The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Financial Institution in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Financial Institution over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Financial Institution
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank290205197
Rank change year-on-year
Down-85Down-8
Matching permanent IT job ads104814261072
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.865 %1.169 %1.126 %
As % of the General category1.921 %2.417 %2.313 %
Number of salaries quoted8861083832
Average salary£52,500£55,000£55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£35,200£36,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£87,500£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£47,000£42,500£45,000
% change year-on-year
+10.58 %-5.55 %
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
545465899946348
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.35 %48.67 %
Number of salaries quoted458734818537517
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Financial Institution
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Financial Institution Demand Trend

Financial Institution
Salary Trend

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

Financial Institution Salary Trend

Financial Institution
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Financial Institution over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Financial Institution Salary Histogram

Financial Institution
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Financial Institution within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-661000£52,500-12.50 %
LondonDown-71732£55,000-12.00 %
City of LondonDown-36229£55,000-8.33 %
South EastUp+42132£50,000+11.11 %
SurreyUp+2049£57,500+35.29 %
East of EnglandUp+1041£45,000-21.73 %
BerkshireDown-141£50,000+11.11 %
ScotlandDown-636£50,000+11.11 %
South WestDown-430£40,000-5.88 %
NorwichUp+123£36,500+102.77 %
NorfolkDown-223£36,500+102.77 %
BristolUp+1722£40,000-15.78 %
ReadingUp+322£45,000+1.12 %
North WestDown-1617£54,000+36.70 %
YorkshireDown-2017£47,000+27.02 %
GlasgowUp+2216£51,250+28.12 %
WokinghamUp+2314£51,500+15.73 %
HampshireDown-414£40,000-13.97 %
North EastDown-514£37,000-9.75 %
EdinburghDown-2114£47,500+5.55 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2413£62,500+4.16 %
West MidlandsDown-311£30,000-7.69 %
East MidlandsDown-1410£53,750+15.59 %
West YorkshireDown-1910£47,000+17.50 %
FelthamNew entry-10--
OxfordshireUp+49£36,000-44.61 %
Tyne and WearUp+49£39,000-8.23 %
Newcastle upon TyneDown-49£39,000-8.23 %
BuckinghamshireUp+168£65,000+73.33 %
Milton KeynesUp+88£65,000+73.33 %

Financial Institution
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution.

11968 (100.00 %)Finance
2557 (28.30 %)SQL
3476 (24.19 %)Banking
4453 (23.02 %)Java
5394 (20.02 %)Degree
6325 (16.51 %)C#
7316 (16.06 %)Oracle
8302 (15.35 %).NET
9265 (13.47 %)Windows
10264 (13.41 %)SQL Server
11261 (13.26 %)UNIX
12234 (11.89 %)Microsoft
13233 (11.84 %)Linux
14224 (11.38 %)C++
15213 (10.82 %)Hedge funds
16196 (9.959 %)Front Office
17182 (9.248 %)Investment Banking
18179 (9.096 %)Project Management
19163 (8.283 %)Risk Management
20152 (7.724 %)MS Excel
21148 (7.520 %)XML
22136 (6.911 %)Fixed Income
23133 (6.758 %)Computer Science
24129 (6.555 %)Business Analysis
25127 (6.453 %)Windows Server 2008
26125 (6.352 %)Stakeholder Management
27120 (6.098 %)OO
28117 (5.945 %)Windows Server 2003
29114 (5.793 %)J2EE
29114 (5.793 %)Multithreading

Financial Institution
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Financial Institution 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 Financial Institution. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1302 (15.35 %).NET
2148 (7.520 %)XML
3114 (5.793 %)J2EE
4108 (5.488 %)ASP.NET
576 (3.862 %)HTML
668 (3.455 %)Spring
760 (3.049 %)CSS
855 (2.795 %)Hibernate
951 (2.591 %)WebSphere
1048 (2.439 %)Web Services
1048 (2.439 %)Silverlight
1142 (2.134 %)WPF
1241 (2.083 %)J2SE
1337 (1.880 %)Ajax
1431 (1.575 %)JDBC
1431 (1.575 %)WCF
1431 (1.575 %).NET Framework
1529 (1.474 %)Middleware
1627 (1.372 %)jQuery
1726 (1.321 %)HTML5
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
184 (4.268 %)SharePoint
255 (2.795 %)MS Exchange
329 (1.474 %)IIS
422 (1.118 %)Apache
521 (1.067 %)WebSphere MQ
620 (1.016 %)SAS
719 (0.965 %)Tomcat
817 (0.864 %)WebSphere Application Server
915 (0.762 %)WebLogic
1010 (0.508 %)MQSeries
1010 (0.508 %)CMS
1010 (0.508 %)WebSphere Process Server
119 (0.457 %)Exchange Server 2010
128 (0.407 %)SharePoint 2010
137 (0.356 %)SharePoint Server
137 (0.356 %)FileNet
145 (0.254 %)WebSphere Portal
154 (0.203 %)BizTalk Server
154 (0.203 %)OpenEdge
154 (0.203 %)Exchange Server 2007
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1152 (7.724 %)MS Excel
267 (3.404 %)MS Office
331 (1.575 %)MS Visio
415 (0.762 %)MATLAB
513 (0.661 %)Spreadsheet
513 (0.661 %)MS Project
610 (0.508 %)MS PowerPoint
76 (0.305 %)InfoPath
83 (0.152 %)Photoshop
92 (0.102 %)FreeHand
101 (0.051 %)Maple
101 (0.051 %)FrameMaker
101 (0.051 %)SPSS
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
112 (0.610 %)Oracle iProcurement
211 (0.559 %)Oracle EBS
310 (0.508 %)Temenos T24
47 (0.356 %)SalesLogix
56 (0.305 %)Kiodex
65 (0.254 %)SAP CO
65 (0.254 %)SAP FI/CO
65 (0.254 %)SAP FI
74 (0.203 %)Global One
74 (0.203 %)Dynamics CRM
74 (0.203 %)RMDS
83 (0.152 %)Finacle
83 (0.152 %)SimCorp Dimension
83 (0.152 %)FLEXCUBE
83 (0.152 %)Bankmaster
83 (0.152 %)Oracle Financials
92 (0.102 %)Endur
92 (0.102 %)PeopleSoft Financials
92 (0.102 %)Maximo
92 (0.102 %)SoftGrid
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
167 (3.404 %)TCP/IP
244 (2.236 %)Firewall
342 (2.134 %)Internet
429 (1.474 %)BGP
526 (1.321 %)OSPF
624 (1.220 %)SAN
721 (1.067 %)LAN
818 (0.915 %)Unified Communications
818 (0.915 %)DNS
818 (0.915 %)VoIP
917 (0.864 %)WAN
1015 (0.762 %)Intranet
1113 (0.661 %)DHCP
1212 (0.610 %)EIGRP
1212 (0.610 %)VLAN
1311 (0.559 %)Network Security
1311 (0.559 %)Cisco IOS
1410 (0.508 %)LDAP
1410 (0.508 %)RIP
1410 (0.508 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1264 (13.41 %)SQL Server
272 (3.659 %)SQL Server 2008
357 (2.896 %)SQL Server 2005
439 (1.982 %)SQL Server Integration Services
536 (1.829 %)Data Warehouse
628 (1.423 %)MySQL
727 (1.372 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
824 (1.220 %)ETL
919 (0.965 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
919 (0.965 %)Oracle 11g
1018 (0.915 %)DB2
1117 (0.864 %)Oracle 10g
1216 (0.813 %)SQL Server 2000
1315 (0.762 %)Crystal Reports
1413 (0.661 %)Oracle Reports
1511 (0.559 %)Oracle 8/8i
1511 (0.559 %)Oracle 9i
1511 (0.559 %)OLAP
1511 (0.559 %)SQLPlus
1610 (0.508 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
137 (1.880 %)Eclipse
234 (1.728 %)Ant
234 (1.728 %)Subversion
332 (1.626 %)JUnit
427 (1.372 %)Visual Studio
520 (1.016 %)Maven
619 (0.965 %)ANTLR
619 (0.965 %)TeamCity
619 (0.965 %)Eclipse RCP
715 (0.762 %)MSI
812 (0.610 %)Hudson
910 (0.508 %)Selenium
109 (0.457 %)JIRA
117 (0.356 %)InstallShield
126 (0.305 %)QuickTest Pro
126 (0.305 %)ClearCase
126 (0.305 %)NUnit
135 (0.254 %)MSBuild
135 (0.254 %)FitNesse
144 (0.203 %)Log4j
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11968 (100.00 %)Finance
2476 (24.19 %)Banking
3196 (9.959 %)Front Office
4182 (9.248 %)Investment Banking
5100 (5.081 %)Back Office
673 (3.709 %)Retail
740 (2.033 %)Telecoms
830 (1.524 %)French Language
928 (1.423 %)Marketing
1022 (1.118 %)Games
1115 (0.762 %)Retail Banking
1214 (0.711 %)Law
1311 (0.559 %)Advertising
149 (0.457 %)International Banking
149 (0.457 %)Private Banking
158 (0.407 %)Spanish Language
167 (0.356 %)German Language
176 (0.305 %)Electronics
176 (0.305 %)Automotive
176 (0.305 %)Legal
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1599 (30.44 %)Developer
2358 (18.19 %)Analyst
3210 (10.67 %)Java Developer
4171 (8.689 %)Consultant
5147 (7.470 %)Business Analyst
6124 (6.301 %)C# Developer
7121 (6.148 %)Project Manager
8110 (5.589 %)Support Analyst
9109 (5.539 %)Administrator
1093 (4.726 %)Senior Developer
1190 (4.573 %)Architect
1282 (4.167 %)Applications Support
1376 (3.862 %)C++ Developer
1474 (3.760 %)Junior
1567 (3.404 %).NET Developer
1666 (3.354 %)C# .NET Developer
1750 (2.541 %)Senior Java Developer
1849 (2.490 %)Systems Administrator
1849 (2.490 %)DBA
1943 (2.185 %)Graduate
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1213 (10.82 %)Hedge funds
2136 (6.911 %)Fixed Income
3133 (6.758 %)Computer Science
4110 (5.589 %)Derivative
5104 (5.285 %)Equities
682 (4.167 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
772 (3.659 %)Mathematics
868 (3.455 %)Management Information System
949 (2.490 %)Credit Risk
1033 (1.677 %)SWIFT
1131 (1.575 %)Reference Data
1223 (1.169 %)Equity Derivative
1322 (1.118 %)PMI
1419 (0.965 %)Physics
1419 (0.965 %)Market Risk
1517 (0.864 %)N-Tier
1616 (0.813 %)Online Banking
1714 (0.711 %)Mainframe
1813 (0.661 %)Data Integration
1912 (0.610 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1265 (13.47 %)Windows
2261 (13.26 %)UNIX
3233 (11.84 %)Linux
4127 (6.453 %)Windows Server 2008
5117 (5.945 %)Windows Server 2003
680 (4.065 %)Windows XP
763 (3.201 %)Windows 7
843 (2.185 %)Solaris
913 (0.661 %)Windows Vista
1010 (0.508 %)Android
118 (0.407 %)Windows 2000
118 (0.407 %)AIX
127 (0.356 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
135 (0.254 %)Apple iOS
135 (0.254 %)HPUX
144 (0.203 %)SUSE
144 (0.203 %)CentOS
153 (0.152 %)Windows 2000 Server
161 (0.051 %)Windows Phone 7
161 (0.051 %)MVS
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1179 (9.096 %)Project Management
2163 (8.283 %)Risk Management
3129 (6.555 %)Business Analysis
4125 (6.352 %)Stakeholder Management
5120 (6.098 %)OO
6114 (5.793 %)Multithreading
7108 (5.488 %)Agile Software Development
896 (4.878 %)Electronic Trading
987 (4.421 %)Asset Management
1070 (3.557 %)Scrum
1169 (3.506 %)Disaster Recovery
1265 (3.303 %)ITIL
1361 (3.100 %)Change Management
1460 (3.049 %)TDD
1553 (2.693 %)User Acceptance Testing
1651 (2.591 %)Business Intelligence
1750 (2.541 %)E-Commerce
1848 (2.439 %)Continuous Integration
1946 (2.337 %)UML
2045 (2.287 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1557 (28.30 %)SQL
2453 (23.02 %)Java
3325 (16.51 %)C#
4224 (11.38 %)C++
588 (4.472 %)Perl
674 (3.760 %)JavaScript
761 (3.100 %)VBA
859 (2.998 %)Python
953 (2.693 %)C
1050 (2.541 %)PowerShell
1147 (2.388 %)T-SQL
1244 (2.236 %)VB
1327 (1.372 %)Shell Script
1425 (1.270 %)Fortran
1425 (1.270 %)PHP
1425 (1.270 %)PL/SQL
1523 (1.169 %)Scala
1622 (1.118 %)VB.NET
1720 (1.016 %)Bash shell
1720 (1.016 %)Ruby
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1394 (20.02 %)Degree
255 (2.795 %)Microsoft Certification
349 (2.490 %)Cisco Certification
432 (1.626 %)PhD
432 (1.626 %)CCIE
526 (1.321 %)MCSE
625 (1.270 %)PMI Certification
723 (1.169 %)ISEB
821 (1.067 %)CISSP
918 (0.915 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1016 (0.813 %)MCP
1114 (0.711 %)CCNP
1114 (0.711 %)CEH
1213 (0.661 %)Security Cleared
1213 (0.661 %)MCDBA
1213 (0.661 %)ITIL Certification
1312 (0.610 %)CCNA
1411 (0.559 %)Oracle Certification
159 (0.457 %)MBA
159 (0.457 %)OCP
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
181 (4.116 %)QA
228 (1.423 %)Basel II
327 (1.372 %)Solvency II
424 (1.220 %)SLA
57 (0.356 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
66 (0.305 %)PCI DSS
75 (0.254 %)ISO/IEC 27001
84 (0.203 %)COBIT
84 (0.203 %)Data Quality
93 (0.152 %)Basel III
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
188 (4.472 %)Active Directory
229 (1.474 %)VMware Infrastructure
319 (0.965 %)VMware ESX
46 (0.305 %)vSphere
55 (0.254 %)Hyper-V
63 (0.152 %)XenApp
63 (0.152 %)VMware ESXi
72 (0.102 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.102 %)Oracle RMAN
72 (0.102 %)UAG
81 (0.051 %)XenDesktop
81 (0.051 %)Veritas Cluster Server
81 (0.051 %)Oracle RAC
81 (0.051 %)VMware Server
81 (0.051 %)VMware Workstation
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (0.813 %)Tivoli
211 (0.559 %)HP Quality Center
36 (0.305 %)SCCM
45 (0.254 %)BladeLogic
54 (0.203 %)Control-M
54 (0.203 %)CA SiteMinder
54 (0.203 %)NetBackup
54 (0.203 %)SCOM
63 (0.152 %)Netcool
72 (0.102 %)OpenView
72 (0.102 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
72 (0.102 %)WSUS
72 (0.102 %)Data Guard
72 (0.102 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
81 (0.051 %)HP SIM
81 (0.051 %)Opalis
81 (0.051 %)SCVMM
81 (0.051 %)Backup Exec
81 (0.051 %)Unicenter
81 (0.051 %)Tivoli Monitoring
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1316 (16.06 %)Oracle
2234 (11.89 %)Microsoft
396 (4.878 %)Cisco
450 (2.541 %)IBM
549 (2.490 %)VMware
647 (2.388 %)Sybase
731 (1.575 %)Business Objects
828 (1.423 %)Bloomberg
927 (1.372 %)JBoss
1026 (1.321 %)Reuters
1124 (1.220 %)Google
1220 (1.016 %)SAP
1319 (0.965 %)Juniper
1418 (0.915 %)Facebook
1517 (0.864 %)Yahoo!
1615 (0.762 %)Red Hat
1615 (0.762 %)HP
1615 (0.762 %)Citrix
1714 (0.711 %)Fidessa
1813 (0.661 %)TIBCO