The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Commodity Exotics in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Commodity Exotics over the 3 months to 17 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.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Commodity Exotics
Rank 846 894 868
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -26
Permanent jobs citing Commodity Exotics 12 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.011% 0.002% 0.002%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.033% 0.005% 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 10 0 2
Average salary £75,000 - £70,000
UK excluding London average salary - - -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
36074 39962 42780
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.47% 33.04% 34.65%
Number of salaries quoted 29600 33687 35794
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%

Commodity Exotics
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Commodity Exotics Jobs Demand Trend

Commodity Exotics
Salary Trend

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

Commodity Exotics Salary Trend

Commodity Exotics
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Commodity Exotics within the UK over the 3 months to 17 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 +42 10 £75,000 -
London +40 10 £75,000 -
Scotland -2 2 - -
Glasgow -18 2 - -

Commodity Exotics
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Commodity Exotics 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 Commodity Exotics.

1 18 (100.00%) C#
1 18 (100.00%) Derivative
2 17 (94.44%) .NET
2 17 (94.44%) Risk Management
3 15 (83.33%) WinForms
3 15 (83.33%) Front Office
3 15 (83.33%) WPF
3 15 (83.33%) Multithreading
4 14 (77.78%) Banking
4 14 (77.78%) Java
4 14 (77.78%) Linux
5 13 (72.22%) UNIX
5 13 (72.22%) Investment Banking
6 11 (61.11%) TIBCO
6 11 (61.11%) Oracle
6 11 (61.11%) XML
6 11 (61.11%) TIBCO EMS
7 10 (55.56%) Oracle Linux
8 8 (44.44%) Windows
9 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
10 5 (27.78%) Unit Testing
11 4 (22.22%) WCF
12 3 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
12 3 (16.67%) Degree
12 3 (16.67%) SQL
12 3 (16.67%) Sybase
12 3 (16.67%) C++
13 2 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
13 2 (11.11%) Economics
13 2 (11.11%) Finance

Commodity Exotics
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Commodity Exotics 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 Commodity Exotics. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (94.44%) .NET
2 15 (83.33%) WinForms
2 15 (83.33%) WPF
3 11 (61.11%) XML
4 4 (22.22%) WCF
5 1 (5.556%) Spring.NET
5 1 (5.556%) NHibernate
5 1 (5.556%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 11 (61.11%) TIBCO EMS
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 15 (83.33%) Front Office
2 14 (77.78%) Banking
3 13 (72.22%) Investment Banking
4 2 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (11.11%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (77.78%) Developer
2 13 (72.22%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) QA Test Manager
3 2 (11.11%) QA Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Test Manager
4 1 (5.556%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (5.556%) Programmer
4 1 (5.556%) Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Analyst
4 1 (5.556%) C# Programmer
4 1 (5.556%) WPF Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C# Architect
4 1 (5.556%) Senior C# Developer
4 1 (5.556%) C# Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (100.00%) Derivative
2 3 (16.67%) Equity Derivative
3 2 (11.11%) Economics
4 1 (5.556%) Grid Computing
4 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
4 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 14 (77.78%) Linux
2 13 (72.22%) UNIX
3 10 (55.56%) Oracle Linux
4 8 (44.44%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Risk Management
2 15 (83.33%) Multithreading
3 6 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (27.78%) Unit Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) C#
2 14 (77.78%) Java
3 3 (16.67%) C++
3 3 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (5.556%) Python
4 1 (5.556%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) QA
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Oracle
1 11 (61.11%) TIBCO
2 3 (16.67%) Sybase
London
C#, Winforms, WPF, Java, Oracle, Developer, Commodity Derivatives, Options, Exotics, Front office, Investment Bank... Experience with implementing pub/sub solutions (preferably Tibco EMS) Database experience (preferably Oracle) Linux/...
iKas International
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Skills / Experience: Core Java development experience (preferably .net 4.0) Strong experience with implementing large-scale Windows Forms (or WPF) solutions... Experience with implementing pub/sub solutions (preferably...
Citi
Salary: Competitive salary offered
Posted: 13 May 2013