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The table looks at the prevalence of the term Investment Banking in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Investment Banking over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

LinkInvestment Banking
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank7870
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads18165636
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.667 %2.826 %
As % of the General category5.389 %5.423 %
Salaries quoted14034271
Average salary£67,500£60,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year+12.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,850£41,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£90,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£47,500£47,500
IT Job Market, GeneralAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
33701103937
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK49.50 %52.11 %
Salaries quoted2727684452
Average salary£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500
% change on same period last year+1.330 %

Investment Banking
Demand Trend

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

Investment Banking Demand Trend

Investment Banking
Salary Trend

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

Investment Banking Salary Trend

Investment Banking
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Investment Banking over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Investment Banking Salary Histogram

Investment Banking
Top 24 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Investment Banking within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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-91814£67,500+12.50 %
LondonNo change01780£67,500+8.00 %
City of LondonDown-1766£70,000+7.69 %
Docklands, LondonDown-777£70,000+7.69 %
Canary WharfDown-336£62,500+4.16 %
South EastUp+5312£60,000+14.28 %
South WestUp+7010£42,500-10.52 %
BristolUp+469£42,500-10.52 %
SurreyUp+459£60,000+20.00 %
West MidlandsUp+797£37,500-16.66 %
SussexUp+27--
BromleyUp+116£47,500+90.00 %
East of EnglandUp+842£52,500+48.93 %
HertfordshireUp+622£52,500+38.15 %
Channel IslandsUp+112£33,750-12.90 %
JerseyUp+92£33,750-10.00 %
CamberleyUp+82£60,000+14.28 %
Potters BarNew entry-2£52,500-
MiddlesexNew entry-2£63,750-
HampshireUp+781£65,000+8.33 %
BirminghamUp+701£40,000-33.33 %
WiltshireUp+301--
SwindonUp+201--
CroydonNew entry-1£90,000-

Investment Banking
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking.

13938 (100.00 %)Banking
21799 (45.68 %)Finance
31116 (28.34 %)SQL
41076 (27.32 %)Derivative
5925 (23.49 %)C#
6905 (22.98 %)Java
7860 (21.84 %)Front Office
8734 (18.64 %)UNIX
9674 (17.12 %)Oracle
10603 (15.31 %).NET
11489 (12.42 %)Equities
12488 (12.39 %)C++
13475 (12.06 %)Windows
14472 (11.99 %)SQL Server
15418 (10.61 %)Fixed Income
16380 (9.650 %)Sybase
17362 (9.192 %)XML
18347 (8.812 %)Project Management
19339 (8.608 %)OO
20314 (7.974 %)J2EE
21302 (7.669 %)Risk Management
22301 (7.643 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
23286 (7.263 %)Equity Derivative
24278 (7.059 %)Back Office
25268 (6.805 %)Linux
26264 (6.704 %)Perl
27228 (5.790 %)Degree
28212 (5.383 %)Business Analysis
29205 (5.206 %)VBA
30198 (5.028 %)MS Excel

Investment Banking
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Investment Banking 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 Investment Banking. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1603 (15.31 %).NET
2362 (9.192 %)XML
3314 (7.974 %)J2EE
4195 (4.952 %)ASP.NET
5170 (4.317 %)WinForms
6152 (3.860 %)Hibernate
7151 (3.834 %)Spring
8108 (2.743 %)Middleware
9103 (2.616 %)WebServices
1092 (2.336 %)WCF
1188 (2.235 %)WPF
1283 (2.108 %)JMS
1371 (1.803 %)Struts
1371 (1.803 %).NET Framework
1470 (1.778 %)HTML
1567 (1.701 %)Adobe Flex
1657 (1.447 %)XSLT
1756 (1.422 %)AJAX
1851 (1.295 %)JDBC
1950 (1.270 %)Swing
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1143 (3.631 %)WebLogic
236 (0.914 %)SharePoint
236 (0.914 %)MQSeries
327 (0.686 %)SAS
422 (0.559 %)Rendezvous
519 (0.482 %)MS Exchange
618 (0.457 %)SharePoint Server 2007
717 (0.432 %)IIS
816 (0.406 %)Tomcat
816 (0.406 %)Apache
912 (0.305 %)Exchange Server 2003
912 (0.305 %)TIBCO EMS
1010 (0.254 %)WebSphere Application Server
119 (0.229 %)BizTalk Server
119 (0.229 %)Oracle Workflow
127 (0.178 %)WebSphere MQ
135 (0.127 %)SmartSockets
135 (0.127 %)Exchange Server 2007
144 (0.102 %)GlassFish
144 (0.102 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1198 (5.028 %)MS Excel
278 (1.981 %)MS Project
372 (1.828 %)MS Office
437 (0.940 %)MS Visio
536 (0.914 %)Spreadsheet
613 (0.330 %)MS PowerPoint
79 (0.229 %)CA Clarity
85 (0.127 %)MATLAB
94 (0.102 %)S-PLUS
102 (0.051 %)Adobe Illustrator
102 (0.051 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
136 (0.914 %)Endur
224 (0.609 %)Oracle 11i
319 (0.482 %)Summit
417 (0.432 %)Oracle EBS R12
516 (0.406 %)BusinessWorks
615 (0.381 %)Oracle Financials
713 (0.330 %)Kondor+
812 (0.305 %)RMDS
812 (0.305 %)Microsoft CRM
812 (0.305 %)SAP HR
812 (0.305 %)PeopleSoft Financials
910 (0.254 %)SAP FI
910 (0.254 %)Findur
109 (0.229 %)Oracle Applications
109 (0.229 %)SAP FI/CO
109 (0.229 %)SAP CO
118 (0.203 %)TIBCO iProcess
118 (0.203 %)Dynamics CRM
127 (0.178 %)Loan IQ
127 (0.178 %)SAP Bank Analyzer
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
156 (1.422 %)Internet
244 (1.117 %)TCP/IP
335 (0.889 %)SAN
429 (0.736 %)Firewall
517 (0.432 %)HTTP
517 (0.432 %)WAN
613 (0.330 %)VPN
712 (0.305 %)VoIP
712 (0.305 %)DNS
89 (0.229 %)LAN
89 (0.229 %)MPLS
98 (0.203 %)NAS
98 (0.203 %)Intranet
107 (0.178 %)iSCSI
116 (0.152 %)IP Telephony
116 (0.152 %)BGP
116 (0.152 %)OSPF
116 (0.152 %)DHCP
125 (0.127 %)FTP
134 (0.102 %)NetScreen
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1472 (11.99 %)SQL Server
2164 (4.165 %)Datawarehouse
3120 (3.047 %)SQL Server 2005
482 (2.082 %)RDBMS
581 (2.057 %)Oracle 10g
671 (1.803 %)BusinessObjects
766 (1.676 %)SQL Server Integration Services
766 (1.676 %)Oracle 8/8i
860 (1.524 %)OLAP
956 (1.422 %)ETL
1044 (1.117 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1143 (1.092 %)Oracle OLAP
1239 (0.990 %)DB2
1333 (0.838 %)Oracle 9i
1430 (0.762 %)Reference Data
1430 (0.762 %)SQL Server 2000
1526 (0.660 %)Base SAS
1625 (0.635 %)Essbase
1724 (0.609 %)KDB
1724 (0.609 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
166 (1.676 %)ClearCase
238 (0.965 %)QuickTest Pro
329 (0.736 %)JUnit
425 (0.635 %)Ant
524 (0.609 %)Visual Studio
617 (0.432 %)Rational Rose
716 (0.406 %)TestDirector
815 (0.381 %)ERwin
815 (0.381 %)ClearQuest
914 (0.356 %)Subversion
1012 (0.305 %)NUnit
1012 (0.305 %)Oracle Forms
1111 (0.279 %)JIRA
1210 (0.254 %)MSI
138 (0.203 %)CruiseControl
147 (0.178 %)Eclipse
147 (0.178 %)VSS/SourceSafe
156 (0.152 %)ProC
164 (0.102 %)IntelliJ
164 (0.102 %)PeopleTools
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13938 (100.00 %)Banking
21799 (45.68 %)Finance
3860 (21.84 %)Front Office
4278 (7.059 %)Back Office
5124 (3.149 %)Education
6104 (2.641 %)Government
794 (2.387 %)Pensions
892 (2.336 %)Financial Institution
963 (1.600 %)Insurance
963 (1.600 %)Retail
1036 (0.914 %)Graphic Design
1135 (0.889 %)Animation
1232 (0.813 %)General Ledger
1232 (0.813 %)Games
1326 (0.660 %)Private Banking
1326 (0.660 %)Health
1422 (0.559 %)Legal
1521 (0.533 %)Telecoms
1521 (0.533 %)Retail Banking
169 (0.229 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11349 (34.26 %)Developer
2866 (21.99 %)Analyst
3389 (9.878 %)C# Developer
4340 (8.634 %)Business Analyst
5333 (8.456 %)Java Developer
6277 (7.034 %)Support Analyst
7272 (6.907 %)Project Manager
8259 (6.577 %)Applications Support
9221 (5.612 %)Senior Developer
10175 (4.444 %)C++ Developer
11173 (4.393 %)Team Leader
12147 (3.733 %).NET Developer
13127 (3.225 %)Architect
14111 (2.819 %)Consultant
15104 (2.641 %)Applications Support Analyst
16101 (2.565 %)Senior Java Developer
1787 (2.209 %)Oracle Developer
1879 (2.006 %)Development Manager
1879 (2.006 %)Programme Manager
1977 (1.955 %)DBA
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11076 (27.32 %)Derivative
2489 (12.42 %)Equities
3418 (10.61 %)Fixed Income
4301 (7.643 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5286 (7.263 %)Equity Derivative
6158 (4.012 %)Credit Risk
7140 (3.555 %)Credit Derivative
8123 (3.123 %)Multithreading
9112 (2.844 %)Market Risk
10105 (2.666 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1163 (1.600 %)Replication
1261 (1.549 %)Computer Science
1360 (1.524 %)Client/Server
1459 (1.498 %)Mathematics
1540 (1.016 %)Grid Computing
1635 (0.889 %)RIA
1734 (0.863 %)Management Information System
1833 (0.838 %)N-Tier
1926 (0.660 %)Clustering
2019 (0.482 %)Blackberry
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1734 (18.64 %)UNIX
2475 (12.06 %)Windows
3268 (6.805 %)Linux
4144 (3.657 %)Solaris
541 (1.041 %)Windows Server 2003
635 (0.889 %)Windows 2000
731 (0.787 %)Red Hat Linux
830 (0.762 %)VMS
928 (0.711 %)Windows XP
1015 (0.381 %)AIX
1112 (0.305 %)SUSE
127 (0.178 %)Windows NT
136 (0.152 %)Windows Vista
145 (0.127 %)Windows 2000 Server
145 (0.127 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
153 (0.076 %)HPUX
153 (0.076 %)OpenVMS
162 (0.051 %)Ubuntu
162 (0.051 %)Debian
171 (0.025 %)Windows Mobile
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1347 (8.812 %)Project Management
2339 (8.608 %)OO
3302 (7.669 %)Risk Management
4212 (5.383 %)Business Analysis
5161 (4.088 %)PRINCE2
6151 (3.834 %)Asset Management
7146 (3.707 %)ITIL
8140 (3.555 %)UML
9120 (3.047 %)Programme Management
10114 (2.895 %)Agile Software Development
11105 (2.666 %)Business Intelligence
12104 (2.641 %)SOA
13103 (2.616 %)User Acceptance Testing
1498 (2.489 %)Data Modelling
1596 (2.438 %)Service Delivery
1694 (2.387 %)Investment Management
1786 (2.184 %)E-Commerce
1885 (2.158 %)Migration
1980 (2.031 %)Change Management
1980 (2.031 %)Algorithmic Trading
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11116 (28.34 %)SQL
2925 (23.49 %)C#
3905 (22.98 %)Java
4488 (12.39 %)C++
5264 (6.704 %)Perl
6205 (5.206 %)VBA
7165 (4.190 %)PL/SQL
8133 (3.377 %)VB
9111 (2.819 %)Shell Script
10107 (2.717 %)JavaScript
1178 (1.981 %)T-SQL
1275 (1.905 %)VBScript
1370 (1.778 %)C
1440 (1.016 %)VB.NET
1532 (0.813 %)VC++
1628 (0.711 %)Tcl
1727 (0.686 %)Korn
1826 (0.660 %)VB6
1915 (0.381 %)Python
2012 (0.305 %)AWK
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1228 (5.790 %)Degree
243 (1.092 %)ISEB
335 (0.889 %)Microsoft Certification
335 (0.889 %)PRINCE2 Certification
427 (0.686 %)MBA
526 (0.660 %)PMI Certification
622 (0.559 %)PhD
721 (0.533 %)MCP
817 (0.432 %)ITIL Certification
916 (0.406 %)CISA
916 (0.406 %)CISSP
1014 (0.356 %)PMP
1014 (0.356 %)Cisco Certification
1014 (0.356 %)MCAD
1113 (0.330 %)MCSD
1113 (0.330 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
1212 (0.305 %)MCSE
1310 (0.254 %)CISM
1310 (0.254 %)CIMA
1310 (0.254 %)ACCA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1107 (2.717 %)QA
248 (1.219 %)SLA
39 (0.229 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
48 (0.203 %)Basel II
53 (0.076 %)MiFID
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
133 (0.838 %)Oracle RAC
229 (0.736 %)Active Directory
316 (0.406 %)Veritas Volume Manager
316 (0.406 %)NetBackup
412 (0.305 %)Veritas Cluster Server
510 (0.254 %)NFS
69 (0.229 %)VMware ESX
78 (0.203 %)MSMQ
87 (0.178 %)VMware Infrastructure
93 (0.076 %)Samba
93 (0.076 %)MailMarshal
102 (0.051 %)RACF
102 (0.051 %)Terminal Services
111 (0.025 %)Terminal Server
111 (0.025 %)Oracle RMAN
111 (0.025 %)AquaLogic
111 (0.025 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
140 (1.016 %)AutoSys
219 (0.482 %)CONTROL-M
38 (0.203 %)BMC PATROL
46 (0.152 %)ServiceCenter
53 (0.076 %)Tivoli
53 (0.076 %)OpenView
62 (0.051 %)BMC Performance Manager
62 (0.051 %)DameWare
62 (0.051 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
62 (0.051 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
62 (0.051 %)Legato
71 (0.025 %)OpenView Configuration Management
71 (0.025 %)EMC TimeFinder
71 (0.025 %)Foglight
71 (0.025 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
71 (0.025 %)EMC NetWorker
71 (0.025 %)Data Guard
71 (0.025 %)Cacti
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1674 (17.12 %)Oracle
2380 (9.650 %)Sybase
3154 (3.911 %)Microsoft
4132 (3.352 %)TIBCO
574 (1.879 %)HP
673 (1.854 %)Informatica
771 (1.803 %)Business Objects
860 (1.524 %)Calypso
957 (1.447 %)Fidessa
1049 (1.244 %)Murex
1148 (1.219 %)Bloomberg
1246 (1.168 %)Reuters
1344 (1.117 %)OpenLink
1344 (1.117 %)Sun
1439 (0.990 %)Veritas
1537 (0.940 %)Remedy
1635 (0.889 %)SAP
1635 (0.889 %)EMC
1734 (0.863 %)BEA
1830 (0.762 %)DataSynapse