The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Market Risk in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Market Risk over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Risk
Rank 636 501 327
Rank change year-on-year
-135 -174
Permanent jobs citing Market Risk 232 441 879
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.216% 0.365% 0.697%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.646% 1.104% 2.017%
Number of salaries quoted 170 352 695
Average salary £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
10% offered a salary of more than £95,500 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London average salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
35925 39961 43579
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 33.40% 33.10% 34.57%
Number of salaries quoted 29475 33667 36543
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £28,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%

Market Risk
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Market Risk within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Market Risk Jobs Demand Trend

Market Risk
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Market Risk within the UK.

Market Risk Salary Trend

Market Risk
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Market Risk over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Market Risk Salary Histogram

Market Risk
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Risk within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -129 220 £77,500 -
London -90 219 £77,500 -3.12%
City of London -41 58 £75,000 -
Canary Wharf +22 21 £72,500 -6.45%
Scotland -3 11 £58,750 +135.00%
Glasgow - 11 £58,750 -
Docklands, London +3 2 £62,500 -21.87%
South West +4 1 £55,000 -4.34%
Northern Ireland - 1 £52,500 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £55,000 -
Cheltenham - 1 £55,000 -
Belfast - 1 £52,500 -
County Antrim - 1 £52,500 -

Market Risk
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk.

1 296 (60.04%) Banking
2 237 (48.07%) Finance
3 223 (45.23%) Risk Management
4 190 (38.54%) Credit Risk
5 182 (36.92%) Investment Banking
6 148 (30.02%) Front Office
7 147 (29.82%) SQL
8 121 (24.54%) Degree
9 120 (24.34%) Java
10 119 (24.14%) C#
11 92 (18.66%) Project Management
11 92 (18.66%) Derivative
12 87 (17.65%) Stress Testing
13 80 (16.23%) C++
14 65 (13.18%) VBA
14 65 (13.18%) Business Analysis
15 58 (11.76%) Data Modelling
16 56 (11.36%) SQL Server
16 56 (11.36%) Fixed Income
17 52 (10.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 51 (10.34%) .NET
19 45 (9.128%) Computer Science
20 41 (8.316%) Analytics
21 40 (8.114%) Data Warehouse
22 38 (7.708%) Integration Testing
23 37 (7.505%) Mathematics
23 37 (7.505%) UML
24 34 (6.897%) Oracle
24 34 (6.897%) Equities
25 33 (6.694%) Sybase

Market Risk
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Market Risk 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 Market Risk. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 51 (10.34%) .NET
2 29 (5.882%) MDX
3 18 (3.651%) ASP.NET
4 17 (3.448%) WPF
5 15 (3.043%) J2SE
6 13 (2.637%) XML
7 11 (2.231%) Spring
8 8 (1.623%) WinForms
8 8 (1.623%) STL
8 8 (1.623%) HTML
9 7 (1.420%) Hibernate
10 6 (1.217%) Boost C++ Libraries
11 5 (1.014%) WCF
11 5 (1.014%) DCOM
12 4 (0.811%) J2EE
12 4 (0.811%) .NET Framework
13 3 (0.609%) Silverlight
14 2 (0.406%) Middleware
14 2 (0.406%) CSS
14 2 (0.406%) COM
Application Platforms
1 18 (3.651%) Oracle Coherence
2 11 (2.231%) GemFire
3 8 (1.623%) Tomcat
4 7 (1.420%) Mathematica
5 5 (1.014%) SharePoint
6 4 (0.811%) SAS
7 2 (0.406%) MQSeries
7 2 (0.406%) IIS
8 1 (0.203%) TIBCO EMS
Applications
1 30 (6.085%) MS Excel
2 13 (2.637%) MS Office
3 5 (1.014%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.609%) MS Project
5 2 (0.406%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.203%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.203%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.203%) Kondor+
1 1 (0.203%) assyst
1 1 (0.203%) Front Arena
1 1 (0.203%) Adaptiv
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.434%) HTTP
2 2 (0.406%) Internet
3 1 (0.203%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.203%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (11.36%) SQL Server
2 40 (8.114%) Data Warehouse
3 27 (5.477%) OLAP
4 22 (4.462%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 20 (4.057%) SQL Server 2008
5 20 (4.057%) Big Data
6 18 (3.651%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 16 (3.245%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.840%) DB2
9 12 (2.434%) Microsoft Analysis Services
10 11 (2.231%) SQL Server 2005
10 11 (2.231%) BusinessObjects
10 11 (2.231%) MS Access
11 10 (2.028%) Infinispan
12 7 (1.420%) OLTP
13 6 (1.217%) RDBMS
14 5 (1.014%) Hadoop
14 5 (1.014%) Apache Cassandra
14 5 (1.014%) Sybase IQ
15 4 (0.811%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 6 (1.217%) Visual Studio
1 6 (1.217%) ClearCase
2 5 (1.014%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 5 (1.014%) Git (software)
2 5 (1.014%) Hudson
2 5 (1.014%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.014%) JUnit
2 5 (1.014%) Subversion
2 5 (1.014%) NUnit
3 4 (0.811%) JIRA
4 3 (0.609%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.203%) Ant
5 1 (0.203%) MSI
5 1 (0.203%) TestDirector
General
1 296 (60.04%) Banking
2 237 (48.07%) Finance
3 182 (36.92%) Investment Banking
4 148 (30.02%) Front Office
5 29 (5.882%) Financial Institution
6 24 (4.868%) Legal
7 16 (3.245%) Back Office
8 6 (1.217%) International Banking
9 4 (0.811%) Retail
10 2 (0.406%) Marketing
10 2 (0.406%) Greek Language
11 1 (0.203%) French Language
11 1 (0.203%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.203%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.203%) Publishing
11 1 (0.203%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 186 (37.73%) Analyst
2 136 (27.59%) Developer
3 130 (26.37%) Business Analyst
4 94 (19.07%) Market Risk Analyst
5 68 (13.79%) Market Risk Business Analyst
6 58 (11.76%) Risk Analyst
7 42 (8.519%) Java Developer
8 41 (8.316%) Project Manager
8 41 (8.316%) Market Analyst
9 37 (7.505%) Architect
10 34 (6.897%) Banking Business Analyst
11 29 (5.882%) C# Developer
12 28 (5.680%) Senior Developer
13 23 (4.665%) Risk Manager
13 23 (4.665%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
14 22 (4.462%) Report Analyst
15 18 (3.651%) Senior Analyst
16 16 (3.245%) Team Leader
16 16 (3.245%) Development Manager
17 15 (3.043%) Credit Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 190 (38.54%) Credit Risk
2 92 (18.66%) Derivative
3 56 (11.36%) Fixed Income
4 52 (10.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 45 (9.128%) Computer Science
6 37 (7.505%) Mathematics
7 34 (6.897%) Equities
8 30 (6.085%) Management Information System
9 29 (5.882%) Grid Computing
10 22 (4.462%) Hedge funds
11 20 (4.057%) Equity Derivative
12 19 (3.854%) Physics
13 17 (3.448%) Credit Derivative
14 10 (2.028%) Clustering
15 9 (1.826%) Interest Rate Derivative
16 4 (0.811%) Reference Data
17 2 (0.406%) Economics
17 2 (0.406%) PMI
17 2 (0.406%) Statistics
18 1 (0.203%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.085%) Windows
2 18 (3.651%) UNIX
3 11 (2.231%) Linux
4 9 (1.826%) Windows XP
5 6 (1.217%) Solaris
5 6 (1.217%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (45.23%) Risk Management
2 92 (18.66%) Project Management
3 87 (17.65%) Stress Testing
4 65 (13.18%) Business Analysis
5 58 (11.76%) Data Modelling
6 41 (8.316%) Analytics
7 38 (7.708%) Integration Testing
8 37 (7.505%) UML
9 29 (5.882%) User Acceptance Testing
10 27 (5.477%) OO
11 26 (5.274%) Agile Software Development
12 24 (4.868%) Workflow
12 24 (4.868%) Stakeholder Management
13 23 (4.665%) Data Analysis
14 22 (4.462%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (4.260%) Project Planning
16 19 (3.854%) Continuous Integration
16 19 (3.854%) ITIL
17 18 (3.651%) Validation
18 15 (3.043%) Greeks
Programming Languages
1 147 (29.82%) SQL
2 120 (24.34%) Java
3 119 (24.14%) C#
4 80 (16.23%) C++
5 65 (13.18%) VBA
6 25 (5.071%) Python
7 15 (3.043%) PowerShell
8 13 (2.637%) MATLAB
9 9 (1.826%) Shell Script
10 8 (1.623%) Perl
11 7 (1.420%) R
12 6 (1.217%) VB6
12 6 (1.217%) VBScript
12 6 (1.217%) VB
13 4 (0.811%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.609%) JavaScript
15 2 (0.406%) Ruby
15 2 (0.406%) XPath
16 1 (0.203%) T-SQL
16 1 (0.203%) C
Qualifications
1 121 (24.54%) Degree
2 12 (2.434%) ITIL Certification
3 10 (2.028%) ACCA
4 9 (1.826%) Postgraduate
5 6 (1.217%) CFA
6 4 (0.811%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.609%) PMP
7 3 (0.609%) MBA
8 2 (0.406%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.406%) MCSE
9 1 (0.203%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (6.288%) Basel III
2 18 (3.651%) QA
3 13 (2.637%) Basel II
4 6 (1.217%) MiFID
5 5 (1.014%) COBIT
6 3 (0.609%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.406%) Solvency II
Systems Management
1 7 (1.420%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 34 (6.897%) Oracle
2 33 (6.694%) Sybase
3 30 (6.085%) Microsoft
4 16 (3.245%) Business Objects
5 11 (2.231%) DataSynapse
5 11 (2.231%) SAP
6 10 (2.028%) GigaSpaces
6 10 (2.028%) Terracotta
7 6 (1.217%) Infragistics
8 4 (0.811%) Perforce
8 4 (0.811%) CA
9 2 (0.406%) Cognizant
9 2 (0.406%) Murex
9 2 (0.406%) Calypso
9 2 (0.406%) SunGard
9 2 (0.406%) TIBCO
9 2 (0.406%) JBoss
10 1 (0.203%) Twitter
10 1 (0.203%) Cognos
10 1 (0.203%) Bloomberg
City, London
Candidates must have strong knowledge of Credit Risk or Market Risk, and in-depth knowledge of Counterparty risk across a number of Asset classes including (two or more...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £80K - £95K base
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Opperating closely with Front Office stakeholders, Market Risk and Credit Risk Management Working within a global team, the main function of this position is to ensure that delivery...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £65000 - £120000 per annum + Exceptional Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Front Office Business Analyst - Counterparty/Market OR Credit Risk/SQL - Investment Bank... Experience and understanding of derivative (linear and option) products and their market risks for at least...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £75000 - £95000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
UK
Developing and maintaining full understanding of products and strategies being traded and their potential risks, covering a number of risk management measures including sensitivity analysis, VAR and stress...
Credit Suisse
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
You should have 3+years hands on developing in server side Java - You should have significant experience using databases (SQL - pref Sybase) - Experience in distributed computing is desirable -...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonuses + benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
Developer, Java, Sybase, Linux, Market Risk, Investment Bank. Leading investment bank are currently hiring an experienced VP level Java developer to join their market risk team technology team...
iKas International
Salary: £65000 - £90000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Skills Required: Derivatives asset class exposure VBA Excel Experience developing pricing applications in C# XML, XSLT, XSD and C++ Multithreaded Development Understanding of continuous integration / testing tools such...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £75000 - £110000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
Any experience of Derivatives, market risk or credit risk would be very welcome but is not essential. Experience of ETL or Datawarehousing would also be highly desirable. In...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: £0 - £55,000 per year + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
To join their Internal / External, Market Risk and Compliance Control Monitoring Reporting function they are seeking someone who can manage the function in terms of people and processes.....
Real Staffing
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + bonus and flexible benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London, Central London, South East England
Key skills required: C#, .Net, Windows workflow, MS SQL Server, ETL as well as knowledge of OTC derivatives. Any additional skills in the following would be advantageous however...
ITS Ingenium
Salary: Competitive Package
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
Job Title: Head of Credit Risk Modelling and AnalyticsLocation: LondonSalary: £100,000 - £120, 00 + London allowance, car, bonus and benefitsYou will manage a team of analysts and perform...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP100000 to GBP120000 per annum + Benefits: Car, London allowance, bonus and benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
City of London
Skills Required: Derivatives asset class exposure developing pricing applications in C# XML, XSLT, XSD and C++ Multithreaded Development Understanding of continuous integration / testing tools such as: Teamcity, Perforce...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £75000 - £110000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
This computation is extremely compute-intensive, so optimisation and parallel computation are a significant focus, and in this role you would find yourself constantly learning and pushing the...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £75000 per annum + Bonus guaranteed, 28 days hol
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Knowledge/Experience: In-depth knowledge and experience of developing C++/C# grid systems... Skills: Primary: Grid, C++, C#, Subversion, MSBuild, PowerShell, Nant. Secondary: Python, XML, JIRA, TeamForge, SQL.....
Citi
Salary: Competitive salary offered.
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Supporting and enhancing the existing infrastructure and applications across a variety of technologies (.NET, Java, RBDMS)... Dependent Technology teams (Trade Processing, Shared Services) Market Risk and Credit Risk...
Citi
Salary: Competitive salary offered
Posted: 13 May 2013
UK
Insight T+0 is the Investment Bank’s global intraday credit risk management system... Project Manager should be experienced in traditional waterfall as well as Agile development methodologies.....
Credit Suisse
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Java software developer/ programmer / software engineer / architect, investment banking, market risk, credit risk, Java, J2SE, grid computing, caching, optimisation, parallel computation, big data, Oracle Coherence, Terracotta, Infinispan, Gemfire,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £70000 - £100000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: - In depth Java development experience using JDBC, JQuery, Spring, and Hibernate - Additional skills desired include FIX Protocol, Flex, actuate and WSDL but not essential This role...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: Up to 80k + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
My client, a leading based investment bank are looking for a strong Risk IT Project manager that has experience in either Market or Credit Risk as the project...
Aston Carter
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
PMO Manager (Risk) To be considered for this excellent and high profile Risk PMO Manager role I have attached some additional informationAs a Senior PMO Manager your main...
Real Staffing
Salary: £80000 - £110000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
YOU WILL BE Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology or related field desirable... Experience with traditional and agile project methodologies and tools... Experience of...
Nicoll Curtin
Salary: £80000 - £90000 per annum + benefits & bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
Market risk Senior Project Manager quant regulatory VP Banking London New exclusive opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager to run critical IT projects with regulatory significance within...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 17 May 2013
City of London
As the hybrid Project Manager/ Business Analyst, you will be working with the Exotics and Credit hybrids team on front office, IT Development focused FO/ Trading, market risk,...
Huxley Associates
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cheltenham, South West
Build, coach and motivate the team and other project managers * Risk & issue management & resolution * Effective Stakeholder management (including the client where appropriate) * Manage and control the project budget...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
Build, coach and motivate the team and other project managers * Risk & issue management & resolution * Effective Stakeholder management (including the client where appropriate) * Manage and control the project budget...
Capita Resourcing - Jobs at Capita
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013