Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

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

 Reuters
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank186245165
Rank change year-on-year
Up+59Down-80
Matching permanent IT job ads426215976
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London1.094 %0.677 %1.158 %
As % of the Vendors category2.851 %1.650 %2.615 %
Salaries quoted317133694
Average salary£52,500£50,000£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,200£28,200£29,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£72,500£80,000
UK excluding London average salary£46,250£39,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+18.58 %+11.42 %
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
149431303337320
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London38.39 %41.04 %44.26 %
Salaries quoted118671045129804
Average salary£50,000£47,500£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-5.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£72,500£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£37,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
+6.660 %-
Reuters EnglandReuters
England

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within Reuters Group PLC.

Reuters
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Reuters across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

London Reuters Demand Trend

Reuters
Salary Trend

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

London Reuters Salary Trend

Reuters
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Reuters across the London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

London 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 London 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
City of LondonUp+10174£55,000+10.00 %
Canary WharfUp+107£60,000+20.00 %
Docklands, LondonUp+37£34,750-33.80 %
Reuters EnglandReuters
England

Reuters
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

1630 (78.95 %)Bloomberg
2449 (56.27 %)Finance
3325 (40.73 %)Windows
4275 (34.46 %)Banking
5271 (33.96 %)Linux
6259 (32.46 %)UNIX
7174 (21.80 %)Java
8167 (20.93 %)SQL
8167 (20.93 %)RMDS
9141 (17.67 %)Front Office
10131 (16.42 %)TCP/IP
11123 (15.41 %)C++
12122 (15.29 %)Microsoft
13121 (15.16 %)Investment Banking
14120 (15.04 %)Windows XP
14120 (15.04 %)Perl
15111 (13.91 %)Active Directory
16102 (12.78 %)C#
17101 (12.66 %)Oracle
1899 (12.41 %)MS Excel
1998 (12.28 %)Blackberry
2089 (11.15 %)Solaris
2187 (10.90 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2286 (10.78 %)SQL Server
2384 (10.53 %)VPN
2483 (10.40 %)MS Office
2580 (10.03 %)Degree
2672 (9.023 %)VBA
2768 (8.521 %)Sybase
2768 (8.521 %)Fidessa

Reuters
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
162 (7.769 %).NET
248 (6.015 %)FIX Protocol
344 (5.514 %)XML
438 (4.762 %)HTML
518 (2.256 %)ASP.NET
615 (1.880 %)WebSphere
713 (1.629 %)J2EE
811 (1.378 %)STL
910 (1.253 %)ATL
910 (1.253 %)CORBA
109 (1.128 %).NET Framework
109 (1.128 %)Silverlight
109 (1.128 %)Java EE 5
116 (0.752 %)Middleware
116 (0.752 %)JMX
125 (0.627 %)ASP
134 (0.501 %)COM
134 (0.501 %)Hibernate
134 (0.501 %)WCF
134 (0.501 %)Spring
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
164 (8.020 %)MS Exchange
245 (5.639 %)Exchange Server 2003
338 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2007
434 (4.261 %)Rendezvous
515 (1.880 %)Tomcat
614 (1.754 %)MQSeries
614 (1.754 %)WebLogic
713 (1.629 %)WebSphere MQ
810 (1.253 %)Progress Apama
99 (1.128 %)Lotus Notes
108 (1.003 %)Oracle Workflow
116 (0.752 %)Exchange Server 2000
116 (0.752 %)SmartSockets
124 (0.501 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
133 (0.376 %)Apache
133 (0.376 %)SharePoint
142 (0.251 %)IIS
151 (0.125 %)TIBCO EMS
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
199 (12.41 %)MS Excel
283 (10.40 %)MS Office
38 (1.003 %)MATLAB
38 (1.003 %)S-PLUS
44 (0.501 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.376 %)MS Visio
62 (0.251 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.125 %)MS Project
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1167 (20.93 %)RMDS
249 (6.140 %)3000 Xtra
324 (3.008 %)SunGard AvantGard
421 (2.632 %)Findur
520 (2.506 %)SAP CFM
613 (1.629 %)Oracle EBS
78 (1.003 %)Capstone
85 (0.627 %)GL Clearvision
94 (0.501 %)InvestOne
102 (0.251 %)FENICS FX
102 (0.251 %)Loanet
111 (0.125 %)Kondor+
111 (0.125 %)SoftGrid
111 (0.125 %)Sophis RISQUE
111 (0.125 %)Eagle PACE
111 (0.125 %)ION MarketView
111 (0.125 %)FINCAD Analytics
111 (0.125 %)BusinessWorks
111 (0.125 %)AWD
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1131 (16.42 %)TCP/IP
284 (10.53 %)VPN
348 (6.015 %)DNS
437 (4.637 %)Firewall
536 (4.511 %)Internet
536 (4.511 %)LAN
635 (4.386 %)WAN
733 (4.135 %)SAN
823 (2.882 %)VoIP
913 (1.629 %)DHCP
1012 (1.504 %)Wi-Fi
119 (1.128 %)PPP
127 (0.877 %)Wireless
127 (0.877 %)3G
136 (0.752 %)SNMP
136 (0.752 %)FTP
145 (0.627 %)BGP
145 (0.627 %)Cisco ASA
154 (0.501 %)VLAN
154 (0.501 %)OSPF
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
186 (10.78 %)SQL Server
216 (2.005 %)Reference Data
315 (1.880 %)SQL Server 2005
411 (1.378 %)DB2
59 (1.128 %)RDBMS
67 (0.877 %)SQL Server 2000
67 (0.877 %)Crystal Reports
76 (0.752 %)KDB
85 (0.627 %)MySQL
85 (0.627 %)Oracle 9i
85 (0.627 %)MS Access
94 (0.501 %)Data Mining
94 (0.501 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.376 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.376 %)SQLPlus
112 (0.251 %)Informix
112 (0.251 %)SQL Server 2008
121 (0.125 %)BusinessObjects
121 (0.125 %)Data Cleansing
121 (0.125 %)BusinessObjects XI
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (1.378 %)Subversion
210 (1.253 %)VSS/SourceSafe
210 (1.253 %)ClearCase
36 (0.752 %)PROIV
45 (0.627 %)PowerBuilder
53 (0.376 %)JIRA
62 (0.251 %)NUnit
71 (0.125 %)FitNesse
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1449 (56.27 %)Finance
2275 (34.46 %)Banking
3141 (17.67 %)Front Office
4121 (15.16 %)Investment Banking
548 (6.015 %)Financial Institution
636 (4.511 %)Back Office
728 (3.509 %)Education
822 (2.757 %)Telecoms
914 (1.754 %)Government
108 (1.003 %)Marketing
116 (0.752 %)Corporate Banking
124 (0.501 %)Pensions
133 (0.376 %)Health
133 (0.376 %)Insurance
141 (0.125 %)Law
141 (0.125 %)Legal
141 (0.125 %)Private Banking
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1231 (28.95 %)Analyst
2158 (19.80 %)Developer
3135 (16.92 %)Support Analyst
460 (7.519 %)Applications Support
550 (6.266 %)C++ Developer
649 (6.140 %)Desktop Support
745 (5.639 %)Java Developer
844 (5.514 %)Administrator
941 (5.138 %)Support Engineer
1036 (4.511 %)Data Analyst
1134 (4.261 %)Business Analyst
1226 (3.258 %)Technical Specialist
1325 (3.133 %)Data Centre Engineer
1422 (2.757 %)Market Analyst
1521 (2.632 %)Market Data Administrator
1521 (2.632 %)Data Administrator
1521 (2.632 %)Systems Analyst
1521 (2.632 %)2nd Line Support
1620 (2.506 %)Lead Developer
1719 (2.381 %)Consultant
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
198 (12.28 %)Blackberry
287 (10.90 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
363 (7.895 %)Equities
457 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
552 (6.516 %)Derivative
625 (3.133 %)Computer Science
717 (2.130 %)Equity Derivative
816 (2.005 %)Multithreading
915 (1.880 %)Client/Server
1012 (1.504 %)Mathematics
1111 (1.378 %)Management Information System
1210 (1.253 %)PDA
136 (0.752 %)Mandarin Language
145 (0.627 %)Video Conferencing
145 (0.627 %)Exotic Derivative
145 (0.627 %)Economics
154 (0.501 %)Physics
163 (0.376 %)Arabic Language
163 (0.376 %)SaaS
163 (0.376 %)Smartphone
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1325 (40.73 %)Windows
2271 (33.96 %)Linux
3259 (32.46 %)UNIX
4120 (15.04 %)Windows XP
589 (11.15 %)Solaris
646 (5.764 %)Windows 2000
738 (4.762 %)Red Hat Linux
833 (4.135 %)Windows Server 2003
926 (3.258 %)Windows Vista
1018 (2.256 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1115 (1.880 %)VMS
1210 (1.253 %)OpenVMS
139 (1.128 %)SUSE
139 (1.128 %)Windows 7
148 (1.003 %)CentOS
156 (0.752 %)Windows NT
165 (0.627 %)AIX
173 (0.376 %)HPUX
173 (0.376 %)Debian
173 (0.376 %)Windows 2000 Server
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
150 (6.266 %)Investment Management
242 (5.263 %)ITIL
335 (4.386 %)Algorithmic Trading
434 (4.261 %)E-Commerce
434 (4.261 %)Data Analysis
532 (4.010 %)Electronic Trading
624 (3.008 %)Asset Management
720 (2.506 %)CRM
818 (2.256 %)OO
917 (2.130 %)Workflow
1016 (2.005 %)Risk Management
1016 (2.005 %)RAD
1114 (1.754 %)Project Management
1114 (1.754 %)Business Analysis
1114 (1.754 %)Cash Management
1114 (1.754 %)User Acceptance Testing
1212 (1.504 %)Fund Accounting
1310 (1.253 %)Service Management
1310 (1.253 %)Data Modelling
148 (1.003 %)Process Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1174 (21.80 %)Java
2167 (20.93 %)SQL
3123 (15.41 %)C++
4120 (15.04 %)Perl
5102 (12.78 %)C#
672 (9.023 %)VBA
767 (8.396 %)Shell Script
849 (6.140 %)Tcl
849 (6.140 %)C
923 (2.882 %)VC++
1018 (2.256 %)VB.NET
1115 (1.880 %)T-SQL
1115 (1.880 %)PL/SQL
1213 (1.629 %)JavaScript
1213 (1.629 %)Bash shell
1312 (1.504 %)VB
1411 (1.378 %)Korn
159 (1.128 %)C-shell
168 (1.003 %)Bourne shell
168 (1.003 %)Python
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
180 (10.03 %)Degree
227 (3.383 %)Microsoft Certification
322 (2.757 %)MCSE
410 (1.253 %)Cisco Certification
57 (0.877 %)ITIL Certification
66 (0.752 %)PhD
66 (0.752 %)CCNP
75 (0.627 %)MCSA
84 (0.501 %)CCVP
93 (0.376 %)CCSP
93 (0.376 %)CCNA
93 (0.376 %)MBA
102 (0.251 %)CCIE
102 (0.251 %)MCP
111 (0.125 %)HNC
111 (0.125 %)MOS
111 (0.125 %)CFA
111 (0.125 %)PMP
111 (0.125 %)PMI Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (2.882 %)QA
22 (0.251 %)ISO27001
31 (0.125 %)MiFID
31 (0.125 %)PCI DSS
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
1111 (13.91 %)Active Directory
27 (0.877 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (0.752 %)NFS
43 (0.376 %)VMware ESX
51 (0.125 %)VMware Workstation
51 (0.125 %)MetaFrame
London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
19 (1.128 %)DameWare
19 (1.128 %)Backup Exec
27 (0.877 %)AutoSys
35 (0.627 %)SCCM
44 (0.501 %)Zenoss
53 (0.376 %)OpenView
53 (0.376 %)Norton AntiVirus
62 (0.251 %)TIBCO Hawk
71 (0.125 %)CONTROL-M
71 (0.125 %)NetBackup
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1630 (78.95 %)Bloomberg
2122 (15.29 %)Microsoft
3101 (12.66 %)Oracle
468 (8.521 %)Sybase
468 (8.521 %)Fidessa
551 (6.391 %)Cisco
650 (6.266 %)TIBCO
747 (5.890 %)Telerate
834 (4.261 %)Red Hat
933 (4.135 %)Sun
1032 (4.010 %)Syntegra
1131 (3.885 %)Citrix
1230 (3.759 %)SunGard
1230 (3.759 %)Tradeweb
1329 (3.634 %)VMware
1329 (3.634 %)HP
1329 (3.634 %)IBM
1427 (3.383 %)IT2
1524 (3.008 %)Wall Street Systems
1621 (2.632 %)Trema