management
7 25 (4.960%) Multithreading
8 23 (4.563%) Business Continuity
9 22 (4.365%) Scrum
9 22 (4.365%) Investment Management
9 22 (4.365%) Analytics
10 19 (3.770%) Unit Testing
11 18 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
12 16 (3.175%) Service Management
12 16 (3.175%) Business Intelligence
13 15 (2.976%) Risk Management
14 13 (2.579%) Data Analysis
14 13 (2.579%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 130 (25.79%) SQL
2 96 (19.05%) C#
3 90 (17.86%) Java
4 55 (10.91%) VBA
5 42 (8.333%) C++
6 27 (5.357%) Perl
7 17 (3.373%) T-SQL
8 16 (3.175%) VB.NET
8 16 (3.175%) Python
9 13 (2.579%) JavaScript
10 12 (2.381%) Bash shell
10 12 (2.381%) R
11 11 (2.183%) Shell Script
12 10 (1.984%) VB
12 10 (1.984%) Ruby
13 8 (1.587%) MATLAB
14 7 (1.389%) VBScript
15 4 (0.794%) XAML
15 4 (0.794%) C
15 4 (0.794%) Korn
Qualifications
1 93 (18.45%) Degree
2 24 (4.762%) MCITP
3 22 (4.365%) Microsoft Certification
4 21 (4.167%) HP APS
5 16 (3.175%) MCSE
6 12 (2.381%) MCP
7 11 (2.183%) Cisco Certification
8 10 (1.984%) CCNP
9 9 (1.786%) CCDP
9 9 (1.786%) CCIE
9 9 (1.786%) CCSP
10 8 (1.587%) Security Cleared
11 7 (1.389%) MCDST
12 6 (1.190%) MCSA
13 4 (0.794%) A+ Certification
13 4 (0.794%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.794%) CFA
14 3 (0.595%) SC Cleared
14 3 (0.595%) MBA
15 2 (0.397%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (6.746%) SLA
2 8 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 141 (27.98%) Active Directory
2 13 (2.579%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.587%) VMware ESX
4 6 (1.190%) XenApp
5 4 (0.794%) vSphere
5 4 (0.794%) XenDesktop
6 2 (0.397%) VMware Workstation
6 2 (0.397%) Citrix Presentation Server
7 1 (0.198%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 4 (0.794%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 4 (0.794%) McAfee ePO
2 3 (0.595%) Zenoss
2 3 (0.595%) Backup Exec
2 3 (0.595%) DameWare
2 3 (0.595%) Tivoli
3 2 (0.397%) WSUS
3 2 (0.397%) BMC Marimba
3 2 (0.397%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (0.397%) SCCM
3 2 (0.397%) Sysprep
4 1 (0.198%) SCOM
4 1 (0.198%) Dollar Universe
4 1 (0.198%) Unicenter
4 1 (0.198%) OpenView
4 1 (0.198%) TIBCO Hawk
4 1 (0.198%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 415 (82.34%) Bloomberg
2 193 (38.29%) Microsoft
3 68 (13.49%) TIBCO
4 58 (11.51%) Oracle
5 50 (9.921%) Fidessa
6 42 (8.333%) Citrix
7 41 (8.135%) HP
8 30 (5.952%) Cisco
9 19 (3.770%) Avaya
10 17 (3.373%) Dell
11 16 (3.175%) VMware
11 16 (3.175%) Apple
12 14 (2.778%) Sun
13 12 (2.381%) BT
13 12 (2.381%) ION Trading
13 12 (2.381%) hybris
14 11 (2.183%) Sybase
15 10 (1.984%) EasyScreen
16 9 (1.786%) Tradeweb
16 9 (1.786%) Patsystems
London
This is a global team responsible for the real-time pricing / analytics functionality for the broker as well as producing prices external distribution to Bloomberg, Reuters and external...
Real Staffing
Salary: £85000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Technical skills required: - Must have good working knowledge of Windows/ Citrix and MAC operating systems... - Working knowledge of MS Office including 2010. - Knowledge of TCP/IP standards and...
Allied Worldwide Limited
Salary: Highly competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
With teams in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney the teams work relentlessly, directly, and iteratively with desks all over the world to provide innovative,...
ITHR
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
The Data validation system is one of the key aspects of the business and you will therefore have to liaise with the broking desks and pricing desks to...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + Bonus+Benefits+Package
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
IT Director required by our London-based client, a leading independent provider of investment management, financial planning and wealth management (stockbroking) services to a client base of over...
Clifford Jackson
Salary: From £90,000 to £125,000 per annum + excellent package + car + pension
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Perform daily, routine checks ensuring proactive steps are taken to remedy issues before the customer is aware... *Work alongside the Events Marketing team and business sponsors in supporting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Package and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
These include: Reuters, Bloomberg, MarkIt, MSCI, Wombat, CSI, Platts, Computstat, CapIQ and IBES to name but a few. They capture high frequency real time data globally, covering Equities,...
ITHR
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
City, London
My client, a leading Investment Bank, seeks to find an enthusiastic, dynamic and experienced individual to join their exciting eCommerce IT Support team. The successful candidate will be...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + Banking Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Desired experience of the E-Trading System/ Infrastructure Expert: * Unix Administration and Installation (system administrator/engineer experience) * Experience of hardware platforms and technologies (HP,IBM,network,SAN etc.) -...
Grey Spark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Benefits + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
West London
The key skills we are after: Android, Java and Eclipse Also desirable: Xamarin, C# and .NET You will be keen to learn and progress in your career, and...
Sooqini
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
Surrey, South East, UK
As well as investment management, Fidelity distributes the funds of other managers through its FundsNetworkTM platform, administers pension schemes, and has interests in various other enterprises in Europe...
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
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An understanding of SQL databases will be required together with experience of workflow development... *Experience using MS Visio for mapping workflows *Any experience of Filestream or Vectus *Experience...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: Plus benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
Fidessa, Kondor, Calypso, Wall Street Systems) and will be linking together the business and IT teams. The FX Business Analyst will be responsible for gathering requirements from traders...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 25 May 2013
City of London
You will be working on the Reuters RMDS system improving throughput, latency and flexibility. Global Data Architect ,Reuters RMDS Liaising with key stakeholders to understand the business case...
harringtonstarr
Posted: 25 May 2013
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We require an experienced web developer with front and back end experience with as many of the following technologies as possible: Back end - PHP, MySQL/MariaDB, PayPal API,...
Sooqini
Salary: From £35,000 to £37,500 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013
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This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced graphic / print designer with exposure to web design, who is looking to advance their skills and gain exposure across a...
Blue Glue
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
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