The first table below looks at the demand for Algorithmic Trading skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 20 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 Processes & Methodologies category for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Algorithmic Trading
Rank 150 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.172% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year
-21.42% +7.69%
All Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2327 2422 2592
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 74.30% 69.90% 76.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1383 1733 1876
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £42,125
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -5.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,750 £27,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Algorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Scotland Algorithmic Trading Jobs Demand Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Algorithmic Trading Salary Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow - 4 £55,000 -
Edinburgh - 3 £55,000 -
Algorithmic Trading
UK

Algorithmic Trading
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Algorithmic Trading 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 Algorithmic Trading.

1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Perl
1 6 (100.00%) OOP
1 6 (100.00%) OO
1 6 (100.00%) Python
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (100.00%) Fixed Income
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
1 6 (100.00%) Investment Banking
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreading
1 6 (100.00%) Razor Risk
2 4 (66.67%) Scala
3 2 (33.33%) Games

Algorithmic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Algorithmic Trading 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 Algorithmic Trading. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 6 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (100.00%) Banking
1 6 (100.00%) Investment Banking
2 2 (33.33%) Games
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
1 6 (100.00%) C++ Developer
2 4 (66.67%) C++/Java Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Fixed Income
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) OOP
1 6 (100.00%) OO
1 6 (100.00%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) C#
1 6 (100.00%) C++
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) Perl
1 6 (100.00%) Python
2 4 (66.67%) Scala
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Razor Risk