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The table below looks at the demand for Equity Derivatives 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 Equity Derivative over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEquity Derivatives
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank263199
Rank change on same period last yearDown-64
Matching permanent IT job ads11912291
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.692 %0.986 %
As % of the category below3.258 %4.477 %
Salaries quoted9731655
Average minimum salary£61,397£61,672
Average salary£70,680£68,976
% change on same period last year+2.46 %
Average maximum salary£79,962£76,280
UK excluding London average salary£75,000£53,194
% change on same period last year+40.99 %
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3655251177
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled21.23 %22.02 %
Salaries quoted3008738753
Average minimum salary£44,408£47,454
Average salary£49,428£52,401
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum salary£54,447£57,349
UK excluding London average salary£37,660£39,569
% change on same period last year-4.82 %

Equity Derivative
Demand Trend

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

Equity Derivative Demand Trend

Equity Derivative
Salary Trend

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

Equity Derivative Salary Trend

Equity Derivative
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Equity Derivative over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

Equity Derivative Salary Histogram

Equity Derivative
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Equity Derivative within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 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-661190£70,680+2.38 %
LondonDown-361182£70,662+2.18 %
City of LondonDown-20464£69,073+3.26 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1790£67,675-2.01 %
Canary WharfDown-640£61,133-20.70 %
North WestNew entry-3--
LiverpoolNew entry-3--
MerseysideNew entry-3--
South EastUp+562£85,000+46.23 %
BerkshireNew entry-1£85,000-
ReadingNew entry-1£85,000-
Channel IslandsNew entry-1--
JerseyNew entry-1--

Equity Derivative
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Equity Derivative 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 Equity Derivative.

12435 (95.34 %)Derivative
21479 (57.91 %)Front Office
31071 (41.93 %)C#
41037 (40.60 %)Banking
51018 (39.86 %)Java
6906 (35.47 %)Finance
7823 (32.22 %)C++
8637 (24.94 %)Investment Banking
9620 (24.28 %)SQL
10536 (20.99 %)Equities
11466 (18.25 %).NET
12456 (17.85 %)UNIX
13394 (15.43 %)Risk Management
14385 (15.07 %)Windows
15382 (14.96 %)VBA
16372 (14.57 %)OO
17322 (12.61 %)Degree
18251 (9.828 %)Sybase
19242 (9.475 %)Spring
20222 (8.692 %)Multithreading
21209 (8.183 %)J2EE
22204 (7.987 %)Agile Software Development
23198 (7.753 %)XML
24179 (7.009 %)Business Analysis
25177 (6.930 %)Credit Derivative
26176 (6.891 %)SQL Server
27175 (6.852 %)Fixed Income
28174 (6.813 %)WinForms
29162 (6.343 %)Project Management
30150 (5.873 %)Perl

Equity Derivative
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Equity Derivative 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 Equity Derivative. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1466 (18.25 %).NET
2242 (9.475 %)Spring
3209 (8.183 %)J2EE
4198 (7.753 %)XML
5174 (6.813 %)WinForms
6149 (5.834 %)WebServices
7129 (5.051 %)Hibernate
8112 (4.385 %)STL
979 (3.093 %)JDBC
1068 (2.662 %)J2SE
1165 (2.545 %)SOAP
1263 (2.467 %)JSP
1358 (2.271 %)Middleware
1451 (1.997 %).NET Framework
1543 (1.684 %)CORBA
1642 (1.644 %)ASP.NET
1740 (1.566 %)WPF
1838 (1.488 %)Servlets
1937 (1.449 %)AJAX
2026 (1.018 %)Java SE
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (0.470 %)JBoss
210 (0.392 %)MQSeries
37 (0.274 %)WebLogic
37 (0.274 %)IIS
45 (0.196 %)Apache
45 (0.196 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (0.157 %)Tomcat
63 (0.117 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (0.078 %)TIBCO EMS
72 (0.078 %)SharePoint
81 (0.039 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.039 %)Rendezvous
81 (0.039 %)SmartSockets
81 (0.039 %)CMS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (3.015 %)Spreadsheet
247 (1.840 %)MS Excel
317 (0.666 %)MS Visio
45 (0.196 %)MS Office
52 (0.078 %)MS Project
52 (0.078 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
114 (0.548 %)Murex MxG2000
213 (0.509 %)Sophis VALUE
37 (0.274 %)Kondor+
44 (0.157 %)Global One
53 (0.117 %)BusinessWorks
53 (0.117 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
53 (0.117 %)Temenos T24
62 (0.078 %)Beauchamp Fund Manager
62 (0.078 %)Beauchamp
62 (0.078 %)Summit
62 (0.078 %)Sophis RISQUE
62 (0.078 %)Capstone
62 (0.078 %)Tesseract
62 (0.078 %)Minerva
62 (0.078 %)Sentinel
71 (0.039 %)FRONT ARENA
71 (0.039 %)Misys Opics
71 (0.039 %)Oracle 11i
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (0.470 %)SSH
29 (0.352 %)TCP/IP
38 (0.313 %)Intranet
47 (0.274 %)FTP
47 (0.274 %)HTTP
52 (0.078 %)VPN
52 (0.078 %)Firewall
61 (0.039 %)VoIP
61 (0.039 %)Cisco IOS
61 (0.039 %)Cisco PIX
61 (0.039 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1176 (6.891 %)SQL Server
2123 (4.816 %)RDBMS
322 (0.861 %)SQL Server 2000
417 (0.666 %)DB2
515 (0.587 %)ETL
614 (0.548 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
713 (0.509 %)Reference Data
812 (0.470 %)Datawarehouse
911 (0.431 %)DB2 UDB
1010 (0.392 %)SQL Server 2005
1010 (0.392 %)DTS
119 (0.352 %)BusinessObjects
128 (0.313 %)Sybase ASE
137 (0.274 %)Data Mart
137 (0.274 %)SQL Server Integration Services
146 (0.235 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
146 (0.235 %)Oracle 10g
154 (0.157 %)KDB
162 (0.078 %)Oracle 8/8i
162 (0.078 %)Oracle 9i
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
149 (1.919 %)JUnit
231 (1.214 %)Eclipse
318 (0.705 %)TestDirector
318 (0.705 %)QuickTest Pro
413 (0.509 %)Ant
59 (0.352 %)Subversion
68 (0.313 %)NUnit
68 (0.313 %)ClearCase
74 (0.157 %)Oracle Forms
74 (0.157 %)Flash
83 (0.117 %)Visual Studio
83 (0.117 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.117 %)CruiseControl
92 (0.078 %)Rational Rose
92 (0.078 %)WinRunner
101 (0.039 %)ClearQuest
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11479 (57.91 %)Front Office
21037 (40.60 %)Banking
3906 (35.47 %)Finance
4637 (24.94 %)Investment Banking
5132 (5.168 %)Back Office
697 (3.798 %)Education
774 (2.897 %)Games
860 (2.349 %)Retail
941 (1.605 %)Telecoms
1040 (1.566 %)Financial Institution
1139 (1.527 %)Health
1139 (1.527 %)Marketing
1229 (1.135 %)Pensions
1322 (0.861 %)Online Games
1410 (0.392 %)Private Banking
157 (0.274 %)Legal
166 (0.235 %)Construction
171 (0.039 %)General Ledger
171 (0.039 %)Police
171 (0.039 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11511 (59.16 %)Developer
2590 (23.10 %)Analyst
3538 (21.06 %)C# Developer
4480 (18.79 %)Java Developer
5342 (13.39 %)Business Analyst
6332 (13.00 %)C++ Developer
7191 (7.478 %)Senior Developer
8181 (7.087 %)Front Office Developer
9166 (6.500 %)Project Manager
10153 (5.991 %)Equity Derivatives Business Analyst
11126 (4.933 %)Team Leader
12102 (3.994 %)C++/C# Developer
1399 (3.876 %)Support Analyst
1497 (3.798 %)Analyst Developer
1595 (3.720 %)Excel Developer
1692 (3.602 %)VBA Developer
1783 (3.250 %).NET Developer
1877 (3.015 %)Excel VBA Developer
1976 (2.976 %)C++/Java Developer
2073 (2.858 %)Equity Analyst
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12435 (95.34 %)Derivative
2536 (20.99 %)Equities
3222 (8.692 %)Multithreading
4177 (6.930 %)Credit Derivative
5175 (6.852 %)Fixed Income
6142 (5.560 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
7102 (3.994 %)Computer Science
889 (3.485 %)Interest Rate Derivative
987 (3.406 %)Mathematics
1071 (2.780 %)Exotic Derivative
1169 (2.702 %)Grid Computing
1169 (2.702 %)Market Risk
1267 (2.623 %)N-Tier
1347 (1.840 %)Credit Risk
1426 (1.018 %)Client/Server
1524 (0.940 %)Physics
1524 (0.940 %)Equity Risk
1620 (0.783 %)Index Arbitrage
1718 (0.705 %)Management Information System
1812 (0.470 %)DTCC
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1456 (17.85 %)UNIX
2385 (15.07 %)Windows
3130 (5.090 %)Linux
446 (1.801 %)Windows 2000
540 (1.566 %)Solaris
632 (1.253 %)Windows XP
73 (0.117 %)VMS
82 (0.078 %)Red Hat Linux
82 (0.078 %)Windows NT
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1394 (15.43 %)Risk Management
2372 (14.57 %)OO
3204 (7.987 %)Agile Software Development
4179 (7.009 %)Business Analysis
5162 (6.343 %)Project Management
6118 (4.620 %)UML
7105 (4.111 %)Investment Management
897 (3.798 %)Algorithmic Trading
978 (3.054 %)RAD
978 (3.054 %)SOA
1070 (2.741 %)TDD
1163 (2.467 %)Asset Management
1262 (2.428 %)OOD
1355 (2.153 %)E-Commerce
1451 (1.997 %)User Acceptance Testing
1550 (1.958 %)Workflow
1642 (1.644 %)Electronic Trading
1741 (1.605 %)Software Engineering
1836 (1.410 %)Monte Carlo Method
1935 (1.370 %)Black-Scholes
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11071 (41.93 %)C#
21018 (39.86 %)Java
3823 (32.22 %)C++
4620 (24.28 %)SQL
5382 (14.96 %)VBA
6150 (5.873 %)Perl
797 (3.798 %)VB
860 (2.349 %)VC++
953 (2.075 %)VB.NET
1045 (1.762 %)Python
1140 (1.566 %)Shell Script
1235 (1.370 %)JavaScript
1332 (1.253 %)VB6
1423 (0.901 %)VBScript
1423 (0.901 %)PL/SQL
1423 (0.901 %)Tcl
1519 (0.744 %)Ruby
1618 (0.705 %)Lua
1714 (0.548 %)C
1812 (0.470 %)Korn
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1322 (12.61 %)Degree
233 (1.292 %)PhD
34 (0.157 %)ACCA
34 (0.157 %)CIMA
42 (0.078 %)CFA
42 (0.078 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.078 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.039 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.039 %)Postgraduate
51 (0.039 %)MCSE
51 (0.039 %)MCDBA
51 (0.039 %)CCNP
51 (0.039 %)CCNA
51 (0.039 %)ISEB
51 (0.039 %)MCTS
51 (0.039 %)MCITP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
177 (3.015 %)QA
23 (0.117 %)SLA
23 (0.117 %)COBIT
23 (0.117 %)MiFID
31 (0.039 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.039 %)MSMQ
11 (0.039 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
19 (0.352 %)AutoSys
24 (0.157 %)MOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1251 (9.828 %)Sybase
2120 (4.699 %)Oracle
392 (3.602 %)Microsoft
491 (3.563 %)TIBCO
566 (2.584 %)Sophis
664 (2.506 %)Murex
743 (1.684 %)DataSynapse
820 (0.783 %)Bloomberg
918 (0.705 %)Reuters
918 (0.705 %)Sun
1014 (0.548 %)Actuate
1113 (0.509 %)Tangosol
1211 (0.431 %)Informatica
1310 (0.392 %)Fidessa
149 (0.352 %)Calypso
149 (0.352 %)Business Objects
157 (0.274 %)Red Hat
157 (0.274 %)webMethods
166 (0.235 %)Misys
166 (0.235 %)Temenos