The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Derivative in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Derivative over the 3 months to 22 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Derivatives
Rank 92 118 142
Rank change year-on-year
+26 +24
Permanent jobs citing Derivative 62 35 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 1.943% 1.000% 0.409%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.631% 3.821% 1.547%
Number of salaries quoted 40 32 6
Average salary £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.09% +22.22%
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+5.88% -5.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
935 916 905
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.30% 26.17% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 544 635 641
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,250 £55,000 £57,125
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Derivative
UK

Derivative
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Derivative Jobs Demand Trend

Derivative
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Derivative Salary Trend

Derivative
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Derivative across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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 +23 53 £50,000 -9.09%
Stirling +3 5 £45,750 -8.50%
Edinburgh +2 4 £48,750 +21.87%
Derivative
UK

Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1 57 (69.51%) Finance
2 52 (63.41%) Java
3 48 (58.54%) SQL
4 41 (50.00%) UNIX
5 38 (46.34%) C#
6 32 (39.02%) Banking
7 28 (34.15%) Equities
7 28 (34.15%) Front Office
8 27 (32.93%) Sybase
8 27 (32.93%) Investment Banking
9 26 (31.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 23 (28.05%) Degree
11 22 (26.83%) Equity Derivative
12 21 (25.61%) Spring
12 21 (25.61%) TDD
13 20 (24.39%) Linux
13 20 (24.39%) C++
14 19 (23.17%) Agile Software Development
15 16 (19.51%) Subversion
15 16 (19.51%) Oracle
15 16 (19.51%) OO
16 15 (18.29%) .NET
16 15 (18.29%) Shell Script
16 15 (18.29%) Business Analysis
17 14 (17.07%) Hibernate
17 14 (17.07%) Python
18 13 (15.85%) Microsoft
18 13 (15.85%) Oracle 10g
18 13 (15.85%) PL/SQL
18 13 (15.85%) QA

Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Development
1 21 (25.61%) Spring
2 15 (18.29%) .NET
3 14 (17.07%) Hibernate
4 12 (14.63%) WPF
4 12 (14.63%) JMS
5 10 (12.20%) WCF
6 9 (10.98%) JSON
6 9 (10.98%) LINQ
7 8 (9.756%) XML
7 8 (9.756%) FpML
8 7 (8.537%) J2EE
8 7 (8.537%) Apache Flex
9 4 (4.878%) RESTful
10 3 (3.659%) Middleware
10 3 (3.659%) J2SE
10 3 (3.659%) XSLT
10 3 (3.659%) Apache CXF
11 2 (2.439%) .NET Framework
11 2 (2.439%) Ajax
11 2 (2.439%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 3 (3.659%) Tomcat
1 3 (3.659%) MQSeries
1 3 (3.659%) GemFire
Applications
1 6 (7.317%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.220%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.878%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (15.85%) Oracle 10g
1 13 (15.85%) Oracle 11g
2 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
3 10 (12.20%) DB2
3 10 (12.20%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (10.98%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (9.756%) Sybase ASE
6 7 (8.537%) RDBMS
6 7 (8.537%) MarkLogic
6 7 (8.537%) QlikView
7 6 (7.317%) Sybase IQ
8 3 (3.659%) TOAD
8 3 (3.659%) Data Mart
9 1 (1.220%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Subversion
2 12 (14.63%) Maven
3 11 (13.41%) ClearCase
3 11 (13.41%) JUnit
4 9 (10.98%) Eclipse
4 9 (10.98%) MagicDraw
5 8 (9.756%) Hudson
5 8 (9.756%) QuickTest Pro
6 5 (6.098%) PowerDesigner
7 3 (3.659%) JIRA
7 3 (3.659%) Jenkins
8 2 (2.439%) Selenium
8 2 (2.439%) JBehave
8 2 (2.439%) WebDriver
8 2 (2.439%) Cucumber
9 1 (1.220%) Git (software)
9 1 (1.220%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 57 (69.51%) Finance
2 32 (39.02%) Banking
3 28 (34.15%) Front Office
4 27 (32.93%) Investment Banking
5 5 (6.098%) Legal
6 3 (3.659%) Games
7 2 (2.439%) Retail
7 2 (2.439%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.220%) Back Office
8 1 (1.220%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 46 (56.10%) Developer
2 19 (23.17%) Java Developer
3 13 (15.85%) Analyst
4 12 (14.63%) C# Developer
5 10 (12.20%) WPF Developer
5 10 (12.20%) Oracle Developer
6 8 (9.756%) QA Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) Senior Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) Senior Oracle Developer
6 8 (9.756%) QA Test Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) Test Analyst
6 8 (9.756%) Front Office Developer
6 8 (9.756%) Senior Developer
7 7 (8.537%) Senior Java Developer
8 6 (7.317%) SQL Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Business Analyst
9 5 (6.098%) Senior Test Analyst
9 5 (6.098%) Quantitative Developer
9 5 (6.098%) Senior QA Analyst
9 5 (6.098%) Senior QA Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (34.15%) Equities
2 26 (31.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 22 (26.83%) Equity Derivative
4 9 (10.98%) Fixed Income
5 8 (9.756%) Management Information System
6 7 (8.537%) Open Source
7 5 (6.098%) Reference Data
7 5 (6.098%) Market Risk
7 5 (6.098%) Computer Science
8 4 (4.878%) Credit Risk
9 3 (3.659%) Exotic Derivative
10 2 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (2.439%) Economics
10 2 (2.439%) Hedge funds
10 2 (2.439%) Commodity Exotics
10 2 (2.439%) Client/Server
10 2 (2.439%) N-Tier
10 2 (2.439%) Clustering
11 1 (1.220%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 41 (50.00%) UNIX
2 20 (24.39%) Linux
3 2 (2.439%) Windows
4 1 (1.220%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.61%) TDD
2 19 (23.17%) Agile Software Development
3 16 (19.51%) OO
4 15 (18.29%) Business Analysis
5 11 (13.41%) OOD
5 11 (13.41%) Time Management
6 10 (12.20%) Multithreading
6 10 (12.20%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (12.20%) Project Planning
6 10 (12.20%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (12.20%) Risk Management
7 9 (10.98%) Software Engineering
7 9 (10.98%) Electronic Trading
8 8 (9.756%) Unit Testing
9 7 (8.537%) RAD
9 7 (8.537%) Strategic Planning
9 7 (8.537%) Data Analysis
9 7 (8.537%) Use Case
9 7 (8.537%) Investment Management
10 6 (7.317%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 52 (63.41%) Java
2 48 (58.54%) SQL
3 38 (46.34%) C#
4 20 (24.39%) C++
5 15 (18.29%) Shell Script
6 14 (17.07%) Python
7 13 (15.85%) PL/SQL
8 7 (8.537%) XQuery
9 5 (6.098%) VBA
10 4 (4.878%) Scala
11 3 (3.659%) Perl
11 3 (3.659%) T-SQL
11 3 (3.659%) Korn
12 2 (2.439%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 23 (28.05%) Degree
2 5 (6.098%) PhD
3 3 (3.659%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.439%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.85%) QA
Vendors
1 27 (32.93%) Sybase
2 16 (19.51%) Oracle
3 13 (15.85%) Microsoft
4 10 (12.20%) Business Objects
4 10 (12.20%) Cognos
5 3 (3.659%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.659%) Charles River
5 3 (3.659%) IBM
5 3 (3.659%) Actuate
5 3 (3.659%) JBoss
5 3 (3.659%) Cadis
6 1 (1.220%) Reuters
6 1 (1.220%) Red Hat
Glasgow, Scotland
This includes electronic trading for Cash and Derivative products. The high availability, low latency environment consists of C++ and Java pricing and risk engines, C# and third party...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
This includes electronic trading for Cash and Derivative products. The high availability, low latency environment consists of C++ and Java pricing and risk engines, C# and third party...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
They must be familiar with financial products related to Equity Derivatives. Essential technical skills include: - Strong RDMS skills, preferably Sybase or Sybase IQ - UNIX shell scripting and the...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Microsoft SQL Server also suitable... - Source code control, preferably subversion and clearcase. - Unix/Linux Desirable skills include: - Java with messaging - XML/XSLT * SQL Developer - Trade Processing/Risk Management -...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
This includes electronic trading for Cash and Derivative products. The high availability, low latency environment consists of C++ and Java pricing and risk engines, C# and third party...
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
The candidates responsibilities include understanding risk analytics on our fixed income, equity and alternatives products to help our clients and portfolio managers understand their portfolio exposures, strategy, risk...
Michael Page
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per year
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
We are working on behalf of a leading global bank who are expanding their Credit Risk reporting team in Glasgow. As an Analyst/Developer, you will sit as...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £1 per annum + Competitive salary and benefits package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Previous usage of Sybase ASE 15 will be a significant advantage, as will working in Unix/Linux environments. Desirable technological skills include Spring, iBatis, XML/XSLT, FpML, FIX,...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits + bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
QA Test Analyst - Tier One Investment Bank * Leading global investment bank require a first rate Senior Test Analyst with automation experience to join their Risk and Structuring Quality...
Thomson Keene Associates
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stirling, Scotland
Our Stirling based client is seeking a Data Modeller to work with their Business and IT teams to ensure the successful roll-out of several large projects, focussing...
ITHR/7 Fifty Two - Scotland
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The successful candidate will have a good bachelors or masters degree in Computer Science or similar. Equity Derivatives Product Knowledge is not a pre-requisite, although it is...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum + Bonus, pension, 28 days hol
Posted: 17 May 2013