The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Contract for Difference in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Contract for Difference 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Contract for Difference (CFD)
Rank 557 558 564
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Contract for Difference 27 78 86
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.062% 0.145% 0.148%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.155% 0.366% 0.351%
Number of salaries quoted 23 67 76
Average salary £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.05% -13.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £73,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £50,000 - £52,500
All of the Miscellaneous Category
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
17410 21288 24523
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 39.81% 39.69% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 14353 18252 20445
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £33,000
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%
Contract for Difference
England

Contract for Difference
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Contract for Difference Jobs Demand Trend

Contract for Difference
Salary Trend

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

London Contract for Difference Salary Trend

Contract for Difference
Salary Histogram

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

London Contract for Difference Salary Histogram

Contract for Difference
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Contract for Difference within the London 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
City of London -25 5 £42,500 -
Contract for Difference
England

Contract for Difference
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Contract for Difference 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 Contract for Difference.

1 57 (89.06%) Finance
2 36 (56.25%) Derivative
3 34 (53.13%) Spread Betting
4 24 (37.50%) Banking
5 22 (34.38%) Business Analysis
6 21 (32.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 20 (31.25%) QA
8 19 (29.69%) JavaScript
9 18 (28.13%) SQL
10 17 (26.56%) C#
11 16 (25.00%) Investment Banking
12 14 (21.88%) Web Development
13 13 (20.31%) Equities
13 13 (20.31%) Project Management
13 13 (20.31%) CMS
14 12 (18.75%) PHP
15 11 (17.19%) CSS
15 11 (17.19%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (17.19%) Degree
16 10 (15.63%) Agile Software Development
16 10 (15.63%) Ajax
16 10 (15.63%) Back Office
16 10 (15.63%) Fixed Income
16 10 (15.63%) .NET
17 9 (14.06%) VBA
17 9 (14.06%) CRM
17 9 (14.06%) QuickTest Pro
17 9 (14.06%) TDD
17 9 (14.06%) Open Source
18 8 (12.50%) Apache Solr

Contract for Difference
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Contract for Difference 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 Contract for Difference. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (17.19%) CSS
2 10 (15.63%) Ajax
2 10 (15.63%) .NET
3 8 (12.50%) Memcached
4 6 (9.375%) CSS3
4 6 (9.375%) HTML5
5 5 (7.813%) jQuery
6 4 (6.250%) Ext JS
6 4 (6.250%) YUI
6 4 (6.250%) SVG
6 4 (6.250%) XHTML
6 4 (6.250%) HTML5 Canvas
6 4 (6.250%) Node.js
7 3 (4.688%) JSP
7 3 (4.688%) XML
8 2 (3.125%) HTML
9 1 (1.563%) JSON
9 1 (1.563%) .NET Framework
9 1 (1.563%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 13 (20.31%) CMS
2 8 (12.50%) Apache Solr
2 8 (12.50%) Drupal
3 1 (1.563%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.563%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.688%) DHCP
1 3 (4.688%) TCP/IP
1 3 (4.688%) DNS
2 1 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.50%) MySQL
2 5 (7.813%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) QuickTest Pro
2 2 (3.125%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.563%) PowerBuilder
3 1 (1.563%) MSTest
3 1 (1.563%) JIRA
3 1 (1.563%) FitNesse
General
1 57 (89.06%) Finance
2 24 (37.50%) Banking
3 16 (25.00%) Investment Banking
4 10 (15.63%) Back Office
5 5 (7.813%) Financial Institution
5 5 (7.813%) General Ledger
6 1 (1.563%) Telecoms
6 1 (1.563%) Games
6 1 (1.563%) French Language
6 1 (1.563%) Japanese Language
6 1 (1.563%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) Analyst
2 18 (28.13%) Developer
2 18 (28.13%) Web Developer
3 11 (17.19%) Business Analyst
3 11 (17.19%) Tester
4 9 (14.06%) Functional Tester
5 8 (12.50%) Senior Web Developer
5 8 (12.50%) PHP Developer
5 8 (12.50%) PHP Web Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Senior PHP Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Senior PHP Web Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Senior Developer
5 8 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 6 (9.375%) Senior Business Analyst
7 5 (7.813%) Support Analyst
7 5 (7.813%) Architect
7 5 (7.813%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.813%) Front-End Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Front-End Web Developer
8 4 (6.250%) Agile Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 36 (56.25%) Derivative
2 34 (53.13%) Spread Betting
3 21 (32.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 13 (20.31%) Equities
5 10 (15.63%) Fixed Income
6 9 (14.06%) Open Source
7 2 (3.125%) Computer Science
7 2 (3.125%) Hedge funds
7 2 (3.125%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.563%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.563%) Swaptions
8 1 (1.563%) RIA
8 1 (1.563%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 8 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (1.563%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Business Analysis
2 14 (21.88%) Web Development
3 13 (20.31%) Project Management
4 11 (17.19%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (15.63%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (14.06%) CRM
6 9 (14.06%) TDD
7 8 (12.50%) Scrum
8 5 (7.813%) PRINCE2
8 5 (7.813%) IT Governance
8 5 (7.813%) Data Analysis
8 5 (7.813%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (6.250%) Wealth Management
9 4 (6.250%) Business Development
9 4 (6.250%) OO
9 4 (6.250%) SOA
10 2 (3.125%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
10 2 (3.125%) Business Continuity
11 1 (1.563%) E-Commerce
11 1 (1.563%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 19 (29.69%) JavaScript
2 18 (28.13%) SQL
3 17 (26.56%) C#
4 12 (18.75%) PHP
5 9 (14.06%) VBA
6 6 (9.375%) Java
7 4 (6.250%) C
8 1 (1.563%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.563%) Perl
Qualifications
1 11 (17.19%) Degree
2 1 (1.563%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (31.25%) QA
System Software
1 8 (12.50%) Varnish
Vendors
1 4 (6.250%) Pega
2 2 (3.125%) Business Objects
2 2 (3.125%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.563%) Sybase
London
Job Role: Android DeveloperLocation: London, CitySalary: £70k to £85k + bonus + benefitsAndroid Developer / Technical Lead (Mobile Android Java J2SE)... Your role will focus on the design and development of...
Client Server
Salary: £70k to £85k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Your role will focus on the design and development of highly complex financial trading applications that allow the end user to trade CFD products (FX, Derivatives, Indices, Binaries)...
Client Server
Salary: £70k to £85k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
c) Has worked within an Agile development environment... You may have experience of the following: Test Manager, Waterfall, Software Testing Manager, Scrum, ISTQB, Agile, QA Manager, Quality Assurance,...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: c£55,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London, London, United Kingdom
Through their award winning brands, IG offers Contracts for Difference (CFDs) and financial spread betting to a global audience of over 130,000 clients... IG Group's strong...
Easy Web Recruitment
Salary: £0 - £55,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
SQL. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP... - XML. - SQL. - C# - AJAX. - CFD or spread betting experience... You will receive calls from technical and non-technical clients from spread betting and...
Joseph Harry Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum + 10-20% Bonus + Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013