The first table below looks at the demand for RMDS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RMDS over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Business Applications category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Reuters Market Data System (RMDS)
Rank 783 805 788
Rank change year-on-year
+22 -17
Permanent jobs citing RMDS 47 58 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.047% 0.051% 0.061%
As % of the Business Applications category 0.622% 0.688% 0.764%
Number of salaries quoted 33 47 62
Average salary £85,000 £57,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.82% -4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £45,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £95,000 £77,000 £79,500
UK excluding London average salary £75,000 - -
All Business Applications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Business Applications category
7558 8425 9290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 7.494% 7.417% 7.947%
Number of salaries quoted 5988 7034 7637
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £34,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -
RMDS
UK

RMDS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England RMDS Jobs Demand Trend

RMDS
Salary Trend

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

England RMDS Salary Trend

RMDS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RMDS across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England RMDS Salary Histogram

RMDS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RMDS within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +19 46 £85,000 +47.82%
West Midlands - 1 £75,000 -
RMDS
UK

RMDS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing RMDS 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 RMDS.

1 63 (50.81%) Finance
2 59 (47.58%) Linux
3 50 (40.32%) Cisco
4 49 (39.52%) TIBCO
5 46 (37.10%) Middleware
6 40 (32.26%) Reuters
6 40 (32.26%) SQL
7 39 (31.45%) Windows
8 37 (29.84%) UNIX
9 36 (29.03%) Oracle
10 32 (25.81%) Perl
11 31 (25.00%) Bloomberg
12 30 (24.19%) Solaris
13 28 (22.58%) SQL Server
14 27 (21.77%) EMC
14 27 (21.77%) NetApp
14 27 (21.77%) SAN
14 27 (21.77%) NAS
15 26 (20.97%) Banking
16 25 (20.16%) 29West
16 25 (20.16%) Benchmarking
16 25 (20.16%) Sybase
17 23 (18.55%) WebLogic
17 23 (18.55%) IIS
17 23 (18.55%) Apache
17 23 (18.55%) WebSphere
18 22 (17.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
19 21 (16.94%) Java
20 20 (16.13%) JavaScript
20 20 (16.13%) DataSynapse

RMDS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region citing RMDS 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 RMDS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 46 (37.10%) Middleware
2 23 (18.55%) WebSphere
3 18 (14.52%) XML
4 16 (12.90%) .NET
5 14 (11.29%) HTML
5 14 (11.29%) XSLT
5 14 (11.29%) LINQ
6 13 (10.48%) WPF
6 13 (10.48%) .NET Framework
7 10 (8.065%) Silverlight
8 9 (7.258%) HTML5
8 9 (7.258%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 9 (7.258%) NHibernate
9 4 (3.226%) JMS
9 4 (3.226%) FIX Protocol
9 4 (3.226%) WCF
9 4 (3.226%) XSD
10 3 (2.419%) WinForms
11 2 (1.613%) Java SE
11 2 (1.613%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 23 (18.55%) WebLogic
1 23 (18.55%) IIS
1 23 (18.55%) Apache
2 15 (12.10%) TIBCO EMS
3 10 (8.065%) Rendezvous
4 1 (0.806%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 4 (3.226%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.806%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.77%) SAN
1 27 (21.77%) NAS
2 19 (15.32%) TCP/IP
3 16 (12.90%) Firewall
4 13 (10.48%) Cisco Nexus
5 11 (8.871%) DNS
6 10 (8.065%) DHCP
6 10 (8.065%) Cisco IOS
7 6 (4.839%) Internet
7 6 (4.839%) Extranet
8 5 (4.032%) SSL
9 4 (3.226%) Ethernet
9 4 (3.226%) LAN
9 4 (3.226%) tcpdump
9 4 (3.226%) Fibre Channel
9 4 (3.226%) WAN
9 4 (3.226%) iSCSI
10 1 (0.806%) VoIP
10 1 (0.806%) VPN
10 1 (0.806%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (22.58%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.226%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (3.226%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (1.613%) Sybase ASE
4 1 (0.806%) KDB
4 1 (0.806%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.806%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.806%) VLDB
4 1 (0.806%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 9 (7.258%) ReSharper
1 9 (7.258%) TeamCity
1 9 (7.258%) CodeRush
2 4 (3.226%) Visual Studio
General
1 63 (50.81%) Finance
2 26 (20.97%) Banking
3 11 (8.871%) Investment Banking
4 9 (7.258%) Back Office
4 9 (7.258%) Games
5 6 (4.839%) Front Office
6 2 (1.613%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.613%) Legal
7 1 (0.806%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 33 (26.61%) Market Data Engineer
2 27 (21.77%) Architect
3 16 (12.90%) Developer
4 14 (11.29%) Solutions Architect
5 12 (9.677%) Infrastructure Architect
6 9 (7.258%) C# Developer
7 7 (5.645%) Technical Architect
8 6 (4.839%) Operations Manager
8 6 (4.839%) Network Manager
9 5 (4.032%) Support Manager
9 5 (4.032%) Data Manager
9 5 (4.032%) Analyst
9 5 (4.032%) Senior Developer
9 5 (4.032%) Support Analyst
9 5 (4.032%) Network Operations Manager
9 5 (4.032%) Market Data Manager
9 5 (4.032%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
10 4 (3.226%) Market Data Support Analyst
10 4 (3.226%) Network Support
10 4 (3.226%) Senior Architect
Miscellaneous
1 22 (17.74%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (5.645%) RIA
3 5 (4.032%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (4.032%) Fixed Income
3 5 (4.032%) Equities
4 4 (3.226%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.226%) AS400
4 4 (3.226%) iSeries
5 3 (2.419%) Derivative
6 2 (1.613%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.806%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.806%) Statistics
7 1 (0.806%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.806%) CESG
7 1 (0.806%) CESG CLAS
7 1 (0.806%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 59 (47.58%) Linux
2 39 (31.45%) Windows
3 37 (29.84%) UNIX
4 30 (24.19%) Solaris
5 4 (3.226%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.806%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.806%) Windows XP
6 1 (0.806%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (20.16%) Benchmarking
2 20 (16.13%) Complex Event Processing
3 15 (12.10%) ITIL
4 14 (11.29%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (8.065%) TDD
5 10 (8.065%) Project Management
5 10 (8.065%) Memory Management
6 9 (7.258%) OO
6 9 (7.258%) SOA
6 9 (7.258%) Scrum
7 8 (6.452%) RDF
7 8 (6.452%) Service Management
8 7 (5.645%) Change Management
9 6 (4.839%) Risk Management
9 6 (4.839%) Network Load Balancing
10 4 (3.226%) Multithreading
10 4 (3.226%) Problem Management
10 4 (3.226%) Technical Architecture
10 4 (3.226%) Data Modelling
10 4 (3.226%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (32.26%) SQL
2 32 (25.81%) Perl
3 21 (16.94%) Java
4 20 (16.13%) JavaScript
5 18 (14.52%) C#
6 9 (7.258%) C++
7 8 (6.452%) Shell Script
7 8 (6.452%) Bash shell
8 2 (1.613%) Python
8 2 (1.613%) C
9 1 (0.806%) VBA
9 1 (0.806%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.806%) Ruby
9 1 (0.806%) Korn
9 1 (0.806%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 11 (8.871%) Degree
2 8 (6.452%) CCNP
2 8 (6.452%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (3.226%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.806%) CCNA
4 1 (0.806%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.806%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.806%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.806%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (8.065%) SLA
2 1 (0.806%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (3.226%) NFS
1 4 (3.226%) Xen
1 4 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (7.258%) MOM
2 7 (5.645%) CiscoWorks
3 3 (2.419%) Zenoss
4 1 (0.806%) Dollar Universe
4 1 (0.806%) TIBCO Hawk
Vendors
1 50 (40.32%) Cisco
2 49 (39.52%) TIBCO
3 40 (32.26%) Reuters
4 36 (29.03%) Oracle
5 31 (25.00%) Bloomberg
6 27 (21.77%) NetApp
6 27 (21.77%) EMC
7 25 (20.16%) Sybase
7 25 (20.16%) 29West
8 20 (16.13%) DataSynapse
9 15 (12.10%) Microsoft
10 14 (11.29%) Red Hat
11 7 (5.645%) SolarWinds
12 5 (4.032%) Tradeweb
12 5 (4.032%) Radianz
13 4 (3.226%) VMware
13 4 (3.226%) IBM
13 4 (3.226%) Citrix
13 4 (3.226%) Juniper
13 4 (3.226%) Informatica
City, London
Key Skills and Experience: Reuters RMDS / Solace Systems / Wombat / Tibco technologies / Market Data / Messaging Essential Experience: Proven track record in financial services The Global Investment Bank are looking...
iKas International
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
From a technology perspective, Linux and Sybase SQL skills are crucial... - Perl / shell scripting and exposure to Market Data Technologies (i.e Tibco RV, Reuters, Triarch & RMDS ) would...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £40000 - £75000 per annum + PENSION + BENEFITS + BONUS
Posted: 17 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
East London
The successful Senior Systems Engineer must have a degree or equivalent relevant, extensive industry experience with knowledge of TCP/IP, File sharing - CIFS and NFS, Storage sharing - NAS...
Experis IT
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
You will be working on the Reuters RMDS system improving throughput, latency and flexibility. Reuters RMDS Architect Liaising with key stakeholders to understand the business case for development...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
City of London
You will be working on the Reuters RMDS system improving throughput, latency and flexibility... Data Architect, Data Architecture, Reuters RMDS, Development Manager, Market Data, Low Latency, Financial Services,...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
You will be working on the Reuters RMDS system improving throughput, latency and flexibility... Data Architect, Data Architecture, Reuters RMDS, Development Manager, Market Data, Low Latency, Financial Services,...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £75000 - £100000 per annum + Excellent Package + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
This leading Broker dealing in Treasury, Equities, Credit and Volatility send all their market information to their extensive Market Data division and it will be this division in...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
This leading Broker dealing in Treasury, Equities, Credit and Volatility send all their market information to their extensive Market Data division and it will be this division in...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Market Data, ITIL, Experience of managing a development team A leading City Brokerage is seeking a new Global Data Architect (JIRA, RMDS, BPM, Modelling) for their Senior Management...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
London
Market Data, Development, ITIL, A leading City Brokerage is seeking a new Global Data Architect (JIRA, RMDS, BPM, Modelling) for their Senior Management Team in charge of improving...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + Bonus and benefits and Training
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Global Data Architect (Market data, RMDS) £80,000-£100,000+Bonus+Benefits+Package City A leading Inter-dealer Broker in the UK is currently looking for an experienced...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + Bonus+Benefits+Package
Posted: 13 May 2013