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The table below looks at the demand for Algorithmic Trading skills across the UK with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkAlgorithmic Trading
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank391401
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads761933
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.421 %0.391 %
As % of the category below0.716 %0.700 %
Salaries quoted582602
Average minimum salary£58,461£61,530
Average salary£66,416£70,997
% change on same period last year-6.45 %
Average maximum salary£74,370£80,465
UK excluding London average salary£49,417£61,667
% change on same period last year-19.86 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads106243133253
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.79 %55.88 %
Salaries quoted87004105304
Average minimum salary£43,083£44,866
Average salary£47,119£48,886
% change on same period last year-3.61 %
Average maximum salary£51,154£52,906
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %

Algorithmic Trading
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Algorithmic Trading Demand Trend

Algorithmic Trading
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Algorithmic Trading over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 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 5 September 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
EnglandUp+7759£66,458-6.39 %
LondonUp+39755£66,593-6.32 %
City of LondonUp+50370£64,096-11.40 %
Canary WharfUp+35£84,900+3.13 %
NewryNew entry-2£60,000-
CambridgeshireDown-102£40,000-42.85 %
CambridgeDown-202£40,000-42.85 %
East of EnglandUp+12£40,000-42.85 %
Northern IrelandNew entry-2£58,333-
LiverpoolNew entry-1--
County DownNew entry-1£55,000-
MerseysideNew entry-1--
North WestNew entry-1--

Algorithmic Trading
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

1680 (46.80 %)Java
2666 (45.84 %)C++
3588 (40.47 %)Front Office
4520 (35.79 %)UNIX
5510 (35.10 %)Equities
6506 (34.82 %)Finance
7383 (26.36 %)Linux
8375 (25.81 %)Banking
9352 (24.23 %)Derivative
10348 (23.95 %)SQL
11341 (23.47 %)Windows
12293 (20.17 %)C#
13226 (15.55 %)OO
14201 (13.83 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
15179 (12.32 %)Investment Banking
16153 (10.53 %)Degree
16153 (10.53 %)Electronic Trading
17136 (9.360 %)Oracle
18127 (8.741 %)Solaris
19123 (8.465 %)SQL Server
20121 (8.328 %).NET
21118 (8.121 %)Equity Derivative
22106 (7.295 %)Fixed Income
23105 (7.226 %)Education
23105 (7.226 %)XML
24101 (6.951 %)J2SE
2596 (6.607 %)Spring
2693 (6.401 %)Agile Software Development
2785 (5.850 %)Perl
2785 (5.850 %)Shell Script

Algorithmic Trading
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1121 (8.328 %).NET
2105 (7.226 %)XML
3101 (6.951 %)J2SE
496 (6.607 %)Spring
572 (4.955 %)FIX Protocol
665 (4.474 %)STL
745 (3.097 %)JMS
842 (2.891 %)J2EE
941 (2.822 %)WinForms
1032 (2.202 %)Hibernate
1131 (2.134 %)Middleware
1226 (1.789 %)Swing
1325 (1.721 %)ASP.NET
1423 (1.583 %)MFC
1516 (1.101 %)JDBC
1614 (0.964 %)JSP
1712 (0.826 %).NET Framework
1811 (0.757 %)Servlets
1811 (0.757 %)ADO.NET
199 (0.619 %)Struts
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
147 (3.235 %)Rendezvous
25 (0.344 %)WebLogic
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
136 (2.478 %)MATLAB
211 (0.757 %)MS Excel
37 (0.482 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (0.619 %)RMDS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (1.858 %)TCP/IP
23 (0.206 %)SSH
32 (0.138 %)SAN
32 (0.138 %)Firewall
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1123 (8.465 %)SQL Server
242 (2.891 %)RDBMS
325 (1.721 %)KDB
413 (0.895 %)MySQL
512 (0.826 %)SQL Server 2005
611 (0.757 %)PostgreSQL
79 (0.619 %)SQL Server 2000
85 (0.344 %)Data Mining
94 (0.275 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.206 %)Oracle 8/8i
111 (0.069 %)Crystal Reports
111 (0.069 %)Informix
111 (0.069 %)Datawarehouse
111 (0.069 %)ETL
111 (0.069 %)Oracle 10g
111 (0.069 %)Reference Data
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
132 (2.202 %)JUnit
132 (2.202 %)Eclipse
226 (1.789 %)Log4j
319 (1.308 %)ClearCase
418 (1.239 %)Ant
53 (0.206 %)Flash
62 (0.138 %)Visual Studio
71 (0.069 %)WinRunner
71 (0.069 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.069 %)JMeter
71 (0.069 %)Selenium
71 (0.069 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1588 (40.47 %)Front Office
2506 (34.82 %)Finance
3375 (25.81 %)Banking
4179 (12.32 %)Investment Banking
5105 (7.226 %)Education
668 (4.680 %)Telecoms
766 (4.542 %)Games
827 (1.858 %)Financial Institution
915 (1.032 %)Pharmaceutical
915 (1.032 %)Back Office
1014 (0.964 %)Health
113 (0.206 %)Online Gambling
121 (0.069 %)Insurance
121 (0.069 %)Pensions
121 (0.069 %)Graphic Design
121 (0.069 %)Animation
121 (0.069 %)Government
121 (0.069 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1817 (56.23 %)Developer
2388 (26.70 %)Java Developer
3342 (23.54 %)Analyst
4243 (16.72 %)C++ Developer
5185 (12.73 %)Support Analyst
6151 (10.39 %)Applications Support
7122 (8.396 %)C# Developer
8114 (7.846 %)Senior Developer
984 (5.781 %)Applications Support Analyst
1063 (4.336 %)Junior
1158 (3.992 %)Graduate
1256 (3.854 %)C++/Java Developer
1349 (3.372 %)C++/C# Developer
1444 (3.028 %)Business Analyst
1543 (2.959 %)Analyst Developer
1638 (2.615 %)Programmer
1737 (2.546 %)Project Manager
1836 (2.478 %)Senior Java Developer
1935 (2.409 %)Junior Developer
2028 (1.927 %)Architect
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1510 (35.10 %)Equities
2352 (24.23 %)Derivative
3201 (13.83 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4118 (8.121 %)Equity Derivative
5106 (7.295 %)Fixed Income
676 (5.231 %)Multithreading
775 (5.162 %)Computer Science
845 (3.097 %)Mathematics
934 (2.340 %)Grid Computing
1033 (2.271 %)VWAP
1126 (1.789 %)Statistics
1222 (1.514 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1314 (0.964 %)VAX
1413 (0.895 %)Market Risk
1511 (0.757 %)Credit Derivative
1511 (0.757 %)N-Tier
169 (0.619 %)Physics
169 (0.619 %)French Language
178 (0.551 %)Client/Server
187 (0.482 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1520 (35.79 %)UNIX
2383 (26.36 %)Linux
3341 (23.47 %)Windows
4127 (8.741 %)Solaris
531 (2.134 %)Windows NT
622 (1.514 %)Windows Server 2003
718 (1.239 %)Windows XP
813 (0.895 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.138 %)Windows Vista
92 (0.138 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1226 (15.55 %)OO
2153 (10.53 %)Electronic Trading
393 (6.401 %)Agile Software Development
475 (5.162 %)Unit Testing
551 (3.510 %)OOA/OOD
650 (3.441 %)E-Commerce
650 (3.441 %)Project Management
749 (3.372 %)Risk Management
835 (2.409 %)Business Analysis
929 (1.996 %)Problem Management
1027 (1.858 %)User Acceptance Testing
1027 (1.858 %)Continuous Integration
1121 (1.445 %)Software Engineering
1218 (1.239 %)Scrum
1316 (1.101 %)Test Scripting
1415 (1.032 %)OOD
1514 (0.964 %)UML
1514 (0.964 %)Data Analysis
1514 (0.964 %)Asset Management
1613 (0.895 %)Statistical Analysis
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1680 (46.80 %)Java
2666 (45.84 %)C++
3348 (23.95 %)SQL
4293 (20.17 %)C#
585 (5.850 %)Perl
585 (5.850 %)Shell Script
662 (4.267 %)VB
759 (4.061 %)VBA
855 (3.785 %)Python
953 (3.648 %)C
1023 (1.583 %)PHP
1118 (1.239 %)JavaScript
1211 (0.757 %)PL/SQL
1211 (0.757 %)Tcl
1211 (0.757 %)VC++
1211 (0.757 %)Korn
139 (0.619 %)VB.NET
148 (0.551 %)VBScript
157 (0.482 %)AWK
164 (0.275 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1153 (10.53 %)Degree
246 (3.166 %)PhD
31 (0.069 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.308 %)QA
29 (0.619 %)MiFID
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1136 (9.360 %)Oracle
284 (5.781 %)TIBCO
381 (5.575 %)Sybase
465 (4.474 %)Fidessa
551 (3.510 %)Reuters
637 (2.546 %)Bloomberg
721 (1.445 %)Microsoft
813 (0.895 %)Red Hat
813 (0.895 %)Portware
96 (0.413 %)Citrix
96 (0.413 %)Cisco
104 (0.275 %)Calypso
104 (0.275 %)GL TRADE
112 (0.138 %)Patsystems
112 (0.138 %)Informatica
121 (0.069 %)Adobe
121 (0.069 %)Murex
121 (0.069 %)Syncfusion
121 (0.069 %)Algorithmics