The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Foreign Exchange (FX) in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Foreign Exchange (FX) over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Foreign Exchange (FX)
Rank 128 117 151
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +34
Permanent jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 33 39 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.998% 1.144% 0.195%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.423% 3.877% 0.738%
Number of salaries quoted 22 38 2
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% +2.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £41,500 £45,750
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £60,000 £51,750
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-10.00% +11.11%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
964 1006 949
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.17% 29.50% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 613 701 679
Average salary £42,500 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84% +1.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £26,800
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Jobs Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Scotland Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Histogram

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Glasgow - 32 £45,000 - 4
Edinburgh -1 1 - -
Foreign Exchange (FX)
UK

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX).

1 52 (78.79%) Java
2 41 (62.12%) C#
3 34 (51.52%) Front Office
4 33 (50.00%) C++
5 29 (43.94%) Electronic Trading
6 28 (42.42%) TDD
7 27 (40.91%) Software Engineering
7 27 (40.91%) Derivative
7 27 (40.91%) Finance
8 24 (36.36%) Spring
9 22 (33.33%) WPF
9 22 (33.33%) Multithreading
9 22 (33.33%) Hibernate
10 21 (31.82%) SQL
11 18 (27.27%) Banking
11 18 (27.27%) LINQ
12 17 (25.76%) XML
13 15 (22.73%) Investment Banking
14 14 (21.21%) Risk Management
15 12 (18.18%) XSLT
15 12 (18.18%) Degree
15 12 (18.18%) Equities
15 12 (18.18%) Business Analysis
16 11 (16.67%) WCF
16 11 (16.67%) UNIX
16 11 (16.67%) Sybase
16 11 (16.67%) Python
17 9 (13.64%) JMS
17 9 (13.64%) J2EE
17 9 (13.64%) Oracle

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 24 (36.36%) Spring
2 22 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 22 (33.33%) WPF
3 18 (27.27%) LINQ
4 17 (25.76%) XML
5 12 (18.18%) XSLT
6 11 (16.67%) WCF
7 9 (13.64%) JMS
7 9 (13.64%) J2EE
7 9 (13.64%) Apache Flex
8 8 (12.12%) .NET
8 8 (12.12%) Boost C++ Libraries
9 7 (10.61%) FpML
9 7 (10.61%) Java SE
9 7 (10.61%) Java EE
10 6 (9.091%) WebSphere
11 3 (4.545%) Spring Integration
12 2 (3.030%) Parsley
12 2 (3.030%) HTML5
12 2 (3.030%) Reactive Extensions
Application Platforms
1 6 (9.091%) WebLogic
2 2 (3.030%) MQSeries
Applications
1 5 (7.576%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.030%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (12.12%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.61%) DB2
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle 8/8i
2 7 (10.61%) Sybase ASE
2 7 (10.61%) QlikView
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (10.61%) RDBMS
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle 10g
2 7 (10.61%) MarkLogic
3 2 (3.030%) BigTable
3 2 (3.030%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (3.030%) KDB
3 2 (3.030%) Apache Cassandra
3 2 (3.030%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.030%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 7 (10.61%) Subversion
1 7 (10.61%) Maven
1 7 (10.61%) MagicDraw
1 7 (10.61%) Hudson
1 7 (10.61%) ClearCase
1 7 (10.61%) Eclipse
2 1 (1.515%) ChangeMan
General
1 34 (51.52%) Front Office
2 27 (40.91%) Finance
3 18 (27.27%) Banking
4 15 (22.73%) Investment Banking
5 4 (6.061%) Back Office
6 1 (1.515%) Games
Job Titles
1 53 (80.30%) Developer
2 21 (31.82%) C# Developer
3 17 (25.76%) Java Developer
4 14 (21.21%) WPF Developer
5 13 (19.70%) Front Office Developer
6 8 (12.12%) C++ Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Senior Oracle Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Senior Developer
7 7 (10.61%) Oracle Developer
8 5 (7.576%) Development Specialist
9 3 (4.545%) Analyst
10 2 (3.030%) Technical Support
10 2 (3.030%) Data Analyst
10 2 (3.030%) Flex Developer
11 1 (1.515%) Platform Manager
11 1 (1.515%) GUI Developer
11 1 (1.515%) Technical Support Analyst
11 1 (1.515%) Technical Support Engineer
11 1 (1.515%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (40.91%) Derivative
2 12 (18.18%) Equities
3 7 (10.61%) Management Information System
3 7 (10.61%) Open Source
4 6 (9.091%) Fixed Income
5 4 (6.061%) Mathematics
6 2 (3.030%) Market Risk
6 2 (3.030%) Hedge funds
7 1 (1.515%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 11 (16.67%) UNIX
2 2 (3.030%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (43.94%) Electronic Trading
2 28 (42.42%) TDD
3 27 (40.91%) Software Engineering
4 22 (33.33%) Multithreading
5 14 (21.21%) Risk Management
6 12 (18.18%) Business Analysis
7 9 (13.64%) Use Case
8 7 (10.61%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (10.61%) Data Analysis
8 7 (10.61%) Strategic Planning
8 7 (10.61%) Project Planning
8 7 (10.61%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (10.61%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (10.61%) RAD
9 4 (6.061%) Workflow
9 4 (6.061%) Investment Management
10 3 (4.545%) Data Management
10 3 (4.545%) Analytics
10 3 (4.545%) Enterprise Data Management
11 2 (3.030%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 52 (78.79%) Java
2 41 (62.12%) C#
3 33 (50.00%) C++
4 21 (31.82%) SQL
5 11 (16.67%) Python
6 7 (10.61%) XQuery
6 7 (10.61%) Shell Script
6 7 (10.61%) PL/SQL
7 4 (6.061%) JavaScript
7 4 (6.061%) Perl
8 2 (3.030%) Ruby
8 2 (3.030%) XPath
9 1 (1.515%) Scala
Qualifications
1 12 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.030%) GAAP
Systems Management
1 2 (3.030%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Sybase
2 9 (13.64%) Oracle
3 7 (10.61%) Business Objects
3 7 (10.61%) Cognos
3 7 (10.61%) Bloomberg
4 5 (7.576%) Reuters
5 4 (6.061%) Adobe
6 3 (4.545%) Microsoft
6 3 (4.545%) Charles River
6 3 (4.545%) Cadis
7 2 (3.030%) Murex
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: 12 June 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 - £45000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 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 - £50000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 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: 29 May 2013