The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Bloomberg products and/or services in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Bloomberg over the 3 months to 21 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 Vendors currently tracked.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Bloomberg.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Bloomberg
Rank 555 539 434
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -105
Permanent jobs citing Bloomberg 322 382 543
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.296% 0.315% 0.445%
As % of the Vendors category 0.616% 0.661% 0.949%
Number of salaries quoted 232 323 437
Average salary £45,000 £50,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -13.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £31,200
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK excluding London average salary £52,500 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+31.25% -
All Vendors
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
52294 57769 57246
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 48.14% 47.67% 46.91%
Number of salaries quoted 42749 48674 47491
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000

Bloomberg
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Bloomberg Jobs Demand Trend

Bloomberg
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the UK.

Bloomberg Salary Trend

Bloomberg
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Bloomberg over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Bloomberg Salary Histogram

Bloomberg
Top 21 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Bloomberg within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -35 305 £45,000 -10.00%
London -27 290 £45,000 -10.00%
City of London -8 107 £47,500 -7.31%
Scotland +7 17 £40,000 -10.11%
Glasgow -15 8 £40,000 -27.27%
South East -1 6 £52,500 +15.38%
Yorkshire - 5 £60,000 -
West Yorkshire - 5 £60,000 -
Milton Keynes - 5 £52,500 -
Buckinghamshire - 5 £52,500 -
Edinburgh - 4 - -
East of England - 3 £30,000 -
Essex - 3 £30,000 -
Halifax - 3 £60,000 -
Stirling +16 2 - -
Leeds - 2 - -
Merseyside +17 1 £25,000 +11.11%
Surrey +12 1 £77,500 +106.66%
Liverpool +10 1 £25,000 +11.11%
North West -12 1 £25,000 +11.11%
Paddington - 1 £40,000 -

Bloomberg
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg.

1 440 (68.01%) Reuters
2 370 (57.19%) Finance
3 265 (40.96%) Windows
4 231 (35.70%) Microsoft
5 227 (35.09%) Banking
6 196 (30.29%) SQL
7 172 (26.58%) MS Excel
8 159 (24.57%) Active Directory
9 149 (23.03%) Front Office
10 144 (22.26%) Blackberry
11 139 (21.48%) MS Office
12 132 (20.40%) C#
13 120 (18.55%) Degree
14 118 (18.24%) SQL Server
15 117 (18.08%) Fixed Income
16 107 (16.54%) ITIL
17 104 (16.07%) Windows XP
18 99 (15.30%) Hedge funds
19 94 (14.53%) .NET
20 93 (14.37%) TCP/IP
21 88 (13.60%) Java
22 83 (12.83%) UNIX
23 82 (12.67%) MS Exchange
24 81 (12.52%) Fidessa
25 80 (12.36%) Windows 7
26 79 (12.21%) Investment Banking
27 75 (11.59%) Oracle
28 73 (11.28%) VBA
29 67 (10.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
30 66 (10.20%) Linux

Bloomberg
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Bloomberg 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 Bloomberg. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 94 (14.53%) .NET
2 43 (6.646%) WPF
3 22 (3.400%) FIX Protocol
4 21 (3.246%) Web Services
5 20 (3.091%) Spring
5 20 (3.091%) .NET Framework
6 19 (2.937%) WCF
6 19 (2.937%) Hibernate
7 18 (2.782%) ASP.NET
8 16 (2.473%) JMS
9 15 (2.318%) XML
10 14 (2.164%) Silverlight
10 14 (2.164%) MDX
11 11 (1.700%) Ruby on Rails
12 10 (1.546%) Middleware
13 9 (1.391%) HTML
14 7 (1.082%) JDBC
15 5 (0.773%) Application Packaging
15 5 (0.773%) Java SE
15 5 (0.773%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 82 (12.67%) MS Exchange
2 58 (8.964%) Exchange Server 2010
3 56 (8.655%) Exchange Server 2007
4 41 (6.337%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 29 (4.482%) SharePoint
6 19 (2.937%) Rendezvous
7 11 (1.700%) Exchange Server 2003
8 7 (1.082%) SAS
8 7 (1.082%) Lotus Notes
9 5 (0.773%) IIS
10 4 (0.618%) Apache
11 3 (0.464%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.309%) SharePoint 2010
12 2 (0.309%) CMS
12 2 (0.309%) FileNet
12 2 (0.309%) TIBCO EMS
13 1 (0.155%) WordPress
13 1 (0.155%) Confluence
13 1 (0.155%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 172 (26.58%) MS Excel
2 139 (21.48%) MS Office
3 57 (8.810%) MS PowerPoint
4 32 (4.946%) Spreadsheet
5 5 (0.773%) Office 365
6 2 (0.309%) MS Project
6 2 (0.309%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 33 (5.100%) RMDS
2 22 (3.400%) ION MarketView
3 20 (3.091%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 15 (2.318%) LatentZero
5 7 (1.082%) Summit
5 7 (1.082%) 3000 Xtra
6 3 (0.464%) Monis
6 3 (0.464%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.464%) Murex MxG2000
7 2 (0.309%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.309%) LongView
7 2 (0.309%) Tesseract
7 2 (0.309%) Sentinel
7 2 (0.309%) SAP Oil and Gas
8 1 (0.155%) Bond Adapt
8 1 (0.155%) Eagle PACE
8 1 (0.155%) Global One
8 1 (0.155%) Minerva
8 1 (0.155%) Front Arena
8 1 (0.155%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 93 (14.37%) TCP/IP
2 46 (7.110%) Firewall
3 29 (4.482%) WAN
4 28 (4.328%) VPN
5 26 (4.019%) DNS
5 26 (4.019%) DHCP
5 26 (4.019%) LAN
6 23 (3.555%) Network Security
7 22 (3.400%) Cisco Nexus
8 18 (2.782%) VoIP
9 17 (2.628%) IP Telephony
9 17 (2.628%) Wireless
10 14 (2.164%) Internet
10 14 (2.164%) MPLS
11 13 (2.009%) Cisco IOS
12 12 (1.855%) ADSL
13 10 (1.546%) BGP
13 10 (1.546%) SAN
13 10 (1.546%) HTTP
14 9 (1.391%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (18.24%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.782%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (2.473%) RDBMS
3 16 (2.473%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (2.318%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (2.164%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 8 (1.236%) SQL Server 2005
7 7 (1.082%) MS Access
8 5 (0.773%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (0.773%) Oracle 8/8i
9 4 (0.618%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.464%) Big Data
11 2 (0.309%) MongoDB
11 2 (0.309%) SQL Server 2000
11 2 (0.309%) Crystal Reports
11 2 (0.309%) MySQL
11 2 (0.309%) Oracle 11g
11 2 (0.309%) Sybase ASE
12 1 (0.155%) KDB
12 1 (0.155%) Sybase IQ
Development Applications
1 29 (4.482%) Team Foundation Server
2 24 (3.709%) Visual Studio
3 18 (2.782%) Subversion
4 11 (1.700%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 8 (1.236%) MSBuild
5 8 (1.236%) CruiseControl
5 8 (1.236%) JIRA
6 7 (1.082%) Eclipse
6 7 (1.082%) Ant
7 4 (0.618%) MSTest
8 2 (0.309%) InstallShield
8 2 (0.309%) MSI
9 1 (0.155%) NUnit
9 1 (0.155%) JUnit
9 1 (0.155%) TeamCity
General
1 370 (57.19%) Finance
2 227 (35.09%) Banking
3 149 (23.03%) Front Office
4 79 (12.21%) Investment Banking
5 59 (9.119%) Back Office
6 23 (3.555%) Financial Institution
7 16 (2.473%) Telecoms
8 6 (0.927%) Legal
9 5 (0.773%) Games
10 4 (0.618%) Law
11 3 (0.464%) Marketing
11 3 (0.464%) Advertising
12 2 (0.309%) Retail
12 2 (0.309%) Private Banking
13 1 (0.155%) Mandarin Language
13 1 (0.155%) Cantonese Language
13 1 (0.155%) Japanese Language
13 1 (0.155%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 200 (30.91%) Analyst
2 127 (19.63%) Developer
3 124 (19.17%) Support Analyst
4 80 (12.36%) Desktop Support
5 58 (8.964%) Applications Support
6 52 (8.037%) 3rd Line Support
7 41 (6.337%) 2nd Line Support
8 31 (4.791%) Excel Developer
8 31 (4.791%) Support Engineer
9 28 (4.328%) Administrator
9 28 (4.328%) C# Developer
10 27 (4.173%) Server Support
11 26 (4.019%) Java Developer
12 24 (3.709%) Business Analyst
12 24 (3.709%) Data Analyst
13 22 (3.400%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
13 22 (3.400%) 3rd Line Server Support
14 21 (3.246%) Desktop Analyst
15 20 (3.091%) Data Administrator
15 20 (3.091%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 144 (22.26%) Blackberry
2 117 (18.08%) Fixed Income
3 99 (15.30%) Hedge funds
4 67 (10.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 58 (8.964%) Derivative
6 52 (8.037%) Equities
7 47 (7.264%) PDA
8 23 (3.555%) Mathematics
9 21 (3.246%) Computer Science
10 13 (2.009%) Client/Server
11 12 (1.855%) Thin Client
11 12 (1.855%) Fat Client
11 12 (1.855%) Video Conferencing
12 11 (1.700%) Interest Rate Derivative
13 10 (1.546%) Statistics
14 8 (1.236%) iPad
15 6 (0.927%) Reference Data
15 6 (0.927%) VWAP
15 6 (0.927%) Equity Derivative
16 5 (0.773%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 265 (40.96%) Windows
2 104 (16.07%) Windows XP
3 83 (12.83%) UNIX
4 80 (12.36%) Windows 7
5 66 (10.20%) Linux
5 66 (10.20%) Windows Server 2008
6 46 (7.110%) Windows Server 2003
7 23 (3.555%) Mac OS X
8 12 (1.855%) Solaris
9 10 (1.546%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 10 (1.546%) Windows 8
10 7 (1.082%) SUSE
11 6 (0.927%) Windows Server 2012
11 6 (0.927%) Apple iOS
12 5 (0.773%) Windows Vista
13 2 (0.309%) CentOS
13 2 (0.309%) Debian
14 1 (0.155%) Windows 2000
14 1 (0.155%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (16.54%) ITIL
2 59 (9.119%) OO
3 51 (7.883%) Investment Management
4 49 (7.573%) Agile Software Development
5 44 (6.801%) Electronic Trading
6 37 (5.719%) Analytics
7 34 (5.255%) Asset Management
8 32 (4.946%) TDD
9 30 (4.637%) User Acceptance Testing
10 28 (4.328%) Data Management
11 27 (4.173%) Business Continuity
12 25 (3.864%) Risk Management
13 24 (3.709%) Project Management
14 23 (3.555%) Service Management
15 20 (3.091%) Data Analysis
16 19 (2.937%) Change Management
17 18 (2.782%) Multithreading
17 18 (2.782%) Unit Testing
18 17 (2.628%) System Testing
18 17 (2.628%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 196 (30.29%) SQL
2 132 (20.40%) C#
3 88 (13.60%) Java
4 73 (11.28%) VBA
5 55 (8.501%) C++
6 28 (4.328%) Perl
7 19 (2.937%) Python
8 18 (2.782%) T-SQL
9 17 (2.628%) Ruby
10 16 (2.473%) VB.NET
11 14 (2.164%) Shell Script
11 14 (2.164%) JavaScript
12 13 (2.009%) VB
13 10 (1.546%) VBScript
14 8 (1.236%) PowerShell
14 8 (1.236%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.773%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.618%) Bash shell
16 4 (0.618%) XAML
16 4 (0.618%) C
Qualifications
1 120 (18.55%) Degree
2 28 (4.328%) Microsoft Certification
3 26 (4.019%) MCITP
4 22 (3.400%) MCSE
5 21 (3.246%) Cisco Certification
5 21 (3.246%) HP APS
6 18 (2.782%) CCNP
7 14 (2.164%) MCP
8 12 (1.855%) MCSA
9 10 (1.546%) CCIE
10 9 (1.391%) CCSP
10 9 (1.391%) CCDP
11 8 (1.236%) Security Cleared
12 4 (0.618%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.618%) CFA
12 4 (0.618%) MCDST
13 3 (0.464%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.464%) CCNA
13 3 (0.464%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.464%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (5.564%) SLA
2 8 (1.236%) QA
3 2 (0.309%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.309%) GAAP
4 1 (0.155%) Data Quality
System Software
1 159 (24.57%) Active Directory
2 25 (3.864%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.236%) VMware ESX
4 7 (1.082%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.927%) XenApp
6 4 (0.618%) vSphere
6 4 (0.618%) XenDesktop
7 3 (0.464%) Cronacle
7 3 (0.464%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.309%) VMware Workstation
8 2 (0.309%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 7 (1.082%) CiscoWorks
2 4 (0.618%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (0.618%) SCCM
3 3 (0.464%) Backup Exec
3 3 (0.464%) DameWare
3 3 (0.464%) Zenoss
3 3 (0.464%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.309%) Sysprep
4 2 (0.309%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (0.309%) Control-M
4 2 (0.309%) ServiceCenter
4 2 (0.309%) WSUS
5 1 (0.155%) SCOM
5 1 (0.155%) OpenView
5 1 (0.155%) Unicenter
5 1 (0.155%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.155%) BMC PATROL
5 1 (0.155%) Nagios
5 1 (0.155%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.155%) Dollar Universe
Vendors
1 440 (68.01%) Reuters
2 231 (35.70%) Microsoft
3 81 (12.52%) Fidessa
4 75 (11.59%) Oracle
5 63 (9.737%) TIBCO
6 55 (8.501%) HP
7 51 (7.883%) Cisco
8 42 (6.491%) Citrix
9 41 (6.337%) ION Trading
10 40 (6.182%) Tradeweb
11 30 (4.637%) Sybase
12 28 (4.328%) Avaya
12 28 (4.328%) VMware
13 22 (3.400%) Charles River
14 20 (3.091%) MarketAxess
15 17 (2.628%) Dell
16 16 (2.473%) Apple
16 16 (2.473%) thinkFolio
17 15 (2.318%) CQG
18 13 (2.009%) Cadis
Stirling, Scotland
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Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The successful candidate must have: - Hands-on exposure to FX Applications - In-depth understanding of FX products - In addition to business knowledge, must be technically competent in Unix/...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Technical skills required: - Must have good working knowledge of Windows/ Citrix and MAC operating systems... - Working knowledge of MS Office including 2010. - Knowledge of TCP/IP standards and...
Allied Worldwide Limited
Salary: Highly competitive
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
With teams in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, and Sydney the teams work relentlessly, directly, and iteratively with desks all over the world to provide innovative,...
ITHR
Salary: £75000 - £90000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
The successful Desktop Support Engineer will provide 1st and 2nd line systems/application support to users via phone/email and face to face. You will be expected to...
Incisive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent benefits and discretionary bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scotland
Within this role, you will be leading a team of 15 people who provide service delivery across market data applications... You will be sitting within the service management...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £1 per annum + Excellent Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
Perform daily, routine checks ensuring proactive steps are taken to remedy issues before the customer is aware... *Work alongside the Events Marketing team and business sponsors in supporting...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Package and bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Essential Skills and Experience: Front Office / eTrading Application Support / Fidessa / Trade Floor Support A global Brokerage company require a front office etrading application support analyst to work with...
iKas International
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The ideal candidate will have a background in professional services / business analysis / project management with a financial vendor such as Cadis, Eagle, Netik, GoldenSource or Asset Control, market...
Real Staffing
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + BONUS AND BENEFITS
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
KDB+ / Apama / .Net... MTS, Bloomberg, TradeWeb, BrokerTec, LIFFE and EUREX)... Skills: Unix/Linux knowledge and practical usage... Unix or Perl scripting knowledge (preferable) Sybase SQL knowledge and practical...
Citi
Salary: Competitive salary offered
Posted: 24 April 2013
London
These include: Reuters, Bloomberg, MarkIt, MSCI, Wombat, CSI, Platts, Computstat, CapIQ and IBES to name but a few. They capture high frequency real time data globally, covering Equities,...
ITHR
Salary: £70000 - £85000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
United Kingdom,London
You will be working with the global Information Systems group to provide support for our internal customers globally with a primary focus on the EMEA region.Responsibilities include...
Bloomberg
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Desired experience of the E-Trading System/ Infrastructure Expert: * Unix Administration and Installation (system administrator/engineer experience) * Experience of hardware platforms and technologies (HP,IBM,network,SAN etc.) -...
Grey Spark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Benefits + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 1 May 2013
City of London
Knowledge of Cash eTrading (ION platform, Bloomberg, Tradeweb, Bondvision, Market Axess, etc ) Excellent understanding of Credit Derivatives Good understanding of bond pricing is also necessary (Asset swap, Z-...
Real Staffing
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey, South East, UK
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Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Salary: Competitive benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
You will develop distributed systems in UNIX; write C++ applications to build the next generation of feeds infrastructure; use PERL/Python scripting to glue the different pieces; build...
Bloomberg
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
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Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City, London
Provide primary support for Fixed Income / Rates & Credit electronic trading business using ION trading technology. Working with Bloomberg TOMS for trade, position and P&L management. Need strong...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The following experience is essential for the role:- Confidence building edge router configurations using Cisco / Nortel / Juniper.- Routing experience with a least 2 of the following protocols: OSPF/...
Bloomberg
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
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Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
The RoleThe Bloomberg Message system delivers over two hundred million messages a day ranging from financial information and trades to emails from friends. It is one of Bloomberg'...
Bloomberg
Salary: competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
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Bloomberg LP
Salary: competitive
Posted: 14 May 2013