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The table below looks at the demand for Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Business Applications category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RMDS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReuters Market Data System (RMDS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank536518
Rank change on same period last yearDown-18
Matching permanent IT job ads82182
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.078 %
As % of the category below2.029 %3.099 %
Salaries quoted69124
Average minimum salary£55,652£57,298
Average salary£63,043£60,202
% change on same period last year+4.72 %
Average maximum salary£70,435£63,105
UK excluding London average salary-£43,056
% change on same period last year-
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
London
Matching permanent IT job ads40415872
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.339 %2.527 %
Salaries quoted32094399
Average minimum salary£51,671£50,016
Average salary£57,101£56,003
% change on same period last year+1.96 %
Average maximum salary£62,532£61,990
UK excluding London average salary£50,422£49,992
% change on same period last year+0.85 %
RMDS EnglandRMDS
England

RMDS
Demand Trend

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

London RMDS Demand Trend

RMDS
Salary Trend

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

London RMDS Salary Trend

RMDS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RMDS across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-6932£62,500+1.70 %
RMDS EnglandRMDS
England

RMDS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1101 (57.71 %)Reuters
279 (45.14 %)UNIX
373 (41.71 %)Finance
470 (40.00 %)Bloomberg
548 (27.43 %)Solaris
645 (25.71 %)Banking
743 (24.57 %)Degree
743 (24.57 %)Java
842 (24.00 %)Linux
932 (18.29 %)Oracle
1029 (16.57 %)JSP
1029 (16.57 %)J2SE
1029 (16.57 %)JMS
1029 (16.57 %)Front Office
1029 (16.57 %)Spring
1128 (16.00 %)TIBCO
1224 (13.71 %)C++
1323 (13.14 %)SQL
1422 (12.57 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1521 (12.00 %)Windows
1521 (12.00 %)Electronic Trading
1619 (10.86 %)RDBMS
1718 (10.29 %)Swing
1718 (10.29 %)Sybase
1817 (9.714 %)VB
1916 (9.143 %)VBA
2015 (8.571 %)Struts
2015 (8.571 %)MVC
2015 (8.571 %)Spring MVC
2015 (8.571 %)Kondor+

RMDS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (16.57 %)JSP
129 (16.57 %)J2SE
129 (16.57 %)JMS
129 (16.57 %)Spring
218 (10.29 %)Swing
315 (8.571 %)MVC
315 (8.571 %)JFC
315 (8.571 %)Spring MVC
315 (8.571 %)Struts
412 (6.857 %).NET
55 (2.857 %)STL
55 (2.857 %)MFC
55 (2.857 %)ADO
55 (2.857 %)ATL
55 (2.857 %)COM
55 (2.857 %)WebServices
55 (2.857 %)WCF
55 (2.857 %)WPF
64 (2.286 %)XML
71 (0.571 %)Java RMI
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (4.000 %)Rendezvous
23 (1.714 %)MTS
31 (0.571 %)SharePoint
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.714 %)Spreadsheet
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (8.571 %)Kondor+
29 (5.143 %)Misys Midas
34 (2.286 %)SoftGrid
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (2.857 %)SSL
15 (2.857 %)Internet
15 (2.857 %)Firewall
24 (2.286 %)DNS
24 (2.286 %)WAN
33 (1.714 %)VoIP
33 (1.714 %)DMZ
33 (1.714 %)Cisco PIX
42 (1.143 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.571 %)LAN
51 (0.571 %)DHCP
51 (0.571 %)PPP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (10.86 %)RDBMS
210 (5.714 %)SQL Server
32 (1.143 %)DB2
32 (1.143 %)Oracle 8/8i
32 (1.143 %)SQL Server 2000
32 (1.143 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (0.571 %)DB2 UDB
41 (0.571 %)Datawarehouse
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.571 %)Ant
11 (0.571 %)JUnit
11 (0.571 %)XDE
11 (0.571 %)PowerBuilder
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
173 (41.71 %)Finance
245 (25.71 %)Banking
329 (16.57 %)Front Office
412 (6.857 %)Financial Institution
58 (4.571 %)International Banking
65 (2.857 %)Investment Banking
74 (2.286 %)Government
81 (0.571 %)Health
81 (0.571 %)Insurance
81 (0.571 %)Pensions
81 (0.571 %)Wholesale Banking
81 (0.571 %)Retail
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
151 (29.14 %)Developer
236 (20.57 %)Java Developer
323 (13.14 %)Analyst
417 (9.714 %)Systems Engineer
515 (8.571 %)Senior Developer
612 (6.857 %)Administrator
710 (5.714 %)Data Analyst
89 (5.143 %)Senior Java Developer
89 (5.143 %)VBA Developer
89 (5.143 %)Excel Developer
98 (4.571 %)Graduate
107 (4.000 %)Excel VBA Developer
107 (4.000 %)Market Data Analyst
107 (4.000 %)Market Analyst
116 (3.429 %)C++/Java Developer
116 (3.429 %)C++ Developer
116 (3.429 %)Technical Operations Manager
116 (3.429 %)Technical Manager
116 (3.429 %)Operations Manager
116 (3.429 %)Systems Manager
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (12.57 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
211 (6.286 %)Derivative
37 (4.000 %)Fixed Income
45 (2.857 %)Credit Derivative
53 (1.714 %)Exotic Derivative
53 (1.714 %)Mathematics
62 (1.143 %)Equities
71 (0.571 %)Mainframe
71 (0.571 %)Replication
71 (0.571 %)Multithreading
71 (0.571 %)IBM Mainframe
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
179 (45.14 %)UNIX
248 (27.43 %)Solaris
342 (24.00 %)Linux
421 (12.00 %)Windows
512 (6.857 %)Windows Server 2003
512 (6.857 %)Red Hat Linux
66 (3.429 %)Windows XP
73 (1.714 %)Windows Vista
73 (1.714 %)Windows 2000
82 (1.143 %)AIX
82 (1.143 %)VMS
82 (1.143 %)OpenVMS
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
121 (12.00 %)Electronic Trading
214 (8.000 %)BCP
214 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
39 (5.143 %)TDD
48 (4.571 %)Agile Software Development
48 (4.571 %)Continuous Integration
57 (4.000 %)Risk Management
66 (3.429 %)Migration
66 (3.429 %)ITIL
75 (2.857 %)Service Delivery
84 (2.286 %)OO
84 (2.286 %)Algorithmic Trading
93 (1.714 %)Greeks
93 (1.714 %)RAD
93 (1.714 %)RDF
102 (1.143 %)Project Management
102 (1.143 %)Supplier Management
111 (0.571 %)Wealth Management
111 (0.571 %)UML
111 (0.571 %)E-Commerce
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (24.57 %)Java
224 (13.71 %)C++
323 (13.14 %)SQL
417 (9.714 %)VB
516 (9.143 %)VBA
612 (6.857 %)VB.NET
77 (4.000 %)Python
85 (2.857 %)JavaScript
85 (2.857 %)Perl
94 (2.286 %)VC++
102 (1.143 %)Shell Script
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
143 (24.57 %)Degree
23 (1.714 %)CCIE
23 (1.714 %)CCNP
23 (1.714 %)CCNA
23 (1.714 %)Cisco Certification
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (3.429 %)MetaFrame
25 (2.857 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.143 %)TIBCO Hawk
12 (1.143 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1101 (57.71 %)Reuters
270 (40.00 %)Bloomberg
332 (18.29 %)Oracle
428 (16.00 %)TIBCO
518 (10.29 %)Sybase
612 (6.857 %)Red Hat
78 (4.571 %)VERITAS
78 (4.571 %)Sun
86 (3.429 %)Microsoft
86 (3.429 %)Citrix
94 (2.286 %)Fidessa
94 (2.286 %)EasyScreen
94 (2.286 %)EccoWare
103 (1.714 %)eSpeed
103 (1.714 %)Cisco
103 (1.714 %)DataSynapse
112 (1.143 %)HP
121 (0.571 %)IBM
121 (0.571 %)Patsystems
121 (0.571 %)GL TRADE