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The table below looks at the demand for Derivatives skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Derivative over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDerivatives
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank245266
Rank change on same period last yearUp+21
Matching permanent IT job ads514
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.336 %0.800 %
Salaries quoted23
Average minimum salary£70,000£50,000
Average salary£77,500£60,000
% change on same period last year+29.16 %
Average maximum salary£85,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£54,865£53,741
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads14871750
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.868 %0.750 %
Salaries quoted12991405
Average minimum salary£32,283£34,628
Average salary£35,474£38,609
% change on same period last year-8.12 %
Average maximum salary£38,665£42,591
UK excluding London average salary£37,729£39,500
% change on same period last year-4.48 %
Derivative EnglandDerivative
England

Derivative
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Derivative across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

North West Derivative Demand Trend

Derivative
Salary Trend

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

North West Derivative Salary Trend

Derivative
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Derivative across the North West region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

North West Derivative Salary Histogram

Derivative
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Derivative within the North West region over the 3 months to 7 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
MerseysideUp+55£77,500+29.16 %
Derivative EnglandDerivative
England

Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing Derivative 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 Derivative.

16 (85.71 %)Java
25 (71.43 %)Equities
34 (57.14 %)Fixed Income
34 (57.14 %)J2EE
34 (57.14 %)WebLogic
43 (42.86 %)C#
43 (42.86 %)Investment Banking
43 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
43 (42.86 %)Front Office
43 (42.86 %)Banking
52 (28.57 %)Back Office
52 (28.57 %)Finance
52 (28.57 %)Health
52 (28.57 %)Pensions
52 (28.57 %)WinForms
52 (28.57 %)WPF
52 (28.57 %)C++
52 (28.57 %)Oracle
52 (28.57 %)Sybase
52 (28.57 %)PRINCE2
52 (28.57 %)UML
52 (28.57 %)OO
52 (28.57 %)RUP
52 (28.57 %)Swing
52 (28.57 %)BEA
52 (28.57 %)Spring
61 (14.29 %)Project Management
61 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
61 (14.29 %)JSP
61 (14.29 %)SOAP

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing Derivative 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 Derivative. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)J2EE
22 (28.57 %)Swing
22 (28.57 %)WinForms
22 (28.57 %)Spring
22 (28.57 %)WPF
31 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
31 (14.29 %)JSP
31 (14.29 %)SOAP
31 (14.29 %)XML
31 (14.29 %).NET
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (57.14 %)WebLogic
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (42.86 %)Front Office
13 (42.86 %)Banking
13 (42.86 %)Investment Banking
22 (28.57 %)Pensions
22 (28.57 %)Back Office
22 (28.57 %)Finance
22 (28.57 %)Health
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Java Developer
23 (42.86 %)C# Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (71.43 %)Equities
24 (57.14 %)Fixed Income
33 (42.86 %)Equity Derivative
41 (14.29 %)Credit Derivative
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)PRINCE2
12 (28.57 %)UML
12 (28.57 %)OO
12 (28.57 %)RUP
21 (14.29 %)Project Management
21 (14.29 %)Web Development
21 (14.29 %)Algorithmic Trading
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (85.71 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)C#
32 (28.57 %)C++
41 (14.29 %)Perl
41 (14.29 %)PHP
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (28.57 %)Oracle
12 (28.57 %)Sybase
12 (28.57 %)BEA