The first table below looks at the demand for Algorithmic Trading skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Algorithmic Trading 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Algorithmic Trading
Rank 565 472 366
Rank change year-on-year
-93 -106
Permanent jobs citing Algorithmic Trading 330 498 763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.299% 0.414% 0.593%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.392% 0.553% 0.805%
Number of salaries quoted 237 451 645
Average salary £80,000 £72,500 £77,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.34% -6.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £57,500
10% offered a salary of more than £100,000 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £61,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year
-10.56% -18.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
84084 90015 94827
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 76.21% 74.91% 73.68%
Number of salaries quoted 69087 76530 79606
Average salary £45,000 £47,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.25% -1.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%

Algorithmic Trading
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Algorithmic Trading Salary Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 within the UK.

Algorithmic Trading Salary Histogram

Algorithmic Trading
Top 13 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 UK 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
England -80 327 £80,000 +10.34% 45
London -40 325 £80,000 +10.34% 45
City of London -25 83 £80,000 +18.51% 21
Canary Wharf +4 7 £73,750 -7.81%
Docklands, London +2 5 £72,500 -12.12%
Scotland -3 3 £55,000 -10.56%
Edinburgh - 3 £55,000 -
Glasgow - 3 £55,000 -
South East +1 2 £85,000 +47.82%
Oxford - 1 - -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £85,000 -
Camberley - 1 £85,000 -

Algorithmic Trading
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

1 368 (51.32%) Java
2 327 (45.61%) Front Office
3 320 (44.63%) Finance
4 278 (38.77%) Multithreading
5 213 (29.71%) Electronic Trading
6 195 (27.20%) Equities
6 195 (27.20%) OO
7 193 (26.92%) Hedge funds
8 189 (26.36%) Degree
9 182 (25.38%) Computer Science
10 181 (25.24%) UNIX
11 180 (25.10%) C#
12 163 (22.73%) C++
13 155 (21.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 129 (17.99%) TDD
15 126 (17.57%) Banking
16 124 (17.29%) Linux
17 119 (16.60%) Mathematics
18 112 (15.62%) QA
18 112 (15.62%) SQL
19 108 (15.06%) Fixed Income
20 91 (12.69%) Python
21 90 (12.55%) .NET
22 86 (11.99%) Perl
22 86 (11.99%) Derivative
23 85 (11.85%) Windows
24 82 (11.44%) Subversion
25 74 (10.32%) Eclipse
26 73 (10.18%) UML
27 72 (10.04%) Agile Software Development

Algorithmic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs within the UK 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.

Application Development
1 90 (12.55%) .NET
2 49 (6.834%) WPF
3 36 (5.021%) WinForms
4 29 (4.045%) FIX Protocol
5 24 (3.347%) WCF
5 24 (3.347%) Spring
6 22 (3.068%) STL
6 22 (3.068%) XML
6 22 (3.068%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 15 (2.092%) Middleware
8 13 (1.813%) J2SE
9 12 (1.674%) Hibernate
9 12 (1.674%) Swing
10 11 (1.534%) Java SE
11 10 (1.395%) Silverlight
11 10 (1.395%) JMS
11 10 (1.395%) HTML
12 6 (0.837%) CSS
12 6 (0.837%) Lucene
12 6 (0.837%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 7 (0.976%) GemFire
2 6 (0.837%) Apache Pig
2 6 (0.837%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.558%) TIBCO EMS
4 2 (0.279%) Mathematica
4 2 (0.279%) Confluence
5 1 (0.139%) IIS
5 1 (0.139%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 15 (2.092%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (0.279%) ION MarketView
2 1 (0.139%) RMDS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (6.974%) TCP/IP
2 32 (4.463%) HTTP
3 15 (2.092%) Firewall
4 14 (1.953%) Network Security
4 14 (1.953%) SAN
5 6 (0.837%) NAS
5 6 (0.837%) Cisco IOS
6 2 (0.279%) Internet
7 1 (0.139%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (7.950%) KDB
2 38 (5.300%) SQL Server
3 24 (3.347%) Big Data
4 15 (2.092%) Hadoop
5 11 (1.534%) NoSQL
5 11 (1.534%) SQL Server 2008
6 9 (1.255%) MongoDB
7 8 (1.116%) SQL Server 2012
8 7 (0.976%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.697%) Hazelcast
10 4 (0.558%) Apache Cassandra
11 2 (0.279%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.139%) MySQL
12 1 (0.139%) Oracle Reports
12 1 (0.139%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 82 (11.44%) Subversion
2 74 (10.32%) Eclipse
3 11 (1.534%) QuickTest Pro
3 11 (1.534%) JIRA
4 9 (1.255%) Selenium
4 9 (1.255%) Maven
4 9 (1.255%) TestComplete
4 9 (1.255%) LoadRunner
4 9 (1.255%) WinRunner
5 8 (1.116%) Git (software)
6 6 (0.837%) Ant
7 5 (0.697%) JUnit
8 4 (0.558%) LLVM
9 3 (0.418%) Jenkins
10 2 (0.279%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.279%) NUnit
10 2 (0.279%) CruiseControl
10 2 (0.279%) TeamCity
11 1 (0.139%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.139%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 327 (45.61%) Front Office
2 320 (44.63%) Finance
3 126 (17.57%) Banking
4 63 (8.787%) Investment Banking
5 27 (3.766%) Telecoms
6 24 (3.347%) Games
7 11 (1.534%) Back Office
8 8 (1.116%) Automotive
9 5 (0.697%) Retail
9 5 (0.697%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.279%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.279%) Marketing
11 1 (0.139%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 475 (66.25%) Developer
2 269 (37.52%) Java Developer
3 96 (13.39%) Analyst
4 92 (12.83%) C# Developer
5 71 (9.902%) Senior Developer
6 66 (9.205%) C++ Developer
7 60 (8.368%) Quantitative Developer
8 51 (7.113%) Applications Support
9 42 (5.858%) Support Analyst
10 26 (3.626%) Junior
10 26 (3.626%) C# .NET Developer
11 25 (3.487%) Senior C++ Developer
12 24 (3.347%) Programmer
13 23 (3.208%) C++ Quantitative Developer
14 21 (2.929%) Senior Java Developer
15 20 (2.789%) Senior C# Developer
15 20 (2.789%) Applications Support Analyst
16 17 (2.371%) Python Developer
17 16 (2.232%) C++/Java Developer
17 16 (2.232%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 195 (27.20%) Equities
2 193 (26.92%) Hedge funds
3 182 (25.38%) Computer Science
4 155 (21.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 119 (16.60%) Mathematics
6 108 (15.06%) Fixed Income
7 86 (11.99%) Derivative
8 40 (5.579%) Physics
9 30 (4.184%) Open Source
10 22 (3.068%) Equity Derivative
11 9 (1.255%) Statistics
11 9 (1.255%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.255%) Replication
11 9 (1.255%) Machine Learning
11 9 (1.255%) Market Risk
12 6 (0.837%) Visualisation
12 6 (0.837%) Artificial Intelligence
12 6 (0.837%) Neural Network
13 5 (0.697%) Grid Computing
13 5 (0.697%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 181 (25.24%) UNIX
2 124 (17.29%) Linux
3 85 (11.85%) Windows
4 6 (0.837%) Solaris
5 3 (0.418%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.139%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.139%) Windows 2000
6 1 (0.139%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (38.77%) Multithreading
2 213 (29.71%) Electronic Trading
3 195 (27.20%) OO
4 129 (17.99%) TDD
5 73 (10.18%) UML
6 72 (10.04%) Agile Software Development
7 33 (4.603%) Analytics
8 27 (3.766%) Risk Management
9 22 (3.068%) Automated Testing
10 20 (2.789%) Project Management
11 17 (2.371%) Test Automation
12 14 (1.953%) BDD
12 14 (1.953%) Automation Testing
13 13 (1.813%) Data Analysis
14 12 (1.674%) Business Analysis
14 12 (1.674%) Asset Management
15 11 (1.534%) Scrum
16 9 (1.255%) Software Engineering
16 9 (1.255%) E-Commerce
16 9 (1.255%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 368 (51.32%) Java
2 180 (25.10%) C#
3 163 (22.73%) C++
4 112 (15.62%) SQL
5 91 (12.69%) Python
6 86 (11.99%) Perl
7 24 (3.347%) F#
8 23 (3.208%) Shell Script
9 22 (3.068%) PowerShell
10 20 (2.789%) Scala
11 18 (2.510%) Bash shell
11 18 (2.510%) Clojure
12 17 (2.371%) C
13 15 (2.092%) VBScript
14 13 (1.813%) VBA
14 13 (1.813%) Haskell
15 12 (1.674%) Erlang
16 9 (1.255%) JavaScript
17 8 (1.116%) T-SQL
18 6 (0.837%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 189 (26.36%) Degree
2 25 (3.487%) PhD
3 6 (0.837%) ISEB
4 5 (0.697%) ISTQB
5 3 (0.418%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (0.418%) CCNP
5 3 (0.418%) CCNA
6 2 (0.279%) CISSP
6 2 (0.279%) CFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (15.62%) QA
System Software
1 4 (0.558%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.139%) Nagios
1 1 (0.139%) WMI
1 1 (0.139%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (4.881%) Sybase
2 32 (4.463%) TIBCO
3 28 (3.905%) Oracle
4 24 (3.347%) Microsoft
5 20 (2.789%) Fidessa
6 15 (2.092%) Cisco
7 11 (1.534%) 29West
8 10 (1.395%) Sun
8 10 (1.395%) Reuters
9 9 (1.255%) Bloomberg
10 7 (0.976%) Facebook
10 7 (0.976%) DataSynapse
11 6 (0.837%) Razor Risk
12 5 (0.697%) Red Hat
12 5 (0.697%) Google
12 5 (0.697%) HP
13 4 (0.558%) EasyScreen
13 4 (0.558%) CQG
13 4 (0.558%) FFastFill
14 3 (0.418%) Patsystems
City, London
Java, Equities, Algorithmic trading, Stocks, Futures, Options, Swaps, Front Office, Investment Bank. One of the world's leading banks are currently hiring a JAVA developer to work in...
iKas International
Salary: £70000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Futures Front Office Core Java Developer, Investment Bank, London, Permanent A large tier 1 investment bank are looking for an experienced Core Java Developer to sit within the...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Completely Greenfield Algo Trading Java Developer, Front Office Business Reporting, Credit Algo, Pricing, KDB, eTrading, Electronic Trading, Quant Developer... They are looking for an exceptional Java technologist with...
Aston Carter
Salary: £90000 - £120000 per annum + +FRONT OFFICE BUSINESS BONUS+PACKAGE
Posted: 15 June 2013
City of London
Software Developer C# Developer - Calling talented C#, WPF focused developers!... We are looking for someone who is a key player in the C#, WPF development world... This new...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £50000.00 - £75000.00 per annum + 20% bonus package
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Java Developer/Programmer/Software Engineer/Architect, Java SE, J2SE, Scala, Startup/start-up, Hedge Fund, High Frequency Trading, Algo Trading, Algorithmic Trading, Auto Trading, Automated Trading, Ultra Low...
Aston Carter
Salary: £90000 - £110000 per annum + uncapped bonus, equity
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £80000 - £100000 per annum + up to 50% bonuses
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £90k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £60k to £85k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + + FO Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £95000 per annum + Front Office Bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £90k to £150k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £55k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Quant Capital
Salary: From £70,000 to £70,000 per annum Bonus Medical Pension
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £60000 - £90000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £100000 per annum + + FO BONUS + BENEFITS
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + 50%+ performance related bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £40k to £50k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Client Server
Salary: £85k to £110k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £85k to £110k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Client Server
Salary: £30k to £45k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £50000 - £250000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £25000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
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