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This section looks at the demand for Equities skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Equities over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEquities
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank14786
Rank change on same period last yearDown-61
Matching permanent IT job ads25825440
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.363 %2.228 %
As % of the category below6.501 %9.368 %
Salaries quoted19434040
Average minimum salary£58,812£56,049
Average salary£66,388£62,794
% change on same period last year+5.72 %
Average maximum salary£73,965£69,540
UK excluding London average salary£45,137£47,740
% change on same period last year-5.45 %
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3971658073
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.97 %23.78 %
Salaries quoted3243943780
Average minimum salary£44,074£48,375
Average salary£48,845£53,425
% change on same period last year-8.57 %
Average maximum salary£53,617£58,476
UK excluding London average salary£38,014£39,235
% change on same period last year-3.11 %

Equities
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Equities within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Equities Demand Trend

Equities
Salary Trend

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

Equities Salary Trend

Equities
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Equities over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

Equities Salary Histogram

Equities
Top 29 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Equities within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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
EnglandDown-582563£66,390+5.73 %
LondonDown-252489£67,084+4.78 %
City of LondonUp+11277£66,598+2.16 %
Docklands, LondonDown-568£70,085+5.70 %
Canary WharfUp+160£61,883-11.58 %
South EastUp+4458£43,219-32.37 %
SurreyUp+3132£44,146-22.61 %
WokingNew entry-18£43,750-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-17£40,000-
East of EnglandDown-2313£50,000+22.62 %
EssexUp+613£50,000+9.96 %
MarlowNew entry-9£40,000-
RomfordNew entry-8--
IlfordNew entry-8--
BrentwoodUp+158--
South WestDown-1065£47,375+4.17 %
BristolNew entry-4£51,667-
EdinburghUp+223£65,000+8.33 %
BrightonNew entry-3£37,500-
BerkshireNew entry-3£52,500-
ScotlandUp+293£65,000+8.33 %
East SussexNew entry-3£37,500-
HampshireDown-112--
KentDown-41£65,000+18.18 %
SomersetNew entry-1£34,500-
JerseyNew entry-1--
ManchesterNew entry-1£32,000-
North WestUp+61£32,000-
Channel IslandsNew entry-1--

Equities
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Equities 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 Equities.

12821 (46.84 %)Finance
22418 (40.15 %)Derivative
32120 (35.20 %)Front Office
42092 (34.73 %)Banking
51721 (28.57 %)Java
61711 (28.41 %)SQL
71591 (26.42 %)UNIX
81427 (23.69 %)Fixed Income
91313 (21.80 %)C++
101216 (20.19 %)C#
111132 (18.79 %)Investment Banking
121080 (17.93 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
13812 (13.48 %)Equity Derivative
14780 (12.95 %)Sybase
15769 (12.77 %)Degree
16740 (12.29 %).NET
17724 (12.02 %)OO
18688 (11.42 %)Windows
19674 (11.19 %)Project Management
20530 (8.800 %)Oracle
20530 (8.800 %)Algorithmic Trading
21516 (8.567 %)SQL Server
22511 (8.484 %)Linux
23456 (7.571 %)Business Analysis
24455 (7.554 %)VBA
25438 (7.272 %)Asset Management
26399 (6.625 %)Perl
27388 (6.442 %)Back Office
28386 (6.409 %)XML
29370 (6.143 %)Electronic Trading

Equities
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Equities 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 Equities. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1740 (12.29 %).NET
2386 (6.409 %)XML
3351 (5.828 %)J2EE
4252 (4.184 %)FIX Protocol
5212 (3.520 %)Spring
6194 (3.221 %)WinForms
7176 (2.922 %)Hibernate
8168 (2.789 %)ASP.NET
9150 (2.490 %)J2SE
10139 (2.308 %)JMS
11133 (2.208 %)Swing
12129 (2.142 %)JSP
13122 (2.026 %)STL
14109 (1.810 %).NET Framework
15104 (1.727 %)WebSphere
1686 (1.428 %)Middleware
1784 (1.395 %)ASP
1881 (1.345 %)EJB
1973 (1.212 %)MFC
2053 (0.880 %)HTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1101 (1.677 %)MS Exchange
286 (1.428 %)MQSeries
380 (1.328 %)WebSphere MQ
449 (0.814 %)BizTalk Server
547 (0.780 %)WebLogic
637 (0.614 %)Exchange Server 2003
734 (0.565 %)Tomcat
833 (0.548 %)JBoss
930 (0.498 %)Exchange Server 2000
1025 (0.415 %)Rendezvous
1121 (0.349 %)Oracle Workflow
1217 (0.282 %)IIS
1313 (0.216 %)TIBCO EMS
148 (0.133 %)Mathematica
148 (0.133 %)WebLogic Portal
157 (0.116 %)SharePoint
157 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 2007
163 (0.050 %)WebSphere Application Server
172 (0.033 %)Exchange Server 5.5
181 (0.017 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1203 (3.370 %)MS Excel
290 (1.494 %)MS Office
370 (1.162 %)Spreadsheet
442 (0.697 %)MS Visio
522 (0.365 %)MS Project
617 (0.282 %)MS PowerPoint
715 (0.249 %)MATLAB
83 (0.050 %)InfoPath
92 (0.033 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.017 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
146 (0.764 %)Capstone
232 (0.531 %)Summit
331 (0.515 %)Global One
422 (0.365 %)Minerva
515 (0.249 %)Tesseract
515 (0.249 %)FRONT ARENA
611 (0.183 %)HiPortfolio
611 (0.183 %)Dynamics CRM
79 (0.149 %)LongView
88 (0.133 %)Decalog
88 (0.133 %)InvestOne
97 (0.116 %)SimCorp Dimension
106 (0.100 %)Eagle PACE
115 (0.083 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
115 (0.083 %)Thomson PORTIA
124 (0.066 %)Murex MxG2000
133 (0.050 %)BusinessWorks
133 (0.050 %)RMDS
133 (0.050 %)Sentinel
133 (0.050 %)Loan IQ
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
194 (1.561 %)TCP/IP
239 (0.648 %)Firewall
332 (0.531 %)Internet
427 (0.448 %)LAN
524 (0.398 %)WAN
622 (0.365 %)VPN
713 (0.216 %)SAN
88 (0.133 %)DNS
97 (0.116 %)DHCP
97 (0.116 %)VoIP
97 (0.116 %)WLAN
97 (0.116 %)MPLS
97 (0.116 %)VLAN
105 (0.083 %)Intranet
113 (0.050 %)SSL
113 (0.050 %)Wireless
122 (0.033 %)Network Security
122 (0.033 %)X.25
122 (0.033 %)NetScreen
122 (0.033 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1516 (8.567 %)SQL Server
2264 (4.383 %)RDBMS
3108 (1.793 %)Reference Data
4104 (1.727 %)SQL Server 2005
572 (1.195 %)Ingres
662 (1.029 %)Datawarehouse
758 (0.963 %)SQL Server 2000
845 (0.747 %)DTS
943 (0.714 %)ETL
1039 (0.648 %)SQL Server 7
1138 (0.631 %)KDB
1228 (0.465 %)Oracle 10g
1325 (0.415 %)BusinessObjects
1423 (0.382 %)DB2
1521 (0.349 %)Oracle 8/8i
1521 (0.349 %)Oracle 9i
1619 (0.315 %)OLAP
1718 (0.299 %)Crystal Reports
1814 (0.232 %)MySQL
1912 (0.199 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1103 (1.710 %)Eclipse
2100 (1.660 %)ClearCase
372 (1.195 %)TestDirector
439 (0.648 %)JUnit
526 (0.432 %)Visual Studio
526 (0.432 %)Subversion
618 (0.299 %)NUnit
716 (0.266 %)CruiseControl
811 (0.183 %)XDE
811 (0.183 %)Ant
99 (0.149 %)QuickTest Pro
99 (0.149 %)ClearQuest
105 (0.083 %)ProC
114 (0.066 %)IntelliJ
123 (0.050 %)WinRunner
123 (0.050 %)LoadRunner
123 (0.050 %)ERwin
123 (0.050 %)Selenium
123 (0.050 %)FitNesse
132 (0.033 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12821 (46.84 %)Finance
22120 (35.20 %)Front Office
32092 (34.73 %)Banking
41132 (18.79 %)Investment Banking
5388 (6.442 %)Back Office
6195 (3.238 %)Education
7152 (2.524 %)Pensions
8126 (2.092 %)Financial Institution
9125 (2.075 %)Insurance
10110 (1.826 %)Health
1199 (1.644 %)Games
1254 (0.897 %)Marketing
1339 (0.648 %)Telecoms
1432 (0.531 %)Retail
1531 (0.515 %)Legal
1615 (0.249 %)Government
1713 (0.216 %)Private Banking
1811 (0.183 %)Retail Banking
198 (0.133 %)Corporate Banking
206 (0.100 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12366 (39.28 %)Developer
21754 (29.12 %)Analyst
3842 (13.98 %)Business Analyst
4804 (13.35 %)Java Developer
5516 (8.567 %)Applications Support
6502 (8.335 %)Support Analyst
7500 (8.302 %)C# Developer
8456 (7.571 %)C++ Developer
9412 (6.840 %)Project Manager
10296 (4.914 %)Senior Developer
11232 (3.852 %)Team Leader
12207 (3.437 %)Applications Support Analyst
13198 (3.287 %)Senior Analyst
14149 (2.474 %).NET Developer
15138 (2.291 %)Consultant
16137 (2.275 %)Test Manager
17130 (2.158 %)Analyst Developer
18129 (2.142 %)Excel Developer
19125 (2.075 %)Front Office Developer
20116 (1.926 %)Java/J2EE Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12418 (40.15 %)Derivative
21427 (23.69 %)Fixed Income
31080 (17.93 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4812 (13.48 %)Equity Derivative
5209 (3.470 %)Computer Science
6188 (3.121 %)Multithreading
7168 (2.789 %)Credit Derivative
8149 (2.474 %)Mathematics
9135 (2.241 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1079 (1.312 %)Physics
1172 (1.195 %)N-Tier
1172 (1.195 %)Market Risk
1271 (1.179 %)Credit Risk
1353 (0.880 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1446 (0.764 %)Grid Computing
1539 (0.648 %)Exotic Derivative
1539 (0.648 %)Client/Server
1638 (0.631 %)Contract for Difference
1736 (0.598 %)Management Information System
1833 (0.548 %)Statistics
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11591 (26.42 %)UNIX
2688 (11.42 %)Windows
3511 (8.484 %)Linux
4353 (5.861 %)Solaris
594 (1.561 %)Windows XP
677 (1.278 %)Windows NT
769 (1.146 %)VMS
838 (0.631 %)Windows 2000
933 (0.548 %)Windows Server 2003
1015 (0.249 %)SUSE
113 (0.050 %)HPUX
122 (0.033 %)AIX
131 (0.017 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1724 (12.02 %)OO
2674 (11.19 %)Project Management
3530 (8.800 %)Algorithmic Trading
4456 (7.571 %)Business Analysis
5438 (7.272 %)Asset Management
6370 (6.143 %)Electronic Trading
7343 (5.695 %)Investment Management
8291 (4.831 %)Risk Management
9225 (3.736 %)UML
10205 (3.404 %)Agile Software Development
11185 (3.072 %)OOD
12182 (3.022 %)User Acceptance Testing
13176 (2.922 %)OOA/OOD
14123 (2.042 %)PRINCE2
15119 (1.976 %)RAD
16116 (1.926 %)Unit Testing
17114 (1.893 %)Software Engineering
18105 (1.743 %)Workflow
1999 (1.644 %)Scrum
2098 (1.627 %)Fund Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11721 (28.57 %)Java
21711 (28.41 %)SQL
31313 (21.80 %)C++
41216 (20.19 %)C#
5455 (7.554 %)VBA
6399 (6.625 %)Perl
7315 (5.230 %)VB
8277 (4.599 %)Shell Script
9198 (3.287 %)C
1075 (1.245 %)PL/SQL
1170 (1.162 %)VB.NET
1269 (1.146 %)JavaScript
1365 (1.079 %)Transact-SQL
1463 (1.046 %)Tcl
1562 (1.029 %)Python
1656 (0.930 %)VC++
1751 (0.847 %)DCL
1835 (0.581 %)VB6
1928 (0.465 %)PHP
2025 (0.415 %)VBScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1769 (12.77 %)Degree
2115 (1.909 %)ISEB
366 (1.096 %)PRINCE2 Certification
455 (0.913 %)PhD
525 (0.415 %)Postgraduate
617 (0.282 %)ISEB Practitioner
714 (0.232 %)CFA
89 (0.149 %)CISA
97 (0.116 %)Microsoft Certification
106 (0.100 %)CIMA
106 (0.100 %)ACCA
115 (0.083 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
124 (0.066 %)RHCT
124 (0.066 %)OCP
124 (0.066 %)OCA
124 (0.066 %)Oracle Certification
124 (0.066 %)ITIL Certification
124 (0.066 %)MCSA
124 (0.066 %)CCNP
124 (0.066 %)CISSP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1231 (3.835 %)QA
222 (0.365 %)MiFID
318 (0.299 %)Basel II
48 (0.133 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
52 (0.033 %)ISO27001
61 (0.017 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (0.232 %)Active Directory
212 (0.199 %)MSMQ
310 (0.166 %)AquaLogic
48 (0.133 %)Oracle RAC
48 (0.133 %)VMware Infrastructure
57 (0.116 %)VMware ESX
64 (0.066 %)Oracle RMAN
73 (0.050 %)NFS
82 (0.033 %)Samba
91 (0.017 %)Orbix
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.149 %)MOM
23 (0.050 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
23 (0.050 %)Oracle Statspack
31 (0.017 %)AutoSys
31 (0.017 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1780 (12.95 %)Sybase
2530 (8.800 %)Oracle
3305 (5.064 %)Microsoft
4267 (4.433 %)Bloomberg
5265 (4.400 %)Fidessa
6240 (3.985 %)Reuters
7217 (3.603 %)TIBCO
891 (1.511 %)LatentZero
990 (1.494 %)Murex
1080 (1.328 %)Charles River
1153 (0.880 %)Red Hat
1245 (0.747 %)GL TRADE
1339 (0.648 %)thinkFolio
1431 (0.515 %)Informatica
1529 (0.481 %)Calypso
1628 (0.465 %)Actuate
1726 (0.432 %)Portware
1825 (0.415 %)Sophis
1825 (0.415 %)IBM
1825 (0.415 %)Business Objects
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