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This section looks at the demand for Foreign Exchange (FX) 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 Foreign Exchange (FX) over the last 3 months to 9 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkForeign Exchange (FX)
Location
3 months to 9 May 2008Same period last year
Rank13894
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads29444436
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.435 %1.982 %
As % of the category below6.377 %7.752 %
Salaries quoted22503229
Average minimum salary£60,396£60,063
Average salary£67,614£66,528
% change on same period last year+1.63 %
Average maximum salary£74,831£72,994
UK excluding London average salary£47,713£47,609
% change on same period last year+0.21 %
Miscellaneous UKMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads4616957222
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.50 %25.57 %
Salaries quoted3669243084
Average minimum salary£46,311£48,796
Average salary£51,060£53,657
% change on same period last year-4.83 %
Average maximum salary£55,810£58,517
UK excluding London average salary£38,604£38,930
% change on same period last year-0.83 %

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Foreign Exchange (FX) Demand Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the UK.

Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Trend

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) across the UK over the past 3 months.

Foreign Exchange (FX) Salary Histogram

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Foreign Exchange (FX) within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-442918£67,662+1.59 %
2LondonDown-172791£68,099+1.01 %
3City of LondonDown-8986£64,964-3.61 %
4Docklands, LondonUp+12147£67,278-2.97 %
5Canary WharfNo change077£65,922+1.18 %
6South WestDown-6251£56,250+26.07 %
7DorsetDown-3249£62,500+40.81 %
7South EastUp+3049£49,355+11.88 %
8BournemouthDown-3346£62,500+40.67 %
9PooleDown-1931--
10SurreyUp+3825£52,500+3.61 %
11ScotlandUp+5019£33,000-56.00 %
12YorkshireNew entry-15--
12LeedsNew entry-15--
12West YorkshireNew entry-15--
13HampshireDown-1810£43,333+39.78 %
14LivingstonNew entry-9--
14West LothianNew entry-9--
15MiddlesexUp+187£67,500+35.00 %
16HarrowNew entry-6£49,833-
16East of EnglandDown-226£38,100-11.39 %
17EssexDown-195£40,125-6.68 %
18County AntrimNew entry-3£30,000-
18Northern IrelandNew entry-3£30,000-
18BelfastNew entry-3£30,000-
18BrightonDown-73£37,500+7.14 %
18East SussexDown-43£37,500+7.14 %
18MidlandsDown-93£65,000-
18BerkshireUp+173£35,167+3.64 %
19BuckinghamshireNew entry-1£12,500-

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Foreign Exchange (FX) also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Foreign Exchange (FX).

12674 (45.82 %)Finance
22637 (45.19 %)Derivative
32417 (41.42 %)Banking
42115 (36.24 %)Front Office
52060 (35.30 %)Java
61663 (28.50 %)C++
71550 (26.56 %)Fixed Income
81420 (24.33 %)Investment Banking
91403 (24.04 %)SQL
101191 (20.41 %)Unix
111062 (18.20 %)C#
121026 (17.58 %)Equities
13710 (12.17 %)Degree
14635 (10.88 %)Risk Management
15627 (10.74 %)Oracle
16600 (10.28 %)Back Office
17587 (10.06 %)OO
18571 (9.784 %).NET
19522 (8.944 %)Windows
20517 (8.859 %)Sybase
21500 (8.568 %)SQL Server
22481 (8.242 %)Project Management
23429 (7.351 %)VBA
24404 (6.923 %)Linux
25391 (6.700 %)XML
26357 (6.117 %)Interest Rate Derivative
27347 (5.946 %)Multithreading
28335 (5.740 %)Murex
29329 (5.637 %)Electronic Trading
30309 (5.295 %)Credit Derivative

Foreign Exchange (FX)
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Foreign Exchange (FX) also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Foreign Exchange (FX). Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1571 (9.784 %).NET
2391 (6.700 %)XML
3263 (4.507 %)J2EE
4261 (4.472 %)Swing
5212 (3.633 %)STL
6194 (3.324 %)Spring
7187 (3.204 %)ASP.NET
8157 (2.690 %)Hibernate
9156 (2.673 %)Middleware
10140 (2.399 %)WinForms
11128 (2.193 %)JMS
12120 (2.056 %)ASP
13117 (2.005 %)J2SE
14112 (1.919 %)JSP
15104 (1.782 %)HTML
1690 (1.542 %)FIX Protocol
1783 (1.422 %)JDBC
1880 (1.371 %)Windows SharePoint Services
1974 (1.268 %)Servlets
2068 (1.165 %)EJB
Application Platforms
1176 (3.016 %)MS Exchange
285 (1.456 %)MQSeries
357 (0.977 %)WebLogic
450 (0.857 %)BizTalk Server
450 (0.857 %)Rendezvous
527 (0.463 %)TIBCO EMS
626 (0.446 %)Exchange Server 2000
721 (0.360 %)Exchange Server 2003
819 (0.326 %)Tomcat
917 (0.291 %)Oracle Workflow
1015 (0.257 %)SmartSockets
1111 (0.188 %)WebSphere MQ
1111 (0.188 %)JBoss
129 (0.154 %)ESB
138 (0.137 %)IIS
138 (0.137 %)SharePoint
145 (0.086 %)Apache
145 (0.086 %)Exchange Server 2007
154 (0.069 %)SonicMQ
163 (0.051 %)Mule
Applications
1192 (3.290 %)MS Excel
253 (0.908 %)MS Office
330 (0.514 %)MS Visio
429 (0.497 %)MS Project
517 (0.291 %)MS PowerPoint
68 (0.137 %)MATLAB
77 (0.120 %)Photoshop
84 (0.069 %)CA Clarity
93 (0.051 %)Adobe Illustrator
93 (0.051 %)FreeHand
102 (0.034 %)Acrobat
102 (0.034 %)QuarkXPress
102 (0.034 %)InDesign
102 (0.034 %)Adobe Director
Business Applications
176 (1.302 %)Summit
260 (1.028 %)Misys Opics
344 (0.754 %)Kondor+
439 (0.668 %)Murex MxG2000
535 (0.600 %)RMDS
535 (0.600 %)Thomson PORTIA
632 (0.548 %)Fidessa
723 (0.394 %)Capstone
822 (0.377 %)Minerva
920 (0.343 %)Tesseract
1017 (0.291 %)FRONT ARENA
1115 (0.257 %)InvestOne
1213 (0.223 %)SimCorp Dimension
1213 (0.223 %)MarketView
138 (0.137 %)Dynamics CRM
147 (0.120 %)Temenos T24
147 (0.120 %)Misys Equation
147 (0.120 %)LongView
147 (0.120 %)Temenos Globus
147 (0.120 %)Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
186 (1.474 %)Internet
275 (1.285 %)TCP/IP
330 (0.514 %)Firewall
417 (0.291 %)VoIP
515 (0.257 %)CTI
612 (0.206 %)LAN
711 (0.188 %)WAN
810 (0.171 %)SSL
99 (0.154 %)HTTP
108 (0.137 %)Intranet
116 (0.103 %)OSPF
124 (0.069 %)ATM
133 (0.051 %)Cisco PIX
133 (0.051 %)Network Security
133 (0.051 %)HTTPS
141 (0.017 %)DPNSS
141 (0.017 %)X.25
141 (0.017 %)GPRS
141 (0.017 %)ISDN
141 (0.017 %)Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1500 (8.568 %)SQL Server
2235 (4.027 %)RDBMS
388 (1.508 %)SQL Server 7
457 (0.977 %)SQL Server 2005
547 (0.805 %)Datawarehouse
646 (0.788 %)Reference Data
742 (0.720 %)Crystal Reports
839 (0.668 %)Oracle 8/8i
935 (0.600 %)Oracle 10g
935 (0.600 %)SQL Server 2000
1033 (0.565 %)Oracle Reports
1129 (0.497 %)DTS
1224 (0.411 %)OLAP
1224 (0.411 %)Oracle OLAP
1321 (0.360 %)MySQL
1419 (0.326 %)SQLPlus
1515 (0.257 %)TOAD
1610 (0.171 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1610 (0.171 %)MS Access
178 (0.137 %)ETL
Development Applications
149 (0.840 %)QuickTest Pro
246 (0.788 %)ClearCase
344 (0.754 %)TestDirector
442 (0.720 %)Eclipse
537 (0.634 %)JUnit
631 (0.531 %)ClearQuest
730 (0.514 %)Visual Studio
730 (0.514 %)LoadRunner
826 (0.446 %)WinRunner
924 (0.411 %)Ant
1021 (0.360 %)Flash
1117 (0.291 %)NUnit
1214 (0.240 %)Subversion
136 (0.103 %)CruiseControl
145 (0.086 %)IntelliJ
145 (0.086 %)RequisitePro
145 (0.086 %)PowerBuilder
153 (0.051 %)Rational Rose
162 (0.034 %)Dreamweaver
162 (0.034 %)Introscope
General
12674 (45.82 %)Finance
22417 (41.42 %)Banking
32115 (36.24 %)Front Office
41420 (24.33 %)Investment Banking
5600 (10.28 %)Back Office
6167 (2.862 %)Education
7157 (2.690 %)Games
8134 (2.296 %)Financial Institution
9121 (2.073 %)Telecoms
10108 (1.851 %)Marketing
1168 (1.165 %)Retail
1248 (0.822 %)Insurance
1345 (0.771 %)Pensions
1443 (0.737 %)Health
1537 (0.634 %)Legal
1633 (0.565 %)Billing
1730 (0.514 %)Government
1819 (0.326 %)Retail Banking
1918 (0.308 %)Corporate Banking
2014 (0.240 %)Graphic Design
Job Titles
12579 (44.19 %)Developer
21565 (26.82 %)Analyst
3933 (15.99 %)Java Developer
4697 (11.94 %)Business Analyst
5640 (10.97 %)C++ Developer
6368 (6.306 %)C# Developer
7340 (5.826 %)Senior Developer
8301 (5.158 %)Project Manager
9284 (4.866 %)Team Leader
10281 (4.815 %)Support Analyst
11238 (4.078 %)Consultant
12221 (3.787 %)Applications Support
13212 (3.633 %)Analyst Developer
14174 (2.981 %)Excel Developer
15161 (2.759 %)Software Developer
16157 (2.690 %)C++/Java Developer
17140 (2.399 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
18136 (2.330 %)Front Office Developer
19134 (2.296 %)VBA Developer
20132 (2.262 %)Excel VBA Developer
Miscellaneous
12637 (45.19 %)Derivative
21550 (26.56 %)Fixed Income
31026 (17.58 %)Equities
4357 (6.117 %)Interest Rate Derivative
5347 (5.946 %)Multithreading
6309 (5.295 %)Credit Derivative
7240 (4.112 %)Equity Derivative
8227 (3.890 %)Computer Science
9216 (3.701 %)Asset Management
10212 (3.633 %)Mathematics
11162 (2.776 %)Market Risk
12137 (2.347 %)Grid Computing
1399 (1.696 %)Credit Risk
1478 (1.337 %)Spread Betting
1571 (1.217 %)Contract for Difference
1664 (1.097 %)Fund Management
1750 (0.857 %)Physics
1844 (0.754 %)Hybrid Derivative
1939 (0.668 %)Exotic Derivative
2036 (0.617 %)VAX
Operating Systems
11191 (20.41 %)Unix
2522 (8.944 %)Windows
3404 (6.923 %)Linux
4110 (1.885 %)Solaris
567 (1.148 %)Windows XP
665 (1.114 %)Windows NT
746 (0.788 %)VMS
845 (0.771 %)OpenVMS
937 (0.634 %)Windows Server 2003
1017 (0.291 %)Windows 2000
1110 (0.171 %)HPUX
123 (0.051 %)zOS
131 (0.017 %)Windows CE
131 (0.017 %)AIX
131 (0.017 %)SUSE
131 (0.017 %)Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1635 (10.88 %)Risk Management
2587 (10.06 %)OO
3481 (8.242 %)Project Management
4329 (5.637 %)Electronic Trading
5282 (4.832 %)Business Analysis
6258 (4.421 %)E-Commerce
7231 (3.958 %)Algorithmic Trading
8222 (3.804 %)OOD
9189 (3.239 %)Agile Software Development
10163 (2.793 %)UML
11160 (2.742 %)Workflow
12149 (2.553 %)OOP
13146 (2.502 %)User Acceptance Testing
14141 (2.416 %)Investment Management
1595 (1.628 %)Validation
1690 (1.542 %)Software Engineering
1789 (1.525 %)RAD
1886 (1.474 %)Change Management
1886 (1.474 %)Technical Architecture
1983 (1.422 %)RUP
Programming Languages
12060 (35.30 %)Java
21663 (28.50 %)C++
31403 (24.04 %)SQL
41062 (18.20 %)C#
5429 (7.351 %)VBA
6241 (4.130 %)VB
7151 (2.587 %)Perl
8132 (2.262 %)JavaScript
9107 (1.833 %)Python
1088 (1.508 %)VC++
1185 (1.456 %)C
1282 (1.405 %)PL/SQL
1366 (1.131 %)VB.NET
1449 (0.840 %)Transact-SQL
1541 (0.703 %)Shell Script
1631 (0.531 %)PHP
1729 (0.497 %)VB6
1819 (0.326 %)Tcl
1915 (0.257 %)Korn
2014 (0.240 %)DHTML
Qualifications
1710 (12.17 %)Degree
294 (1.611 %)PhD
332 (0.548 %)ISEB
420 (0.343 %)Microsoft Certification
516 (0.274 %)Cisco Certification
69 (0.154 %)CCNP
78 (0.137 %)CCNA
87 (0.120 %)CCIE
96 (0.103 %)CCSP
96 (0.103 %)MCP
96 (0.103 %)PMP
96 (0.103 %)PMI Certification
105 (0.086 %)MCSE
105 (0.086 %)PRINCE2 Certification
114 (0.069 %)Check Point Certification
114 (0.069 %)MCSA
114 (0.069 %)CISA
114 (0.069 %)MBA
114 (0.069 %)CCSE
114 (0.069 %)MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
196 (1.645 %)QA
231 (0.531 %)Basel II
313 (0.223 %)IAS 39
313 (0.223 %)MiFID
49 (0.154 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
57 (0.120 %)SLA
63 (0.051 %)GAAP
System Software
130 (0.514 %)Oracle RMAN
130 (0.514 %)Oracle RAC
28 (0.137 %)Active Directory
34 (0.069 %)Terminal Services
41 (0.017 %)NDS
Systems Management
142 (0.720 %)CONTROL-M
215 (0.257 %)AutoSys
35 (0.086 %)Oracle Statspack
44 (0.069 %)CiscoWorks
51 (0.017 %)Tivoli
51 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1627 (10.74 %)Oracle
2517 (8.859 %)Sybase
3335 (5.740 %)Murex
4242 (4.147 %)Microsoft
5194 (3.324 %)Reuters
6181 (3.101 %)TIBCO
7164 (2.810 %)Bloomberg
8160 (2.742 %)Calypso
988 (1.508 %)Misys
1087 (1.491 %)Actuate
1180 (1.371 %)SimCorp
1275 (1.285 %)SunGard
1369 (1.182 %)Wall Street Systems
1445 (0.771 %)IT2
1541 (0.703 %)Trema
1638 (0.651 %)Cisco
1732 (0.548 %)IBM
1831 (0.531 %)SeeBeyond
1930 (0.514 %)LatentZero
2025 (0.428 %)Temenos
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